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B. said he thought that the explanation was that the ancient patrons of art were gentry with a very strong idea of the fitness of things. B SAID HE THOUGHT THAT THE EXPLANATION WAS THAT THE ANCIENT PATRONS OF ART WERE GENTRY WITH A VERY STRONG IDEA OF THE FITNESS OF THINGS
most curious about the exhibition was the number of canvases dealing with food stuffs. Twenty-five per cent. of the pictures in the place seem to have been painted as advertisements for somebody's home-grown seeds, or as coloured supplements to be given away with the summer number of the leading gardening journal of the period. "What could have induced these old fellows," I said to B., "to choose such very uninteresting subjects? Who on earth cares to look at the life-sized portrait of a cabbage and a peck of peas, or at these no doubt masterly representations of a cut from the joint with bread and vegetables? Look at that 'View in a ham-and-beef shop,' No. 7063, size sixty feet by forty. It must have taken the artist a couple of years to paint. Who did he expect was going to buy it? And that Christmas-hamper scene over in the corner; was it painted, do you think, by some poor, half-starved devil, who thought he would have something to eat in the house, if it were only a picture of it?  ME AS MOST CURIOUS ABOUT THE EXHIBITION WAS THE NUMBER OF CANVASES DEALING WITH FOOD STUFFS TWENTY FIVE PER CENT OF THE PICTURES IN THE PLACE SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED AS ADVERTISEMENTS FOR SOMEBODY'S HOME GROWN SEEDS OR AS COLOURED SUPPLEMENTS TO BE GIVEN AWAY WITH THE SUMMER NUMBER OF THE LEADING GARDENING JOURNAL OF THE PERIOD WHAT COULD HAVE INDUCED THESE OLD FELLOWS I SAID TO BE TO CHOOSE SUCH VERY UNINTERESTING SUBJECTS WHO ON EARTH CARES TO LOOK AT THE LIFE SIZED PORTRAIT OF A CABBAGE AND A PECK OF PEAS OR AT THESE NO DOUBT MASTERLY REPRESENTATIONS OF A CUT FROM THE JOINT WITH BREAD AND VEGETABLES LOOK AT THAT VIEW IN A HAM AND BEEF SHOP NUMBER SEVEN O SIX THREE SIZED SIXTY FEET BY FORTY IT MUST HAVE TAKEN THE ARTIST A COUPLE OF YEARS TO PAINT WHO DID HE EXPECT WAS GOING TO BUY IT AND THAT CHRISTMAS HAMPER SCENE OVER IN THE CORNER WAS IT PAINTED DO YOU THINK BY SOME POOR HALF STARVED DEVIL WHO THOUGHT HE WOULD HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT IN THE HOUSE IF IT WERE ONLY A PICTURE OF IT
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