The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-27 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, APRIL 27, 1857.

comoents, will very generally be attributed to the
worthttlished traveller and antiquarian, whose sh-
wa), ?wen the new parliament is among the less
satiactery results of the recent elections.
Lost
.artiele, on the "New Parliament and its
work. tt the political manifesto of the weber it
is tottpighte, cobous, and able.

tainly believe that we ?(ere looking at the same
*tune.
The nuns observations muse apply, in a 111•••• re,
we bar, to Mr. Do4ooa, ataiSte his excellmin
of wiser, though he has this e`tir several very
al•Ctieffishme ; and also to Mr. „Tuition. The
" ?MT in Penner,. Bay, tim_,
latter pothers, is capital in swn•••••
nee end aerial effect, but the wale? is
Int trireme @sold wish. The gentle lift of the ••••--,_
its rase, se to speak—is not enecessfully given. .•
*Ong has several pictures of somewhat uncaps!'
molt; they are all, however, good specimens of the."
miler The " Venice" is, however, somewhat too
Egd in its " blueness =" otherwise it has plentyof
and is skilfully painted. Mr. Holland is
and emotive ; his manner is always pleasing,
and his planes deservedly take high rank among
those el Ms see ores. In fact, as we have already
said, the landscape artiste have much the lame
uniform excellence, and, if they have not made
a Inch advance, have not retrograded from the posi-
finti they held last year.
the figure department there is a decided irn-
pranatent. We have Mr. Carl Haag in more
than awe force, always rich in colour and careful
[*arawhiv. This year he has numerous specimens,evteh we may mention the "Imprisoned
Im-
" The Evening Hour" " A lady of
" ell veessesing great though peculiar merit.
Mr. F. W.'iturton's " Faust's First Sight of Mar'. ,
gavot" is a production full of talent, and at ,
ant Noe time by no means destitute of faults in
general execution, harmony of colour, and &movie
lion. As a whole it is good, and shows a certain
disregard for conventionality which we asset
admire. Neverthelms, the stoop forward of ,
the figure of Feast is awkward, and the
costume, however true as a matter of cos-
tume to the period in which the artist has fixed the
= gives him a bulky appearance, which Mill
impedes the easy action of the figure. The
face of Mephmtopheles as it appain behind Faust is
well painted, and has the at
type. The
countenance of the girl is full of sweetness, but is
scarcely the Margaret that Goethe imagined. The
stooe-work in this picture is capital in its tone, and I
the composition, taken as a whole is one full of pro- i
mime for the future of en undoubtedly Tieing artist. ,
Mr. W. Ooodall's " Caught by the Tide" is neither ;
good in the dash of the wave, which is feebly ren-
dered, nor in the rocks and seaweed which hangs from
them. The children upon the rock are well
grouped and carefully draws ; but the figure of
the girl " caught by the tide" is not so anceeseful
She wants spring in the movement of the limbs, and
there is a general hardness and heaviness in her
drapery.
Mr. Riviera has several charming figure
studies, all prettily conceived, and pleasing both in i
form and colour. Mr. Jenkins, also, though follow-
ing the beaten track, must be mentioned in terms of ;
decided commendation. The " Welsh Style," far
instance, is well painted, the face of the girl pretty •
and the general effect warm and sunny, as it should
be. The goat, however, though good in drawing, is '
scarcely so in colour.
Mr. 'fopham gives us various studies, from which
we select " A Zouave's Story of the War." The face I
and general pose of the soldier is good ; the women's
faces lack roundness, and have scarcely a listening
expression. The picture is pleasing in colour, and
has " subject " to recommend it, which is certainly
a relief to the usual monotony of the room.
Mr. Nash tells an " Old Story," and tells it very
unsuccessfully. He has several other drawings of
more or less merit, but the figures are generally
faulty in their drawing.
Mr. F. Tayler is as good as ever in his animals, all
of which have the rare merit of being exquisite both
in drawing and colour. Among many we must select
for notice the "Otter Hounds Questing ; " it is full
of life, the attitude and expression of the dogs are
admirable, so arc moat of the other drawings from ;
the same hand, which are rather plentiful in this 1
year's exhibition.
Mr. Hunt has flowers and fruit painted with I
his usual talent; it is too well known to need ,
notice from us. He has, however, the head of ;
" A Poacher," full of character, and natural in
colour. Mr. Bartholomew's flowers are " exquisitely
natural," which has been said of them for the last— ;
we fear to say how many years. And with this name ,
we must bring our present notice to a termination,
again remarking as we do so that we see more to
praise than blame in this the fifty-third exhibition I
of the society ; for there are evidently signs of a '
forward movement in many of its members, who j
have already made names both honourable to them- •
selves and creditable to our country, in which their
peculiar branch of art has made and is yet to make I
•
so wonderful a progress. •