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fair share, things would be easier all round, and everyone would be doing his duty.
The amendment was carried, and, on the motion of Mr. Sanderson, it was resolved that the secretary be instructed to forward copies •of the resolution! to Mr. James Kenyon, M.P., and the Town Clerk (Mr. J. Haslam).
THE GREAT PAINTERS.
BY J. W. W.
RICHARD WILSON, R.A.
The founder of the English school of landscape painting, Richard Wilson, was bom in 1714, or seventeen years later than Hogarth. His father then held the living of Penegoes in the Severn country, but was shortly afterwards inducted to that of St, Mary at Mold, Flintshire. The painter’s mother was highly connected, among her relatives being Lord Chancellor Camden and Sir George Wynne.
Wilson’s earlier years were therefore passed amongst some of the most characteristic, if not the grandest, scenery of North Wales. Meantime he was firmly grounded in the classics by his father.
Like the great majority of painters, he very early evinced some skill in drawing; this attracted the attention of Sir George Wynne, by whose aid he was sent to London at the age of fifteen, and placed under the tuition of Thomas Wright, a then celebrated, but now forgotten, portrait painter. Here he remained till he came of age, when he established himself in the same line.
Wilson gradually acquired a considerable reputation, so^much so as to attract royal patronage : for in 1749 he was commissioned to depict the lineaments of the Prince of Wales and- the Duke of York.
Wilson was greatly encouraged by the approval of Horace Vernet and of Raphael Mengs, wdio exchanged pictures with him ; also by the patronage of Lord Dartmouth, for whom he painted several landscapes, and in 1755 he returned to London and set up his studio in the I lazza of Covent-garden as a landscape painter.
Like all apostles of the new in art, Wilson had to suffer from neglect; this soured his tem-per, but he held to the faith that he would be better appreciated after the lapse of a century. He actually threw away his one chance of success. The Duke of Cumberland, for whom he painted the “Niobe,” now in the National Gal-lery, introduced him to George III., for whom he painted- “Syon House.” Lord Bute, to whom the picture was submitted, thought the price of 60 guineas too high, which evoked the remark from Wilson that His Majesty might pay by instalments.”
There is as little excuse for mistaking Wilsons later style as there would be in the case of Hogarth. With the exception of three or four antique subjects as his “Niobe” and “Cicero,” and of the like number of Welsh landscapes and of estate subjects' like Syon and Tabley Park, a
single formula will almost comprise his range :_
A river or lake with a bridge and ruins, generally having figures in the foreground.” For these figures he was often indebted to other artists as, for instance, Cipriani.
The dark brown scheme of colour which he adopted from the old Italian masters was and is against his popularity ; this, however, not only caused the glorious revolt of Constable and his contemporaries^ toward a more natural style, but is itself relieved in many of the pictures by delicate greens and blues. These are more especially noticeable in specimens which have been preserved under glass, the exposure of the dark brown to the effects of a smoky atmosphere having served to intensify the sombre effects.
The Garrick Club possesses many of Wilson’s portraits, while the Painted Hall at Greenwich has one, No. 70. The National Gallery has, besides the “ Niobe,” six Italian scenes, chiefly m the sombre hue, and a view on the Wye. South Kensington is the best place to study the lighter shades ; the gallery possesses six fine examples in one group near the Raphael gallery, besides the full-length portrait of the Duke of Cumberland, 18in. by 13in., in the Jones’ collections ; the Dyce collection has a mountain scene attributed to Wilson. The Dulwich Gallery contains a very fine specimen, 28in. by 38in., “The Casiatella and Villa of Maecenas near Tivoli,” the artist in which is said to represent the painter himself. Wilson repeated many of Ins pictures more than once.
The prices obtained by this artist, even in his later days, were small ; he was content with 15 guineas for his average-sized landscape ; most of his pictures went for a few pounds each to the dealers, though for some few he found liberal purchasers. In 1892 his “View on the Dee” was sold by auction for £315 ; also an “ Italian Lake Scene,” for £210. In 1895, “ The Arno ” realised £651, the highest price which I have been able to trace during the last ten years ; in 1897 a “ Hilly Landscape ” fetched £294. These figures by no means represent the estimation entertained of him in relation to art, which classes him as “ one of the greatest masters in landscape of the British school,”
BURY PROPERTY OWNERS AND TAXATION OF GROUND VALUES.
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The annual meeting of the Bury Property Owners’ Association was held at the Central Coffee Rooms-, Bury, on the 16th instant. There was a large attendance, over which Mr. John Eastham (Littlewood Cross) presided.
Mr. Daniel Makin (secretary), in the course of a lengthy address, referred to- the question of the taxation of ground values. The valuation of Bury, he said, was £253,825, and the rates, plus the water rate, amounted to 5s. 8d. in the £1. What was Lord Derby’s sbare of that! Lord Derby, it was said, took out of the town annually the modest sum of £85,000. and some said it was £90,000. If they took the lesser sum .they found that if he would pay his fair share of local rates, say the general rate of 3s. 4d. in the £1, -they would have a not sum of £14,666 13s. 4d. due from his! noble lordship each year. If that could be done and it was applied to tho reduction of the rates, lie had no hesitation in saying that their association would not- have been formed to no purpose. Persons could say What they liked about ground values. They had! a membership now of 65, but why should they not have 565 members—there was plenty of scope ? He urged the desirability of an increased membership, so that they could make their strength felt not ordy by the ground landlord, but on the guardians and the town council; then- !they would have a proper standing in the town, At present the association represented 1,000 houses. That was something ־to say for an association which had oniy been on its fecit twelve months1. Proceeding, Mr. Makin reviewed the rates, and reiterated! his argument as- to the ground landlord) being rated.
The Chairman said Lord Derby was not the only ground landlord, and they should be all served alike; but Lord Derby ought to pay for the whole of the purifying of the sewage. He made a contract with the old Commissioners, by Which the latter were to sewer into the river direct, and now when the Joint Committee came in and said they must cleanse the sewage before turning it into the stream Lord Derby ought to pay for it. The biggest portion of Bury had been taken from him on those grounds. Continuing, after a few questions had been asked and answered, be said, that supposing agricultural land was let at £2 per statute acre, and when taken for building purposes was let at £60 -per statute acre, exclusive of front streets, that was unearned increment, and was a kind of tax upon every child' ׳born, although if it were not for the children- being born there would be no need for the land for building purposes. He would like the meeting to express by a resolution their feeling upon the question of the taxation of ground values׳.
Mr. Sanderson was of opinion that if a man worked hard and built a hou-se for which he had to pay £5 per annum ground rent, tho ground landlord ought to contribute !to the local rates to the same extent as the leaseholder. He moved that in the opinion of that meeting the ground! landlord should pay his fair share towards local rates.
The Chairman: That would include the poor rate.
A Member: He has nothing to do with the poor rate.
Another Member: The poor are bred upon his land (laughter).
The Chairman thought there would be no hardship in ground landlords paying their fair share of the general rate.
Mr. Sanderson withdrew his resolution, whereupon
Mr. Cotta in moved that in the opinion of tl meeting the ground- landlord ought to pay 1 fair share of the general rate.
The Chairman remarked that the general ri was going up. He remembered it being or 2s. 6^d. since the town was incorporated.
The resolution was seconded.
Mr. AVolstenholme asked how much a “f! share ” was 1
Mr. Seoweroft said he could not see why Lc Derby or any other landowner should not p as much as anyone else. He moved as amendment that in the opinion of that meet¡ ground values should be liable to be rated ) both local and imperial taxation.
A Member: They already pay to the imper taxation.
Mr. Seoweroft: Yes, but only a mic) scopical scale 8d. in the £1. Mr. Scowcr-then directed the meeting’s attention to Lc Derby s land on! the left of the Fairgrouu whichhe said was being held for the purpe of getting bigger prices for it. He should made to pay rates on that. That land had i been available for building purposes, with t result that building operations had had to confined to the outskirts of the town, and t vaiue of the Fairground property had been f nanced through keeping it back.
A Member remarked, in_ reference to Lc Derbys gift, that it cost as much to make i road as the land given was worth.
Mr. Sanderson seconded the amendment, w which he said1, lie was thoroughly in sympatl J- gentlemen who ׳held land would pay th