International studio (32.1907)

Studio-Talk

as portion of a design for a fountain, was very
gracefully posed. Frances Craine’s model for
pedestal and bowl of fountain in marble, sur-
mounted by a bronze nude figure, was a cleverly
thought-out design. Her simply-draped and well-
posed Flower Seller appeared even more com-
mendable as a composition. Margery Doggett
has decidedly improved upon her previous
essays in composition, and in her study of Eve
she showed fine feeling. Evidence of careful
training was shown by Florence Gill in a fine little
group, St. Francis and the Birds, partly executed in
alabaster, and two other works. An excellent study
of a female head, by E. Spicer, a gracefully-draped
Ceres by H. Bathgate, a recumbent figure, Elaine,
by S. M. Johnson, a nude study by T. Rogers,
and draped head by H. Quale, all deserve notice.

LITHOGRAPH PANEL : ONE OF A SERIES ILLUSTRATING
HISTORIC FASHIONS k BY FLORENCE K. LAVEROCK

There was a less
important display of
needlework design on
this occasion than in
previous years. An
embroidered mantel-
border and a panel
for screen, both by
Helen Bishop, repre-
sented the best ex-
amples.

A good quality of
bold design and
colour appeared in
the two lithographs
by E. R. Smart, en-
titled The Windmill
(three colours) and
From the Spanish
Main (five colours).

This quality was
noticeable, too, in the
stencil illustration A
Village Fair, by Mar-
garet Lloyd, and the
Nursery Frieze, by
Jessie Beswick, re-
produced opposite.

Two book plates of
heraldic design, by
E. G. Hallam and
Kitty Pengelly, were
good examples of penwork, and an effective
design for “University Students’ Song Book”
cover, by William Ellis, together with two book-
cover designs by Helen Bishop, attracted atten-
tion. A well-designed theatre poster, introducing
Lady Macbeth and the three witches, was by
Jessica Walker. Cinderella, a humorously-treated
poster, and a confectioner’s window card were
decidedly graceful and ingenious compositions by
Edith Walters. In a similar show-card subject,
Dulce Dickinson displayed- effective drawing and
quite attractive colour. Very interesting were a
series of panels illustrating Historic Fashion, litho-
graphed by Florence Laverock. Successful also in
its colour scheme was the painted panel for screen
by Hilda Warlow.

IRON GRILLE

BY THE WROUGHT
IRON CLASS, LIVERPOOL
CITY SCHOOL OF ART

The work exhibited by the Wrought Iron Class
was mainly of quite mediocre design, upon which
much good craftsmanship was wasted ; and nothing
remarkable appeared in the jewellery produced by

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