Catalogue of the loan collection of British masters from the National and Tate Galleries, London.

12 13 48. "Thomas Morton, Dramatist, I764-1838"-_SJR M. A. SHEE , 56. "The Meuse, Orange Me r chan tman going to pieces on t he Bar" P.R.A. (1769-1850). _ J • M. W. TURNER , R.A. Po r t r a i t painter. Born in Dublin. Pupil of t he Dublin Le n t by the National Gallery. Society, came to London in 1788 and studied a t the Royal 57. "The P l o u g h " - F R EDE R I CK WALKER, A.R.A. (1840-1875). Academy Schools. Was elected President of the Royal Subject painter. Bo r n in London. Studied in Leigh's Academy in 1830 and knighted t he same year. Academy and t he R.A. Schools. F i r s t exhibited in t he Royal L e n t by the Tate Gallery. Academy 1863. I n 1867 his "Ba t he r s " began t h e series of his 49. "Classical L a n d s c a p e " - GEO . SMITH (OF CHI CHESTER ) famous oil paintings. (1714-1776). Le n t by the Tate Gallery. Landscape painter. Born a t Chichester. Awarded t h e 58. "Consulting t he O r a c l e " - J . W. WATERHOUSE , R.A. (1849 Pr emi um of t he Society of Ar t i s t s and contributed to t he F r e e 1917). Society. Subject painter. Bo r n a t Rome. F i r s t exhibited a t the L e n t by the Tate Gallery. Royal Academy 1872. Began wi t h allegorical and classical subjects, l a t e r influenced by t he "Plein Ai r " painters, combin 50. "The Alcantara, Toledo, by Moon l i gh t " _HAROL SPEED , ing t he i r atmospheric qualities wi t h t he decorative subject- A.R.I.B.A. ma t t e r of Burne-Jones. Studied a r t a t South Kensington, Royal Academy School, L e n t by the Tate Gallery. Paris, and Rome. Member of t he Royal Society of Portrait 59. "Love and D e a t h " - G . F . WATTS, O.M., R.A. (1817-1904). Pa i n t e r s and t he Societe National des Beaux Arts. Author of "Science a nd Practice of Dr awi ng" and "Science and Prac- tice of Pa i n t i ng . " London. Studied a t t he Royal Academy Schools, exhibited L e n t by the Tate Gallery. first a t t he R.A. 1837. I n 1843 visited I t a l y and remained t he r e f o r f ou r years, mostly in Florence. I n 1849 exhibited 51. "Upland and S k y " - ADR I AN STOKES, R.A. (1854-1935). "Life's illusions," t he first of his allegories. Began a series of Landscape painter. Born a t Southport. Studied a t t h e po r t r a i t s of t he g r e a t men of his time. He painted ma n y sub- Royal Academy Schools and a t Pa r i s . Au t ho r of "Landscape jects f r om Bible s t ory and classical my t h and subjects from Painting," 1925. t he poets. Pa i n t ed a f ew landscapes, bu t r e t u r ned f r om time L e n t by the Tate Gallery. to time to sculpture. "Physical Ene rgy , " 1904, wa s set up as 52. "My Mo t h e r " - G . A. STORY, R.A. (1834-1919). a monument to Cecil Rhodes on t he Matoppo Hills. Awarded t he Order of Merit in 1902. Born in London. Studied in t he Royal Academy Schools Le n t by the Tate Gallery. and in Pa r i s . Professor of Perspective a t t he Royal Academy, 1900. Beginning as a Pre-Raphaelite follower o f 60. "The Blind F i d d l e r " - S I R DAVID WILKIE , R.A. (1785-1841). Millais he a f t e rwa r d s allied himself wi t h Yearnes and Cal- Po r t r a i t and subject painter. Born a t Cults, Fifeshire. deron in t he St. John ' s Wood School. Pa i n t ed popular genr e Studied a t t he Trustees' Academy, Edinburgh, and t h e Royal subjects. Academy Schools, London. I n 1814 he visited Pa r i s , Italy, L e n t by the Tate Gallery. and Spain. Was influenced b y Velasquez and Murillo, which 53. "Yach t Racing i n t h e S o l e n t " - J . M. W. TURNER , R.A. (1775- entirely changed his style. Was made Painter-in-Ordinary 1851). to t he King on t he dea t h of Lawrence, 1830. I n 1840 visited Landscape painter. The son of a London hair-dresser. Constantinople and Jerusalem. Died on t he voyage home and wa s buried a t sea. As a boy showed g r e a t ability as a d r augh t sman and colourist, Len t by the Tate Gallery. and his f a t h e r exhibited his son's dr awi ngs i n his shop. Cus- tomers urged h i m to give t he boy a p r ope r artistic t r a i n i ng 61. "Landscape wi t h B a t h e r s " - R I CHARD WILSON, R.A. (1714 and a t t he age of 11 wa s sent to t he Soho Academy. I n 1789 1782). he became a membe r of t he Royal Academy Schools. Exhj- Landscape painter. Bo r n a t Pinegas, Montgomery- bited his first oil painting a t the R.A. in 1797 and wa s elected shire. Studied unde r Thomas Wright, po r t r a i t painter. A.R.A. a t t he age of 24. He spent much time travelling i n Visited Italy 1749-55, whe r e his landscapes we r e admired by France, Switzerland, and Italy. He died in Chelsea and wa s Zuccarelli and Vernet. On his r e t u r n his "Niobe," painted a f t e rwa r ds buried in t he c ryp t of St. Pau l ' s Cathedral. f o r t he Duke of Cumberland, wa s shown a t t h e first exhibition L e n t by the National Gallery. of t he Society of Artists, 1760. Hi s brusque t empe r hindered 54. "Lake Scene, Fallen T r e e " - J . M. W. TURNER , R.A. his success a t Court. Wa s a n original membe r of t h e Royal Academy, 1768. L e n t by the National Gallery. Le n t by the Tate Gallery. 55. "S t udy of Sea and S k y " - J . M. W. TURNER , R.A. 62. "Lake S c e n e " - R I CHARD WILSON, R.A. (1714-1782). L e n t by the National Gallery. Le n t by the Tate Gallery.