14 MAY 1887, Page 17

[We are assured that Mr. Halle is not solely responsible

for the banging of pictures in the Grosvenor Gallery, he acting throughout under the direction of Sir Coats Lindsay. Mr. Halle, moreover, entirely repudiates the epithet "amateur," being a professional artist. The word was intended to refer rather to the quality of the particular picture than to Mr. Halle.]