"A WANTON BRUSH."
ARTISTS TAKEN TO TASK. TAILORS' JOURNAL COMMENTS. (United Press Association— Copyright.) (Received This Day, IS.® p.m.) v LONDON, May 10. . Mr Hughes' plea to & portrait painter, "I want mercy, not justice, is recalled by the fact that the trade journal "Tailor and Cutter" commenting on some Academy artists use of a wanton brush on clothes while they lavish thought and skill on the heads of their subjects says, concerning the portrait of Mr Hughes.: "The coat has several marked faults, the sleeve ballooning at the elbow. There are impossible folds above the pocket, which looks like a cartridge case. There is a wobbly lapel on one side, and a blank on the other The linen collar is wing-shaped, but the wings have been clipped while there is a pink bow tie, shaped like a harpoon? '—Australian Press Association.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 49, Issue 175, 11 May 1929, Page 5
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