Scribner's magazine . attss contributions tathe Royal Academy. At that time theart-world was agitated by the proposalof the Fine Arts Commission to holdcompetitive exhibitions of designs forthe decoration of the Houses of Parlia-ment with scenes from the history ofGreat Britain. The first exhibition wa&held in AVestminster Hall in 1843. Ar-tists young and old threw their wholeenergies into their cartoons, from i^oorHaydon, who had ever since 1812 beenthe consistent and loud-voiced insti-gator of the scheme, to Watts andother young men, who had yet theirs^Hirs to win. To Haydon the competition
Scribner's magazine . attss contributions tathe Royal Academy. At that time theart-world was agitated by the proposalof the Fine Arts Commission to holdcompetitive exhibitions of designs forthe decoration of the Houses of Parlia-ment with scenes from the history ofGreat Britain. The first exhibition wa&held in AVestminster Hall in 1843. Ar-tists young and old threw their wholeenergies into their cartoons, from i^oorHaydon, who had ever since 1812 beenthe consistent and loud-voiced insti-gator of the scheme, to Watts andother young men, who had yet theirs^Hirs to win. To Haydon the competition was a bit-ter disappointment, perhaps the bitter-est of his life, for he was unsuccessful ^to Watts the result was the revei*se, forhe obtained one of the first-class prizeswith his cartoon of **Caractacus ledin Tiiumph through the Streets ofRome.* The £300 which he receivedfacilitated his desire to go to Italy, the • This was never carried ont in frepco. Fragments olit are in the possession of Lord Orpheus and Eurydice—in the possession of the artist.(Photographed by Canneron & Smith.)
Size: 1186px × 2106px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, bookpublishernewyo, bookyear1887
