The Sun.
London, England, 1834-11-17 00:00:00

1744

FINE ARTS.
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-"I RATIONS TO HEATH'S BOOK OF

BEAUTY.
W:l°,d", Boys, and Graces, Pall-Mall. 1835.
grui
nnave here a collection of nineteen beautiful en-
Syl,er' S°l1-le of them executed in the most masterly
f art. " ro% Edith Bellenden," engravzd by Mote,
tiot !Paintipg by Louisa Sharpe, is a fine delinea-
tire of one of the sweetest countenances we would de-
,tet:dle°k at. The expression of the eyes is docility
keia erne4a----cheerfuluess--mixed with that tinge of
faeesnellelY which is most frequently traced in the fairest
inter' and Which imparts to them much of tha deep
lire'st which they awaken in the breasts of others.
say of .her in the language of the poet that—
With' " She was made
T a gentle bosom to be laid—
Ta and to be sed—to be heart-bara.
To think found biesbetter.likenes.s.thera—
hatt for over with him like a bride—
To III! eye like taste personified—
T„, likedoable his delight, to share his sorrow,
he 4th morning beam wake to him every morrow."
er
Parts of the print are in keeping with the
11. °f the Countenance. The light silken hair
Illobbillurieusly and .gracefully over the shoulders,
' 6°l4e of the ringlets on the right side stand
41)pe; much, which gives them - a stiff and unnatural
rlited"itcl• The riding-habit is but indifferently exe-
ll lines are all visible, and the shading is
hY \VnagLed• " lanthe," by Cooke, from a drawing
40-iat,lrigt, has most of the faults of the former. The
411(1 ,uthe figure is too flat ; it requires to be raised
4ett,t lticied more. The dress round the shoulders is
patt; for the same reason. It looks as if it formed
(brit. (3' the body, instead of being merely a covering
1444.1::1 other respects it is very beautiful. " The
Ptiuti l'eftheth Gower," engraved by Ryal, from a
‘'e ofng by Rostock, is very handsome ; though we
to laPinion that nothing looks worse in painting
`'tut adieu mere children with the parapharnalia and
ttArnbeintB of exalted rank. In the print before us, for
I°olC' we cannot help pitying a beautiful arch-
b girl, obliged to bear such a load of shapeless
)I°'ll(e,trY) if her youth and loveliness would be over-
-I'lo, unless the ..azer knew she was high-born
I'lleept• ver recommended this attire had but a meagre
I°ll of the beautiful in art or nature. The
`lted Pan of the engraving is, however, carefully exe-
Pouii;44(l the whole has a very pleasing effect. " The
44104,14 l'lymph," by Robinson, from a drawing by
.' 18 finely conceived and well executed. The
titti 'Presents a beautiful young female in a half-
tud 11g, half-recumbent posture, leaning on one arm,
rein,
41hriastb slightly on the other, asleep on a bank
'lrit,t,n` with blooming and budding wild roses, and a
'ltidh
bent forward, and her hair which hangs in
ilglets falls negligently over her shoulders, par-
opening her bosom and reaching. down to her
Below her is a fountain—deep, cool, pure and
I'4ld shaded from the summer sun. Nothing
tft kti:.eeed the graceful beauty of the bend of the
.
r From the shoulder to the tip of the fingers
Ner r'ulless and fleshiness of nature is admirably
lithe a, N. The greatest fault we find with this print
711, the left
of the drapery under, and a little
fed
left hand, which is stiff, angular, and ill
111 a Prig nd the blackness of the background, which,
of this kind, has the very worst effect, be-
sf
ll' the I; f ,ently a violation of nature. The appearance
'Lit cannot be accounted for with those over-
tg,
Le dark, and indistinct masses. " The Hon.
icester Stanhope," by the same artists as the
Wd'isB ver of y beautiful, but in the arrangement of the
'tl4P,et the drapery is still more defective. The corm-
IS
thoughtful, intelligent, and strikingly
i‘
Mary," by Thompson, from a drawing
4f cßylel is a. fine face finely delineated. The
eollBtrictor" about the shoulders is admirably
411 ,13° that one would think it possible to feel it
ice tol 011,,
1 We cannot find space, just now, to
`V ther Illustrations" in this beautiful col-
kgtle to shall again glance at them when we
speak of the letter-press of the work.

DUBLIN.

(PROM OUR CORRESPONDENT.
,spat for whom the Conservative gentry
"gter of Lowth
°rward as the spem gregis on the occasion of the
11, 4'
for their county, has buckled on their harness
of 'et which leaves no room for complaint on the
the qteltuadottr at all events. He leaves the people out
711ty, e4ti", and avows himself the nominee of the pro-
Raving had the honour," he says in the intro-
liic,dvtitenee of his address, " to be nominated by a
°I the landed proprietors and p
freeholders as a
iht4e„:-t (~4ty they gem' fit to represent this county in a -
kkillltikt(lll.7? Present vacancy, I venture, &c." On what
to t 4 "41 they deem him fitter than any other gentle-
k,,,tgkiht: s 0 grave a load upon him, he does not explain.
tilat 4%8t a dignified silence on all political questions
box.
Hof, to which heis opposed ; and as he is a
totNe; 'for" world cannot imagine any pecu ar ftness he
the trust, unless it may be an aptitude, on the
1‘,"414 father , Lord Oriel, to risk the costs and charges
that is 4ted election. To judge of his fitness by all of
extant (namely, the Address), ono might venture
ap eat ; fotrilat be is fitter to be sent to school than to Par-
tf e appears to labour under a melancholy defi-
, 't4Y t,n he
prime requisite for expressing his thoughts
ki4l3 „:4".4(Th English grammar. His concluding sen-
,ht binariee,e of matchless slip slop. For a nominee, he
into a strange nominative case
.ell°sen as your representative, I shall dis-
kt 44 vallt'el with fidelity, and you will add to the deep
oi,tiElt I, to common with my family, must ever feel
f`tvours conferred upon it by the county, and
tpt ,sillre extended to a new generation."
V,Vp Std ie., luminary not often to be seen out of
;til.:N‘em'enlisPhere. The generation is new and ge-
Ifit it be improved or not. But n'importe,
P e the •
144 t, ainews of war and the Shibboleth of the
`t so -e'venin. Mail says, that the name of a
114,11:t ° thebname of riend in the ear of every
k:N't • 1 e county of Louth ;' and, in truth, it has
k.10}44 taic'"unted a name of largo promise in that county.
c't
Yet heard, though, of any wonders it has
pt hat ,yee!"Pt that " most wonderful wonder of won-
-3 the World wondered at," the making a Judge
'‘tit,ll)::l,le Poqer. That remarkable instance of Sir
'4itiat'illati,isrlind the Duke of Wellington's impartial and
4 eh " it ,patronage was what a cockney might deno-
yci,rt(% "Weed.
4'lllt4C-r. 111 r. Randal. Plunket, at the Conservative
'l4ll *Ailed u,eldaY, is the subject of much conversation.
`4,1• 41 644 st
"3ot Pta° for ameliorating the condition of the
di e.
etttitit ing many points worthy of attention,d
:Nt°,°f th, throughout a kind and humane spirit, e-
'P4;a }ugliest praise. At the close of his state-
iltl/4 th 49", Me following' observations, to the amaze-
'r,ll Qeare,
'l4. '44 go , I Ireland, it appears to me, has
la leried merely with the sole wish of go-
-1 it did 1-" an that each successive Ministry has
111
448 y or zite enough,
if an explosion were prevented
it:iaistr,tie* It Was satisfied, in short, to get through
,t,411411 a to 41..,11 without an obstruction. Nothing was
°hea ally to;e Ireland wealthy or prosperous, or even
4:11, h '4O
_.tigland• I speak alike of Whigs and
L11'444;11 st,t:tn" governed Ireland
.by Insurrection
4' or es, and those by unlimited and almost
tg, C,_
Iltrti Nit, a unttlissions ; and the Whigs, to their immor-
ii4 44
ais
CObsistent Statesuien, govered Ireland by a
011 th seuti
Itl'"ts, a `lolol3 •r 4 °P time that the society and party to
4
qt loq priv'unt t a
,s, are urging the necessity of fresh
are `"verity,,
goading on the Government to
eorisid are rather vial , placks—and so
wisheded y his friends—many
G of whom
that b
they had the Hon. entleman's

tongue between their teeth when he was about to give
them utterance. He has too truly described the Tory

rule in Ireland, through a long and uninterrupted succes-
sion of Administrations ; and it is sad to think that the
Whigs have given too much cause for the reflections he
has launched against them. But yet he is not fair and
candid towards the present Government. They have done
many things for Ireland beside giving her the Coercion
Bill ; and they were disposed to have done more, had they
not been thwarted in secret by half Tory instruments whom
they trusted, and openly resisted by a Tory faction which
they defied, but took not the right method to subdue.
Mr. Plunkett's humane proposal to quell popular discon-
tent, by finding employment and adequate wages for the
poor, was met by a Mr. Murphy with " a fact"—and a
stubborn one it was. Within the last eight or nine years,
in the Queen's County, a large sum of money has been ex-
pended in building a County gaol and a Lunatic Asylum ;
yet, says this native reasoner, the people are still pooi• and
dissatisfied! We are said by our traducers to be a thank-
less race, and orator Murphy goes far to prove it. What !
a prison and a madhouse—yet not content ! Surely kind-
ness is thrown away upon such -a nation as this !

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1834.