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to think, very wisely brushed aside all such symbolism and been 

 content to give us a picture of the man himselfj and to catch that 

 expression which those who know him well treasure up as that under 

 which we like to remember Professor Bonney. But this cannot have 

 been an easy task^ for as one of his most distinguished students 

 said to me — ^^The extraordinary feature of Professor Bonney is his 

 versatility. At one moment your teacher, at another a simple 

 enquirer^ again a cordial friend^ and then, and perhaps quite 

 suddenly, your college tutor, and all the while a right down good 

 fellow." Mr. Trevor Haddon has clearly seen and hinted at all 

 these expressions, but he has kept the last one most conspicuously 

 to the front. I would even go further. Those who have heard 

 Professor Bonney chastise his opponents, some of whom are proud to 

 say they have been his old students, will recognize in his portrait 

 a reserve of strength which bids those who would enter into con- 

 troversy with him to make their ground very sure before they 

 denounce his theories or dispute his facts. 



We thank the painter most cordially for handing down to posterity 

 so worthy a presentment of the tutor we feared, the master we 

 reverence, and the friend we love and respect. 



Dr. S. Rideal said : — 



Although I have to plead guilty to having wandered out of the 

 straight path of Geology into a chemical bye-wa}^, I am pleased to 

 be present here to-day, and to testify to my appreciation of the 

 work which Professor Bonney has done at University College and 

 elsewhere. It is now some ten years ago that I first became 

 acquainted with the work of Mr. Haddon, who was then good 

 enough to make some diagrams of the geyser cones in the Yellow- 

 stone Park for me, so that I have since associated Mr. Haddon 

 with Geology. I am now pleased to find Mr. Haddon's skill as an 

 artist devoted to the painting of Professor Bonney, whom we all 

 value as our teacher and friend. 



Mr. Trevor Haddon said : — 



I must return my most grateful thanks for the cordial reception 

 you have given to my humble efforts. We artists usually prefer to 

 keep in the background on these occasions. Referring to back- 

 grounds reminds me of what Mr. Watts has just said about the 



