HUGIJENOT ARTISTS DESIGNERS AND CRAYPSNEN IN GREAT ...

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Chron's establishment, they included William Hogarth himself, John Ellys
who helped to run the later academy, Bartholomew Dandridge, George Knapton,
Joseph Highmore, Arthur Pond, James Seymour and Edward Slaughter, who
is almost certainly a member of the Slaughter family who kept the Coffee
House in St.Martin's Lane, which became a meeting place for these artists.
The opportunity to study from a female model obviously created
a precedent which was continued in the Academy m-tintained by William
Hogarth. On November 13th, 1738, the London Daily Post and General
dvertiser reported,
'Last week a fine Venus was finished at a Sculptor's in St.Martin's Lane
for a Person of Quality; eight of the most celebrated Painters assisted
at the Performance and the Lady who sate Nine Hours at different times
for the same, had three and a half Crowns each Hour for her complaisance
and trouble'. 55 The sculptor referred to is the Huguenot LJ.Roubiliac,
whose main contribution to the revived academy was the teaching of
sculpture, thus making the academy conform more closely to the French
prototype. It is significant that in 17k5 Vertue mentions an advertisement,
'For the Study of Drawing this winter at the Academy of Painting and
sculpture kept in St.Martin.'s Lane - Charing X .. on Saturday even will
meet at the half moon Tavern in the Strand - to take subscriptions for
the following winter Mr.Haynian (Plate 66) (History Painter etc) Mr.
Gravelot (designer) Mr.Moser (chaser) Mr Pubilliac (Statuary) Mr.Yeo
(Seal Graver) Mr ... (landskip painter) Mr. Wills (portrait painter
Treasurer). 6 The academy is tuw referred to as the Academy of Painting
and Sculpture and Poubiliac is the only name mentioned by Vertue as
being qualified to teach sculpture, which is in itlf, a significant
Huguenot contribution.
Vertue mentions that the Academy met for the 'Study of Drawing'.
This is confirmed by a note in the diary of Peter Camper, for January, 17k9.
Camper was introduced to the St. Martin's Lane Academy 'by Mr. Roubiliac,
sculptor', and was accepted as a member on contributing two guineas.
Camper wrote that 'there are a man and a woman for models. The man poses
three days, the woman two'. According to Camper, the last evening of
the drawing classes that season was on the 17th March that year.
It is interesting in this context that Roubiliac's capacity for drawing
has always been disclaimed. The only known signed drawing by Poubiliac
in this country, for the monument to the Duke of Argyfl, which was
originally accompanied by the contract with his widowed Duchess, has
been described as being by ' a more competent artist at Poubiliac's
request specially for submission to the Duchess of Argyll', and signed
by Roubiliac as 'designer only'. 8 This may well be the case, as