The Sun.
London, England, 1835-05-05 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

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The • BIBLE—Part 15.
themew of Smyrna is full of picturesque beauty. In
kit b"ld and rocky foreground, on whose precipitous sum-
parLtaud the ruins of a fortress, from which the pride and
or -FiiY of war have long since departed, is a dark defile
winig,itnen, through which a troop of Turkish cavalry are
te g• The foreshortening here is excellent. In the in-
Wlltecliate distance, low down in a valley, we catch a
,41r(t111 of Smyrna with its graceful minarets and mosques ;
ven beyond the ocean, whose monotonous aspect is enli-
oZi,bY numerous ships of burden which are at anchor just
4, opts de the town. Edom comprises a view of a triumphal
4:4 thrown
across a ravine. We dislike this more than
4 3.: other engraving in the Number, for it is harsh and wiry ;
forlrtw would be wholly unworthy of Finden, if it were not
the
t charming little groupe in the foreground at the
4.1.001 of the ravine. The sketch of Jerusalem from the
eitunt of Olives is a sort of birds-eye view of the Holy
rThe rain-bow hanging over it, as if promising a re-
rection
c
of its old glories, is one of those imaginative
sea' es which Turner turns to such account in his land-

NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY.
PART XXX VII.
The, Portrait of Lord Brougham in this number, which
thoue" Well engraved by Robinson, from a painting by
of ttlate Sir Thomas Lawrence, is the best we have yet seen
at distinguished statesman. It is accompanied by a
ofe hat dstiflgojsl(l
statesman. It is accompanied by a
Penned in a manly, unaffected style, by the editor
eabl" Liter Gazette, who, unswayed by the taunts and
Mnies of his Tory enemies, does justice to the Ex-
Illaiatr" eellor
' 's unrivalled versatility of intellect. The re-
vi_toria, g portraits are those of the Queen, the Princess
and Dr. Brewster.

A .. %INLIEN'S BYRON BEAUTIES. Part VI.
aer engravings, the three portraits in this Part will not
~
gate from Finden's reputation ; with the exception,
verha,
tile_ PB7 of that of Angiolina, whose eyes have a.
.stare in
,aegi, not at all in accordance with the soft feminine deli-
fie):. of the rest of the features. Perhaps, however, she is
tutatin_
g on the insult offered her by Steno—as so forcibly
hmerhu'ed in the Doge of Venice—doubting whether she
pre .eard and read aright: if so, the somewhat stern ex-
-4,41 of the eye may be accounted for. The Maid of
tie ''''s`ta is a perfectly characteristic portrait. The ten-
rtless of tho woman blends with the resolution of the he-

roine, in a manner that shows the skill and judgment of the
designer. In Aurora Raby we see quite as much cha-
racter as is assigned to her in Don Juan. She is there
represented as a sort of West-end Haidee, her natural
purity and gentleness of nature being modified and kept
under by the conventional etiquette of the society in which
she has been brought up. Her countenance bespeaks much
sensibility, but is darkened by some sad recollection, like
the moon by a midsummer-night cloud. She is in the
attitude of prayer, bending low before a crucifix ; but we
fear, from the expression of her eye, that love has more share
in her thoughts than religion. The engraving is carefully
finished in all its parts, though by far the greatest pains
have been bestowed on the countenance.