DOI issue:
June 25, 1881
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.17750#0306
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PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[June 25, 1881.
THE G. G. GL, OR GROSVENOR GALLERY GUIDE.
Once more on our "Gee-Gee," and "yet we are not Hobby!"
which might be what the kettle in the fender said to the fire-irons.
Now for the G. G. (occasionally) Guy'd. We burn—burn-jones—with
excitement to see what that eminent Pagan iEsthetic has to show us.
We dash at the Catalogue. We rush at the Busy " B.'s " in the
Index. Heavens! From "Ball" to "Bywater" without a
Berne-Jones. Stay! Is he modestly under "J."? No. Jack-
ling and Jopson—I beg their pardons, I should have said Jopling
and Jackson exhaust that portion of the alphabet between them.
" What, no Jones ! So he died, and she very imprudently," &c, &c.
0 where, and 0 where is my little Btjrne-Jones ?
0 where on earth can he be ?
"With his tinsel and gold and his sage-green tones,
He 's not in this Galleree f
So let us seek a Whistler. Ah! Nearly missed him, as he is
provokingly entered unalphabetically in
the index, and comes after instead of
before "White." J. T. Whistler has
only got one picture in this show. It is
No. 113 in the book, and is called A
Harmony in Grey and Green. The grey
is evident, it is not the " old woman,"
but the "young lady clothed in grey,"
and might be some sort of weird, poe-
tical, imaginative advertisement for
Jay's celebrated establishment, to be
called ''''Early Morning." But where','s
the green ? Shall we be told that the
green lurks in our or somebody else's
laughing eye ? Let us attend to. the
WHiSTLER'sharmony. The only Whistler
we ever loved was Herr Von Joel in the
" little EvANs'sbelow." His bird-harmo-
nies were delightful. As to the exhibi-
tion of this particular Harmony in the
" G. G.," we only paraphrase the well-
known line, and say—
"A needless 'Alexander' ends the song."
Whistler's "Early 'Mom- _ „ ,, ,
ing" Advertisement Pic- Well, bless thee, J. WhiSTLER._ You
ture; or, "a Thing of are one of the new Lights in Art, Sir, but
Beauty is a Jay for ever ! " we do not hanker after your Brush sys-
tem. Farewell ■
No. 7. " The Lion hath Roared," #c. W. Taylor (Son of the
late Tom Taylor). Needless to say we welcome this work most
cordially, and congratulate Mr. W. Taylor on his progress. In
choosing this Lion subject, Mr. W. Taylor shows that he knows how
to work up the roar material.
No. 12. Walter Herries Pollock, Esq. By John Colliee. We
like Pollock, Esq.'s portrait muchly. He should have been painted
in his hat, when it would have been Castor and Pollock's portrait.
With what sort of oil ought Pollock's picture to have been painted ?
Answer evident. Notice the bright inquiring eyes, full of intelli-
gence—" private intelligence," quite " Pollocky " this. Ahem !
No. 14. "A Sleeping Beauty." A Leopard. Mr. Heywood
Hardy gives us "Beauty and the Beast" in one figure.
No. 15. Pharamond and Azalais. By Fairfax Merraz. Fifteen
is the number of the picture, and, we should say, the age of the
Artist. Murray come up !
No. 22. The Boat of Charon. By Sir Coetts-Raphael-Michael-
No. 22.—Excursionists in the Fiji Islands. Police !!
ANGELO-LEONARHO-CillABTrE-LlNESAY. Ferry dreadful: suggestive
of Maul-STYX. Without a catalogue we should have guessed it to
be an excursion party in the Savage Cannibal Islands. Dishonest
boatman having set down one lot of fares at a place where they didn't
want to land, has taken up another lot who have been pic-nicing
somewhat heavily. Why the savage boatman (a bit of a swell, to
_ judge by the care he has bestowed
on his whiskers) is punting in
deep water is difficult to ascertain.
His left leg seems to have been
less exposed to the climate than
the other—unless he was born so.
It's a pretty little cheerful subject
for a boudoir or a drawing-room,
and no doubt will add a lustre to
the unique collection which Sir
Coetts - Raphael - Michael An-
gelo-Leonardo-Cimabee-Lindsay
must be rapidly acquiring of his
own priceless works of Art.
No. 24. Rose Standish. G. H.
Boeghton, A.R.A. Very good,
Mr. Boeghton : hope it's a Sold
'un. What a natural title, " Rose
Standish." Let the companion
il. hi' ' picture represent her as "Sits
,,, '•' t> i j Sittish." Why, certainly.
The Sheaf People in Boer-land. No. 27. Wittenham Clumps.
Corn Sheaves. A Sheaf-d1 ceuvre by Keeley
Halswelle. Carefully finished: "Hals
welle that finishes well."
No. 32. "Mitt Life." By R. Barrett
Browning. Representing melons, peaches,
plums, &c, and Still Life after all this!
Song—air : "Run for the Doctor, Johnny
dear!"
No. 33. " Ln the Valley of Desolation."
Cecil Lawson. The breaking up of a storm
previous to going home for the holidays. It iSTo.33.—"ForBuilding
looks like a thousand miles from every- Purposes."
where.
No. 47. J The Flight of Helen." By W. E. F. Britten. Flight
of imagination. A true Britten never will be a slave—to mere
No. 47.—Catching the Tidal Boat in a Classic Water-Cart.
prosaic representation. Helen, the professional Beauty of the period,
in a voiture de Paris on "Sea" springs, trying to catch the last
boat.
No. 48. Violet and Muriel, Daughters of John Parsons, Esq.
Mrs. Kate Peregini here depicts two of the sweetest little Parsons
we've seen for some time. What are they doing P One book between
them ? Well, judging by their ago and appearance, we should say
that the two little Parsons are reading the First Lesson. We've
surveyed the world of pictures, from old China to Peru-gini, and we
don't see much better of the kind than this. Amen! says the clerk.
No. 62. A Naughty Girl—Capri. G. Costa. Very naughty.
Capery-sauce-y. How delighted must be that Society whose object
it is to bring Beauty home to the lowest classes to see that this
picture is the work of a Coster.
No. 78. The Wet Moon. Old Battersea. Cecil LawsON.
" What a night we 're having, eh, Mr. Lawshon ? Very wet moon :
'nother bottl'; ver' wet moo'. . . . Goo' sujck f'r pikshur. . . .
Boo'ful wemmoo--" [Remains at Old Battersea for the rest of
the night.)
No. 154. J. Comxjns Carr. A Study. C. E. Halle. A very
brown Study. Rather too humpty-dumpty: suggestive of a low-
backed Carr. Good, but not Carr-aeteristic.
No. 183. " A Lent Lily." By Rosa KobErwein. Single figure.
Perhaps she has made up her mind to remain single. The title,
instead of a "Lent Lily" should have been simply " A-loan ! "
To CoEKBsroirDHifTS.—The Editor does not hold himself bound to acknowledge, return, or pay for Contributions. In no case can tJiese be returned unless accompanied by a
stamped and directed envelope. Copies should be kept.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI.
[June 25, 1881.
THE G. G. GL, OR GROSVENOR GALLERY GUIDE.
Once more on our "Gee-Gee," and "yet we are not Hobby!"
which might be what the kettle in the fender said to the fire-irons.
Now for the G. G. (occasionally) Guy'd. We burn—burn-jones—with
excitement to see what that eminent Pagan iEsthetic has to show us.
We dash at the Catalogue. We rush at the Busy " B.'s " in the
Index. Heavens! From "Ball" to "Bywater" without a
Berne-Jones. Stay! Is he modestly under "J."? No. Jack-
ling and Jopson—I beg their pardons, I should have said Jopling
and Jackson exhaust that portion of the alphabet between them.
" What, no Jones ! So he died, and she very imprudently," &c, &c.
0 where, and 0 where is my little Btjrne-Jones ?
0 where on earth can he be ?
"With his tinsel and gold and his sage-green tones,
He 's not in this Galleree f
So let us seek a Whistler. Ah! Nearly missed him, as he is
provokingly entered unalphabetically in
the index, and comes after instead of
before "White." J. T. Whistler has
only got one picture in this show. It is
No. 113 in the book, and is called A
Harmony in Grey and Green. The grey
is evident, it is not the " old woman,"
but the "young lady clothed in grey,"
and might be some sort of weird, poe-
tical, imaginative advertisement for
Jay's celebrated establishment, to be
called ''''Early Morning." But where','s
the green ? Shall we be told that the
green lurks in our or somebody else's
laughing eye ? Let us attend to. the
WHiSTLER'sharmony. The only Whistler
we ever loved was Herr Von Joel in the
" little EvANs'sbelow." His bird-harmo-
nies were delightful. As to the exhibi-
tion of this particular Harmony in the
" G. G.," we only paraphrase the well-
known line, and say—
"A needless 'Alexander' ends the song."
Whistler's "Early 'Mom- _ „ ,, ,
ing" Advertisement Pic- Well, bless thee, J. WhiSTLER._ You
ture; or, "a Thing of are one of the new Lights in Art, Sir, but
Beauty is a Jay for ever ! " we do not hanker after your Brush sys-
tem. Farewell ■
No. 7. " The Lion hath Roared," #c. W. Taylor (Son of the
late Tom Taylor). Needless to say we welcome this work most
cordially, and congratulate Mr. W. Taylor on his progress. In
choosing this Lion subject, Mr. W. Taylor shows that he knows how
to work up the roar material.
No. 12. Walter Herries Pollock, Esq. By John Colliee. We
like Pollock, Esq.'s portrait muchly. He should have been painted
in his hat, when it would have been Castor and Pollock's portrait.
With what sort of oil ought Pollock's picture to have been painted ?
Answer evident. Notice the bright inquiring eyes, full of intelli-
gence—" private intelligence," quite " Pollocky " this. Ahem !
No. 14. "A Sleeping Beauty." A Leopard. Mr. Heywood
Hardy gives us "Beauty and the Beast" in one figure.
No. 15. Pharamond and Azalais. By Fairfax Merraz. Fifteen
is the number of the picture, and, we should say, the age of the
Artist. Murray come up !
No. 22. The Boat of Charon. By Sir Coetts-Raphael-Michael-
No. 22.—Excursionists in the Fiji Islands. Police !!
ANGELO-LEONARHO-CillABTrE-LlNESAY. Ferry dreadful: suggestive
of Maul-STYX. Without a catalogue we should have guessed it to
be an excursion party in the Savage Cannibal Islands. Dishonest
boatman having set down one lot of fares at a place where they didn't
want to land, has taken up another lot who have been pic-nicing
somewhat heavily. Why the savage boatman (a bit of a swell, to
_ judge by the care he has bestowed
on his whiskers) is punting in
deep water is difficult to ascertain.
His left leg seems to have been
less exposed to the climate than
the other—unless he was born so.
It's a pretty little cheerful subject
for a boudoir or a drawing-room,
and no doubt will add a lustre to
the unique collection which Sir
Coetts - Raphael - Michael An-
gelo-Leonardo-Cimabee-Lindsay
must be rapidly acquiring of his
own priceless works of Art.
No. 24. Rose Standish. G. H.
Boeghton, A.R.A. Very good,
Mr. Boeghton : hope it's a Sold
'un. What a natural title, " Rose
Standish." Let the companion
il. hi' ' picture represent her as "Sits
,,, '•' t> i j Sittish." Why, certainly.
The Sheaf People in Boer-land. No. 27. Wittenham Clumps.
Corn Sheaves. A Sheaf-d1 ceuvre by Keeley
Halswelle. Carefully finished: "Hals
welle that finishes well."
No. 32. "Mitt Life." By R. Barrett
Browning. Representing melons, peaches,
plums, &c, and Still Life after all this!
Song—air : "Run for the Doctor, Johnny
dear!"
No. 33. " Ln the Valley of Desolation."
Cecil Lawson. The breaking up of a storm
previous to going home for the holidays. It iSTo.33.—"ForBuilding
looks like a thousand miles from every- Purposes."
where.
No. 47. J The Flight of Helen." By W. E. F. Britten. Flight
of imagination. A true Britten never will be a slave—to mere
No. 47.—Catching the Tidal Boat in a Classic Water-Cart.
prosaic representation. Helen, the professional Beauty of the period,
in a voiture de Paris on "Sea" springs, trying to catch the last
boat.
No. 48. Violet and Muriel, Daughters of John Parsons, Esq.
Mrs. Kate Peregini here depicts two of the sweetest little Parsons
we've seen for some time. What are they doing P One book between
them ? Well, judging by their ago and appearance, we should say
that the two little Parsons are reading the First Lesson. We've
surveyed the world of pictures, from old China to Peru-gini, and we
don't see much better of the kind than this. Amen! says the clerk.
No. 62. A Naughty Girl—Capri. G. Costa. Very naughty.
Capery-sauce-y. How delighted must be that Society whose object
it is to bring Beauty home to the lowest classes to see that this
picture is the work of a Coster.
No. 78. The Wet Moon. Old Battersea. Cecil LawsON.
" What a night we 're having, eh, Mr. Lawshon ? Very wet moon :
'nother bottl'; ver' wet moo'. . . . Goo' sujck f'r pikshur. . . .
Boo'ful wemmoo--" [Remains at Old Battersea for the rest of
the night.)
No. 154. J. Comxjns Carr. A Study. C. E. Halle. A very
brown Study. Rather too humpty-dumpty: suggestive of a low-
backed Carr. Good, but not Carr-aeteristic.
No. 183. " A Lent Lily." By Rosa KobErwein. Single figure.
Perhaps she has made up her mind to remain single. The title,
instead of a "Lent Lily" should have been simply " A-loan ! "
To CoEKBsroirDHifTS.—The Editor does not hold himself bound to acknowledge, return, or pay for Contributions. In no case can tJiese be returned unless accompanied by a
stamped and directed envelope. Copies should be kept.