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174 THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVIHG.
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manufacturers , who are willing to engage them in industrial occupations suited to females . Under the head of Applied Design ( by which
is meant designs for calicoes , silks , carpets , paper-hangings , pottery , jewellery , lace , glass , & c ) , there are twenty-six money-prizes ,
varying in value from two to ten pounds each . For these prizes of " lied design " the male studentsas well as the female , are
permitted app to compete , yet in 1855 we have , [ Florence Collins carrying off a prize of 8 ? . for _* a printed calico design , and Eliza ! Law 4 U for a
design for a carpet ; and again , in the spring of 1856 , Sarah Jane Edley received 41 . for a design for an Axminster carpet , Eliza Law
67 . g for ditto for Brussels carpet , and Sarah Edgley 61 . for designs for calicoes . Moreoverthe successful competitors have liberty to sell
their designs to any , manufacturer or firm who may admire their productions ; and a young friend of ours , after receiving some 51 . or
61 . from this school for a design for a chintz , sold the pattern for 20 Z . more to Messrs . Holland , the well-known upholsterers .
The sum totals of prizes for male and female students all over England for one year arefor studentships and scholarships , 5007 . ;
prizes and examinationsj 305 , ? . ; and prizes to teachers , 450 ? . In the spring examination of 1854 thirty females received prize
medals ; in 1855 their numbers had risen to fifty ; and in the autumn of the same year there were fifty-seven successful
competitors ; while in 1856 their numbers had actually risen to eightytwo : and these let it be observed , are only the students to whom
medals were awarded * at the local examinations , irrespective of the prizes at the Metropolitan schools . Moreover , in the summer of
1855 ten female students were selected to visit the Paris Exhibitionand received 107 . each to defray their personal and travelling
expenses , . The Lords of the Committee of Privy Council for Education , being desirous of promoting art education by means of female
teachers , are prepared to recommend ladies who have taken certificates of competency in the department of art . The instruction
embraces all kinds of drawing , painting , and modelling , together with practical geometry and perspective .
As it may be asked why in an article on wood-engraving we ive information generally on the course of study now being
followed g at the Government schools , " we reply that it is absolutely necessary that the engraver as well as the painter should have a
perfect acquaintance with anatomy and perspective ;—hence the advantageif not the absolute need , of a young wood-engraver
, passing through the various classes at Kensington Gore . The official report for 1857 says , " That the female teachers in
the training school attain great excellence and take high class certificates in geometry , perspective , free-hand drawing , painting ,
& c . ; " but unfortunately there seems some public apathy in engaging their services , arising perhaps from the doubt of a lady ' s ability
to teach drawing rigidly and precisely . Time and perseverance
174 The History Of Wood-Engravihg.
174 THE HISTORY OF WOOD-ENGRAVIHG .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), May 1, 1858, page 174, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01051858/page/30/
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