International studio (20.1903)

STATUETTE OF POPE LEO XIII BY SIDNEY MARCH
EXECUTED BY
MESSRS. ELKINGTON & CO.
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LASGOW.—The artistic sea-
g son in Glasgow has this year
^ W been, if possible, more active
^^ than usual. The Institute
exhibition was stronger than it has been
for many years past, and its variety
evinced the catholic taste of the council.
In addition to much good work already
seen in London, important pictures were
shown by Sir J. Guthrie, P.R.S.A., Sir
George Reid, and Messrs. Coventry, A.
K. Brown, A. B. Docharty, Crawhall,
George Henry, John Henderson, R.
W. Allan, A. Roche, and R. Brough;
while a graceful and delicate portrait-
study by H.R.H. Princess Louise,
Duchess of Argyle, attracted much
favourable comment. Sales were, we
understand, greatly in excess of those
of previous years ; and a picture by Mr.

production is of special interest. After a most
successful and all too short connection with the
jewellery industry, as head-master of the Jewellers'
Association Schools, he has resigned that post to
take up the more onerous duties of head-master of
the Central School of Art in Birmingham, where
his powers will have fuller scope, and where he may
be relied upon to worthily uphold the high artistic
traditions the city has gained in the past. Very
general satisfaction has been expressed at the
appointment; and, with the assured co-operation of
a very efficient staff, Mr. Catterson Smith enters
upon his new office with every promise.
A. S. W.

T IVERPOOL.—As the birthplace of Mr. J.
C. Ewart, M.P., author of the Public
i Libraries Act, Liverpool has been a
^ pioneer city in the Free Libraries
movement: and, in its latest addition to this, the
Toxteth Branch Library, the city architect, Mr. T.
Shelmerdine, and the chief librarian, Mr. Peter
Cowell, have combined to produce, both ex-

ternally and internally, in the design, decorations,
fittings and arrangements, a) very handsome and
fully equipped building.

At the recent opening the Lord Mayor (Aider-
man Petrie) presided, and introduced to a very
large audience Mr. Andrew Carnegie, LL.D., who
performed the inaugural ceremony and gave an
eloquent address. As a record of this event there
is fixed in the building a fine tablet of beaten copper
and enamels, designed and executed by C. E.
Thompson. An illustration of this memorial is given
on page 294. The two top enamels are broken
blues, greens, and yellows translucent; those in
the roses at the sides are ruby translucent, broken
and spangled with gold. H. B. B.

ARDIFF.—We give illustrations (pages
g 294 and 295) of three panels by Mr. J.
H . M. Stanifortb, which decorate the
^ dining-room of the Dorothy Restaurant
in this town. Painted in rich but subdued colours,
the panels harmonise admirably with the general
character of the room, which is boldly
carried out in massive oak beams and
oak panelling, with some good carving
sparingly but tastefully introduced.
The result is a dining-room of a
character that can be found nowhere
else in Wales, and one that reflects
great credit not only upon Mr. Stani-
forth, but also upon the architect, Mr.
George Halliday. F. C.

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