I books N 5054 W78 1906oc Ropal flcademp of Arts EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY THE OLD MASTERS AND Rasters of tt)c Britts!) &rt)ool INCLUDING A COLLECTION OP WATER COLOUR DBA WINGS / ' ALSO A SELECTION OF DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES Br GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS, R.A, WINTER EXHIBITION THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR MDCCCCYI WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED PRINTERS TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY THEGETTYCENTERLIBRARY y a / DU ITS, • LONDON AMSTERDAM EXHIBITION OF WORKS BY THE OLD MASTERS AND ®eceaseb jllasters of tl)c 2&rtttsl) School INCLUDING A COLLECTION OF WATER COLOUR DRAWINGS ALSO A SELECTION OF DRAWINGS AND SKETCHES BT GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS, R.A. WINTER EXHIBITION THIRTY-SEVENTH YEAR A MDCCCCYI WILLIAM CLOWES AND SONS, LIMITED PRINTERS TO THE ROYAL ACADEMY The Exhibition opens on Monday, January 1st, and closes on Saturday, March 10 th. Hours of Admission, from 9 A.M. to 6 p.m. Price of Admission, Is. Price of Catalogue, 6rZ. Season Ticket, 5s. General Index to the Catalogues of the first thirty Exhibitions, in three parts; Part I. 1870-1879, 2s.; Part II. 1880-1889 2s.; Part III. 1890-1899, Is. Gd. Xo sticks, umbrellas, or paiasols are allowed to be taken into the Galleries. They must be given up to the attendants at the Cloak rioom in the Entrance Hall. The other attendants are strictly forbidden to take charge of anything. The Refreshment Room is reached by the staircase leading out of the Water Colour Room. The Gibson (Sculpture) Gallery and the Diploma Galleries are open daily, from 11 A.M. to 4 p.m. Admission free. A l Communications should be addressed to “ The Secretary.” ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS. 1906, HONORARY MEMBERS. The Most Eev. W. D. Maclagan, D.D., Lord Archbishop op York, Chaplain. Professor of Ancient History. The Rt. Hon. John Morley, M.P., Professor of Ancient Literature. The Viscodnt Dillon, Antiquary. The Lord Avebury, Secretary for Foreign Correspondence. HONORARY RETIRED ACADEMICIAN. Frith, William Powell, Esq. HONORARY FOREIGN ACADEMICIANS. Bonnat, Leon J. F. I Fremiet, Emmanuel* Breton, Jules. | Knaus, Ludwiq. ACADEMICIANS. Abbey, Edwin Austin, Esq. Macbeth, Kobert Walker, Esq-. Aitohison, George, Esq. MacWhirter, John, Esq. Alma-Tadema, Sir Lawrence. Murray, David, Esq. Bodley, George Frederick, Esq. Orchardson, William Quiller, Esq. Brock, Thomas, Esq. Ouless, Walter William, Esq., Auditor. Crofts, Ernest, Esq., Keeper and Trustee. Poynter, Sib Edward John, Bart., Davis, Henry Wm. Banks, Esq. President and Trustee. Dicksee, Frank, Esq. Kichmond, Sir William Blake, K.C.B. Fildes, S. Luke, Esq. Riviere, Briton, Esq., Trustee. Frampton, George James, Esq. Sant, James, Esq. Gilbert, Alfred, Esq., M.V.O. Sargent, John Singer, Esq. Gow, Andrew C., Esq. Shaw, Richard Norman, Esq, Graham, Peter, Esq. Swan, John McAllan, Esq. Gregory, Edward John, Esq. Stone, Marcus, Esq. Herkomer, Hubert von. Esq., C.Y.O. Thornyoropt, W. Hamo, Esq., Auditor. Hook, James Clarke, Esq. Waterhouse, John William, Esq. Jackson, Thomas Graham, Esq., Treasurer Waterlow, Sir Ernest Albert. and Trustee. Webb, Sir Aston, Auditor. Leader, Benj. Williams, Esq. Woods, Henry, Esq. Leslie, George Dunlop, Esq. Yeames, William Frederick, Esq., Lucas, John Seymour, Esq. Librarian. HONORARY RETIRED ASSOCIATE. Stacpoole, Frederick.] ASSOCIATES. Bacon, John Henry Fredk. Crowe, Eyre. La Thangue, Herbert Belcher, John. Drury, Edward Alfred Henry. Blomfield,Reginald Tiieo- Briscoe. North, John William. Bramley, Frank. [doue. East, Alfred. Parsons, Alfred. Brangwyn, Frank. Farquharson, David. Pegrah, Henry Alfred. Brown, John Alfred Farquarson, Joseph. Shannon, James Jebusa. Arnesby. F'orbes, Stanhope A. Smythe, Lionel Percy. Clausen, George. Hacker, Arthur. Solomon, Solomon Joseph. Colton, William Robert. Hemy, Chas. Napier. Storey, George Adolphus. Cope, Arthur Stockdale. John, William Goscombe. Tuke, Henry Scott. Wyllie, William Lionel. PROFESSORS. Of Painting, G. Clausen, A.E.A. Of Anatomy, Arthur Thomson, M.A. Of Sculpture, Of Chemistry, A. H. Church, M.A., F.R.S. Of Architecture, Teacher of Perspective, G. A. Storey, A.R.A. Master of the Architectural School, R, Phene Spiers. SECRETARY— Fred. A. Eaton. CONTENTS. PAGE Oil Paintings— Gallery I.. 5 II. 12 „ HI. 18 „ iv. .. 28 „ V. 33 Water Colours— Water Colour Boom . 38 Drawings and Sketches— Black and White Boom (G. F. Watts) . 53 Index to the Names of Contributors of Works . 60 Index to the Names of the Artists . 62 PLAN OF THE GALLERIES. OIL PAINTINGS CENTRAL HALL OIL PAINTINGS VESTIBULE OILPAINTINGS OIL PAINTINGS ■ TO I REFRESHMENT B ROOM > WATER COLOUR ROOM ENTRANCE WATER'COLOURS Ii. & w. Boom Dr aid mj a CATALOGUE The numbers follow from left to right. The Portraits are described under four sizes:— “ bust,” the head and shoulders ; “ half figure,” to the waist ; “ three-quarter figure,” to the knee and below ; “full length,” the entire figure. The terms “to right,” “ to left,” and “ on right ” “on left,” in all descriptions denote the right and left of the spectator. The following abbreviations are used:—b. born ; m. married ; d. died; r. right; l. left. In the sizes of the Works the height is always placed before the width. The Works are Catalogued under the names given to them by the Contributors. The Academy can accept no responsibility as to their authenticity. GALLERY No. I. OIL PAINTINGS—Nos. 1-36. LENT BY PAINTER. 1 Fcrtrait of THE HON. EDWAKD MONTAGU. Earl op Sandwich. William Hogarth. 2nd son of John, 4th Earl of Sandwich. Bust of a boy, in front, head turned over 1. shoulder; red dress; dark background. Canvas, 21 by 17 in. 2 Portrait of MBS. DESAGULIEKS. W. C. Cartwright, Esq. William Hogarth. Daughter of J. Blackwood, Esq.; m. Major-General Thomas Desaguliers, of Grace, Essex. Half figure to 1., three-quarter face, looking towards the spectator; dove- grey low-cut dress, with blue scarf tied across with a yellow ribbon ; pearl necklace and earrings, pearls in her hair; dark background. Canvas, 27 by 27 in. (circular). 6 WORKS BY THE OLD MASTERS. [1906 LENT BY PAINTER. 3 Portrait of MRS. YATES. Lord Llangattock. George Romney. Tragic actress. Anna Maria Graham; b. 1728; m. Richard Yates, the actor; d. 1787. Half figure to L, three-quarter profile to 1., looking up ; white dress, and white scarf over her head; dark background. Canvas, 21 by 19 in. 4 LAKE OF NEML Humphrey Roberts, Esq. Richard Wilson, R.A. View, looking across the lake, with Mount Soracte in the distance; two figures in the foreground; blue sky, with light clouds. Canvas, 19 by 23 in. 5 Portrait, of THE PAINTER. Rev. AY. H. AVayne. Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.R.A. B. 1723 ; first President of the Royal Academy ; d. 1792. Bust to r., looking at the spectator; olive-green coat; spectacles; dark background. Canvas, 30 by 25 in. 6 CICERO AT HIS VILLA. AY. G. Rawlinson, Esq. Richard Wilson, R.A. Ariew, looking across the river, with the villa on the farther side, and mountains in ilie distance; three figures in the foreground; trees on either side; blue sky, with light clouds. Canvas,24 by 30J in. 7 Portrait of JAMES STjAUBYN, Esq. Rev. J. Hector de Courcelles. William Hogarth. Son of Sir John St. Aubyn, 1st Baronet; d. 1752. Bust to r., three-quarter profile, looking at the spectator; brown coat, wig; dark background. Canvas, 291 by 241 in. 8 THE TEA-GARDENS. Sir AY. Cuthbert Quilter, Bart. George Morland. A family party, consisting of two ladies, two gentlemen, and three children, seated and standing round a tea-table in a garden; other figuies in the distance on the r. Canvas, 16 by 19 in. (oval.)l 1906] GALLERY No. I. 7 LENT BY PAINTER. 9 LINCOLN. Miss Tatlock. Peter de Wint. View, looking across a wooded valley towards the city, crowned by the Cathedral; in the 1. foreground a ruined wall, and a bridge on which are some figures and cattle; blue sky, with light clouds. Canvas, 24 by 36 in. 10 Portrait of THE PAINTER’S TWO DAUGHTERS. Charles J. Wertheimer, Esq. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. Margaret (Peggy Gainsborough) and Mary, afterwards Mrs. Fischer. Two three-quarter figures, to 1.; one, in white, seated with portfolio on her lap, and porte-crayon in her r. hand, looks at the spectator; the other, in blue, stands beside her, resting her 1. arm on the back of the chair, and looking at a statuette on a table to 1.; dark background. Canvas, 49)Jiy 39) in- 11 CORNFIELD. Miss Tatlook. Peter de Wint. A field in the foreground, with sheaves of corn and numerous figures of men and women; in the centre a group seated at the midday meal; distant view over a wooded country, with a church spire on the 1.; blue sky, with clouds. Canvas, 21) by 34) in. 12 Portrait of MR. ADDINGTON. Colonel Frank Shuttleworth. Rev. William Peters, R.A. Bust in front, profile to r.; in uniform; brown background. Canvas, 29 by 23) in. 13 RETURNED FROM MARKET. Lieut.-Colonel C. a Court Repington. Henry Singleton. Interior of a cottage; an old man and woman seated at a table near a window; in front of them stands a girl, with a basket on her arm. Canvas, 13) by 11) in. 14 LANDSCAPE. Rev. W. EL Wayne. Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. Wooded and rocky landscape, with ruined buildings and trees on the 1.; in the foreground a man with cattle and sheep; blue sky, with clouds. Canvas, 25 by 29) in. WORKS BY THE OLD MASTERS. [1906 LENT BY PAINTER. 15 Portrait of LORD COLERAINE. Colonel Frank Shuttleworth. Sir Joshua Reynolds, P.ll.A. Yfilliam Hanger, 2nd son of Gabriel, 1st Baron Coleraine; succeeded liis brother as 3rd Baron; d. 1814. Half figure in front, head turned over 1. shoulder; green dress edged with gold galon; brown background; painted in an oval.