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Baldry, A. L.: The members of the society
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THE MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY
new Associates were John William Wright, who made a fair reputa-
tion by his compositions from Shakespeare and the poets ; and
Frederick Tayler, a young artist who had studied in Paris under
Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche ; and in 1833 there was only
one, Frank Stone, who, after exhibiting sentimental subjects with
the Society for fourteen years, retired and was elected an Associate
of the Royal Academy.
Of all these artists none played a more prominent part in the affairs
of the Society than Frederick Tayler. He not only filled the post
of President for twelve years, but he also contributed largely to the
exhibitions, and earned considerable repute by the excellence of his
work. The subjects of his drawings were mostly of a romantic
type, and were chosen sometimes from contemporary life and some-
times from that of bygone centuries. He had a particular preference
for hunting and hawking scenes, and for pastorals which gave him
opportunities of introducing both figures and animals into the same
composition ; and he executed all his drawings with a directness and
certainty of touch that can be unreservedly admired. His retirement
from the Presidentship was the outcome of his belief that his
advancing years unfitted him for his duties, but he continued to
exhibit as an ordinary member until his death, at the age of eighty-
seven, in 1889.
Charles Bentley, a sea painter who digressed on occasions into
landscapes and coast scenes with figures ; George Chambers, another
sea painter whose accurate knowledge of his subject and whose skill
as a draughtsman of shipping and boats had been obtained by some
years’ actual experience as a sailor ; and Joseph Nash, an architectural
draughtsman and figure painter, were made Associates in 1834 ; and
a year later Valentine Bartholomew, who made a special study ot
flowers, though on rare occasions he exhibited landscapes as well,
and James Holland, who had begun as a flower painter, but had by the
date of his election turned to a more ambitious type of practice.
He left the Society in 1842, but returned in 1856. During this
interval he had developed into an artist of exceptional power ; he
was a masterly executant, and a magnificently expressive sketcher,
and there was the truest originality in all his performances. He
found the majority of his subjects abroad, in Italy, Portugal, the
Tyrol, the Low Countries, and especially in Venice, which last place
he painted with something of Turner’s brilliancy and charm ; but
he exhibited also a fair number of British landscapes. He died in
1870, in his seventieth year.
Between 1835 and the end of 1842, only five additions were made
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new Associates were John William Wright, who made a fair reputa-
tion by his compositions from Shakespeare and the poets ; and
Frederick Tayler, a young artist who had studied in Paris under
Horace Vernet and Paul Delaroche ; and in 1833 there was only
one, Frank Stone, who, after exhibiting sentimental subjects with
the Society for fourteen years, retired and was elected an Associate
of the Royal Academy.
Of all these artists none played a more prominent part in the affairs
of the Society than Frederick Tayler. He not only filled the post
of President for twelve years, but he also contributed largely to the
exhibitions, and earned considerable repute by the excellence of his
work. The subjects of his drawings were mostly of a romantic
type, and were chosen sometimes from contemporary life and some-
times from that of bygone centuries. He had a particular preference
for hunting and hawking scenes, and for pastorals which gave him
opportunities of introducing both figures and animals into the same
composition ; and he executed all his drawings with a directness and
certainty of touch that can be unreservedly admired. His retirement
from the Presidentship was the outcome of his belief that his
advancing years unfitted him for his duties, but he continued to
exhibit as an ordinary member until his death, at the age of eighty-
seven, in 1889.
Charles Bentley, a sea painter who digressed on occasions into
landscapes and coast scenes with figures ; George Chambers, another
sea painter whose accurate knowledge of his subject and whose skill
as a draughtsman of shipping and boats had been obtained by some
years’ actual experience as a sailor ; and Joseph Nash, an architectural
draughtsman and figure painter, were made Associates in 1834 ; and
a year later Valentine Bartholomew, who made a special study ot
flowers, though on rare occasions he exhibited landscapes as well,
and James Holland, who had begun as a flower painter, but had by the
date of his election turned to a more ambitious type of practice.
He left the Society in 1842, but returned in 1856. During this
interval he had developed into an artist of exceptional power ; he
was a masterly executant, and a magnificently expressive sketcher,
and there was the truest originality in all his performances. He
found the majority of his subjects abroad, in Italy, Portugal, the
Tyrol, the Low Countries, and especially in Venice, which last place
he painted with something of Turner’s brilliancy and charm ; but
he exhibited also a fair number of British landscapes. He died in
1870, in his seventieth year.
Between 1835 and the end of 1842, only five additions were made
m xxxiv