Studio: international art (16.1899)

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were able to renew pleasant acquaint-
anceships, as well as to enlarge their view
of the artist's performance.

BIRMINGHAM. — The metal-
work shown in the accom-
panying illustrations has
been recently carried out by
Mr. Ernest Spittle and Mr.
Norman Spittle from designs by the latter.
The clock is in beaten copper and brass,
while the coal vases, the hanging lamp,
and the fender are in beaten copper and
hammered iron.

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BY ERNEST AND XORMAX SPITTLE

IVERPOOL. — Nearly sixty
years ago Elmes, a genius
whose life was all too brief,
f designed St. George's Hall, one
of the most perfect types of
classic building of modern times. Its
erection was continued by Cockrell, but
it was left incomplete by the omission of
the necessary exterior sculptural decora-
tion. Strenuously and persistently the
late Philip Rathbone strove to inspire a
public ambition to complete this noble
edifice.

at Beer and On the Common, Mr. Leslie Thom-
son's Conway Marsh, and Mr. Waterlow's Green
Pastures and Clearing after Rain ; but there
were several others which rose distinctly above
the general level, and declared emphatically
the soundness of the conviction which is
shared by these intelligent and capable
painters. _

Mr. E. Borough Johnson's pencil drawings, .
which were exhibited last month at Messrs.
Dowdeswell's galleries, were very convincing
as examples of the adaptability of a medium
which is not used by artists to anything like the
extent that would be justified by its advantages.
The show had a double charm, for it not only
deserved notice as a technical display, but it
was also valuable as an assertion of the power
of a young artist who has already made his
mark. Several of the drawings have been re-
produced at different times in these pages, and
have represented there the achievement of
Mr. Borough Johnson at different stages of his
development, so that visitors to the gallery
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"LIVERPOOL IMPORTS FRUIT AND SEEDS"
PANEL BY CONRAD DRESSLER