19 DECEMBER 1874, Page 21

The Art Union Annual Gift to Subscribers.—The Art Union of

London have prepared a really fine work to be issued to their subscribers,—a line-engraving of great size from Mr. Maclise's wall-painting in the Palace of Westminster, "The Meeting of Wellington and Blucher." The Council have paid Mr. Stocks, the engraver, £8,150 for this work, and he has devoted to it more than five years. The subject is one which seems to us better fitted for a mural decoration than an engraving, but of the merit of the execution there can be no question.