The Vernon Gallery of British Art Volume 1 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1850 Excerpt: ... after his arrival in London, he became a student of the Royal Academy; labouring with wonderful industry, zeal, and perseverance during his course of study, he received all the medals, including the gold medal, for which he competed, receiving from Sir Thomas Lawrence the last medal he bestowed, and from the now president, Sir M. A. Shee, the first he awarded. "In 1833, Maclise exhibited his first picture, 'Mokanna unveiling her features to Zelica," at the British Institution; and it was somewhat singular, that on the day it was received, the late Mr. Seguin, (then keeper of the Gallery), called upon us, to ask if we had any knowledge of a young artist of that name, who had sent in a work of wonderful merit. From the day of the private view, the fame of Maclise became established: he 'painted faces' no longer. In 1835, the Royal Academy elected him an Associate, on his exhibiting 'The Vow of the Peacock;' and in 1841, he was promoted to full academic honours, --honours of which no artist of our age has been more worthy." In the same year in which his first picture appeared at the British Institution, he exhibited at the Royal Academy, "Snap-apple Night, or All-Hallow Eve, in Ireland," a work that excited great and deserved attention, and has been engraved. In 1834 appeared, "The Installation of Captain Rock," another Irish subject having reference to the then political state of the country. In the following year he exhibited the "Vow of the Peacock," an incident of ancient chivalry. His next great pictures were the fine work of "Macbeth and the Weird Sisters,"--Macready as Macbeth; and the " Interview between Charles I. and Oliver Cromwell." In 1837, he exhibited seven pictures, but none of th...