The Sun.
London, England, 1868-04-30 00:00:00

the Institute of Painters in Water colour

Otherwise—as we still like to term them—the Net
society, makes a goodly show again in its always
attractive suite of apartments in 53, Pall-Mall, where
for the present season 316 Works of Art are (count'
ing those both on walls and screens) exhibited.
Seventy-seven exhibitors contribute these 316 Pic'
tures, so that none among them can be said to have
been very industrious. Almost upon the threshcl'
come sprays of lilac (3), by Mrs. Mary Margatt4f
catch us by the button-hole, as it were,—we were
nearly going to say, hold u 3 with their mastering
odour, like the lilacs of Walt Whitman. So like
are they to reality. A larger and more ambitious
theme, however, a theme chosen from human
life, not from merely vegetable existence,
lures us on a little further with its instantly
visible grace, sweetness, tenderness. Henry Tideil
(10) " Jeanie Morrison," that is the " dear, dear
Jeanie Morrison" of the homely, charming
verse of Motherwell. Nothing can be more bac;
witching than those young childish forms all,
faces—the unconscious prettiness, of the little 011'
the rapt attention of the boy-lover. C. Gree°'
If he does not take us into his own room at the
theatre, carries us instantly (presto ! at a glance)
" behind the scenes" in his large and cleverly draw°
picture (36) of " The First Bouquet"—a picture
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safe, we should imagine, to be engraved. 1'
Clown of the Christmas Pantomime is in the satd.
of handing her First Bouquet to the little chi',
lancer, who is accepting it shyly—the manager obi
servant of the incident, good-naturedly but cur°•
lessly, by a look over his shoulder. Harlequin,
of
little stage imp in red, a ballet girl, and one
those horrid supper-room swells, or gents, as 01
were called in the days of Albert Smith, 0
divers other kindred figures true to life, Ina
up the rest of the spectacle behind the geWg:e
scenes -of a much less real spectacle in which te,,o
majority of them are actors. Edward H. Corboull,
(53) " Salome Dancing before Herod " is radiantly
and voluptuously painted, the:one all-absorbing 3,
traction of the picture being the form of the daugri,
ter of Herodias. Augustus Boavier, who cunt io
butes four sketches to the gallery this year, reve:a. m
to us in (96) " The Token," about the best of theme
For expression we know nothing finer in ,ja
whole collection than Guido Bach's (213) 'of
M.aria"—a prayerful face, the remembrance
which has a tender haunting beauty of its ova. 410
lovely pastoral perspective is opened up to view in ‘,
very centre of Edmund G. Warren's (231) " Ch3l4)
ing Pastures"--a painter whose sylvan scene (4 „4
entitled " The Children of the Forest," has 3n° the
rare excellence of its kind. Here, again, as ill of
Old Society's Gallery, the screens are deserving
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especial examination. And no wonder, for am b 9
the treasures, there, will be found a sketch (3010 er)tb
Rosa Bonheur, and one by (304)—t0g
with H. G. Hine's (309) marvellous view of °A
tti ng
moreing in a back street in London—not forge ~
Andrew C. Gow's (283) " Looking to his .Aroier,
an admirable study, after the manner of Meis"f tbAG
though having nothing whatever of course 01
wonderful artist's microscopical minuteness.

ller Royal Highness the Princess of Wales, ac',°
partied by the llcn. Mrs. Stonor, visited Alfred Ps()c,l,
whine eFtablishment (Maison Sans Rivale, 86, (-)"s{t.oat
street), on Tuesday last, making several purchases -
his recherché collection of fancy boxes and bonbons' the
The violoncello of Herr Maximilian Bobrer4tott-
renowned German player, was sold the other day, gt
Bart, to an amateur at k'rankfort for 4,0001. °ll
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Mr. Leys, the eminent Belgian painter, i 5
visit to this country, that i°
All receive with satisfaction the announcenient, ,spur
consequence of the Reduction in Duty llorninial" risoct
Teas are sold 8d per pound Cheaper. 9,500 Autb;„° th
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