New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-03
TAILORING ~ THE ACADEMY.

From The London News.

From The London News
R9y Al oeG G be- G9er
moveG t on ear9R Mn ha neh % The art ertG
pronounce fayorabIy on the Royal Academy Elk
hibtiOn. Both are clearly of opinion that however
many tailorS it takes to make a man the M nber
is nothing compared to that Of the Academicans
you must have on your list before you can be sure
that a mans coat has been properly made-on
Academy and looked at the pictures the walls
Were inclined to join in the general wall that
to- that good tailors are not now To be found The
a most exaggerated manner, and compelled
10 stop and ask ourselves whether tailoring was
negative answer was soon Forthcoming in the
splendid garments to be seen on every hand on the
afternoon. For, while on the canvas there rep
any slop-shop there We're to be seen on the bodies
of the gentlemen present examples of the tailoring
ohe TGnS aorn no r@ in that home
The critic Of The Tailor and Gutter is no less
severe on the painter than the editor He is
templates as a punishment for certain artists that
same unfinished condition as those they paint in
fs bV b pcr Hnh1n 4 f'9sm is SUN
whose coat not single buttonhoe met the eye of
the outraged critic. while one lapel was missing
no drawing seam on the collar of Lord Mqnners's
seam is unpardonable, The Iapeis of the d-b
frock coat" which the, artist has put upon Mr.
wobby. The millionaire is not left quite button
less, but he is limited to each side and there
are no buttOnhOles to correspond. Mr.. Grips how
has neither buttons buttonhOles. The
case of Mr.. Rae is desperate. The poor has
no waist seam. and the critic cannot find any in
dcation that the lapel of his coat is sewn in its
place. Lord Strawberries hunting costume
sorry to hear, is not UP to date. and the critics
enjoyment of Mr.. Samuel Whitbreads portrait has
been troubled by the perple king thought. how
could he have got his unmentOnabes on?
The now famous brown boots of the Prince of
Wales have not escaped the critic of The Tailor
and Cutter. He seems TO hold an opinion that has
The way the critic puts it is this: There some
thing incongruOus between brown boots and black
frock coat and vest with gray trousers" on
the whole, the details of the Princes portrait are
approved fairly good" STILL had Mr. Orchard
son consulted The Tailor and Cutter" he might
have got hint or two the position of those
plaguy buttons and the management of those
licentious lapels. which to defy nearly every
painter in the profession As a rule however. 1.-The
Tailor and Cutter is deferentia royal costume,
even in Academy portraiture. In the Duke of Con-
naughts picture for example the details of
braid and buttons equal to HerkOmerS best.
There's compliment to 'Iierkomer''! The critic
Is enthusiastic too, details in the presentation
portrait of the Prince of Wales Q7D: cuffs. aigu-
lette buttons, the shape even of the lapel in this
case and the collar all excellent If the
mad only given Indication of the drawing
OF collar and the waist seam, this portrait would
have been first class There is here if;
but we feel that, encouraged by large a
measure of appreciation. the artist will do better
another time. We fancy that if The Tailor and
cutter had the selection of the Chantrey bequest