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Review of Kevicus, 1/12/lS. 



MRS. S. NEVIX TAIT AND CHILD. 



AUSTRALIAN ARTISTS. 



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Mr. H. S. Power gave his farewell 

 exhibition of pictures at Melbourne early 

 in December. Like his previous one it 

 was largely attended. The artist has 

 been hard at work during his stay in 

 Australia, and many new paintings 

 hung on the walls of the Athenaeum. 

 Some of the Australian subjects, not- 

 ably, the Evening at Healesville, proved 

 most popular. Mr. Power has special- 

 ised on animal studies and portraits. 

 His most successful combine the two. 

 The picture of the Governor-General's 

 children on their small ponies, given by 

 His Excellency as a birthday present to 

 Lady Denman, showed clever treatment 

 of a most interesting subject. A most 



spirited painting' is the portrait group 

 of Mrs. J. Nevin Tait and her son repro- 

 duced above. Another interesting pic- 

 ture showed Sylvia, daughter of A. 

 Currie, Esq., a grand-daughter of Cap- 

 tain Archibald Currie. Mr. Power's 

 painting of Canberra was a good deal 

 more of a picture than the two which 

 won the Federal Government's prize re- 

 cently. 



Mr. Foulet, a young French artist, will 

 shortly give an exhibition of his work. 

 He has completed many interesting" 

 sketches during his stay in Australia. 

 The frontispiece of the Review this 

 month has been specially drawn for us 

 by him. 



