England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Great Britain -- History -- William IV, 1830-1837
Sir Wm. Allan, P.R.S.A. and R.A.; Sir Wm. Beechey, R.A.; Wm. Boxall;
Sir A. W. Callcott, R.A.; G. Cattermole; A. E. Chalon, R.A., and J.
J. Chalon, A.; Geo. Chambers; J. Constable, R.A.; E. W. Cooks, R.A.;
A. Cooper, R.A.; T. S. Cooper; D. Cox; T. Creswick; F. Danby; P. De
Wint; W. Dyce; Sir C. Eastlake, R.A.; A. L. Egg, R.A.; A. Elmore; Wm.
Etty, R.A.; A. V. C. Fielding; Sir F. Grant, R.A.; L. Haaghe; J. D.
Harding; Sol. A. Hart, R.A.; B. R. Haydon; Sir Geo. Hayter; J. R.
Herbert; J. F. Herring; Wm. Hilton, R.A.; Wm. Hunt; G. Lance; Chas.
and Edwin Landseer; C. R. Leslie, R.A.; J. F. Lewis, R.A.; J. Linnell;
D. Maclise, R.A.; J. Martin; W. Mulready, R.A.; Jos. Nash; Alex.
Nasmyth; T. Phillips, R.A.; H. W. Pickersgill, R.A.; P. F. Poole; W.
H. and J. B. Pyne; R. R. Reinagle, R.A.; Sir M. A. Shee, P.R.A.; W. C.
Stanfield; T. Stodhard, R.A.; F. Stone; G. Stubbs; J. M. W. Turner,
R.A.; J. Varley; J. Ward, R.A.; Rd. Westall, R.A.; Wm. Westall, A.;
and Sir D. Wilkie, R.A.
Among illustrators of books were H. K. Browne (_Phiz_), George
Cruikshank, John Doyle (H.B.), John Leech, Kenny Meadows, and John
Tenniel.
Engravers numbered amongst them E. F. and W. Finden, R. Graves,
A.R.A., William Holl, and Thomas Landseer.
There was a glorious list of sculptors: W. Behnes, Sir F. Chantrey,
R.A., J. H. Foley, R.A., John Gibson, R.A., John Hogan, T.
Thornicroft, Henry Weekes, R.A., Sir R. Westmacott, and his son
Richard, and M. C. Wyatt, while akin to sculpture comes William Wyon,
R.A., medallist.
CHAPTER XXX.
Musicians--Paganini--His avarice--Ole Bull--Curious musical
instruments--Jim Crow--The opera and its singers--The
ballet--Actors, etc.--Madame Vestris's leg.
In music we had, as composers, Balfe, who is more honoured abroad than
at home, John Barnett, Julius Benedict, W. Sterndale Bennett, Sir
Henry Bishop, Michael Costa, J. B. Cramer, Moscheles, Sir George
Smart, and Vincent Wallace. As English singers, Braham and Phillips,
Madame Carodori Allan, Madame Anna Bishop, Miss Stephens, Clara
Novello, Adelaide Kemble, and Miss Paton.
In 1831 Paganini came to England, and gave his first concert on June
3rd at the King's Theatre. He began badly--he raised the prices, and
the people would not stand it, and he only gave way at the last
moment, as we see by the following letter in the _Times_ of June 2nd,
addressed to the editor.
"SIR,
"The evening of my first concert in the King's Theatre is now so
near, that I feel the duty of announcing it myself, to implore
the favour of the English nation, which honours the arts as much
as I respect it.
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