Show WON A NOTABLE PRIZE I 1 london don royal drawing society M adai go gori 3 to a girt girl of f 16 the award of the bronze of the royal drawing society of london this year Is a matter of enthusiastic interest to young art an students all over the world inasmuch as it was won by B R young woman only 16 years of I 1 age miss nellie kuck since the earliest inauguration of offering prizes for the best work among any given artistic line artists of undoubted genius from canova and have catered into eager competition for the advantages which such badges of distin eion carry in their train for where they do not include years of study under most favoring conditions as they ther so often do they bring to an artist instant and widespread recognition and it ought to serve as a stimulus to the youngest art student in philadelphia phia boston new york or denver the that youth te is no har bar sinister nister ri to such honors the drawing which obtained for miss kuck so distinguished a success is entitled the young st cecilia a charmingly composed decorative panel chiefly interesting by reason of its original origin 21 and novel manner of treatment perhaps R K was her own sweet youth in the bloch that led her imagination away from the traditionally mature C cecilia and made it dwell rather upon the heavenly maid when inspiration first dawned upon her youthful conscious ness with a few clever effective strokes she has achieved the sweetly leri out face and pose of the young saint the well grouped raptly listening I 1 angels above topped by the conventionalized figures of music and poetry the whole gives evidence of fine fancy excellent art and Is particularly ticul ariy arly strong in the decorative harmony of its lines two years ago misa kuck was awarded lord leightonn leightons Leigh tona tons prize tor for her drawing the mermaid and he then always so ready to encourage youthful talent recommended her to adopt the artists profess profession iou i in n tact fact the young st ceciliar cecilia re represents pre her third success as last year she obtained the george georee prize lor for an illustration or of undine i |