The Sun.
London, England, 1858-04-23 00:00:00

GERMAN GALLERY.

In these times of vast collections of valuabl
works of art, and at the time when "Exhibitions
of all kinds are either opened or on the point of
opening, it may seem strange to call attention to
two pictures only, but their merits, and the put'
pose for which they are submitted to public inspee-
tion, will at once explain the seeming mysterft
and command interest. To name Sir Edwin Land'
seer, and his celebrated picture of the Early Dayl
of her Royal Highness the Plincess Royal, would
of itself suffice to insure ample satisfaction in visit'
ing Messrs. Day and Sons' Gallery, 68, New Bond'
street ; but we would not urge this as an incentive,
knowing how few there are who are not familiar
with that splendid work of our great artist. Rather
would we stize the opportunity of introducing our
readers to one of our brothers across the Atlantis,
who deserves our attention the more, as heltakel
Nature for his guide and study, and boldly at-
tempts to pout tray her noblest works, and most
successfully too. Great as the credit is which W.
claim for our own artists in this respect, we are in
duty bound to say that Mr. Y. E. Church deserves
our warmest praise for the elaborate yet masted'',
artistic yet natural, manner in which he has pre-
sented to our eyes that great and wonderful scene,
the Great Fall of Niagara. The more we viewed
it, the more we admired tLe air of truth spread over
every feature in the landscape, and the absence of
all attempt at " making a picture" of it. It P
clear that Mr. Church has adopted far his device
that Nature, like beauty, is, " when unadorneds
adorned the most." Nor would we let it be sue"
p sed that if he avoided the aid of meretricious
ornaments, he did so from any other motive than
the conviction of their futility, fur the picture
itself contains abundant evidence of his eelfii
command, and viewing in that light his beautiful
introduction of the rainbow, (many visitors
not believe it is a mere effort of the pencil), to
is
remain satisfied his naturalness of style is til
result of a deep-seated conviction. But there
another feature in this exhibition, which calls for
.
our a-tendon and merits our praise. Or the_sl
wo pictures, one cannot much longer be viewed
by the public, having been lent for a special put,
pose by her most gracious Majesty—the other
slicvly to return to its owner, and be lost to of,
admiration. Not so, says art, which ever core
Lines with science for spreading a love of knowlea
and a taste for the beautiful, and by the aclaßtSi;
tion of a new process, with every stage of wilic
we became acquainted on visiting Messrs. Day.Bna
Sous' Gallery, under the name of " Chromo-Dt;io
grapliy, these pictures will not only rein
amongst us, but be accessible to us all, so MOdefa
te
ov.
will be the cost of the beautiful reproduetlo
t
But to become fully aware cf the startling fact----the
be made sensible how closely it approaches
originals—we must see both ; and we strongly4u..
ite the public to avail themselves of the opp,'",,g
laity n )w and for a .sklrt time to c,. me °flared tile."-r.
t) compare and judge. The result cannot be nth
,vise than gratifying to the at fists, to the inventor,,
of the new process, and still more to the visit°ll'