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(from the round) ; 3, Matthew Hunter (from the 

 flat) ; ornament drawing — William Hartwell ; land- 

 scape — Robert Connor ; ornament — John McCready. 

 Drawing in architecture — Robert Connor, plans and 

 elevations ; Hoban, stairs, roof, &c. ; William Guinness, 

 practical geometry. With regard to these and many 

 other pupils mentioned in this chapter, it must not 

 be supposed that all became artists, as a large number 

 of them, on leaving the schools, entered on business 

 careers or became artisans. Colonel Burton, Mr. Cald- 

 well, Alexander Montgomery, Captain Burgh, the 

 Bishop of Killaloe, Mr. Braughall, Morgan Crofton, 

 Messrs. Ford, Wallis, Trant, Ladaveze, and Major 

 Waring were appointed members of a committee to 

 superintend the Society's drawing schools for one 

 year. 



In 1 7 8 1 , Frederick Prussia Plowman, who had been 

 educated in the Society's drawing schools, laid before 

 it several copies of paintings executed by him under 

 the inspection of Sir Joshua Reynolds, which were 

 highly approved. The Society subscribed two guineas 

 for a cast of the statue of Hercules, to be executed by 

 James Hoskins, Westminster, for the use of the schools. 



In November 1782, the silver medals in the art 

 schools were awarded as follows : — Matthew Hunter, 

 portraits from nature ; John Mulvany, drawings from 

 the round ; John O'Keely, drawings from the flat ; 

 Martin Shee and John Mulvany were specially recom- 

 mended for landscape drawings. John Babington was 

 declared entitled to a medal for ornament drawing ; 

 Henry Seguin won that for plans and elevations. In 

 1783, Martin Shee won the medal for portrait painting. 

 In November 1786, the progress of the drawing 

 schools appears to have given much satisfaction to the 

 superintending committee. Several drawings from 



