frican War, and he declares
that many bereaved mothers have thanked him for the inspiration and
comfort it has brought to them.

Watts' pictures are widely distributed; a roomful may be seen at the
Tate Gallery, Millbank, S.W. Nearly all the portraits of public men are
at the National Portrait Gallery, Trafalgar Square, London. There is a
portrait of Thomas Carlyle in the South Kensington Museum, three or four
pictures at the Manchester Corporation Gallery, and one at the Leicester
Art Gallery. There are also several of Watts' best pictures in a gallery
attached to his country house at Compton in Surrey; while his fresco
"Justice" can be seen at the Benchers' Hall, Lincoln's Inn.

Watts was conscious of the benefit he had received from the great men
who had preceded him, and in his best moments so essentially humble,
that in his last will and testament, and the letters of gift, he rises
to the great height of artistic patriotism which always appeared to him
in the light of a supreme duty.

The former document has the following phrases: "I bequeath all my
studies and works to any provincial gallery or galleries in Great
Britain or Ireland, which my executors shall in their discretion select,
and to be distributed between such galleries." This Will is dated
November 1, 1899, and relates to such works as had not already been
disposed of. His great gift to the nation was made in 1897, accompanied
by a characteristic letter in which he says:

"You can have the pictures any time after next Sunday. I have
never regarded them as mine, but never expected they would be
placed anywhere until after my death, and only see now my
presumption and their defects and shrink from the consequences
of my temerity! I should certainly like to have them placed
together, but of course can make no conditions. One or two are
away, and I am a little uncertain about the sending of some
others; if you could spare a moment I should like to consult
you."

A few weeks later, following a letter from the Keeper of the National
Gallery, he writes as follows:

"I beg to thank you and through you the Trustees and Director
of the National Gallery for the flattering intention of
placing the tablet you speak of, but while returning grateful
thanks for the intention of doing me this honour I should like
it to be felt that I have in no way desired anything but the
recognition that