So far, the much-coveted little red_stars upon pictures in this year's exhibition at the Royal Academy are few and far between, Taken as a whole, I think it is a disappointing collection; one cannot help feeling the great gap caused by the loss of both Leighton and Millais. Inv. Frank Dicksee has a fine picture, " Dawn," for which he is asking £1,500 and I should think it will most certainly find a purchaser. Mr. Goodall likewise has a fine picture, The Ploughman and Shop-_ herdes," the price of which likewise runs into four figures (£2,000). Probably the reason why s0: many of the best pictures are still unsold is that there seem to be such endless charitable projects afloat in connection with this memorable year" (to use the Prince of Wales's expression), that people are nut troubling to add to their collections of pictures just now, but perhaps when the millionaires from America and the Colonies arrive the tide may turn in favour of the artists,
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