Press Criticisms.

"The great attraction of the tenth Room is Mr. J. D. Linton's^* picture of the Marriage of the late Duke of Albany (1,028). Royal marriages always interest a vast number of people, especially when portrayed by so skilful an artist as the President of the Institute; and the recent death of the lamented young Prince lends special importance to this picture, Mr, Linton has chosen the Moment when the bride and bridegroom are turning to leave the attar; on the Prince's left stands the Queen, surrounded by the Royal Family of England, while the bride's relatives and her tow bridesmaids are grouped opposite, Everybody will easily identify the various dramatis personae. It is enough to say that on the while the likenesses have been well caught, though the painter has hardly done justice to the Princess of Wales, or to the grave yet genial features of the late Archbishop Tail, The painting shows Mr, Linton's well-known qualities, especially in the creamy dresses of the bridesmaids, and in the dexterous rendering of the bride's white satin and late; and if we take account of the great difficulties of a subject in which portraiture has to be considered first, and artistic composition second, the picture may be pronounced a success," London Times, 25th May. 1885.

"The picture of the Marriage of H.R.H the Duke of Albany, painted for the Queen by Mr. J. D. Linton, is as satisfactory as any work of an official or ceremonial kind that has been produced in modern time, and in some qualities better. Mr. Linton has depicted the scene precisely as it appeared, and at the same time with great artistic ski11. The prevailing colour is agreeable, and the workmanship throughout of the finest kind. Every head is not only a faithful likeness, but modelled with extraordinary completeness. As it contains portraits of all the members of the Royal Family, of some foreign primes, and of several ecclesiastical and other dignitaries, the picture has historical value apart from its merits as a work of act."

—The Graphic, 23rd May, 1885.[over.