The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-29 00:00:00

AMERICAN ART IN ROME.

An American correspondent of the .Naples and
Florence Observei-, writing on the studios at Rome,
remarks—" Sometimes sculpture furnishes the text
that inspires the subjects, as in the case of Mr.
Mozier, 'who is now modelling in clay a statue of
Rizpah. It alreddy indicates, though not yet com-
pleted, the thoughtfulness and skill demanded in
the development of such a semi-ideal work. It
represents the Hebrew woman during the weary
night-watch upon the hill where her sons lie slain.
She is seated upon a rock over which her sack-
cloth has been thrown, and her torch is held be-
hind her head whilst she peers far out into the
darkness. The face wears an earnest, anxious,
pained expression that recalls at once all the Bible
story and the reason for her sorrowful and sleepless
vigil. The subject is certainly, in this city of my-
thological marbles, not only original, but one that
has hitherto been untried. As you probably do not
read your Bible as often as you should, I will
give the verses from which Mr. Mozier took his
idea-2d Sam. chap xxi., 8,9, 10 verses. Bu-
chanan Read, the artist bard, is here this winter,
and intends, I believe, to make Rome his residence
for several years to come. His studio is a most at-
tractive place to all xsthetically inclined; for he
paints, as he writes, with true poetic sentiment and
grace. Hawthorn in his Marble Faun' or ' Trans-
formation'—that being the transformation the title
has undergone in the hand of Tauchnitz —calls him
the Poet-painter, whose song has the vividness of
picture and whose canvass is peopled with angels,
fairies, and water-sprites, down to the eternal life,
because he saw them face to face in his poetic mood.
This work by our New-England Hawthorne is in
great demand by the way not only with the Ameri-
cans, but amongst the English, for the facilities it
affords as a book illustration. At Spithover's they
keep all the photographs of the localities, pictures
and statuary, therein described, and the prepared
paper on which to paste them, so that it has become
a favourite amusement with the ladies here to buy
them, place them properly, and have the volumes re-
bound in vellum or other wise according to taste. The
Tauchnitz would be the best edition to select for such
a purpose were it not for the numerous misprints. If
it could be obtained here, that published by J. J.
Field and Co., of Boston, would be the finest in every
respect. Have you ever read the story ? If not you
should do so. It is even more entertaining taken in
connection with Rome and Roman life than Bulwer's
Last Days of Pompeii,' taken in connection with
that ancient and ill-fated city. Amongst other
calls we made one upon Miss Foley, in whose studio
we met her friend and co-worker, Miss H., an Eng-
lish girl. Indeed, many of Miss Foley's warmest
friends are amongst your countrymen and women.
But her American admirers will not give her up,
though she continue to visit England and never re-
crosses the Atlantic. She is too genial a spirit to
lose, too true an artist. We found her busily at
work, but she welcomed us warmly ; one of us as an
old friend, the other as a new, and bade us sit down
without any fear of disturbing her. The group
that had engaged her attention as we entered be-
came suddenly invisible, but so long as there were
such a number of other objects of interest to attract
our attention we did not ask her to lift the veil
that concealed it. We turned our eyes instead to
a fine portrait of one of the most eminent American
statesmen, so striking a likeness, though merely a
marble profile, that we recogniied it before she
spoke the name."—Anylo-American Times.

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