DOI Heft:
No.127 (October, 1903)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19880#0084
Studio-Talk
LUNETTE, TOXTBTH BRANCH FREE LIBRARY, LIVERPOOL BY ALISON MARTIN AND CLINTON BALMER
case, would be easily seen through from the street, taste of his quality ; but happily there are signs of
and would probably be draughty. The external improvement here. The Liverpool Corporation,
appearance is fairly picturesque, though rather less in having entered upon the commendable policy
cutting-up of the roofs would reduce the cost and of encouraging and sustaining local artists by
improve the appearance. The catalogue is very commissions for decoration of some of its public
well arranged and printed, and is prefaced by buildings, may certainly be congratulated upon
several interesting short articles. A. E. C. the success attained at its newly erected Toxteth
Branch Free Library, a building already briefly
L
IVERPOOL.;—Through the too habitual referred to on page 292 of last month's number of
neglect by public bodies of our large The Studio.
cities the competent young decorator is
seldom afforded an opportunity to give a The decoration here illustrated is a lunette at
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I It
THE ANNUNCIATION FROM THE MURAL DECORATION BY MAY G. COOKSEY
67
LUNETTE, TOXTBTH BRANCH FREE LIBRARY, LIVERPOOL BY ALISON MARTIN AND CLINTON BALMER
case, would be easily seen through from the street, taste of his quality ; but happily there are signs of
and would probably be draughty. The external improvement here. The Liverpool Corporation,
appearance is fairly picturesque, though rather less in having entered upon the commendable policy
cutting-up of the roofs would reduce the cost and of encouraging and sustaining local artists by
improve the appearance. The catalogue is very commissions for decoration of some of its public
well arranged and printed, and is prefaced by buildings, may certainly be congratulated upon
several interesting short articles. A. E. C. the success attained at its newly erected Toxteth
Branch Free Library, a building already briefly
L
IVERPOOL.;—Through the too habitual referred to on page 292 of last month's number of
neglect by public bodies of our large The Studio.
cities the competent young decorator is
seldom afforded an opportunity to give a The decoration here illustrated is a lunette at
J 9 f f s f\\ fir f~ .y&f
I It
THE ANNUNCIATION FROM THE MURAL DECORATION BY MAY G. COOKSEY
67