. John Pettie, , ; . Hunter, R. W. Macbeth, andTom Graham (Chatto and Windus, 1881). Pettiesetching, strong and direct, one of the best in thevolume, depicts a French ambassador approachingQueen Marys camp with a white flag—Maytplease your Grace to speak with one who speaksfor France and you. The subject found favourwith Pettie, for he set to work in the same year on 58 JOHN PETTIE an oil-painting, A White Flag, which is closely-akin to the etching. The same pose and the samefling of the open hand, possibly a little awkward,but dramatically suggestive, appear later in TheUltimatum.
. John Pettie, , ; . Hunter, R. W. Macbeth, andTom Graham (Chatto and Windus, 1881). Pettiesetching, strong and direct, one of the best in thevolume, depicts a French ambassador approachingQueen Marys camp with a white flag—Maytplease your Grace to speak with one who speaksfor France and you. The subject found favourwith Pettie, for he set to work in the same year on 58 JOHN PETTIE an oil-painting, A White Flag, which is closely-akin to the etching. The same pose and the samefling of the open hand, possibly a little awkward,but dramatically suggestive, appear later in TheUltimatum. In this record of Petties book illustrations andwork done at the Sketching Clubs to which hebelonged, we have traversed rapidly a period ofyears, during which he had gained repute inLondon as one of the foremost painters of theRoyal Academy. It is time to retrace our stepsto where we left him in Edinburgh, one of Laudersmost promising pupils, still on the threshold of hiscareer. A MOMENT OF DANGER(Size of original, 46 x 35.). CHAPTER III LONDON AND THE ACADEMY Petties strong and ambitious nature called forthe stimulus of the fullest competition. He pantedfor larger air, and thrilled to test his wings in longerand nobler flight. The success of his Armourers and What dye lack ? at the Royal Academystill further incited him to try his fortunes in thesouth. Another thing that influenced him was theremoval to London of the headquarters of GoodTf^ords. It was not his main reason, but there canbe no doubt that Mr. Strahans offer of steady com-missions for illustrations was a strong inducementto him to take a step which was naturally somethingof a venture. The £lO apiece which he got for hisdrawings on the wood block was more than suffi-cient to keep the wolf from the door and to ensurethat independence of his parents which he was the 59 60 JOHN PEITIE first to desire. JNIr. Strahan, a hale and heartyveteran, is still alive to tell the tale of how Pettiewould come to his office at
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