ii4 A HISTORY OF 



Wilder, landscape painter. At a very large meeting 

 held on the 5th of March, the motion as to its being 

 suppressed was negatived. ^5 were voted in payment 

 for the following books ordered for the use of the 

 scholars attending Mr. Thomas Ivory's classes in the 

 architectural school Gibb's Architecture ; Loudon's 

 Art of Building ; Hopper's Architecture ; Halfpenny's 

 Builder's Assistant ; Price's British Carpenter ; Jesuits' 

 Perspective. 



On the yth of May, the Madden premiums were 

 awarded as follows 10 guineas to George Mullins for 

 the best original landscape in oils ; 5 guineas to James 

 Mannin for the next best ; and i o guineas to Mary 

 Hunter, for the best original full-length portrait in 

 oils, life size. A silver medal was granted to the Rev. 

 Mr. Campbell, author of a pamphlet entitled Essay on 

 Perfecting the Fine Arts in Great Britain and Ireland, 

 which was inscribed to the Dublin Society. In March 

 1769, Van Nost represented that a poor country boy 

 named William Graham, aged sixteen years, who was 

 his apprentice, displayed great genius in sculpture and 

 the fine arts, when 10 were granted for his mainten- 

 ance and clothing. In 1770, Graham exhibited a bas- 

 relief in marble, but nothing is known of his subse- 

 quent career. 



In November 1780, the Duke of Leinster laid 

 before the Society a certificate signed by the following 

 artists, namely : Hugh D. Hamilton, Richard Cran- 

 field, William Ashford, Charles Robertson, and Walter 

 Robertson, adjudging silver medals to the undernamed 

 boys, whose works were of great merit : landscape 

 i, William Hartwell ; 2, John Mannin; 3, John 

 Lacam ; ornament I, Chr. Connor; 2, William Dartis; 

 3, William Gumley. Premiums for figure drawing 

 were awarded to i, Peter Hoey; 2, Henry Stoker 



