The Sun.
London, England, 1816-05-07 00:00:00

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No. 55. The Temple of Jupiter Punellenias Re stoml,-*
J. M. W. Tuttva, lt. A.
'Twits now the earliestmorning; soon the sun,
itisito, above ./Egina' poured his light
Amid the forest, and, with ray aslant,
_Entering its depth, Mauled the branking pines,
frightened their bark, tinged with shredder hue
Its -rusty stains, and cast along the groupd
Long lines of shadow,l where they ruse erect,
Like pillars of the temple.
SouTfrm's Don Ilbdrrr. k.
No. 71. View of the same Temple, with the Greek Notional
Dante of the RoatoTha, lac. et-e.
These two pictures are like two new guineas,
fresh from the... Mint, yellow,. shining, gorgeoits,.
and sterling :„ but, unlike the said coins, they will
be improved in worth by age, and be more valuable
in 1-9IG than in 1816. The first is the finer pro-
dnetion, though both seem more to abn at,etfect,
than .to exhibit .th,e exquisite genius Of their
author: Sonthey's natural description left little
hit' the painter who chose his 'theme for a text;
but Mr. Turner has by no means made a literal
• copy from the Poet. truth, the quotation
!night us lull have been dispensed with, from any
"Pl'beabiLty it has to the landscape, where we
look in vain for the " earliest morning," and the:
" depth" of shade. The grace and grandeur of
tries'. pieces ho'Wever nott strike every eye, and
*pile Wt. w!..)11 they were Incllowed tlown by some:
Process, we! e it ev, (I by art, accession' of stoolie or
dolt, tv, caimot heip admiring their classic etc..
galiCe Hlt(i
NO. 176. E'wortoice. ID the Pool of London.—A, W.
t:Ata.corr, 11. A:
Mr. Calicptt is rather a mannerist ; but when
his manner is so pleasing at in this sweet picture,
it is Mipassihie to, find a ground of complaint in
that circumstance. The time and attributes of the.
subject- have iniparted to his yellows and greens
the character of truth, and all his delicacy of
pencil and clearness arc recognised as faithful
transcripts trout the great hoolt of ,nature. The
`I haloes and its scenery afford, an inexhaustible
source to the , landscape painter, is not alone
the 'fine river, its various banki, the diversity upon
its bosom, and the and picturesque beauties
'with which it abounds. But it is peculiarly adapted
to yield all those natural phenomena which being
transferred to the canvas arc so delightful. Let
the admirer of nature recall the delicious sensa-
tions which a stroll on its margin affords--liver-
sified as the weather of our clime, .now rolling
golden watts to a summer evening's sun, now
displaying a track of silver light where the swift
wherry has ploughed its surface,, now emerald as
the grassy turf which bounds its stream, now
dark as the passing cloud which floats over it ,
now crystalline reflecting the. dark and ponderous
barge, now foaming with the agitation of the tide-
opposing breeze. -It is for the Painter to seize and
embody 'these charming, traits; and so magnificent,
so curious, su wonderful are they, that it would be
no easy nor sale task to venture their- perfect ye- ,
presentation to the common gaze. Yet kiw the
hOlt.fhl would the
.steed of approbation be from
those tvho understood how much bad been aecour,
Wished by dip Artist front having contemplated,.
with a Poet's mind., the/ great original from which.
lie drew... The applause of one such were worth a
*hole theatre of the vulgar.
The preSent subject is 'transparent and harm°.
`niotts. Asi oehrY tinge predominates ; but still
tlitre ; is a- good stir Mid delicious. tone about
the pletiire, which gives pleasure if it does not
create astonishment. It is one of the most dis-
04„khed of Air, (3alltott's later protlitetiuns, wont
ti credit' to the lit itith School".