THE CHANTREY BEQUEST.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SPECTATOR:1 Sin,---May I venture to say, whilst agreeing with much of your article on the Chantrey Bequest in the Spectator of October 3rd, that I think your Art critic might have con- siderably strengthened his case if he had not included those artists who attained Academic rank after the purchase of their works by the Chantrey Fund with the members of the Royal Academy ? The reply by the Trustees is sure to be that it only proves the soundness of their judgment in purchasing works of men who were not members of the Royal Academy, but who were afterwards elected. Although the number of
pictures by "outsiders " purchased may reasonably approxi- mate to the number of pictures by members of the Royal Academy, the disproportion of the prices paid is very great, and that is the real crux of the whole question.—I am, Sir, &c., A. PAINTER.
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