Studio: international art (23.1901)

Studio- Talk

portion of a frieze—"a new canterbury tale" by f. carruthers gould

neatly, the clever tinted sketches were pasted. As orative appreciation of their characteristic political
regards the rest of the wall, it was hung with a humour. As to the Liberal Ship, with its wealth of
paper effectively decorated with heraldic lions in heraldic ornaments, it is packed with a most gallant
red, and having a textured surface like that of the cargo of knights, all armed cap-a-pie; but since no
jute tapestries so common in Normandy and useful fighting is to be done at present, the sails
Brittany. are neatly furled, and the brave warriors pursue

peaceful occupations. For instance, Mr. John
The subjects of Mr. Gould's sketches need Morley dreams, gazing with steadfast eyes at the
but a few words of description. The Liberal fixed star of principle ; and Sir Edward Grey
Independents are represented by Mr. Henry looks up inquiringly at a greater statesman in
Labouchere and Mr. Keir Hardy, each a the fighting-top, who sees dangers ahead and
pleased adventurer in his own boat. The sketch makes them known—a sort of perennial watch or
of the Irish Party was suggested by an old sentry.

drawing reproduced in Green's "Short History," in -■

which two
Irishmen
are shown
in the act of
trying to row
comfortably
in different
directions.
This being
a useful hint,
Mr. Gould
took pains
to develop
it, and the
members of
the Irish
Party may .
now laugh
as one man

over a dec- tortion of a frieze 'a new canterbury tale" by f. carruthers gould

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