Mrs, R. N. Macleod has four pie~ tures, all portraits, in the annual exhibition of the United Society of, Artists which was opened yesterday, 'Three of them are among the very Jimited" number selected for reproduction in the catalogue. One is of Capt. J. C. Dalton, ex-Mayor of the City of' Westminster: people in robes! and gold chains usually look stuffed, but Mrs, Macleod has got a lot of character into the portrait, as she has into that of Dr. McCutcheon, headmistress of St, Leonard's School, who is dressed in a gorgeous red. robe.
The other two are _pastels—a charming picture at Miss Annette Meyer (may one venture to say that rhe appears fully to maintain her family's reputation for good looks! and a most captivating study of Miss Maxine Darrell in a sort of bathing} Jnégligee (I do not know the right word but it hangs round the neck: luke, a pinafore) and a huge white soolle hat. In vigorous treatment, colouring and suggestion of character, it is extremely effective, one of the best things Mrs. Macleod This year's.exhibition is the biggest that the United Society of Artists has held and the general standard of, painting ts particularly high. For the first time it has full-length portraits Jor the King and Queen, the latter particularly good both in resemblance and painting of the robes. So. Suppose before long the Society will become the "Royal" United Society.
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