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of place and scenery as would give tliem fair play. Huddled 

 in confined studios, no just conception could be formed of the 

 effect whicli the larger models would have when placed in the 

 conditions for which they were intended. Were such a place 

 as this garden open to artists for the exhibition of then models, 

 they could be seen under such conditions as would enable their 

 faults to be detected and remedied ; their applicability for their 

 intended positions ascertained ; their beauties to be seen and 

 appreciated ; and the encouragement of the Fellows and the 

 pubhc better secured. These advantages would of themselves 

 be a sufiScient inducement to the artist not only to send the 

 models which are aheady lumbering his studio but also to 

 execute others, and would thus give an impetus to this branch 

 of art of which the want of such opportunity of exhibition 

 has hitherto retarded the development in this country. 



" The recent discoveries and improvements in the material 

 in which such ornamentation may be executed is another 

 element which must largely foster its advancement. Terra- 

 cotta, cast-iron, plaster, cement are aU materials which may 

 now be used with success, yet which a few years ago would 

 have been condemned as utterly unfit for the j)urpose. The 

 mode in which these facilities for exhibition should be given 

 to artists and their co-operation secured, would be for the 

 consideration of this Committee. An undertaking by the 

 Society to expend a considerable sum in the purchase of the 

 best objects exhibited might be one mode of attracting su- 

 perior talent ; other modes would suggest themselves, and 

 many, both artists and manufacturers, would no doubt be very 

 glad to embrace the opportunity afforded them, with no other 



