Scribner's magazine . G. F. Watts, , by himself—in the possession of the Dowager Lady Bowman.(Photographed by F. Hollyer.) series of sketches of Lord Hollandsfriends, including many of the Italiannobility. Time passed so pleasantly and quick-ly in Italy that, if it had not been fora kind reminder from Lord Holland,Watts would probably have missed thecompetition of oil i:>aintings for theHouses of Parliament, which was held by the Fine Arts Commissioners inJune, 1847. He returned to Englandjust in time to send in his picture ofKing Alfred Inciting the Saxons toResist the Landing of the D
Scribner's magazine . G. F. Watts, , by himself—in the possession of the Dowager Lady Bowman.(Photographed by F. Hollyer.) series of sketches of Lord Hollandsfriends, including many of the Italiannobility. Time passed so pleasantly and quick-ly in Italy that, if it had not been fora kind reminder from Lord Holland,Watts would probably have missed thecompetition of oil i:>aintings for theHouses of Parliament, which was held by the Fine Arts Commissioners inJune, 1847. He returned to Englandjust in time to send in his picture ofKing Alfred Inciting the Saxons toResist the Landing of the Danes, whichduly obtained one of the first prizes,this time worth £500. He also received a commission to ex-ecute in fresco the St. George and the 701. John Lothrop Motley (1882)—in the possession of the artist.(Photographed by F. Holyer.) Dragon, wliicli, l)e<ifini in 1848, wascompleted in 1858, in the ui)per waiting-hall of the palace at Westminster. TheKinir Alfred is also in the House,havini^- been purchased after a time, fora small sum, by the Commissioners. He was now thoroui^hly possessedwith the desire to stimulate the love ofnoble art and the S2)irit of jmtriotismin En<j:land by the adornment of thewalls of public buildings with mightyfrescos of ^^reat subjects, and he pur-sued this great aim with ardor for702 many years after his return from such a dream could be fuLtilled bythe will of artists alone, every jiublicbuilding in England would be coveredwith pictures ; for. whatever else maybe alleged against British artists, it cannever be said that they have been want-ing in public and patriotic spirit, orhave weighed their labor by the ounce,when it was to be turned to a nobleuse. Barn-, half starved, labori
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