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MR. GEORGE S. ELGOOD, R.I.

The particular qualities of Mr. Elgood's water-colour work have gained him a very definite degree of popularity. It is true that he chooses generally subjects which make a very strong appeal to a considerable section of the public, but it is his manner of treating them that has really established him in the prominent position he holds among our modern water-colourists. This manner is entirely his own, quite characteristic in its general application and its special reservations, and it exercises a perceptible influence over the whole of his production.

Yet in his technical methods Mr. Elgood does not by any means follow any formal recipe; they are varied, indeed, to suit the demands of the subject with which he may happen to be dealing, and each subject can, in a way, be said to suggest

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