[Illustration: No. 199. Doctor Dubitans. "I'm afraid I've
given him the wrong stuff." Luke Fildes, R.A.]
[Illustration: No. 742. "He's got 'em on!" or, Nanny, wilt
thou gang with me in that new suit and those tight boots? By Phil. R.
Morris, A.]
[Illustration: Grand Combination Picture, "Liddell and
Scott!" [Liddell (289) by H. Herkomer, R.A., and Scott (281) by G(ee)
W(oa) Joy! "Joy and Woe!" Comedy and Tragedy.]]
[Illustration: No. 226. The Penance of Zæo in the presence
of some Members of the County Council. P.H. Calderon, R.A.]
No. 5. "_Long Ago_." LONG (EDWIN, R.A.) and more or less of "a go."
Instead of "_Long Ago_" which is egotistical, why not _Long Egit_ or
_Long Fecit?_
Nos. 21, 22, 23. "_The Lyons Mail_" (and Female). BRITON RIVIÈRE,
R.A. [N.B.--"R.A.," _i.e._, "Royal Academician" and "Royal
Animal-painter."]
No. 27. The Viscount CROSS looking quite Viscount Cheerful. "_Painted
for the Grand Jury Room, Lancaster Castle_," the Catalogue informs
us. Suggestive of their arguing among themselves "at cross purposes."
Painted by SYDNEY HODGES.
No. 77. "_On Strike_." Very striking. Who could have painted this? Ah!
_Who but_ HERKOMER. R.A.
No. 82. Apparently this must have been intended for a portrait of the
late Mr. DION BOUCICAULT, but subsequently adapted to represent
WALTER GILBEY, Esq. Looks quite the GILBEY'S "fine, old, dry," but
not "crusted." No doubt whatever of its being the excellent work of
W(erry) Q(uaint) ORCHARDSON, R.A.
No. 112. "_Hanson is as Hanson does_." By J. HANSON WALKER. Naturally
pleased with "the promise of May," and
No. 118. Another Young Lady only Younger. By the same Artist.
No. 143. The Right Hon. A.J. BALFOUR, M.P., as seen by L. ALMA-TADEMA,
R.A. Taken while considering
No. 147. The Irish Question as represented by Sir FREDERICK LEIGHTON,
P.R.A.'s "_Perseus and Andromeda_." Allegory, _Andromeda_, Ireland.
_The Monster_, "Parnellism and Crime;" and _Perseus_, BALFOUR.
Marvellous Monster! DRURIOLANUS should at once order a dozen of
'em, hot and strong, for next Christmas Pantomime. Poor Miss ANNE
DROMEDA,--"a dainty morsel _à croquer_," quoth the Monster.
No. 148. No possible doubt whatever about this being A. BERTIE;
FREEMAN-MITFORD, C.B., painted by the President of the Painters, who
has hit him off to the life. B.M. is taken at the moment when, as a
spectator of the Perseus and Andromeda _ballet d'action_, he remembers
having seen something like it in "Old Japan."
No. 201. "_Poor Tom's a Cold!_" LAURENCE SCOTT. Picture illustrating
the shortest and easiest way of catching his death of cold.
No. 206. "_Two's company, Three's none_," observed the Sun, as
blushing deeply, he sank away in the far distance. By MAURICE GREIFFEN
LAGEN.
No. 209. The original Pieman met by SIMON going to the fair in very
full dress. ARTHUR S. COPE.
No.220. "_A Student_" of ALMA-TADEMA'S style. THOMAS R. SPENCE.
No. 231. "Is it one o'clock?" she said to herself, anxiously. "I
hope luncheon will be punctual." The picture will be known as "_Grace
before Meals_," delightfully (of course) painted by Sir JOHN E.
MILLAIS.
No. 232. By the P.R.A. "What's that?" said one well-educated clerical
visitor to his matronly wife. She read it out, pronouncing it thusly,
"_Return of Percy Fone_." "What!" exclaimed the Clergyman. Then,
taking the Catalogue into his own hands, he read "_Return of
Persephone_." "It's pronounced," he informed his help-mate,
"Për-s[)e]ph-[)o]-n[)e]." "Is it?" she returned, in a tone expressive
of unmitigated incredulity. "Then," she asked suddenly, as a
brilliant idea struck her, "why isn't 'telephone' pronounced
'tel-[)e]ph-[)o]-n[)e]'?" And turning her back on him, would not hear
another word on the subject.
No. 283. _Not Crossley, but Kindly_. CLAUDE CALTHROP.
No. 333. _Professor Huxley_. By Hon. JOHN COLLIER. When it isn't the
Professor, it might serve for Sir GEORGE GROVE. Bravo, Honourable
JOHN! "Hang him, JOHN COLLIER!" (SHAKSPEARE adapted.)
No. 390. A Boy to the very life, or a Life Boy. JAMES SANT, R.A. It's
a picture of Master HUGH BURDETT MONEY COUTTS. How well this name will
look on a cheque for a cool thousand or so! But to see the _Hue_ of
health on his cheek is better than seeing the colour of that HUGH'S
money.
No. 414. Portrait of Author W. PINERO, Esq. Painted by JOSEPH
MORDECAI, who has done to Author PINERO what HAMAN would have done to
MORDECAI, _i.e._, hung him.
No. 439. Sitting for Don Quixote. WILLIAM E. LOCKHART.
No. 459. _Stiff Collar Day; or, Just Back from the Wash_, "And,
confound it! she's been washing my shirt and tie together, and spoilt
'em both. Wish I had another lot ready, but haven't, so must go to
Academy as I am," said WALTER S-WASH-BUCKLER LETHBRIDGE, and finished
up with an impetuous and irrepressible "Hang it!" "I will," replied
the Artist, JOHN PETTIE, R.A.
No. 544. _Josephine Grimaldina; or, Female Clown_, the next novelty
in Pantomime, dedicated to the author and composer of _L'Enfant
Prodigue_. JOHN S. SARGENT.
No. 667. _Feeling his Bumps; or, Phrenology in the Olden Time._"
ERNEST NORMAND.
No. 651. Gentleman ready for riding, but no spurs. "Where the deuce
have I put them?" he is evidently saying. "All ready but that. Can't
find 'em anywhere!" A picture which quite tells its own (JULIAN)
STORY.
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