NINETEENTH CENTURY ART BOOKS OT NEWYORK: FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY ASTERPIFXES OF G. F. WaTTS R. MACLEHOSE AND CO. LTD,, PRIN 1 ERS, GLASGOW BLOCKS BY HISLOP AND DAY, EDINBURGH PAPER BY ALEX. COWAN AND SONS, LTD., EDINBURGH Portrait of Himself Portrait de l'Artiste Selbstbildnis {Tate Gallery^ London) F. Hollyer, Photo. MASTERPIECES OF G. F. WATTS (1817-1904) Sixty rep7 oductions oj photographs by Fredk. Hollyer froj/i origmal oil paititings : special permission for their pubiica tioii in this book has been kindly accorded by Mrs. Watts NEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY Publishers ''iV the first edition of the little book there pally to the fact that Air. Watts often painted more tha7i one versio7i of the same subject. A dr diving was also reproduced by mistake. In this second edition every effort has been made to eliminate mistakes and the particii- lars nozv given as to the present wliereabonts of the paijitings can be relied tipon as correct and up to date. This is the first volume of a coinpanion series to the well-k)i07V}i '* Gowans's Art Books, which are co) fined to artists born before iSoo. The attention of all lovers of art is directed to the latter series, and their S2(pport of an enterprise, which has done so much to make the best art better kncwji in all parts of the ivorld, is earnestly requested. were a nuniber of errors, ozving princi- 6 Lord Tennyson {^National Portrait Gallery^ London) F. Hollyer, Photo. 7 Robert Browning {National Portrait Gallery^ London) F. Hollyer, Photo. 8 Thomas Carlyle {Victoria and Albert Muset^in, South Kensington) F. Hollyer, Photo. George Meredith {.National Portrait Gallery, London) F. Hollyer, Photo, William Morris {National Portrait Gallery^ London) F. Ilollyer, Photo, XI John Lothrop Motley (Art Gallery^ Manchester) F, Hollyer, Photo. CONDOTTIERE {IVatts Gallery, Compton, Guildford^ F. Hollyer, Photo. 13 The Standard-Bearer Le Porte-Etendard Dee Standartentrager {IVatts Gallery, Compton, Guildford) F. Hollyer, Photo. t4 The wounded Heron Le H^:ron bless6 Der verwundete Reiher {Watts Gallery y Compton, Guudford^ F. Hollyer, Photo. i6 {Mr. Ja7nes Sjnith, Liverpool) F, Hollyer, Photo. Idle Child of Fakcy Vain Enfant de la Fantaisie EiTLES Kind der Phantasie {IV atis Gallery f Compton, GuiLr/ord) F, Hoclyer, Fhoto. Dawn TA(ih>/VNHKU( h I. 'A ko e (^Recently in the / rssesj>/r// o Messrs. Gooden &f /I'jc, i.nni n) F. Holiyer^ Photo, Aspiration Das Emforstreben L'Asi-iration {Mr. John T. Middlemore, Brojnsgrove) F. Hollyer, Photo. Progress Der Fortschritt Le Progr^s (IVafts Gallery, Compton, Guildford) F, Hollyer, Photo. 22 Industry and Greed L'Industrie et l'Avarice Gewerbefleiss und Haboier {Waits Gallery ^ Compton^ Guild/ord) Holly er, Photo. Mammon {Tate Gallery , London) F. Hollyer, Photo, The Spirit of Chris- L'Esprit du Chris- tianity TIANISME Der Geist des Christentums ( Tate Gallery, London) F. Holly er, Photo, Thb All Pervading Qui sb r6pand dans Tout Der Alldurchdringende {Tate Gallery, London) F. Hollyer, Photo, 21 Life's Illusions Les Illusions db la Vib Die Illusionen des Lebens {^Tate Gallery, London) F. Hollyer, Photo, Love and Life L'Amour et la Vie LlEBB UND LeBEN iXO'tc Gallery ^ London) F, Hoi Iyer, Photo, Love and Death L'Amour et la Mort LiEBE UND Tod {Tate Gallery, London) F. Holly er, Photo Love triumphant L'Amour triomphant Triumphierende Liebe {Tate Gallery, London) F. Holly er, Photo. The Shuddering Angel L'Ange qui frissonne Der schauuernde Engel ( IVai^s Gallery, Compton, Guildford) F, Hollyer, Photo. The Messenger Le Messager Der Abgesandte {Tate Gallery, London) F. Hollycr, Thcto. 33 Death crowning La Mort couronnant Innocence l'Innocknce Der Tod kront die Unschuld {Tate Gallery^ London) F. Holiyer, Photo. The Court of Death La Cour de la Mort Der Hof des Todes ( Tate Gallery^ London) F. Hollyer, Photo. 5 1^ Time, Death AxNd Judge- Le Temps, la Mokt et le ment jugement Zeit, Tod und Gericht {St. Paul's Cathedral, Lcndoii) F. Hollyey, Photo, Faith Der Glaube La ( Tate Gallery^ London) F. Hollyer, Photo, 30 Horn Die IIoffnung {Tate Gallery^ London) F. HoUyer, Photo. L'ESP^RANCE 40 CilARITY Die Barmherzigkeit (Afr. John Reui, Glasgow) F, Hollyer^ Photo, La Charitjj; E SHALL BE CALLED " CeLUI-CI s'aPPELLERA d'uN Woman" nom qui marque l'Homme" "Man wiru sie Mannin heisshn" { Tate Gallery ^ London) F. Hollyer^ P/ioto, ICVE TEMPTED li^^E TEKTEE Eva in Versuchung (IVa^^s Gallery, Compton, Guildford) F, Hollyer, Phc We repentant Eve repentakte Die bussende Eva {Tate Gallery ^ London) F. Hollycr, Pho'o 44 The Meeting of Jacob and Rencontre de Jacob et Esau d'Esau Be(Jegnung Jakous MIT Esau (^ll^alts Gallery, Coinpton, GttiU/ord) F. Hollyer, Photo. Jonah J ON A {Tate Gallery^ Londofi) F. Hnl/yer, Phnfo. Jonas The good Samaritan Le bon Samaritain Der barmherzige Samariter {J raffs Gallery, Compton, Cuildfor'd) F. Hollyer, PJioto. " Fur hk had great "Car il avait de Possessions" grands 1>iens" "Denn kr iiatte vtel G liter " (7a^e Galley, London) F. IloUyer, PJioio. 48 The Rider on the White Le Cavalier sur le Cheval Horse blanc DeR ReITER AUF DEM WElSSEN PfERDE {Hon. Alfred Talbot, Gt, Berkhavipstead') F. Ilollyer, Phrto. 49 Sir Galahad {Sir Alex. Henderson, Ba^ t.^ London) Iloli^er^ FhotOx Ophelia Ophelia Ophllie {IJ'aiis Gallery, Coinpton, Gui/J/ord) HoUyer, Photo, 52 Little Red Riding-Hood Le petit Ciiai-ekon kouge rotkaitchen (Ar^ Gallery, Birniing-havi) f. Holl^er^ Photo^ TIypekion {H'atis Gallery^ Compton^ Cuihi/o) d) F. IloUyer, Photo, Prometheus Prometheus Pkom^;thee {IVatts Gallery, Coviptou, Guildford^ F, Hollyer, Photo, Lon oto. IS o i >< s c Q Psyche {Tate CixUery^ London) F, llolljcr. Photo, Daphne {Sir IF, H. Lever, Bart., Thornton Hough) F. HoUycr, Photo, Ganymedk Ganyimed Ganvimede (71/r. Henry F. I\Iakins, London) F. HoUyer, Photo. D Q < a 2 O The Minotaur Der Minotaur Le Minotaure i^Tate Gallery, LonJcn) f. Hollycr, Photo, 63 Pygmalion's Wife La Fe.mme de Pygmalion Py(;]\ialions Frau {Sir A /ex. Flendcrson, Ba) t., London) F, Holl^cr, Photo, 64 A- Bacchanal EiN Bacchanal Une Bacchanal^ {Watts Gallery, Contpton, Guilford') «s SPECIAL SERIES OF REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOURS OF PICTURES BY THE LATE G. F. WATTS, R.A., O.M., etc. Printed and Published at the Watts Picture Gallery, Compton, Guildford, under the SUPERVISION OF Mrs. G. F. WATTS All orders and communications should be addressed to the Curator^ Watts Picture Gallery ^ Compton^ Guildford PRINTS IN COLOURS NOW READY Price, 3 o each Printed upon Japanese Paper "HOPE" Engraved surface 20^" by 16". (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) "LOVE TRIUMPHANT" Engraved surface 23" by 13". {After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) "ENDYMION" Engraved surface 20" by 17". (After the picture in the Watts Gallery at Compton. ) "LOVE AND DEATH" Engraved surface 23" by 13''. (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) 66 PRINTS IN COLOURS^CoHtinued ••FOR HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS" Engraved surface 20" by 11''. (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) **SIR GALAHAD" Engraved surface 24" by 13". (After the picture at Eton College. ) •*LOVE AND LIFE" Engraved surface 23" by 13". (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) **EVE TEMPTED" Engraved surface 24^" by io|". (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) ••EVE REPENTANT" Engraved surface 24^" by loj". **SHE SHALL BE CALLED WOMAN" Engraved surface 24J" by io|". ••AFLOAT" Engraved surface 19" by i sJ", s^^^ (After the picture in the Collection 01 James Smith, Esq.) •'GOOD LUCK TO YOUR FISHING" Engraved surface 19" by 15^". (After the picture in the Collection of Lord Glenconner. ) ••DEATH CROWNING INNOCENCE" Engraved surface 24 J" by 15^". (After the picture in the Tate Gallery.) ••LORD TENNYSON" Engraved surface about 14" by 10". (After the picture in the Collection of Price, jifa a o Lady Henry Somerset ) «7 J^RmrS IN COLOURS^Contimud "HEAD OF CHRIST" (From a drawing in the Gallery at Compton.) Price, £t 11 6 SMALL PRINTS Price, 10/6 each, HOPE" Primed surface 7*^ by 5^". "HE HAD GREAT POSSESSIONS Printed surface 8" high. •*SIR GALAHAD" Printed surface 8" high. OthiTi will probably follow. 68 THE WATTS PICTURE GALLERY, COMPTON LANE Railway Stations — Guildford, Farncombe, Godalming. Distance under three miles. PICTURES AND SCULPTURE by the late G. F. Watts, R.A., O.M. Open Daily, Thursdays excepted. PICTURE GALLERY— In Summer, from lo o'clock till 6 o'clock. In Winter, from lo o'clock till dusk. Sundays, from 2 o'clock: SCULPTURE GALLERY— In Summer, from 2 o'clock till 6 o'clock. In^liVtttter, from 2 o'clock till dusk. On Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday, and on Bank Holidays. Entrance Free. On Monday, Tuesday, and Friday. Entrance One Shilling. The Gallery is closed on Thursday. CHARLES H. THOMPSON, Curator, 69 The following photographs of Mr, Watts' s pictures are published and sold by FREDERICK HOLLYER, 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington, London, W. Printed in Sepia Platinotype. Average size, 12" by 10". Price Unmounted, £0 7 6 20" by 16". ,, £q 15 o M 33" by 19''. £'220 Dated ^th February, 1896. jEi'tract Uo\w Hsreement BETWEEN GEORGE FREDERICK WATTS. Esq.. R.A., O.M. AND FREDERICK HOLLYER. Clause 4. — "The said Frederick HoUyer shall before publishing any new photograph of the said pictures and portraits during the lifetime of the said George Frederick Watts submit a proof of such photograph to the said George Frederick Watts, who shall have absolute power to forbid the publication of such photograph if in his opinion the same is inartistic or is for any other reason an unsatis- factory reproduction." Prometheus. Mid -day Rest. Esau. Condottierre. The Good Samaritan. Aspirations. Idle Child of Fancy. Ophelia. The People who sat in The Happy Warrior. Darkness. Europa. TO G. F. IVATTS'S PICTURBS-^Continuid Ariadne in Naxos. Hope. Good Luck to your Fishing, Arcadia. Fata Morgana. Eve. " She shall be called Woman. " Eve. Tempted. Eve. Repentant. The Messenger, Death of Abel. Court of Death. Time, Death, and Judgment. Childhood of Zeus. "When Poverty comes in at the Door.' Britomart. Progress. Orpheus and Eurydice. Ariadne. B.C. Mammon. The Minotaur. Daphne. Psyche. Love and Death. Love and Life. '*The Rain it Raineth every Day." Endymion. Ganymede. A Prodigal. The Dweller in the Innermost. Dedicated to all the Churches. Hyperion, Lady Godiva. The Schoolmaster's Daughter Charity. A Bacchante. The Prodigal Son. Standard Bearer. Little Red Riding-Hood. Chaos. After the Deluge. Death crowning Innocence. The Rider on the White Horse. Study — Aspiration. Study — Hyperion. Uldra. Bay of Naples. St. Agnese, Mentone. *• For he had great posses- sions." Sir Galahad. "Sic transit gloria mundi." Ida on Mount Olympus. The Dove that returned in the Evening. Iris. Paolo and Francesca* Love Triumphant. Sympathy. Faith. Peace and Goodwill. In the Land of Weissnichtwo. The Rider on the Red Horse, The Habit doesn't make the Monk. 7« G, F. WATTS' S PlCTURES-^Continued Pygmalion's Wife Samson. Una and the Red Cross Knight. Jonah. Neptune's Horses (printed in blue carbon). Dawn. The Dove that returned not again. The Sorrowing Angel — a Dedication. Industry and Greed. Trifles light as Air. Slumber of the Ages. The All-Pervading. Love steering the Barque of Humanity. Life's Illusions. Prayer. Energy (statue). Whence— Whither? A Story from Boccaccia Time and Oblivion. Lilian. "I'm afloat." Diana and Endyroion (1904). Rider on the Black Horse. Rider on the Pale Horse. Italy. Hebe. Wife of Plutus. Bianca. Destiny. The Wounded Heron. The Recording Angel (fac- simile in red chalk). A selection of prints on approval will be sent, if desired, on payment of one shilling to cover cost of packing and postage. 79 PORTRAITS. Printed in Platinotype. Average size, by 10". 20" by 16". Price, £0 10 6 Argyll, Duke of. Arnold, Matthew. Barnett, Rev. S. A. Bowman, Sir William, Bart. Brodie, Sir Benjamin, Bart., F.R.S. Browning, Robert. Burne-Jones, Sir Edward, Bart. Calderon, Philip, R.A. Carlyle, Thomas. Crane, Walter. Davey, Lord. Bonders, Professor. Dufferin, Lord. Garvagh, Lady. Gladstone. Right Hon. W.E. M.P. Grant, Sir Peter. Guizot, M. Gurney, Russell. ribHand, Lady. Joachim, Herr. Lawrence, late Lord. Lecky, W. E. , late. Leighton, Sir Frederick, Bart., P. R.A. Levin, Princess. Lilford, Lady. Lytton, the late Earl of. Illustrated Catalogue Edward Burne-Jones, D. R.A. ; also selections from National Galleries, and a eminent men. Post Free Manning, Cardinal. Martineau, Dr. Meredith, George. Mill, John Stuart. Milman, Dean. Morris, William. Motley, J. L. Mount-Temple, Lady. Napier, General Sir W. Norton, Hon. Mrs. Panizzi, Sir Anthony. Prinsep, V. C, R.A. Rossetti, Dante Gabriel. Russell, Lord John. Salisbury, late Lord. Senior, Mrs. Nassau. Shaftesbury, late Earl of. Sherbrooke, Lord. Stanley, A. P., Dean of Westminster. Stephen, Sir Leslie. Stratford de Redcliffe, Earl. Swinburne, Algernon C. Taylor, Sir Henry. Tennyson, late Lord. Thiers, M. Waterford, Louisa, late Marchioness of. Watts, G. F., R.A., O.M. Wright, Thomas. , including the Works of Sir G. Rossetti and Harry Bates, the Uffizi, Hague, Dublin and large number of portraits of One Shilling. 0-,