The Express.
London, England, 1865-05-13 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

MR. WALTON'S ricrußss OF THZ ALPS.
Mr. Walton has distinguished himself as the
minter of the peaks and valleys of the Alps per exalkace.
Many artists have fancied themselves equal to the teak, bat,
as we have often bad to remark, their efforts have ame-
nity been meat is failing to represent the pamiliar aspen
of this tremendous misery, where everything is on a scale
of vest magnitude, difficult to snoop in the mall epees of
• picture, and yet abounding in the utmost &Sam of
colour, and the most changing sad ethereal atmosphsris
effects. Turner himself seams to have avoided Alpias
scenery far his larger pictures, and preferred that al Italy
and the Rhine as the groundwork of his fine imaginative
works. Yr. Walton, however, bas always bravely followed
up his favourite subject, arduous, alba often disheartening,
as it must have been to him, in the ooustent seam of failure
that overhangs and threatens to overwhelm the artist in
all them strivings to realise in the dull motorists of the
paint box the stupendous effects of the grand mountain
scenery of the Alps. There is a good picture in oils try Mr.
Walton in the present exhibition of the British Institotioa,
which well deserves to be men, at we think he is more
suommful in the drew*. in water colour. which an sow
collected for exhibitioe at the German Gallery in Bond.
street, many of which belong to the members of the Alpine
lllub, and we may oonclude would sot have been put.
chased by them if it wire not for the exoellence
with which their favourite scenery is depicted. A
still to this exhibition is really like going to the Alpo ;
ens seems to stand on the very brink of some snow-dad
preelples es the Geiser Maoist. near Zermatt, with the
bright green stone pima overhead, sad fearful icy depths
below. In another large drawing you look down from an
immense height upon the awful chasm ci the Mar do
Glace and see the party of amateur mountaineers, with Moir
long Alpine stooks an tied together, looking like mo VauF
tiny inmate crawling on the blue toe. The glaring bias and
white effect of the atmosphere peculiar to this scenery
wonderfully well represented in this drawing. Thom who
have read deseriptime of the beautiful tints of rem light
met by the setting sus over the towering granite maks sheet&
see a charming drawing of this effect over the red paha
with mow lying in the crevices on the Almille and Wader
de Talent. Another good sanest effect is 5, " Pis de
Tioneverges and V illage of Silt." We =Heed oleo
" Near Courmayeur," but the oellection forms altogether a
most Interesting em, and for the satisfaction of theca who
cannot nee the original drawls pwe may say that it is propmed
to execute fassmile copies is ebromo-lithogrsphy, which
will thus become a bosistifid table book. The drewisp
will not be the only affinities in this book, for we observe
by the prospectus that Mr. T. G. Bosom, fellow od St.
John's College, Cambridge, sad member of the Alpine Club,
as well as a geologist, has engaged to write desoriptioss to
accompany the drawings, and these no doubt will be ea-
riabed by some of of the stmtling incidents mid experiences
of the members the Alpine Club.

ME. SIILISON'S SKETCHES OF INDIA, THIBET,
AND CASHMERE.
Thin extraordinary collection, which has now been
exhibited for some time past at the German Gallery in Bond-
skeet, has been increased by a greet many new drswinge
from the artist's portfolio, many of which have • WM,
failing interest for those who either know Indie well or
have their friends and families living there. Wi have on a
former =canon noticed this collection as the work of an
artist of unoommon natural gifts, and still mon raze poem
of undaunted energy and perseverance. We have seen
something of the surprising number of drawing, sketches,
and paintings an artist like David Roberts can produce is
the aura of a long life of unusual activity and travel, but
Mr. Simpson comes home, after a three yeses' tour in India,
with hundreds of sketches, many of which are at once per-
fect as drawings, and would be spoilt by another touch.
Amongst them are pictures so perfectly truthful, and bring-
ing some of undying interest to thou ands so vividly to
mind, that we feel nothing too much in praise and thanks
can be offered to a painter who has rendered services d this
peculiar and invaluable nature. Most of the terrible places
of the massacres in the mutiny are to be seen hers—icesea
at coos to weep and to glory over. Her are the brave
follows blowing in the Cashmere Gates of Delhi, described
by Mr. Kays, when " Lieutenant Home, with four moo,
each with a bag of 251bs. of powder, ran up to the door,
deposited their loads, sad then jumped into the ditch ;
hags followed with other fear men, each with their load of
powder, but the enemy had sow nommenced • deadly Are
and before Wald could light the flambe fell wounded IS
the um and leg. He handed the padre to Sergeant Bar.
gees, who was latently shot dead; Sergeant Carmichael
took the portly% but wee instantly shot down with 14 balls
is bog body. papa, Smith, seeing him fall, advanced at
• rue, bat fading the foes alight had *sly tins to throw
himself into the ditch. The next moment a ferrite explo-
sloe ehadwrsd the gate, the busier of the arty sounded the
advance, end the nod, with a loud cheer, charged licangh
the beckon pa." To these most interesting patens Mr.
Simpson adds now an acieurege &swag of the Beadeeey at
Leek:ear, showing the Kaiser Bergh, the 32ad Ma .heave,
the lianipettierliall, Dr. Paper's hews ; and here raw be
seen the very window through which ease the bell that
killed Sir Henry WIT• 11011. Here is the Bailey Guard gate, a
famous pout in the brave defames, all covered with the marks
of UM sod shell. Hem ten is the hero at Areal, wink
was held by • few brave aniline against • best et mak-
sion—• small square bni ding, with halledosed arches all
round, through whin the little garrison it Dino Ind.
This bend was Mr. Likkisiee, the in" who, with W.
Wake, the originate, Mr. Boyle, the railway engineer, and
others, eine may, defed the plan tall relieved by
the troops al Gemara Byre, The Atimbeo, with the
CrWed Riikkaden attarkkg it, and nave ilk W.
mikes *Mat ia Ow fsay and helping to auk the
plow, is as admirably descriptive drawing. There an
soural mbar new drawings of equal merit far begat/ it
Wawa eel sageney in every detail that glees vain and.
disasager to warn of tide saarlinly intimatieg kind.
Indeed. with Mr. Hayes chunkily mina dareintiene in
ban, we know
et se mere istorang and ineinna•
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