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. ¦ ¦ V Our Arohitectijral Chapter.
statues , public monuments , busts , tombs , designs for .: plat ^; ; itid ; . ^ 6 rfe in every department of his art , show the highest merit ; but with all his range of practice ^ it is w ell known that he has one speciality among his brethren—the modelling of animals . His horses , dogs , lions , and stags , are distinguished for their accuracy , spirit , and
originality of treatment . Among these we may refer to the works he has executed for Mr . Harvey Combe , his lion in the Western Cemetery , and his public memorial to Tittis Salt , at Saltaire , in which he has introduced the llama and the sheep . Being attached to the memory of Nelson from his studies for the Norwich monument , he took a deep interest in the completion of the column in Trafalgar-square , and
being desirous of having the sculpture of the lions , he made to the Government the liberal offer of carving four lions for £ 6 , 000 . This made the long delayed work practicable , and Admiral Walcott urged it upon the House of Commons , referring to Milnes ' s tender and the models he had sent to the Board of Works . He supposed he was successful , and so did the House of Commons , for at the close of the session , Lord John Manners announced that the Government proposed
to provide the lions and every one was gratified . On the adjournment of the House , it oozed out that Lord John Manners had given the commission to Sir Edwin Landseer , the animal painter , with a sum of £ 10 , 000 , and Milnes ' s mpdels were sent back
to Euston-road . This injustice to Milnes , and the transfer to a painter of a sculptor ' s commission , have excited the lively indignation of architects , and the Times has given expression to their opinion , and that ofthe public , and has claimed the withdrawal of the commission to Landseer and the employment of Milnes .
The agitation for a Battersea Crystal Palace is going on ; Mr . P . W . Beaumont , C . E ., has been appointed Hon . Sec . to the movement . The cleansing of St . Margaret ' s , Lothbury , inside and out , was completed on Friday . The vane has been regilt and is bright and shining , the clock re-decorated , and the whole building whitened down , so that it looks now a conspicuous building on that architectural route . We are , however , far from satisfied that this whitewashing is the best
course , for it will become begrimed and besooted as of yore , while the Bank of England and most of the neighbouring buildings will be clean , without whitewashing , and this because they are kept washed down with the fire-engines , which are thereby kept in order . What the churchwardens ought to have done , was to have had the building carefully scraped and washed , and then have exercised the parish engines once a month on the church front , putting a blind of battens
in front of the windows . The sarcophagus ofthe Duke of Wellington , in the crypt of St . Paul ' s , continues to he a great object of attraction . Dean Milman has very liberally thrown open to view all the public monuments in the nave , and on the free days there is in addition access to the crypt . The block of the sarcophagus and the decoration of the mortuary chapel are certainly , as has been said , among the most successful works , of the
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. ¦ ¦ V Our Arohitectijral Chapter.
statues , public monuments , busts , tombs , designs for .: plat ^; ; itid ; . ^ 6 rfe in every department of his art , show the highest merit ; but with all his range of practice ^ it is w ell known that he has one speciality among his brethren—the modelling of animals . His horses , dogs , lions , and stags , are distinguished for their accuracy , spirit , and
originality of treatment . Among these we may refer to the works he has executed for Mr . Harvey Combe , his lion in the Western Cemetery , and his public memorial to Tittis Salt , at Saltaire , in which he has introduced the llama and the sheep . Being attached to the memory of Nelson from his studies for the Norwich monument , he took a deep interest in the completion of the column in Trafalgar-square , and
being desirous of having the sculpture of the lions , he made to the Government the liberal offer of carving four lions for £ 6 , 000 . This made the long delayed work practicable , and Admiral Walcott urged it upon the House of Commons , referring to Milnes ' s tender and the models he had sent to the Board of Works . He supposed he was successful , and so did the House of Commons , for at the close of the session , Lord John Manners announced that the Government proposed
to provide the lions and every one was gratified . On the adjournment of the House , it oozed out that Lord John Manners had given the commission to Sir Edwin Landseer , the animal painter , with a sum of £ 10 , 000 , and Milnes ' s mpdels were sent back
to Euston-road . This injustice to Milnes , and the transfer to a painter of a sculptor ' s commission , have excited the lively indignation of architects , and the Times has given expression to their opinion , and that ofthe public , and has claimed the withdrawal of the commission to Landseer and the employment of Milnes .
The agitation for a Battersea Crystal Palace is going on ; Mr . P . W . Beaumont , C . E ., has been appointed Hon . Sec . to the movement . The cleansing of St . Margaret ' s , Lothbury , inside and out , was completed on Friday . The vane has been regilt and is bright and shining , the clock re-decorated , and the whole building whitened down , so that it looks now a conspicuous building on that architectural route . We are , however , far from satisfied that this whitewashing is the best
course , for it will become begrimed and besooted as of yore , while the Bank of England and most of the neighbouring buildings will be clean , without whitewashing , and this because they are kept washed down with the fire-engines , which are thereby kept in order . What the churchwardens ought to have done , was to have had the building carefully scraped and washed , and then have exercised the parish engines once a month on the church front , putting a blind of battens
in front of the windows . The sarcophagus ofthe Duke of Wellington , in the crypt of St . Paul ' s , continues to he a great object of attraction . Dean Milman has very liberally thrown open to view all the public monuments in the nave , and on the free days there is in addition access to the crypt . The block of the sarcophagus and the decoration of the mortuary chapel are certainly , as has been said , among the most successful works , of the