Society of British Artists, second notice
Overview
| Date | 1876-12-02 |
| Publication | Academy |
| Topic | Society of British Artists, second notice |
| AP display | |
| RA display | |
| Subject | art |
| Keywords | landscapes |
| ↳ | figures |
| ↳ | still-lifes |
| ↳ | watercolors |
| Standards | PRB aesthetic standards |
| ↳ | merit |
| Notes | "Carlyean countenance." |
Annotation details
76 December 2 Academy
Topic:
Society of British Artists, second notice.
Citation:
Rossetti, William M. "The Society of British Artists." Academy (December 2, 1876): 230. Web. 21 Sept. 2011.
Summary:
This is a comparatively brief notice with little analysis in which Rossetti proposes to conclude his review of the exhibition, focusing on figure-pictures, landscapes, still-life and watercolors-although in the last category, he mentions only two paintings.
Rossetti mentions how the countenance of Thomas Carlyle is conjured by one image: "Miss C.J. Weeks, Fourscore Years and Ten, a head of an aged gentleman (far less aged-looking, however, than his years might suggest), of a somewhat Thomas Carlylean cast of countenance."
Most of the remainder of the review is mere mention with very little follow-on discussion or analysis.
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