3-028-798 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

"Young England's Sister", by G. Halse, in the Royal Academy Exhibition, 1871. 'It may be remembered that we last year engraved a pleasing statuette by Mr. Halse, from the Royal Academy Exhibition, of a little boy in knickerbockers standing beside his cricket bat, intently reading a book, which statue the sculptor put forth as an ideal of "Young England," his meaning being further indicated by the following lines: Not prone to pastime at the cost of mind, Nor studious at the cost of foot and hand, Fit hours he gives alike to thew and thought, In healthful alternation wisely planned. We now engrave Mr. Halse's companion work in the present exhibition at Burlington House - "Young England's Sister" - and as a very appropriate companion will it, we believe, be accepted. The quotation now given is equally apt, and the artist's intention is fully suggested thereby: The frolic ended, Annie turns aside To the loved culture of her dawning art; And, wrapt in study, gravely views the scene In which erewhile she took so gay a part'. From "Illustrated London News", 1871.