THE EXHIBITION OF THE GLASGOW FINE ARTS.
INSTITUTE OF THE AT this early period, when the doors of the Exhibition have not yet been thrown open to the public, it is, of course, impossible to forecast with any degree of accuracy the nature and quality of its con- ; tents ; still some idea of these may be estimated by consideration of such of the contributions to it as we are enabled to mention.
One of the most inter- esting items of the Glas- gow Exhibitions is the selection of loan pictures with which, through the kindness of the owners of these works, the Coun- cil of the Institute is usually able to enrich the collection. Two of the principal of these this year will be Mr. Burne - Jones's 'The Tower of Brass,' exhi- bited last year in the New Gallery, London ; and the ' Bath of Venus,'
a water-colour never previously sliown in public. Both of these have been kindly lent by Mr. William Connal, jun. Mr. Whistler's well- known portrait of his mother has also been lent by the artist. This pic- ture cannot unfor- tunately remain during the entire period of the show, as it is going to the Paris Exhibition. The Royal Aca- demy has lent Mr. Logsdail's 'St. Martins -in- the- Fields,' purchased last year in terms of the Chantrey Bequest. Mr. G. F. Watt's 'Dianas Endymion,' Mr. Artliur IMclville's ' Snakecharmer,' the late Frank Holl's ' Portrait of Lord Salisbury,' six or seven fine Constables, and pictures by Millet, Dupre, Morland, Bonington, Nasmyth, De Wint, Cox, Bough, Copley Field- ing, Richard Wilson, Sir George Harvey, and others, have also been kindly contributed by their several owners. The Royal Academy will be represented by Messrs. John Pettie (who has sent a portrait of Mr. Hamish M'Cunn), W. Q. Orchardson, Colin Hunter, John M'Whir- ter, G. D. Leslie, Seymour Lucas, etc. Other pic- tures from London have been sent by Messrs. Stanhope Forbes, David Carr, Hillyar Swinstead, Tom Graham, and the Montalbas. The local interest and character of the Exhibi- tion will, of course, be determined by the works of Glasgow artists, and many of these will be represented by pictures which would hold their own in any Exhibition. Mr. James Guthrie,
in oil of tribution a girl, is an A.R.S.A., has con- tributed a life-size full-length (sitting) portrait of a lady, and two drawings in pastel. Mr. William Kennedy will be strongly represented by his ' Deserter,' a pic- ture remarkable for its full colour and truthful study or figures in the open air, and Mr. E. A. Walton by a draw- ing in pastel, and a vigorous sketch Mr. A. K. Brown's largest con- landscape (' Sundown ')
