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STATUES ON BUILDINGS. 



moderate bloodshed. Just the right note seems to be struck bv this treatment. With Hie Georgian 

 manner taking deeper root in our domestic architecture, such niches will become more usual features of 

 house design, and it will be unfortunate if they are left untenanted. In the great grave mansions of twu 

 centuries ago, Hercules and the Cymbal Player, Venus de Medici and the Apollo Belvedere found their 

 homes on statelv pedestals in the shadow of lofty niches ; but these heroes and goddesses &quot; all standing 

 naked in the open air &quot; are little suitable for the small country houses of to-day. Rather would one adopt 

 the graceful conventions of such little clothed figures as make gracious the walls of Barnet Court. The 

 child illustrated and his sister, a little girl regarding a frog which rests on her hand, are cast in lead, a 

 suitable material, far more durable than the oak of which the Bluecoat children at Hertford are made. 

 It needs no painting and, indeed, should be spared the indignity, but will take on with time a silvery patina 

 that will stand out the more pleasantly as the rich red of the brickwork behind it darkens and mellows 



L. \V. 



22Q. THE CYMBAL PLAYER AT ROUSIIAM. 



