Last Sunday was what is know as show Sunday for Royal Academicians and the greater lights of the Royal Academy, and it was possible, by means of visiting their studios, to gain a very fair idea of what the summer shows will be like. So far as one could gather from a somewhat limited view, it seems to me that the subject pictures, which to my mind are the most interesting, will be below the average in number, but some that will be seen will be unuswilly interest~ Ing. OF portraits there will be " superabundance, as nearly all our R. As. who have the least claim to be known. as portrait painters have several to send in, and
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