The Sun.
London, England, 1826-09-19 00:00:00

LEICESTER-SQUARE.

On Saturday last, Messrs. J. and R. Burford (we

known by their panoramic exhibitions) opened their new
view of Madrid to a private circle of literati and ac-
quaintances. The spectacle, on the whole, was a gratify-
ing one; not so much from any peculiar grandeur or beauty
that the city and its surrounding scenery possesses, as
from the very striking interest that, under existing circum-
stances, hangs around it. Madrid is now the only capital
in Europe Where despotism, uninfluenced by the modifica-
tions of time and character, reigns in all the stern uncom-
promising bigotry of the middle ages. It is a place per
se, the strong hold of anarchy, and as such is curious. The
present view, taken from drawings painted in 1825, from

the summit of the tower of Santa Cruz, is well wort
the fame of its distinguished Artists. The church itself is
central, and commands a view not dissimilar to that of Lon-
don from St. Paul's. Alike variety of churches, steeples, pri-
vate and public buildings, are crowded promiscuously into
the landscape,but so ably contrived that the usual monotony
consequent on such dull diversity is avoided. On a sup-
position:that he is standing beside the town of Santa Cruz,
the spectator of this Panorama sees before him—on the
south side—the Prison, the Churches of Nuestra Senora
de. Gracia, and Saint Isidore, together with the Armoury,
the Town Hall, the Churches of Saint Salvador and Saint
Nicholas, and the Plaza Major; the four latter presented in
full view. This part of the Panorama deserves particular
attention ; for a few scattered groupes of people,—some
sitting, others idly lolling near the monument of Santa
Cruz, others strolling about, the very personification of
listless vacuity, and, we have no doubt, taken from fact,—
vary, or rather realize the scene with a fidelity really most
impressive. The new Palace is another excellent feature
in the landscape (as it is in the reality), and far away in
distance, glimmers the noted building of the Escurial, so
faithfully pourtrayed, that involuntarily, as it were, the
spectator strains his eyes to observe it more accurately, as
through the mist of evening, the fatigued traveller turns
inquiringly towards the cottage, which, he trusts, will afford
him shelter for the night. At a greaterdistance
to us, by far the most delightful portion of the Panorama,
from the immense difficulty, which, we conceive, must
have been surmounted to give it reality—are beheld:the
extensive range of the well-known Guadarama mountains,
with clouds or mists just hovering round their peaks, arid
a faint purple tinge, so faint as to•be scarcely perceptible,
dyeing them yvith the blush of sun-set. The perspective
of these mountains, we do not hesitate to say, is equal to
M
any thing (with the exception of the Hall in artin's Bel-
shazzar's Feast), that we have ever witnessed in the Fine
Arts, and would of itself be sufficient to redeem the Pa-
norama; but recommended as it is, by other attractions,
such as the spirited representation of the Hall of the
Cortes, the Puerta de Alcalu, and the Churches of Saint
Martin and Santiago, we doubt not that it will fully answer
the most sanguine expectations of the
.proprietors. Had
we
any defect to point out, would just hint that there
is an air of weakness diffused over the whole painting
a sort of faded colouring, that strikes somewhat too for-
eibly on persons used to the stirring realities of the
" Diorama., "re
, mentioned this e,fe;et— defect it
could be called which defect was none —to a friend who
the strength
had travelled through Sp:o, heand assured us that on
ao uproiingiti ignorance we
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called—
defect alone,ohe would make f
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Panorama
feature
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scenery, for that such weakness was the chief charac-
teristic
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