[Tom Edgerton]

Mike--

Leapfrogging backward, thanks for the Waterhouses (Waterhice?) (Waterhai?). He's always been a favorite though I disagree a little, respectfully, with Allan. For me, JWH's people are part of the style of the day, but a little less anonymous and stylistically codified than some of the other academic contemporaries like Alma-Tadema and Rosetti, et. al. Waterhouse's subjects look more like individuals to me, and less like types.

I can't quite find the words, but when I look at Waterhouse, I see a little looser approach to the technique, and a spirit that--for lack of a better term--I can only call "soul." He seems a little less constrained by the academic approach.

This is a really vague critique, I know.

As for "El Jaleo," well, Jeez, you gotta think Sargent tossed it off to needle every painter that would ever follow.

Thanks--TE