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All classes of artists seem to have cause of complaint , and most of them have found some organ or other in which they represent their grievances . Now , the branch of the profession which appears to be most aggrieved , and for which there seems to be no sympathy , is portrait-painting , the professors of which for many and obvious reasons must remain silent on the subject . Allow me , then , to say a few words in favour of the claims of this " unprotected " branch of the fine arts .
It claims , firstly , that by its constantly referring to , or directly studying from nature , it kept art alive in very difficult times- —times greatly adverse to art in the abstract . It had to contend , and successfully too , against ignorance , revolution , indifference , civil wars , and " glorious constitutions . " It kept the flame of art alight through all the vicissitudes of this country ; through the troubled centuries , from the reign of the seventh Henry to that of the third George , during which time hardly any other branch of art was known in the land .
Secondly , portrait-painters founded , established , and conducted the Royal Academy until lately . Their industry and economy made its wealth , and consequently its power . It is , therefore , in a high degree , ungrateful in the Academy to slight its benefactors . Thirdly , remove such portraits as are placed in the Exhibition , and a great portion of the attraction is gone . The Academy would ( commercially ) regret such removal .
Now , it appears to be manifest , that if the influential gentlemen ( who by themselves or their predecessors ) have done so much for art , were to form a separate and independent society ( as other artists have done ) ,- —I say , if the portrait-painters , en masse , were to give up exhibiting in the Royal Academy , and form for themselves an annual exhibition , to be composed of portraits solely , there is or can be no reasonable doubt of their success . This letter has run to such length that I must postpone until a future opportunity the details of the new society which I wish to see formed .
N . T . C . [ Everybody knows that the hanging arrangements by Messrs . Cooper and his two coadjutors , this year , are infamous . Poor Sir C . Eastlake is president at the dinner ; he cannot avail even to correct one blunder !]—Ed . F . M . M .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE .
Dear Sir and Brother , —It is a source of deep regret that I find myself compelled to bring under your notice a neglect on the part of the Grand Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Grand Lodge , which not only tends to retard matters connected with a Lodge , but evinces the true light in which the affairs of Lodges in the West Indies are treated . The neglect now complained of is this : that since the month of October , 1854 , the bye-laws of my Lodge were ,
I know , sent to the Assistant Grand Secretary , for the purpose of being approved of by the M . "W . the Grand Master , in conformity with the Book of Constitutions , and up to date nothing has been ever * heard of them . I am aware that the W . M . has on more than one occasion replied to members who have made inquiry of him on the subject , ( i That he had not either received the bye-laws sent in for approval or heard from the Grand Secretary touching the same . " Now , sir ,
should things go wrong out here , can the Grand Lodge blame those who are in office for having acted in any way contrary to law % I say not ., and I would therefore thank you to take such notice of the matter as you may deem best to insure somewhat more punctuality than at present exists at Freemasons' Hall . —Yours ever fraternally , A Member of No . 585 . Trinidad , April 25 , 1855 .
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All classes of artists seem to have cause of complaint , and most of them have found some organ or other in which they represent their grievances . Now , the branch of the profession which appears to be most aggrieved , and for which there seems to be no sympathy , is portrait-painting , the professors of which for many and obvious reasons must remain silent on the subject . Allow me , then , to say a few words in favour of the claims of this " unprotected " branch of the fine arts .
It claims , firstly , that by its constantly referring to , or directly studying from nature , it kept art alive in very difficult times- —times greatly adverse to art in the abstract . It had to contend , and successfully too , against ignorance , revolution , indifference , civil wars , and " glorious constitutions . " It kept the flame of art alight through all the vicissitudes of this country ; through the troubled centuries , from the reign of the seventh Henry to that of the third George , during which time hardly any other branch of art was known in the land .
Secondly , portrait-painters founded , established , and conducted the Royal Academy until lately . Their industry and economy made its wealth , and consequently its power . It is , therefore , in a high degree , ungrateful in the Academy to slight its benefactors . Thirdly , remove such portraits as are placed in the Exhibition , and a great portion of the attraction is gone . The Academy would ( commercially ) regret such removal .
Now , it appears to be manifest , that if the influential gentlemen ( who by themselves or their predecessors ) have done so much for art , were to form a separate and independent society ( as other artists have done ) ,- —I say , if the portrait-painters , en masse , were to give up exhibiting in the Royal Academy , and form for themselves an annual exhibition , to be composed of portraits solely , there is or can be no reasonable doubt of their success . This letter has run to such length that I must postpone until a future opportunity the details of the new society which I wish to see formed .
N . T . C . [ Everybody knows that the hanging arrangements by Messrs . Cooper and his two coadjutors , this year , are infamous . Poor Sir C . Eastlake is president at the dinner ; he cannot avail even to correct one blunder !]—Ed . F . M . M .
TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASONS' MONTHLY MAGAZINE .
Dear Sir and Brother , —It is a source of deep regret that I find myself compelled to bring under your notice a neglect on the part of the Grand Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Grand Lodge , which not only tends to retard matters connected with a Lodge , but evinces the true light in which the affairs of Lodges in the West Indies are treated . The neglect now complained of is this : that since the month of October , 1854 , the bye-laws of my Lodge were ,
I know , sent to the Assistant Grand Secretary , for the purpose of being approved of by the M . "W . the Grand Master , in conformity with the Book of Constitutions , and up to date nothing has been ever * heard of them . I am aware that the W . M . has on more than one occasion replied to members who have made inquiry of him on the subject , ( i That he had not either received the bye-laws sent in for approval or heard from the Grand Secretary touching the same . " Now , sir ,
should things go wrong out here , can the Grand Lodge blame those who are in office for having acted in any way contrary to law % I say not ., and I would therefore thank you to take such notice of the matter as you may deem best to insure somewhat more punctuality than at present exists at Freemasons' Hall . —Yours ever fraternally , A Member of No . 585 . Trinidad , April 25 , 1855 .