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r be had no more icumber egetable nnected re, we Election a year of ikankful fc was to or any i Strandine, and he beau-;he best needs a itent in lary, its ertamly, ural ad-a edifice Ling the •er fresh ey intiu-reuirk-and per-dressed umes are —seated ihouring monster At the very ele-xactly at ?’s musi-r of the n to be Dgramxne mfidence test the play tlie nounced.Iclssohn.arren.;dict.ion.izctti.ell.ini.delssohn.ini.lisetti.crucified, a preacher, a pulpit, ana a table.Theodore Charles Frere, a medalist for paii3alt;jc, contri- | butes no less than eight small pictures, in his own style. They are in every respect aai ycncriss, faithful perhaps, but by no means pleasing ; this, however, arising more from til© subjects illustrated than the peculiarities of the artist. Such scenes as “Fellah’s Family Travelling in Upper Egypt,” “Jerusalem, from the West,” and in bird’s-eye, “Sunset in the Desert of Lybique,” “Temple of Ombos,” “ Baleane,” and “ Inundation of the Nile,” in Upper Egypt, and “ Isle of Philoe,” north of Nubia, are not the subjects of ordinary illustration; here they have the peculiar treatment which their intrinsic peculiarities demand.R. Gignoux has another peculiar delineation. It is called the “ Dismal Swamp.” Whether sketched from nature, or only an attempt to embody the conception of Mis. Beecher Stowe, we are not told ; but certainly it realises most perfectly the idea of the approach to the habitation. of Dred, as delineated by the novelist. The Swamp, which, from the projecting branches of decayed trees rotting in the water, seems to be waist deep, is bordered by a growth of rank and entangled vegetation hardly visible, except at the crowning branches of the taller trees, which are gilded by the setting sun. Brion Gustave pupil of Gabriel Guerin, recipient of the second class medal [ifcure et paysayc) in 1853, and honourably mentioned at the Universal Exhibition of 1855—has five pictures, all worthy his fame. We like especially the “ Raft on the Rhine.” The raft, of course of timber, sustains a number of characters, most effectively grouped. Constant Brochart, a pupil of the school of Lille, has delineations of “ Simplicity,” “ Coquetry,” “ Intrigue,” and “ Candour. ” The latter — a female head and bust — is an exquisite production. Eugene Lambert has a “Souvenir of Fontainebleau,” a fine delineation of the beeches in the forest. Emile Lambinet, a medallist since 1843, has a dozen or more pieces of considerable merit; but their general character is anything but pleasing. Why select the gloomy side of a landscape for portraiture? Fcradvenfcure, London in a fog might be truthfully delineated ; but we would choose a sunny May day-after a shower for the season of illustration, if we were to be the possessors of the work when finished.Among the historical pictures of great merit we mention a few. “ Religious Controversy-,” by Fierre Charles Comte, who received medals in 185*2,1853, and 1855. The latter, at the Universal Exhibition, represents Guildford Dudley asking forgiveness of Lady Jane Grey, his wife, for his own waverings after Gardner and the other Romanist bishops after their failure in the attempt to convert her. The priests, especially, are finely portrayed. The same painter exhibits “ Benvenuto Cellini Receiving the Visit of Francis I.” in his atelier. The delineation approaches perfection. He has also two other pictures, one of which is “Jeanne D'Albert, mother of Henry IV., purchasing from lime, the Court mercer, the gloves poisoned by order of Catherine de Medici, the originator of the Palace of the Tuileries.” “ Calvin refusing the Sacrament to the Scoffers,” by .Tean JLeonard Lugardon, is finely painted. So is Muller’s “ Reading the Scriptures,” a family party-listening to the lecture of the patriarch of the home. A. E. Plasson’s “Return from Nurse” is a well illustrated domestic scene, in whichjthe child is represented as hesitating between mammaand nurse (apples included). Two scenes from “Faust” attract much attention. One is “Marguerite at the Fountain,” the other “ Faust with the Foisoned Cup.” Marguerite is a fine development of the noct’s idea, but there is a slight mistiness about the whole picture which detracts somewhat, though but little, from its general effect.. '- ... - - - .. . . ■ . lt;« n
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Evening Star
London, Middlesex, GB
Mon, May 03, 1858
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