31 MARCH 1923, Page 3

The Battle of the British Museum having ended in victory,

the London Art Students have turned their attention to the National Gallery. There are now four paying days at the Gallery, and students' tickets are only issued to those who wish to copy the pictures. This pastime seems to be the special delight of elderly ladies. To copy a picture is not the only way of studying it. Indeed, to judge from many of the " copies " which we have seen, it may be doubted whether it is necessarily a way of studying them at all. As a protest, a band of students, with mottoes on their umbrellas, paraded the streets on Friday, March 23rd. They were noticed by Mr. Asquith, who has promised to look into the matter.