▁" The ▁New ▁Song " ▁( 1 8 7 4 ) ▁brought ▁to ▁an ▁end ▁over ▁forty ▁years ▁of ▁exhib iting . ▁ ▁Wes ley an ▁Method ist ▁Magazine ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 4 ▁and ▁ 1 8 4 5 ▁William ▁G ush ▁contributed ▁all ▁the ▁port ra its ▁of ▁Method ist ▁minister s , ▁published ▁in ▁the ▁Wes ley an ▁Method ist ▁Magazine . ▁By ▁ 1 8 4 7 ▁William ▁bought ▁a ▁studio ▁at ▁the ▁pr estig ious ▁address ▁No ▁ 1 7 ▁Str at ford ▁Place , ▁an ▁exclusive ▁cul - de - s ac ▁situated ▁off ▁Oxford ▁Street , ▁London . ▁ ▁His ▁commit ments ▁back ▁in ▁England ▁still ▁kept ▁him ▁very ▁busy , ▁the ▁main ▁one ▁of ▁these ▁being ▁the ▁provision ▁of ▁port ra its ▁for ▁the ▁Wes ley an ▁Method ist ▁Magazine . ▁He ▁also ▁painted ▁other ▁port ra its ▁including ▁one ▁dep ict ing ▁John ▁Cur wen , ▁a ▁composer , ▁now ▁held ▁at ▁the ▁National ▁Port rait ▁Gallery ▁in ▁London . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 0 ▁G ush ▁had ▁provided ▁the ▁port ra its ▁for ▁all ▁twelve ▁issues ▁of ▁the ▁Method ist ▁Magazine , ▁just ▁three ▁years ▁later ▁the ▁number ▁was ▁hal ved ▁and ▁the ▁last ▁eng ra ving ▁of ▁a ▁portrait ▁by ▁William ▁G ush ▁( of ▁the ▁Re ver end ▁Thomas ▁T ▁N ▁H ull ) ▁appeared ▁in ▁February ▁ 1 8 6 4 . ▁Phot ography ▁now ▁su pers eded ▁portrait ▁painting ▁as ▁a ▁means ▁of ▁illustr ation