!74 tion. Paul Sebillot's was the least correct of all: no. 6 (Apr. 21): i; i, no. 7 (Apr. 28): i (adver- Notes "Rolla regarde vaguement dans la rue avec 1'air tisements for photos of Rolla and brief an- to Page fatal des heros romantiques" — Rolla looks off nouncement; neutral). 83 vaguely onto the street with the fatal air of roman- Roger Ballu, "Le Salon de 1878 — Peintres et tic heroes ("Chronique des arts," Le Bien Public, sculpteurs," excerpt from the Gazette des Beaux- May i, 1878, p. 3). Arts, July—Aug., pp. 41—42 (lengthy discussion 104. This list includes all the mentions of of Rolla; negative). Gervex's art that I found in the Parisian press Balsamo, "Echos de Paris," Le Petit Pari- from the spring and summer of 1878. In paren- sien, Apr. 16, p. 2 (five paragraphs on Rolla; theses following each item, I characterize the positive). length, coverage, and general opinion of the ar- Emile Cardon, "Les Beaux-Arts—L'Ecole ticle, if any. All subsequent references to reviews francaise en 1878. IX," Le Soleil, June 16, p. 3 of Gervex's art in 1878 refer to this list. Some of (lengthy discussion of Rolla; positive). the early mentions of Rolla appeared in society Desgenais, "Au Jour le jour," Le Bien Public, columns, because the removal from the Salon was Apr. 12, p. 3 (brief announcement; neutral). a social as well as an artistic event. But, for ob- L'inconnu, "Le Salon de 1878 V: Les por- vious reasons, Rolla did not figure very often in traits," UUniversIllustre, June 22, p. 391 (one the usual 1878 Salon reviews. line on the portraits; negative). Of the nineteen mentions of Gervex's art that I Louis Leroy, "Le Salon pour rire III. Les gathered from the 1878 press, one item discussed Tableaux a PEcole," Le Charivari, June 4, p. 2 the portraits only. Of the remaining eighteen, five (facetious remarks on Rolla and one portrait; were neutral about Rolla, six were positive, and neutral). seven were negative. ("Positive" means against the Jacques Liber, "Beaux-Arts: Le Cas d'Henri removal of Rolla from the Salon and enthusiastic Gervex," Paris-Plaisir i, no. 5 (Apr. 14): 4 in some measure about the painting; "negative" (lengthy discussion of Rolla; positive). therefore means in favor of the exclusion of Rolla Paul Sebillot, "Chronique des arts," Le Bien from the Salon and unfavorable about the pic- Public, Apr. 4, p. 3, (brief mention of Rolla be- ture.) Overall, then, the opinion on Rolla appears fore its removal; positive). to have been evenly divided. Counting only the Paul Sebillot, "Chronique des arts," Le Bien lengthy and serious accounts of Rolla, however Public, May i, p. 3 (lengthy discussion of Rolla; (and eliminating reprints of an identical text), the positive). tally is five positive and three negative. In the Spavento, "Echos de partout," UEstafette, press, at least, Rolla had more thoughtful support- Apr. 14, p. 3 (brief announcement; neutral). ers than detractors. In the serious positive column, Le Sphinx, "Echos de Paris—hier, aujour- I am placing Balsamo, Emile Cardon, Jacques d'hui, demain," UEvenement, Apr. 20, p. i Liber, Paul Sebillot (May i), and Le Sphinx (lengthy discussion of Rolla; positive). (Apr. 20). The serious negative opinions were Le Sphinx, "Echos de Paris—hier, aujour- those of Anonymous in Le Temps, Roger Ballu, d'hui, demain. Un mea culpa," UEvenement, and Alexandre Weill. Apr. 23, p. i (retraction and publication of Anon., "Chronique," Le Temps, Apr. 21, p. 2 Weill's letter; negative). (lengthy discussion of Rolla; negative). Pierre Veron, "Chronique parisienne. Le Sa- Anon., "Echos," Le Courrier du Soir, Apr. 23, lon de 1878," Journal Amusant, July 6, p. 3 p. 4 (five paragraphs on Rolla, leading up to (brief comment on Rolla and portraits; negative Weill's letter; negative). on Rolla; positive on portraits). Anon., "Le Monde parisien," Le Soleil, Apr. Alexandre Weill, "Letter to Edmond Mag- 15, p. 3 (brief announcement; neutral). nier, publisher of VEvenement" published in Le Anon., "Nouvelles," La Chronique des Arts et Sphinx (Apr. 23) and Anon., Le Courrier du soir de la Curiosite (supplement to the Gazette des (lengthy discussion of Rolla; negative). Beaux-Arts), Apr. 27, p. 130 (brief announce- 105. "A sortir des sentiers battus et du poncif ment; negative). academique . . ." (Liber, "Beaux-Arts"). In any Anon., "Prime a nos lecteurs," Paris-Plaisir i, discussion of journalistic reaction to a work of art,