He regards Alfred Gilbert's contention regarding his elligibility for the post in Rome as fallacious. Despite this, he knows that history will not look kindly on the waste of a great artist such as Gilbert.
He no longer writes about art. He gave it up when constantly requested to deal with the "inanities and insanities with which , for the time being our Art is besmirched". He recommends the
Earl of Crawford as a source of help. If
Lord Plymouth were alive he would have helped.
Includes an enclosed transcript of part of a letter by Alfred Gilbert.