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Artists' Benevolent Fund.
period of the year at xvhich the festival took place , and the absence from town of many members of both houses of the Legislature , and other patrons of the arts , during the Easter recess , the attendance xvas not so numerous as usual ; but the friends and supporters of the charity who attended made up in enthusiasm and liberality in the amount of their pecuniary donations for the paucity of numbers .
Among those xx'ho were present xve observed Sir AV . 0 . Eoss , B . A .. ; David Eoberts , E . A . ; Eicbard II . Solly , F . E . S . ; George Dod , M . P . ; E . AV . Cooke , A . E . A . ; Henry AVeekes , A . E . A . ; . las . F . AVilhnore , A . E . A . ; Capt . S . II . Lee ; Messrs . F . AV . Beadon , J . Henderson , J . II . Mann , John Dickenson , John Auldjo , H . Twining ; Dr . ThompsonDr . Eowland & cand about eihty other gentlemen .
, , , g The entertainment and wines appeared to give general satisfaction . A musical party , under the direction of Mr . Genge , gave zest and variet y to the festive assemblage , and the duties of toasfcmaster were , as usual , efficiently discharged by Mr . Harker . In proposing the usual introductory toasts , the Chairman paid a well-merited and happily-timed compliment to the Prince Consort ,
for his judicious and liberal patronage of the arts in this country , and was induced to augur xvell from this circumstance for the future prosperity and encouragement of native talent . The " Army and the iSTavy" xvas responded to by Captain Lee , and The CHAIEMAN then gave the toast of the evening , " Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Fund . " He believed there was no
institution of the metropolis more peculiarly deserving ot the patronage and support of aU lovers of art than that xvhich he had noxv the honour of advocating . Independently of the claims of artists themselves upon their support , it xvas well knoxvn by all xx * ho hacl studied the history of the xx'orld for three thousand years back , that the more the arts xvere promoted and fostered , the more the people were cix'ilizedand humanizedand elevatedand the more the interests of
, , , society in general xvere promoted . All those xvhose labours tended to advance the arts xvere , upon high moral grounds , entitled to tlieir gratitude and respect ; but it was well known that , however great the genius of the artist might be , and hoxvex'er highly appreciated , he was not ahvays fortunate enough to obtain , during his lifetime , the pecuniary reward to xvhich he was entitled . He might instance
the eases of Hogarth and of Titian in proof of this , and after years of study and exertion the artist xvas probably compelled to leax * e those he held most dear to him to the sympathy and the benevolence of the public . He was sure it xx * as unnecessary for him to say more to induce them to give a liberal support to an institution xvhich , so far as its means xvould alloxv ifc , gave relief to the xxdclows ancl orphans of deceased artists . The toast was drank xxith much enthusiasm .
Mr . DAVID EGBERTS gave " The health of the Chairman , and in the course of his address observed that at no period in the history of art in that country xvas it so largely or so liberally patronised . Mr . AnsTOJf returned thanks , and gave "The Eoyal Academy . "
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Artists' Benevolent Fund.
period of the year at xvhich the festival took place , and the absence from town of many members of both houses of the Legislature , and other patrons of the arts , during the Easter recess , the attendance xvas not so numerous as usual ; but the friends and supporters of the charity who attended made up in enthusiasm and liberality in the amount of their pecuniary donations for the paucity of numbers .
Among those xx'ho were present xve observed Sir AV . 0 . Eoss , B . A .. ; David Eoberts , E . A . ; Eicbard II . Solly , F . E . S . ; George Dod , M . P . ; E . AV . Cooke , A . E . A . ; Henry AVeekes , A . E . A . ; . las . F . AVilhnore , A . E . A . ; Capt . S . II . Lee ; Messrs . F . AV . Beadon , J . Henderson , J . II . Mann , John Dickenson , John Auldjo , H . Twining ; Dr . ThompsonDr . Eowland & cand about eihty other gentlemen .
, , , g The entertainment and wines appeared to give general satisfaction . A musical party , under the direction of Mr . Genge , gave zest and variet y to the festive assemblage , and the duties of toasfcmaster were , as usual , efficiently discharged by Mr . Harker . In proposing the usual introductory toasts , the Chairman paid a well-merited and happily-timed compliment to the Prince Consort ,
for his judicious and liberal patronage of the arts in this country , and was induced to augur xvell from this circumstance for the future prosperity and encouragement of native talent . The " Army and the iSTavy" xvas responded to by Captain Lee , and The CHAIEMAN then gave the toast of the evening , " Prosperity to the Artists' Benevolent Fund . " He believed there was no
institution of the metropolis more peculiarly deserving ot the patronage and support of aU lovers of art than that xvhich he had noxv the honour of advocating . Independently of the claims of artists themselves upon their support , it xvas well knoxvn by all xx * ho hacl studied the history of the xx'orld for three thousand years back , that the more the arts xvere promoted and fostered , the more the people were cix'ilizedand humanizedand elevatedand the more the interests of
, , , society in general xvere promoted . All those xvhose labours tended to advance the arts xvere , upon high moral grounds , entitled to tlieir gratitude and respect ; but it was well known that , however great the genius of the artist might be , and hoxvex'er highly appreciated , he was not ahvays fortunate enough to obtain , during his lifetime , the pecuniary reward to xvhich he was entitled . He might instance
the eases of Hogarth and of Titian in proof of this , and after years of study and exertion the artist xvas probably compelled to leax * e those he held most dear to him to the sympathy and the benevolence of the public . He was sure it xx * as unnecessary for him to say more to induce them to give a liberal support to an institution xvhich , so far as its means xvould alloxv ifc , gave relief to the xxdclows ancl orphans of deceased artists . The toast was drank xxith much enthusiasm .
Mr . DAVID EGBERTS gave " The health of the Chairman , and in the course of his address observed that at no period in the history of art in that country xvas it so largely or so liberally patronised . Mr . AnsTOJf returned thanks , and gave "The Eoyal Academy . "