. The Arts Club and its members . t take the chairat the dinner given by the Club to Leightonon his election as President of the RoyalAcademy. In his speech, when proposing^T„„T,.T^^^ the health of the guest of the evening, Millais CLUB BADGE ^ = said that on oneoccasion just after Thackerayhad returned from a trip to Rome, they met at The Garrick, whenThackeray said Millais, my boy, I have met in Rome a versatileyoung dog called Leighton who will one of these days run you hardfor the Presidentship. Millais was never a great frequenter of clubsand rarely appeared at The Arts, though he kept hi
. The Arts Club and its members . t take the chairat the dinner given by the Club to Leightonon his election as President of the RoyalAcademy. In his speech, when proposing^T„„T,.T^^^ the health of the guest of the evening, Millais CLUB BADGE ^ = said that on oneoccasion just after Thackerayhad returned from a trip to Rome, they met at The Garrick, whenThackeray said Millais, my boy, I have met in Rome a versatileyoung dog called Leighton who will one of these days run you hardfor the Presidentship. Millais was never a great frequenter of clubsand rarely appeared at The Arts, though he kept his name on thebooks until his death in 1896. A tragic incident in connexion with the Hanover Square house ismentioned in Martin Hardies Life of John Pettie, GeorgePaul Chalmers, R. , was present at the Royal Scottish Academybanquet on the evening of the 15th February, 1878. From the banquethe went to The Arts Club, spoke with eloquence of Corot, and leftsomewhat hurt at the lack of sympathy shown to his remarks by his. NO. 17 HANOVER SQUARE FROM 1863 TO 1896 17 fellow artists. An hour later he was found lying- unconscious at thefoot of some area steps, whether by an accident or outrage will neverbe known. The mystery that hung about his death enhanced theemotion of his friends. Few men have been mourned more sin-cerely. For many years, in fact almost to the outbreak of war in 1914,it was the custom to hold high revel on the election of a member ofthe Club to the Royal Academy, when many of the Academiciansand Associates with the newly-elected one would adjourn to TheArts, where champagne, cigars, and congratulations would beforthcoming, and Schiitz Wilson, who was endowed with a gift offacile and somewhat florid oratory, was always ready to mount a chairor table and deliver himself of a humorous and appropriate orations were carefully prepared, and in cases where thechances of several competitors were rather nicely balanced, it wasWilsons custom to prep
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