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later by half a dozen artists, nearly all of wliom have obtained 

 considerable repnte. I can only record their names, Adrian 

 Stokes, Lonis Grrier, Julius Olsson, Mr. Grreen, Arnesby Brown and 

 J. Noble Barlow. I feel that I must now bring this address to a 

 close, but before doing so, I will, as I promised, give a list of 

 deceased Cornish-born artists of some repute, so far as I have 

 been able to ascertain their names. 



CoRNisH-BoRN Artists (deceased). 



Bone, Henry (1755-1834), born at Truro, apprenticed to William 

 Cookworthy the founder of the Plymouth porcelain works. 

 The china decoration by him is of high merit, and is said to 

 be marked with the figure " I " in addition the factory mark. 

 On the failure of his master he came to London and found 

 employment in enamelling. In 1780 he exhibited at the 

 E,oyal Academy a large enamel portrait of his wife. In 

 1800 he was appointed enamel painter to the Prince of 

 Wales and afterwards held the same position to Greorge III, 

 George IV and William IV. He has been well called the 

 " prince of enamellers." 



Bone, Henry Pierce (1779-1855), son of Henry Bone, was 

 enamel painter to Queen Adelaide, and Queen Victoria. 



Bone, Robert Trewick (1790-1840), son of Henry Bone, con- 

 fined himself almost exclusively to sacred, classic and 

 domestic subjects. His works, though generally small, are 

 tasteful and sparkling. 



BuRNARD, Nevill Northey" (1818-78), born at Altarnon, near 

 Launceston. At the age of 16 he carved in slate the group 

 of the Laocoon which was exhibited by the Eoyal Cornwall 

 Polytechnic Society at Falmouth, This was executed from 

 a woodcut in the Penny Magazine and was considered so 

 remarkable a production that the society awarded Burnard 

 their first silver medal. Sir Chas. Lemon, Bart., M.P., 

 introduced the young sculptor to Chantrey, and Her late 

 Majesty Queen Victoria gave him a commission for a bust 

 of the young Duke of Cornwall, now King Edward VII, 

 which IS placed in the Polytechnic Hall, Palmouth. The 

 statue of Richard Lander, the African explorer, erected at 

 Truro was also executed by Burnard, I may perhaps 



