Studio: international art (65.1915)

National Competition of Schools of Art, igij

ENAMELLED PANEL FOR THE TOP OF A JEWEL
BOX BY CAROLINE HALL (SUNDERLAND)

Heroes ” of Charles Kingsley, by Mr.
Edward G. Hallam, of the City School
of Art, Liverpool; an etching of the
Avon running between its high banks at
Clifton, by Miss Kathleen M. Jebb, of
Bristol (Queen’s Road) ; and some
graceful designs for a calendar, with
figures representing the four Seasons, by

Vinson, both of Islington (Camden) School of Art,
but collectively it was unimportant.

In black-and-white work and book illustration
the exhibition was, perhaps, rather below the level
of last year. Mr. F. C. Jones, of Bradford, gained a
silver medal for illustrations to “ Gulliver’s Travels,”
of which the best of those shown was a capital

drawing of Gulliver stepping from
street to street over the houses of
Lilliput. Another drawing of Gul-
liver capturing the enemy’s fleet had
some good points, but the figure of
the hero of the story was not suc-
cessful. Mr. Leonard Squirrell, of
Ipswich, whose work has frequently
been illustrated in this magazine,
distinguished himself again in etch-
ings and in good studies, chiefly of
landscape, in pen-and-ink and pencil,
including a view of a town seen from
a height, a drawing of a windmill,
and some interesting pastorals. The
remaining studies in this group in-
cluded capable illustrations to “The
2 5 1

POTTERY PLAQUE. BY FRANCIS B. TRAVERS (BURSLEM SCHOOL OF
ART, STOKE-ON-TRENT)

STAINED-WOOD TOBACCO-JAR. BY LUCIA
B. BERGNER (POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
SCHOOL OF ART, MARYLEBONE)

(See also p. 248)