OUR ILLUSTRATED NOTE-BOOK

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Elliott and Fry

By the retirement, at the age of seventy-seven, of Mr. E. Armitage, R.A., the Royal Academy loses one of its oldest active members. For the past fifty years he has been a contributor to the annual exhibition at Burlington House, receiving his Associateship in 1867, and the full membership seven years later. For his cartoon of “The Landing of Julius Caesar,” sent to the Westminster Hall competition in 1843, he received a prize of £300, and in 1847 he gained a prize of £500 for his “Battle of Meanee,” the picture being subsequently purchased by the Queen. Two of the frescoes in the Houses of Parliament are from his brush.

To the death of Sir Philip Cunliffe-Owen and his work in connection with South Kensington reference is made in the columns of our Chronicle of Art. The National Gallery has recently had several interesting acquisitions, four of which are reproduced here. They will be followed by others in our next issue. In the British section has been added another of Sir Charles L. Eastlake's paintings, “Ippolita Torelli” (No.1,398), bequeathed by the late Lady Eastlake. In the Dutch section are “A Portrait of a Gentleman,” by Gerard Ter Borch (No.1,399), purchased from the executors of the late Lady Eastlake at the same price ~ a remarkably low one ~ was paid for it by Sir Charles Eastlake; “An Old Woman Sewing,” attributed, to Jan van Aach (No.1,397), and “Christ before Pilate,” by Rembrandt (No.1400).

There has recently been placed in position in the vestibule of the Manchester Town Hall a statue by Mr. Alfred Gilbert, R.A., of the late Dr. Joule, the eminent scientist. Dr. Joule was born at Salford, and his connection with Manchester was a close one all through his life. It is fitting, therefore, that Manchester should honour his memory in the way that she has done. Our reproduction is made by special permission of the Corporation of Manchester.