Art: Mayfly King

Current Opinion, a U. S. magazine purporting to publish an accurate monthly news review, reproduced in its July issue the portrait of King George V which was exhibited by its creator, Charles Sims, at the Royal Academy, London, in May (TIME, May 12).

The Sims portrait shows Britain's monarch in full regalia, with sceptre and sword, seated on his throne. It idealizes and refines the not-unlined face. It gives His Majesty dainty, tapering legs. It makes the fingers, actually the short, muscular digits of a sport-loving country gentleman, appear long and willowy.

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