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THE ROYAL ACADEMY•

TO THE EDITOR OF THE BUN. aie
SIR,—I take the liberty of troubling you With 101
lowing letter, addressed to the secretary of the 441
Academy. Your publication of it in The Su° 00
believe, be tho means of calling public attention
coo
management of that institution, which (it 18 gel: 01
understood) was intended for the advancer/3e
fine arts in this country.—l am, Sir, yours,
trop.

To JOHN PRESCOTT KNIGHT, ESQ., ing,
Secretary to the Royal Academy. AO
Sir,—Will you do me the favour to infort°,3ool
what ground the miniature entitled "Portraits tee,
and his Mistress," which was forwarded to yolir,„o
Tuesday, the sth of April last, was rejected liv
year's exhibition of the Royal Academy ! 10,0
On the picture in question being handed_ t$
Wednesday, the 4th inst., with a cross in chatt.„oo/
back of it, I demanded of the custodian why thell7lo.lof
had been rejected ? His reply was,—he did cep of r
"Referring to the Royal Academy's catalog's'
.4
year, I came upon this item,
• il
"In consequence of the inconvenient dereO ft'
~Aog
the regulations for framing miniatures, the
solutions have been adopted, and will in future beg,
enforced :—'The frames of miniatures whose,„acjicol
dimension is six inches, must not exceed two I'ooo
width and one inch in depth, and in no instal' dept
exceed two inches and a half in width and one in el
On examining the :rime of the rejected miniatlof
found to be half an inch deeper than the rule
An explanation was immediately demanded tav
frame manufacturer, who, in defence, said tledik
Academy's printed regulations were never t t)la
"Providing myself a six-inch rule I wen • col
National Gallery and took the liberty of measure
eel
frames of 40 miniatures—finding all these in 0, ifr
or less of the Academy's printed regulations bowl,c
last year's catalogue and this—l came to the !fAed
that the Academy's " resolutions " as rega",-iir
framing of miniatures at least—were not very
enforced."
It is possible, however, I may be under soraehl IV;
The 40 paintings on ivory, the frames of wilier,'
the liberty of measuring, may not be mania/1401
all, but drawings (!) For, as I perceive, the ..4,<PO
enforced regulations " only apply to miniat'ci. erle
quite possible the members of the Council while" lrof
is " final," are in possession of a talisman byl fof
when a work of art in water-colours is presel?ttoil,
hibition, they know at once whether the palciyotii'
miniature or only a drawing (?)—but whether 001)
front of a picture or the back of it, "the 'of,
decides upon its admission as a dratoiageo
rejection as a miniature, is probably one of th_dtf",
steries which would be unlawful for the Sees:p
the Royal Academy to divulge. Be that ae
allow me, Mr. Secretary, to convey to you alisoroiLl
that the Royal Academy, like all other cb tori
vileged bodies, has been making an attemPt 005,
still while all the rest of the world has been..A 14'y
forward ; contenting itself with making abonifilj,
tons about the framing of miniatures, before Or
fining what a miniature is—taking no note of tlietbo;
which painting on ivory has undergone during,„i st"
50 years—evident by its persisting to rell
absurd regulations, rendered still more absci7(
annually repeated threat, that they will be 00, /0
elforced"—till " rigidy enforced resolutionsyeabli,
Academy phraseology, becomes about as int itio•
the public as the why a water-colour painting %,:doto
may not be exhibited in a frame as broad or miof
a painting in oil (No. 491), though the fernier
than 14 times larger than the latter. be 0
But, after all, the miniature may not ha" 01,
jetted on account of its exceptionable frame °°
on account of its exceptional artistic execafr-iitlyy
cipating such a plea, immediately after raYrn.ol,7lf
tion of the pictures now exhibited by the P.;09
demy, I had seals put upon the rejected Oct yet,of
four distinct parties—which seals have ce„
ee
broken, nor is it my intention that they shalli.ttii"; oier
darkness as to the "rejection" has been a
lightened. " $o)•
Preliminary to "S:::.i.king a Light,"—" ijoo'd
being sealed up, I wrote to France for im°6oooll4o
specting the management of the Annual
bition in Paris of the Works of Living 0•17,
result of my inquiry will be seen by a glace"
so 10
ON THIS PICTURE. AND OS dell' Oyht
"All works sent to the " All works P.'
01
• e bid'
Royal Academy for exhibi- Louvre (Paris) for
to 0,/
tion (at the National Gal- are submitted „Jove,
lery) are submitted to the commission,onolo
approval or rejection of the is chosen bY
council (members of the from amongstthe otii4
Royal Academy a self- connoisseurs ;Alio ef•Pe'a
elected body, and themselves is elected by, "r 0 too
exhibitors), whose decision themselves, IV otos>
is final." learned in Ilrliicelf
ment is no' 00y.ia
biassed 1,7
motives. , "
svio
ago
Now, Mr. Secretary, allow me to ask' of tiloiof,d
and his Mistress" rejected by a commissioroario.eavi
unexceptionably composed as that of re,lefi4
Exhibition ? Could " the Council'
is on:lP°-t".4
miniature in question, and which c •bito•-, by
bers of a self-elected body, and rival exill oteriliotoJ
interested in its rejection of a picture not fh, rube Of,
of its own body ? What guarantee hag, by 01/be Yfe
better pictures than those now exhibitea from 0 Pa
Academy are not systematically exclude ne ° 141„,01,'
tional Exhibition—seeing that those aleeig 107i140,
the power to exclude them have a oPe thao),
ra
doing so ? Let us suppose for a otai3oharny
pristine days of Catalani, Salmon, Pasta, otoflgrg'o9
cledon, the English Government, in a ttlelae arbleooo:r
allowed itself to be so far seduced by tho:.00011.1.,
sounds, as to build a music hall at the nab' their. 44041%,
this commit it to the custody of those%)
valled singers ; and let us suppose als ri;gdoSli.o?
music hall was the only place in the to tle.4
candidate for vocal fame could have ac,fwthoe..,,7os
ear. Now, so long as the voices „ot i,(l-01
vocalists remained unimpaired, it 1,
_nsecl Kois
material obstacle would have been iliTr-whe.lliaciti
the display of young minor talent.. saafto Pi)?
began to be squeally, Braham
crackey—would the public have 13,7 i I iv_Zool,
Malibran, Grisi, Lablache, or B,:,lrnwed toopeeto.44
Swedish Nightingale have been
dl coterie
u bglie cr ehaard, if v
east
ecderiti
spin
artist painters exposed entroectshtheninrtienleoveilleinililireltsr.l;lsl.4
aeesrr artistup corruptible
le singersthan ?thOerliast
or t. ab_remci
has the good or ill fortune to be Uric
icadahrift.
the Royal Academy, he at on 7rotil oprgej"ol
oot,
Secretary, if I suspect the
tohfetehee
ppreainctteicearoef
dhiiasppeuroefde,ssyi7n. Tr.nTwist
ko,:ttio:ip?ifi,
take advantage of his Royal Ancnhat of e.,00,00,,
itteralsumedht_h,albeae fonee,eo,letlAti
to advance his own interest aarats with waoll /001
fore consulting that of other
as ~glandiedi,,,.o;:p
no fellowship. And so long a
ca seif.decte- 'tst., sod
,
Gallery is in the keeping o
all to other fed oc.,'"‘
terest as a class is inimical
pitnreeviderrea. s.
ukbr
ebneoti y Tteeeile c
• lawancii:a
tioe'v-0:04:54;
merit to those exhib , lygniehois 4
refusedbeitenginag rtosetheoetsan
ae
mf public pe
geniusrsp ru onbhdaaebvdle; willbwe eilnl p
t i 0
ttpprhuraeobndl
pleasi productions ce
Exhibition
transcendent
nef
nswt haveamn etr
of
fas
space,ba r
alel eeanryy,
bbeut.;_eaa
ay e
do
11, w
ate:yr
enr
0,1 Acadelig sbic:dslol
consideration with the Roy
pvtragt has uthiliegneay tow
10.0,000 rd,
ate _ors, -re,
guisher upon all talent
the charterlort'ain oloi;
culiar position.
vileged force to eclipse
occupation to a ,uoy c_a 105
Prerogative," the Theraexile"reeisecfofp
tolerably lucrative
n_ warts e‘ic.
invalid artists, but it is by . 0 y
yrt
to ,10,00 e
rivilege b
the exercise of such a p ono'? „er 11:
property' has in this, r oaf oroll"
holding national prop but o° toe
the Fine Arts in this countryAeeretary,too 0,
under a delusion which, Mr• your
31st remove.—Meanwhile, I am, '-'
1k
31st May, Cite
STATE
....Jo,'
-UNITEDbout .1 os
IiEPARTURE OF THE ..ist for or
Mains.—On Saturday forenoon 'Royal
sissy too A
British and North Amerierora the) itoti St:o3 1•Pp0
Asia, Captain Lott, sailed for the ull.largebt. .11
York, with the usual marls e
0, so freig
Canadian provinces, 83 Panerrnegharodise
valuable cargo of gener3l e
ebarge °ut
mails were brought out Lc irajty Age
Grant Raymond, R.N., A'