The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-03 00:00:00

MONDAY

unquestionably are, the artist has frequently surpassed
the very best here exhibited. Nevertheless; (81)," Bare-
borough Castle, Northumberland," is a noble filature,
illustrative in a wonderful taanuor of the lurid effects of
stormy weather. .Frederick Teiylcr, a¢aitai has a work
possibly in same respect,: of more than custemary pre-
tensions--(34) a." S:sg Hunt in the time of .George .the
Sedond," in which not merely are the costumes„ of the
epoch admirably prnerv'ed, hut the young lady huntress_
affords charming evidence :of how pretty: es girls were
our great-great-great-great-grandmothers. JosePh Nash
contributes a few of his:naitchless witer-colodi inictures_
of the Great -Exhibition—'-the consussmatetruthialness
of which may berecognised by a glance, -for'example-; at
(68) the " Transept from, the Turkish department," or
at (227) the " Indian Tent," that spectacle of Oriental
magnifieence. - F. W. Topham. repeats himself -delight-
fully inhiy Irish taketches-7not the least excellent 0f,,w4i4
is (86) entitled " The Morning of the Pattern.", Another.
graceful, though -less ambitions pietdre, by Fredcric4
:_Taylor, must not be passed by :sub silentio (95), simply..
designated " Morning--:-going out," but; in name end
aspect, chilineedy suggestive. D. c'max, 85T- -°l3e of the
prineip2l contributors; startles us with' his- singular
'painting ,(14‘ )lof Bearitn-makena gathering -htattr on
Cari ton 7,-U,ss, Cheshire." A singularly clever in..orior
that of (1 15) The Library of Scsomore _reveals
the skill, :n thi:A curieus clei>artment of.art,of F. Mac-
kenzie. Tao “ Stone Bo w,. Uigh •streef, Li1301),7k1,62)%
one of Oh, best arefiizect and palatine's in the spartalent,_
is from ho band of William Calrow. A multiplicity
:of rithcrt. &mild L.tiention in their- turn, and among
there, ns a mattor jai-flee, C. Bentley's (121) "DoVer
-from the Channel," J. F. Lewis's (139), The"; Ahab`
Scribe, Cairo," LI. Galtimean's- (174) liYninde Cove,
Cornwall," and a brilliant rural illustration, that,of 6' A
_Village Fair," ----(T81) by G. Dodgier. A study of
Richard-Duke ot Gloucester and' the Two Illurderers;"
(220) by John -Gilbert, appears to us to resemble much
more nearly a farcp,Lctor, rppresenting Polonins in-the
presence of Maypole Hugh and Dennis the Hangman,
fromst4ihy7i;uiot
pieces; by
Shop." There are; some
raa
by aria -Harrison, beAides snow,. ,
• ,
drnPs, and eggs, and birds' nests in aburdance, by VV.
Hunt. Gebrge Fripp and Alfred 17riPp;, NV. Evans, and
T. M. Richardson, thOtigb-far from indolent, have pro-
duced nothing ibis' year likely to extend or elevate
their reputations:- - -

Among the visitors at the private view on Saturday
were observed, the Duke of Montrose, Earl and Coun-
tess Grey, the. Earl of Aberdeen Earl of Bradford,
Dowager Countess of Morley, the Bishops of London,
Oxford, and Winchester, Lord John, Russell and
Lady illussell, I.Drd Charles Townshend and 3ady
Towushend, Lord and Lady Radstock, Lord and, TAO'
Montesgle„ Lord Ashburton, Lord Broughton, Lady
Catherine Cavendish, Lady Frederick. Bentinck-, Miss
Burdett Coutts, &e., several pf the Cabinet Ministers
and foreign arnba,ssaclors, many, of the Royal Academi-
cians, And a gmeatnumber of amateurs and patrons of
the flue arts. • • -

-WAT,ER CO,LOUR . ,
The eighteenih annual exhibition of tholiew 'Society
of Painters in Water Coleurs is now opened- to they public
at their. gallery, ,where we had the gratification of at-
tending the private view, in anticipation of the morning
of the season. Altogether, this year, there ware 338 sepa-
rate contributions:: Several of. These, moreover, are of an
uncommon excellence—ono or two being little less than
miracles of art when cornpsred with the former efforts
of even first-rate water colourists. Foremost among
these more remarkable productions is: indisputably the
marvellous pinture heel!. Haghe, the vice-president (74),
representing the "Audience Chamber of the,Magis-
tratesdu France de Bruges," and introducing Marguerite
of Austria, Duchess of Parma, and Regent of Belgium, on
the occasion of her visit toe witness that .astonishing
masterpiece of the skill ofLaucelot Blondell, painter and
architect In'representing one ma4terpieee; Louis Haghe
-has himself produced another, for in all respects, in cor-
rect drawing, in elegance of grouping, and in bid-
Jiancy of colouring, the painting here particularized is a
truly remarliable composition. The most conspicuous
picture in the exhibition—its the one just mentioned ap-
pears 'to us to be, if possible, of all the most meritoridus
—is the 'large panoramic delineation by M. Angelo
Hayee (145) of the famous charge of the 16th Lancers
at Aliwal on the 28th of January, 1846—an exploit
which obtained such instant 'celebrity for his Excellency
the Governor of the Cape, Sir harry Smith; Prom:
the unavoidable circumstance of the uniforme of the
lancers and of the Oriental costumes of the Seilelas; MO_
painting in regard to colour has necessarily a spotty ap
pearance, at all times disagreeable in a 'work of art=but
in other respects the contribution is pectiliarly clever
and effective. = Minute though the faces are, they corn-
prise one or two really startling likenesses. The mo-
ment selected by -the artist is the breaking of the. Square.
Edwin Corbould—always an especial favourite
has this season an exquisite illustration of an' exquisite
poem, the " Godiva" of Alfred Tennyson. Already (in
the picture) she has " shoviered the rippled ringlets to
the knee," having" unclad herself in haste," prepare-
-tory .to the final moment when, " like a creeping
sunbeam" she " slid from pillar unto pillar.'; The
work, though inferior-to some of the artist's former
_productions, is eminently worthy of his reputation.
iienry Warren has apportioned to himself the difficult
task of pourtraying (214) '" Alitinchbatk story-teller
relating one of the Arabian Nights' Taw in a coffee-
house of Damascus," but in the effort he has 'proved, as
always, surprisingly successful. The colouring, as was
necessary for the scone, is gorgeous. The hunchback
storyteller is manifestly a portrait. The listeners are
admirably expressive in countenance; and at the door-
way a couple of dancing girls, with their languid looks
and voluptuous apparel, are ingeniousfy introduced. E.
H. Wehnert, though dimly and doubtfully as to the hero
(whose face we should like to have scan) but sweetly and
beautifully as to the heroine, giies us an embellishment
of poor Edgar Allan Poe's now celebrated and popular
poem of " The Raven." Charles Vacher has a charming
little view of (243) " Nice," and Aaron Penley (112) a
lovely " Sunset," with the coast scene at low water.
Other artists deserve particular mention, such as James.
Fahey, W. Bennett, John Abaulon, and George Opine
pion, but of these it is only necessary to observe that'.
their contributions are of average excellenee.. A fruit.
piece (2), by Mary Harrison, arrests the notice of the
visitor immediately after haying, first crossed the thres-
hold, and is observed as being the property of her
Majesty. , _
Among-the tustinguiShed company present on Satur-
day at the private view, were the Archbishop of Center-
hay ; the Dukes of Beanfort and Newcastle; her Grace
theinßw aaairnosdnDeelgugdrcesoh:eci
icßhohaifesuvhsaSeotpui
Chevalier
erl and and ladies; Marquises'
Headfort,Lansdewne, Cholmondely; Earls: Ellesmere,
Aberdeen, Minto, Gree,
y Wicklow, Shelburne, 'Albe-
marle, Lovelace, Galloway, Moreton. Lisburn, Camper-
lowneDa La Warr, jam_ ,
yn Fife, Bradford, Rosehery,
ter,
end Bristol;
A4ll:xwbaillrrelaldeoSrtesrj Wcohrecveasiiieerr, Glo
Bunsen,ce u
, Baron do Cetto Count Kiel-
Hebeler; Lords: Colborne,
Brougham, Redstock, Townsend, Lyndhurst, Colville,
Boyunpni,er,„.
mitt.upin:
Inglis;` R•
Broughton;"
tgmh
at oeno .t; George
Ans o c
John Jervis, David Davis, &e. sea

ANAT.EUI7xHi /ON.
A. private view on Saturday of the exhibition opened
BIT
this morning, at 121, Pall-mail,
afforded us an
,opportu-
tunity of Observing the
improvement made uponlast
year'a collection by the 262 Pictures displayed this.season
OR the walls of the gallery immediately opposite-the
Opera House Colonnade. In several instances the
amount of this improvement is by no' means
incontiderable. Yet, when it is remembered
that sixty•two out of the one hundred and nine amateur
artists who are this year exhibitors contribute now ,for
the first time to a 'public collection, it is bet natural to.
discover some specimens of lamentable inexperience, or,
even at . times, it may be, of unmiatakeeble medi-
ocrity. Occasionally, however, we were rejoiced
on Saturday to observe &ketches cf nature by
some of those amateurs -- more
and more
especially among the
iaeie such as
o frequently
might have
reflected honour upon some of not the least distinguished
among their professional contemporaries.
on enterinig the apartment,
For. example,
rests with a sense of _
the eye instinctively
genuine satisfaction on
the view of Naples" from the Hotel de Rome" (18), by
Mrs. Bridgman Simpson, scanning the whole of the
varied eharms of that exquisite
Panaronea, as pourtrayed
by the baud
cf the accomplished artiste from.the pellu-
cid waters of the bay',"
outlines of Capri
deeply, darkly, beautifully blue,"
is the foreground, to the dim outlines the,
distance. Again, the visitor cannot fail to pause with
similar pleasure before MreeDavidson's elegant delinea-
tion of (48) "La Cava, between Naples and Salerno,"
appreciating, as the lover of nature -cannot fail to do, in
it, the truthfulness of every feature in a landscape as
admirable iu the excellence of the perspective as in the
accuracy of the air distance and the delicate tinting of the
foliage; Neverthelees, on the same wall of the gallery,
it must be confessed that we shrank (with , sense of
pain like that created by " discord in 'music or an error
in grammar) from the credo colouring of (26) " Snow-
don from Anglesey, frokti the " brown holland alty
d to
aed oakum waves intende represent (35)
" The Old Town of Scarborough," e
atm from that fan-
tastic
,(51) " Sketch at Dauster Castle,,,
which can only
be best seen, as the saying goes, " a long way off ,at .a
distance." Then, as for the otherwise graceful portrait
of (37), " Captain Herbert L. Wihor the artist had
evidently been taking a let."' in the repreientation of
male attire from the straggling pencil of Mr. Thacke-
ray. What on earth could have actuated the hOnoureble
gentleman who contributes (69). a sketch entitled from
nature "In Wimpole Park," to depict that stone vase
such remarkable accuracy
and those iron rei!ings with .
we cannot for the life of us conjecture. There is a capi-
tal interior, by the way not far from the last contribution,
being (77), a view of " The Hall at Godrinton," by Mr.
C. Jet, ns. Half a dozen ingenious little pen and ink
" Sketches" (106), more alter the style of Hablot
Knight Browne than of M. Minasi, are contributed
by '. Mr. R. S. Borland, as illustrations of
the " May Queen" and the "New Year's Eve" of
Tennyson. a . really exquisite drawing in crayons,
simply entitled (120) "A Study," is from the heed of
Miss Louisa Percival. An:elite* lady, Miss Elizabeth
Carr, adventures upon that most diffiailt perhaps of all
thtse departments of err, the outline school, of which
Mori'z Rozseh is incomparably the master—giving 'us
(135) " Portia's Judgment," in many reapeets clever, and
suest quently (153). a "Scene from the Lady of the
Itaki;,' in many rep pests execrable. A droll little pie.
titre._ by the Rev. Eivvard Bradley, called (215) "The
.lechoole," tie picts a Goose of a etudent beige asked by
an Owl of - a pedagogue, " How did - you coestruo
-tcaelipa.c, sir ?" - Two of the most charming
water-eolotirs in the gallery are (242) e jeftveurneee"
and (254) " The Fisherman's Wife," both by Miss
Blake, and to this lady ire particular we would apply the
more eulogistic remarks with which this notice is corn-
mencz-d.' Assuredly the most curious production in the
whole collection is the one containing the "Portraits of
the Right Hon. Lady' _Eleanor Butler and Miss Pone
souby," better kuowu as the ladies of Lkingoilia) who