3-085-610 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Stump Orator - by Robert Morley, 1898. 'Is the study of animals a cause of humour among artists? It would almost seem to be so, for as one looks through the list of contemporary animal-painters, from Mr. Briton Riviere down to the latest exponent, Mr. Robert Morley, whose work is reproduced in this number, we find much in support of such a theory. As a rule, four-legged animals have lent themselves more especially to the service of artists, but it is impossible not to realise the accuracy with which the "Stump Orator" is treated, and to foresee that he will in due course rise to the greater dignity of "cock of the walk," and proudly defend the rights of his zenana against his rivals of the farmyard.' From "Illustrated London News", 1898.