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cannot be too severely reprobated, as the Photographer thus lays claim under false 

 colours to a degree of excellence in his art from which it is certain he is removed 

 toto ccelo. In the eyes of a genuine Photographer, the man who doctors a picture 

 is an impostor to the public and a traitor to science. 



J. B. C. 



BUST OF TENNYSON. 



The Edinburgh Correspondent of the Inverness Advertiser says — Mr. Brodie 

 returned from the Isle of Wight a few days ago with what seems to be an admirable 

 clay model for a bust of Alfred Tennyson, which has been commissioned, I believe, 

 by one of our Edinburgh merchants, a man of taste and a great admirer of the 

 poet. The bust in plaster will probably be sent to the Royal Scottish Academy's 

 Exhibition this year, and it will doubtless excite a good deal of attention, for the 

 likeness which Mr. Brodie has taken of the Laureate is really almost the only one 

 in existence — at least it is the only one which gives a true idea of the poet's present 

 appearance. " On the same subject a writer in the Scottish Press remarks : — "As 

 this work has been publicly referred to, we may state that we had an opportunity 

 of seeing it in Mr. Brodie's studio, and in addition to what is said regarding it, we 

 do not hesitate to express our belief that when the bust is exhibited, it will be 

 generally pronounced to be the artist's highest effort in portrait sculpture. The 

 clay model has been very carefully prepared. Mr. Brodie spent several days with 

 Mr. Tennyson in the Isle of Wight, and had ample opportunities, of course, of 

 studying his physiognomy — opportunities which are not often afforded, but which 

 are of the highest value to the artist. He finished his model before returning home» 

 and the bust may therefore be considered as complete as it was possible to make 

 it in its present stage. The head is a very noble one, remarkable for its elevation 

 at what phrenologists call the organ of veneration, and for the breadth and height 

 of the forehead, over which the hair curls or rolls with a natural careless graceful- 

 ness. The features are large, and all the lines of the face powerful and strongly 

 marked. The head is indicative alike of intellectual and physical power." 



Mr. Brodie is well known as a young sculptor of great promise, and entirely 

 self-taught. He executed a marble bust of Dante some years ago, for the late 

 Lord Rutherfurd, which attracted great and deserved attention. He is now engaged 

 on a beautiful statue designed to embody his idea of CEnone, — the (Enone of 

 Tennyson's exquisite poem bearing that name. 



CANADIAN INSTITUTE. 

 Session 1855-56. 

 third ordinary meeting — 12th January, 1856. 

 E. A. Meredith, Esq., Vice President, in the Chair. 

 Tlie following Gentlemen were elected Members : 

 R. S. Jameson, Esq., Toronto. 

 T. S. Hill, Esq., Yorkville, 

 Doctor Haswell, Toronto. 

 C. E. Anderson, Esq., Toronto. 

 W. McD. Dawson, Esq., C. L. Dep't., Toronto. 

 G. W. Wicksteed, Esq., Leg. Ass'y, Toronto. 

 Edmund Morris, Esq., Toronto. 

 Joseph T. Kerby, Esq., Toronto. 



