The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-10 00:00:00

FIJVE ARTS.

Mr. B. F. Reiuhort has just finished a pic-
ture which it is a pity, for the sake of American
art, was not completed in time to obtain a place in
the exhibition of the Royal Academy. The sub-
ject represents a party of Pennsylvanian emigrants

on their way to the Illinois prairies. The sun is
setting, the day's journey completed, and the en-
campment arranged by the side of the State road,
which before railways were general witnessed many
scenes in the prairies such as Mr. Reinhart has so
graphically and truthfully depicted. The halting-

place is near a creek, of which the artist has
availed himself to group his figures in a manner
which, though testing his powers to the utmost,

gives a fine effect to his picture. On the
slope from the road to the water the people are
gathered, and above them the teams of horses are
whilhche great attraction
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fore-legs well immersed, has dipped her nose, and
from which another has raised hers all dripping. A
flock of sheep are in the act of descending the em-
bankment. One man is filling buckets for the team,
while another comes along the road with a bundle of

prairie grass on his shoulders. The horses, painted
in the most lifelike attitudes, are awaiting their
evening meal, and the women are cooking the supper
in a pot suspended from a tripod over the fire. An
old man is sitting by with a pipe in his mouth, a
gun in his hand, and his dog lying by his side. A
yoke of bullocks have come up just loosened from
the waggons. Figures of women and children are
clustered on the slope. The waggons comprise all
descriptions of vehicles used by travellers in the
the greatest elaboration, yet the artist has succeeded
prairies. The picture has been worked out with
in combining a bold and striking effect with this
exquisite finish. Mr. Reinhart's great forte lies in
llbe his power. His picture
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that he will so use it as to attract to him the atten-
tion it deserves, and enable this Virginian artist to
repair some of the losses he has suffered from the
cruel ravages of the war.
Two pictures are on exhibition at the Royal Aca-
demy, from the hand of a young lady, daughter of
a well-known American gentleman. Both have
been favourably noticed by the Press, and the red
star signifying " sold" is already affixed to one.
Miss L. Starr takes for her subject a scene from the
" Taming of the Shrew," Bianca is seated at a
table with her open book before her, and Lucentio
standing leaning over the table at her side. Hor-
tensio is in the middle of the room with his instru-
ment in his hands, and the story is well told by the
attitudes and expression of the figures. The heavy
antique furniture, the well-painted window, and
the costumes, are all in keeping with the pe-
riod. The young artist has not shrunk from a
difficult task, nor feared to place her picture by the
,
side of those of the greatest masters of the art in
England. Miss Starr does not rely for effect on
bright colours and accessories and
of this " La
Pensarosa "is a striking instance. It is an un-
adorned head, with green back-ground. The fawn-
coloured dress is of the severest style of simplicity,
without ornament of any kind, and the artist has
thus concentrated attention on the face. Miss
Starr is evidently in
the right direction, forcing all
her power to one aim. Thought was the object she
endeavoured to portray, and she has thrown the
effort of her mind into a female head, sketched as
if absorbed in her own musings, which must be
carried to an extreme when dress and all the vanities
of life are neglected.
" Bradford has made some changes in the ar-
rangements fur his proposed voyage to the Librador
coast. Instead of
going in a steamer, as originally
proposed, the artist and his party will embark in a
schooner, taking their departure on the 28th of the
present month. Several fine iceberg pictures are
now to be seen in Bradford's studio ; and he is a
work upon a very striking composition of rock, sk
and sea, from materials obtained by him in the Gu
of St. Lawrence."
The London correspondent of the Round Table
alludes as follows to the picture in the Royal
Academy, by Mr. Dix One of our countrymen
who is now settled in London,
Mr. Charles Temple
Dix, son of our representative at the French Court,
has a picture iu the collection representing a rocky