The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14

buyer gave him $50 more. because he had prontcd
greatly by the sale OF the engraving.
the Huguenot" vas the hrst OF q series Of
four paintings embracing Tho Prescribed Roy
nllst." tine order Of Release and Tho Black
H%runswickor," each Of which represents a more
or less unfinished story OF unsclfsh love, In which
the sweetness Of woman shinos conspicuous
Tho figure u The Huguonot' was painted. from
the mos, part, from Mr. Arthur, subsequently,
General, irmpricro a lovely woman named
Miss Ryan VINO, aitorward, however. married
an ostler. sat for tho lady In Tho Iluguenot"
Tho hgure and face Of the woman In Tho Pro
scrlbed Royhlist' were finally taken. not from
Mrs Ruslln. NJ has boon asserted, but from
The same Miss Ryan who was the model for Tho
Hugucnot" The CONF for Tho Order
Of Release" cnno from a Mr Joseph Arden,
through Thackcray. The soene takes place,
no, outside Of a prison. as has been nbsurdly sup
posed. but in a bare waiting room Into which
a young Highland clAnsman hos been ushered
TO his wife, while tho ialicr takes the order Of re.
lease, which will have to be verified by his su-
pcrior officer before It can result In final liberty
II such an event ever happened, II ever a High
lander 8 wife brought a pardon for her husband
to a reluctant turnkey, things must have occurred
thus. Tho work is saved by expression and color
from the realism Of a photograph It's tho head
Of tho woman In this picture that was painted
from Mrs Ruskin, her son assures us that 1t
Was a perfect Likeness, OF her In 1853. exccp, only
a. TO the color Of her hair, which was really a
golden auburn. but which In the painting was
changed to black in order to contrast with that
Of the child This picture Is said TO have been
the first over hung on the walls OF the Acad-
ami uhich yAtnip.l n vytn. ~ m ,nlica ~ an
TO move On the crowd 1, was sold by Mtlais
for r40O; in 1873, il was resold for 50. s53. and.
ultimately, attained the price Of 5 200 g~u!ncas
One Of the keenest dlsappointments Of Millais's
carly life occurred in 1850. when. after being
elected an Associate Of the Royal Acad-
envy. the appointment, was quashed on The
ground Of his extreme youth Since that time
his work had risen year by year in public esteem,
but, as yet, no oL.lal recognition OF their merit
had come from the Academy He was, there
fore, more than usually interested in the election
which WAS to take pace in November, 1853 Sew
eral influential Academicians had promised to
vote for him. and, as a matter Of fact. he was
chosen An Associate at that meeting ID G. RoS-
se,i, when be heard the news, declared, $50 now
tho whole round table Is dissolved" meaning,
OF course, that MIllais, having been received
into the fold OF recognized authority, would cease
to support the heterodox principles which he had
hitherto upheld lie continued 10 work on tho
same lines, however. until 1860, when his painting
OF minute detail became gradually merged in
greater breadth Of treatment The Rescue"
which was exhibited In 1855, Millais, himself,
considered his best work. When. therefore, he
wen, to the Academy on Vanishing Dny, and
found that the picture had been deliberately skicd,
bis indignation knew no bounds. lie told the
Hanging Com mittee to their faces what he thought
OF the insult and OF them, as the authors OF it
He threatened 10 take away his picture and re-
Sign from the Academy unless They rchung him,
which they did The truth is that the Hanging
Com nitee were Jealous Of all rising men.