The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-08 00:00:00

DISTRIBUTION OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS,

The distribution of the collection of original water-colour
drawings and paintings, which have been engraved in the
works of Messrs. linden, took place yesterday, under the
management of Mr. Grundy, in the Lecture Theatre of the
Royal Victoria Gallery, Exchange-street. The theatre was
crowded with ladies and gentlemen, (subscribers.) curious to
witness the decision, which was on the plan pursued in the
Arts Union. There being 120 prizes,—viz., four principal
(consisting each of several drawings) and 116 single pictures
or drawings—the subscription was limited to 1,200 shares, at
a guinea each. The 1,080 subscribers who failed to obtain
one of the 120 prizes, became entitled to a print of Sir
Thomas Lawrence's " Lovely Sisters ;" the holders of two
shares had the choice of a tinted proof, or two plain impres-
sions ; and subscribers for upwards of two shares had the
choice of proofs before letters of Sir T. Lawrence's "Three
Daughters of Lord Maryborough." or his " Little Red
Riding Hood ;" or tinted or plain proofs of Chalon's " Ma-
ternal Affection." The four principal prizes were the
following :-Ist, (valued at 150 guineas,) twelve drawings,
by Stephanoff and Corhould, framed in one tableau • 2d,
(valued at 100 guineas,) tableau of four drawings, by Nash ;
3d, two drawings, by Herbert ; ,Ith, tableau of four draw-
ings, by Stephanoff. All the drawings were framed and
glazed.
Mr. Thomas Fleming consented to take the chair, and
Mr. Grundy read the terms of the subscription and raw-
ing, and stated, that, to ensure accuracy, the cards to be
drawn had all been examined by Mr. S. E. Cottam, account.
ant, who was present. 1,200 cards, containing the names of
the subscribers, were then put into one wheel ; and 120,
containing the numbers of the prizes, into the other wheel,
the latter having been previously compared with the cata-
logue by Mr. Cottam. Part of the conditions were, that
two persons appointed by the majority of the company
present were to draw the cards ; and the company decided
that two of Mr. Grundy's boys should draw the cards from
the wheels. In giving the list of successful subscribers, the
numbers refer to the drawings as described in the published
catalogue. By the mode adopted, there were 120 drawings,
a card being simultaneously drawn from each wheel, till the
whole of the prizes had thus been allotted, and the remain-
ing 1,080 cards in the one wheel being regarded as blanks.
Where no place is mentioned, the subscriber resides at
Manchester, or the immediate neighbourhood.
The first prize drawn was the fourth of the principal
prizes, No. 21 in the catalogue. It was taken by Mr. P. R.
Arrowsmith' Bolton. The drawings then continued as fol-
lows :—No. 91 (in catalogue), Mr. James Smith, Liverpool;
59, P. M`Laren ; 110, Joshua F. Lace, Liverpool; 61, John
Marriott, Liverpool; 60, Samuel Bury, Salford; 20, Grego-
ry S. Lay, Ardwick ; 74, John Allen, King-street; 70, Miss
_ .

Thomason, Broughton ; 7, William Banning, Liverpool ;
111, P. R. Arrowsmith, Bolton ; 14, William Pritchard ; 98,
11. H. Grounds • 40, J. H. Hawes ; 77, John Hick, 13olton ; •
29, William Robinson, Liverpool ; 41, Thomas Burton,
Preston ' 10, Thomas Bradshaw ; 116, John Laurie ; 26,
George Simms ; 87, Richard Nicholson, Liverpool ; 91,
David Kidd, Loodon ; 85, Mrs. Lock wood ; 47, Jonathan
Atkinson, Liverpool; 73, F. P. Rickards ;. 118, John Edge ;
17, Hon. R. Bootle Wilbraham, M. P. ; 45, William Winn,
Liverpool ; 16, Hugh Unthank ; 95, H. M. Orrnerod ; 42,
John Brooks, jun. Sunnysile ; 113, M. Browne, Greenlies•s;
1, George Marchanton ; 22, Joseph Ridgway, Wallsuch6 ;
54, Miss Elizabeth Clarke, Strangeways ; 96, Henry Ford;
83, Cephas Howard, Stockport • 79, John Lomas ; 24, With
Clegg ; 46, It. Bradley ; 65, H. C. Campbell ; 71, William
Ovens ; 112, A. M. Brown ; 27, Eustace Ralli ; 103, Mrs.
H. L. Becker, Denton • 4, H. Cruse, London • 93, Richard
Broadhurst ; 119, E. Corbett ; 72. John Samuels ; 11, Robt.
Neild, Leigh •, 9, A. and P. Lascaridi ; 120, John Doming,
Liverpool; 51, Thos. Fairbairn, Polygon ; 2, Josh. Hickiti;
69, J. Hindle; 39, Jas. Gilbert, Sheffield ; 52, Jas. Massey,
jun. Gaythorn ; 43, W. H. Grattan; 5, Win. Birtles, Stuck-
port; 107, H. W. Collier ; 38, Sir Thos. Joseph Trafford ; 25,
Henry J. Houghton ; 48, G. Schott ; 106, Alfred Orrell ; 104,
Henr M`Laren.; 86, Geo. Barge; 18, J. Marriott, Liver-
y4j,akositeepr
pool ; 75, John Curtis, jun. Cheethain ; 1094,
Salford ; 58, Joseph Ridgway, Wallsuches ;
head; 63, Joseph Johnson, Liverpool; 92, Mrs. La4vs,
Broughton ; 67 Rev. G. Dugard ; 31, James Parr • 82, Jahn
Carver, jun. ; 'B9, John Paton ; 19, P. R. Gordon,' 7sth
Highlanders ; 105, Mrs. Davies, Broughton ; 15, Jose,lph
Ridgway, Wallsuehes ; SO, Jatnes O'Leary ; 6, John Pibr-
point ; 62, W. 11. lticbardsrn; 35, T W. Phillips, ArdwiCk ;
84, J. Luky. London ; 57, John Chadwick, Ashton ; $B,
Peter Martin, Bolton ? 12, W. H. Long, Knutsford ; 55,
M. K. Wagner ; 81, Thomas Bradshaw ; 37, Matthew Ken-
nedy, Ancoats ; 97, William Balshaw jun., Bolton ; 30,
Benjamin Hainpson ; 32, Mrs. Robert Bennett, Gorton ; 49,
the first prize, Thomas- Archer, Manchester; 50. Salutel
Holland, Halifax ; 3, Thomas Smith, Stockport ; 101, John
Stones, Cheatham ; 68, G. M. Robinson, Bank House,
Bolton ; 117, Silas Leigh, Swinton • 64, Alexander Whyte
Mrs. Edward Tootal; 13, A. P. Halliday, Cornbr,,,k

102, Mrs. Thomas Baron, Colton ; 33, George Greaves ; 78,
Sidney Graves, London.; 53,-Mrs. J. Itansome; 108, R. K.

Shanlain, Chester; 36, Itkliard Greenhalgh ; 36, 'Josiah
Leicester; 115, John Davidson; 100, Charles Garnett; 23,
John Thompson, Broughton ' • 114, John Clow, Liverpool ;
8, W. F. Scholefield 76, the second prize, Miss Emily
Hick, Bolton ; 99, the third prize, Mrs. George Kenworthy,
St. John-street, Manchester; 90, William Cathrall ; 66,
Henry Brock liollitishead, Blackburn ; 34, Barton Wood.

It will be seen that 11 prizes out of the 120 come to Li-
verpool; eight to Bolton ; four to London ; three to Stock-
port; and three were won by Joseph itidway, Esq., of Wall-
suches. My. P. IL Arrowsrnith. of Bolton. Mr. Thomas
Bradshaw, of-Manchester, and Mr. John Marriott, of Liver-
pool, each took two prizes. It is rather remarkable, that
the first prize drawn should be a principal one; that the next
principal prize (the grand prize) should not appear till the
95th drawing; and that the other two should be drawn con-
secutively—being the 116th and 117th drawings out of 120—
and that then• should both be won by ladies. The drawing
occupied about an hour and a half. When all the cards but
one had been drawn, the boy groped in the wheel in vain for
that, and after te❑ minutes' groping and peeping into the
wheel, its side was forced open, and the card found. The
drawing being over, Mr. S. E. Cottam was called to the
chair, and the thanks of the company were passed by accla-
mation to Mr. Fleming for presiding. Mr. Grundy an-
nounced, that parties not having won prizes might make
choice of their prints at any time. The assembly then sepa-
rated.

The plan adopted by Mr. Grundy for the disposal of these
pictures reflects great credit upon him ; indeed the arrange-
ment throughout was most admirable.

Dottrp.

THE GRAVES OF GENIUS,

BY CHARLES SWAIN

(From the Literary Gazette.)

Where sleep the dead, whose living tones tilled earth with
dreams of beav'n,
Where to their lov'd and precious dust has dust at last been

Wheretio they rest, whose honour'd names breath'd ever of

renown,
They of the burning heart and mind

—they of the laurel-

Some lie beneath the sculptur'd tombs, beneath the holy shade
Of England's old cathedral walls wherein our fathers prayed ;
And marble statues stand around, and o'er them banners

wave,
And chisell'd flowers in beauty bend above each hallow'd
grave.

And some lie on a foreign shore, far from their childhood's

home
And only by their place of rest the stranger's step may roam ;
And only the dark cypress-tree is left to mark the spot,
Where one may sleep whose blessed voice can never be

forgot

And many lie beneath the sod, the village-church around,
Without a stone to tell us where their green beds may be

found •
Neglected and alone they seem—and yet it is not so,
Though seldom to their quiet graves earth's wanderers may

Where sleeps the dust of those whose thoughts are not by
death laid low ?
Where are the tombs of genius seen

'—what matters it to

know
Think rather of the place of rest the mighty dead must find,
And shrines that never may decay, in every thoughtful mind.