The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-07-04 00:00:00

THE PRINCIPAL OR WESTERN GALLERY

is in the upper, or fourth story, and will repay the visitor
who devotes an hour or two to its inspection. The apart-
ment is 220 feet in length ' • is lighted from the roof ; and
contains no fewer than 420 pictures, by ancient and
modern artists. Amonst so many, some few, as might be
expected, are trashy, and some mediocre ; but, perhaps, a
fourth part at least are of a superior order, including
many splendid productions of masters of acknowledged
excellence. The contrast in some instances enhances the
interest. Those of the British artists are ranged on the
west side of the room, and those of the foreign on the
east. 'We commence with the former, selecting only
those which we deem most worthy of more particular at-
tention, as a compendious guide to visitors, who would
do well to commence from No. 1, and proceed round
the room.
No. 1, Bolton Abbey, by A. Hunt, is well managed,
particularly in the distant landscape. No. 4, a landscape
by Miss Nasmyth, is finely touched, and is a highly ho-
nourable effort of the fair aspirant. 3, 17, 27, 49, land-
scapes by " A Lady," have very considerable merit. They
are in a peculiar style, being, touched or stippled, sa as
somewhat to resemble needle-work : 49 is, we think, the
best. 9. Florence, by Havell, is in his accustomed fine
manner.

11, by T. S. Cooper, an Interior of a Stable, with an

old man smoking, a girl, a horse, a pony, a dog, poultry,
&c., is admirably conceived and executed.
21, Portrait of Joseph Mayor, Esq., admiring his in-
vention of the blue and white porcelain, is carefully painted
by our townsman Daniels, who was not to blame for the
instructions he received. There is a minuteness of detail
of the articles of vertu in which the original takes delight,'
which mars the picture, by frittering it away on insignia-
cant objects.
26, The Entombment of Christ, by W. Hilton, is a
masterly production, highly harmonious in colouring.
It does honour to the English school of painting. The
figure of Mary kneeling, and the countenances and atti-
tudes of those bearing the body and looking upon the
mournful ceremony are all admirably portrayed. Yet,
alas ! the poor but talented author lingered in ob-
scurity. This p icture was contributed by that munificent
patron of the arts, the Duke of Sutherland.
33, The Departure of the Israelites from Egypt—
(small)—D. Roberts, a veritable gun in the style similar
to the sacred pieces of Martin. The vast crowd is well
massed together, the Egyptian architecture splendid, and
the perspective finely maintained. A copy has we believe
been published—a fine steel engraving.
41, Cain and Abel, is a fine conception by Havell ; the
distant landscape is beautifully and delicately delineated.
42, a good Landscape by Cooper ; 45, a fine portrait of a
lady, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; 51, The Vs ay-side Inn, a
charming piece, in bold tints, by Creswick ; 53, a good
portrait by Beattie ; 56, The Rabbit on the Wall, by Sir
D. Wilkie, truly excellent, though but a sketch, and ra-
ther indistinct : it has we believe been engraved. 58, The
Funeral Service in a Church, by the same, is also good.
55, The Gipsy Fortuneteller, by Clayter, is good, but
scarcely in the artist's best style. The countenance of
the gipsy betrays anger, rather than the cunning and as-
sumed solemnity appertaining to her vocation.
60, a large picture, by M'Clise, of the Bohemian Gip-
sies,—is so well known that we need not attempt to add
to its acknowledged merits, though these grow with fur-
ther acquaintance. It is full of life, fun, abandonment,
and character. It will be remarked that several of the
countenances of the most prominent females depicted,
bear a strong resemblance to each other. The fact, we
are informed, is, that they are portraits in various attitudes,
of Lady Sykes, for whom the artist, it is said, bore more
than a platonic affection.
66. View on the Firth of Forth, by Macculloch, is a
clever landscape. 68. The Lake of Como, by Linten, is
finely painted. The distant rocks and heights surround-.
ing the receding waters, are beautifully executed. 75.
Caleb Balderstone, from " The Bride of Lammermoor,"
is on the whole admirably done ; but Caleb's visage is
rather overdrawn. On this point the artist has been too
eager to infuse expression. 74. Ranelagh Tea Gardens,
by George Morland, the prince of his day in rustic life
and embellishment, is excellent. There is no attempt by
meretricious colouring, or other finesse, to give effect.
All is plain and unassuming, yet natural ; expressive of
all that is to be expressed; and pleasing without apparent
effort.

72. The Vale of St. John, by W. Fowler, has consi-
derable merit in the receding perspective. In the middle
ground the madder tint is rather too pi edominant.
79. Mary of Scots compelled to sign her Abdication,
by Sir W. Allen, is a splendid production, and embodies
with great effect a most interesting passage in the life of
that ill-fated princess.
84. A Lady with alsket of Fruit, by Lance, is a
sweet picture of a sweet creature. It almost fronts the •
spectator as he enters the centre door, and revits his atten-
tion. The fruit is admirably painted. In this department,
indeed, Lance has few or no equals. We are here re-
minded that we have omitted to notice, in its place, the
picture of another beautiful female, No. 43, The Village
Girl, by W. Bradley. She is a most fascinating lovely
creation of the pencil, full of grace and innocent spright-
liness. Her attire is most simple, and never was it more
forcibly exemplified than in this picture, that
" Beauty unadorned 's adorned thei most."
93. The Grandfather, by Knight—excellent. The coun-
tenance of the old man is excellent. 95. The Jew Pedlar,
selling his wares to the " maiden coy," is also good, but
the principal figure rather to lightly coloured. 102.
Christ's Entrance into Jerusalem, a very large picture,
by Aglio, is a flue and laborious effort. There are a vast
number of figures, and much minuteness in detail. The
rays of the sun from between passing clouds are well
brought out. 108, by Morland, a cottage scene, is na-
tural and affeting. 114. Pope's Villa, at Twickenham—
Wilson—a fine picture. The perspective of the house is
admirable, and the verisimilitude of the whole scene is
universally admitted.
122, the Bride of Lammermoor, by Landseer, is one of
the finest in the room, and is much prized by the noble
owner, Lord F. Egerton. The spectator who has read the
work of Sir W. Scott will appreciate its just conception of
the author's ideas. The bride is admirably pourtrayed, as
indeed are all the figures. The dignified lady-mother re-
minds us of Mrs. Siddons, as the tragic muse. There are
several other pieces near, by Morland, of great merit,
particularly " The Deserter."

- 136. The Convalescent Soldier, and his Family, by Mul-
ready, is a superb production, full of character and pathos.
It is about to be engraved. 137. Two Gipsey Girls. by
Sir W. Beechy, will be much admired. 142. Venice,
by Bonnington, is a fine architectural painting. ]4O. The
Passions (a large picture, taken from the life), by Patten
(Royal Academician), deservedly ranks amongst the first
pictures in the room. The passions are here embodied—
fear, hope, joy, revenge, &c., and it is a high achievment
of the artist to bring them together in a landscape and
preserve the grouping, so that nothing appears to be in-
consistent. 158. Portrait of C. Swaine, by Hargreaves
(not W. Bradley as in the catalogue), is a production
highly honourable to the limner. 165. A Cattle Piece,
by T. S. Cooper, very superior. 149. An admirable
portrait of Dr. M'Gill, by Sir H. Raeburn. 174. A
beautiful landscape, by Linton. 167. Hamlet and his
Mother, by Liversedge, a gem in conception and painting,
said to be valued at £lOO. The scene will be imme-
diately recognized. 159. " The Gleam," or rather, we
think, "The Gloom," by a gentleman, who has sent
several of his productions. They appear to imitate some
of the oldest masters in blackness of ground and indigo-
blueness of sky. As all is so dismal and obscure that
we can distinguish nothing distinctly, we are spared the
trouble of analysis. 172. A good landscape, by 111`Cul- •
loch. 174. Ditto, by Linton. 179. A large and fine
picture, by Witherington, of "John Gilpin," riding wig-
less through a country village—elceedingly facetious and
characteristic.

189, The Lady at her Toilet, (small,) by R. T. Long-
dale, quite a gem. The lady's white satin dress, with its
folds and creases, and the striped silk cushion-cover of the
chair near her, are so like the real fabric itself, that its
very quality may be judged. 178, Still Life, by Evan
Williatns,—a brown jug, a copper pan, a pewter measure,
and a glue pot, are so admirably painted, that they appear
to be of the veritable and respective materials of which
these articles are made. 201, Tintern Abbey, by Cres-
wick, is in his accustomed masterly style. 190, Don Quix-
ote in his Study, by W. Haven, is extremely good. He
is represented as reading Amadis of Gaul, or some other
of knight errant, is surrounded by old remnants of the
days of chivalry, and appears to be already far gone in
monomaniacal delusion. 200, Richard the Third's Dream,
with spectral visions—a large picture—is finely imagined,
and admirably painted. 207, The Mary's at the Sepul-
chre, is a large and fine painting by Townsend, and as a
companion to it is 213, Cyrnon and Iphigenia, by Patten,
a splendid study from the life.
We have but room to direct attention to a few of the
pictures by foreign artists, many of which—Scriptural
pieces, landscapes ; fancy, historical, architectural, and
other subjects—are valuable originals. Amongst them
are several by Morillo, Lorraine, Rubens, Faul Verenese,
Rembrandt, Salvator Rosa, Caracci, Vandervelde, Cuyp,
Vandyke, Cannaletti, &c. We would recommend an in-
spection of No. 223, Holy Family (Murillo); 229 ; 235 ;
240, a fruit piece by Rachael Ruysch ; 244, Holy Family—
Rubens and his three wives ; 247, 248, 253, Departure of
Jacob (Rembrandt) ; 269, 276, 279, 295, 300, Jason and
Medea (Rosa); 326, Ducal Palace at Venice, superb in
architecture, by Cunaletti, also 349, Dresden, by the
same; 327, St. Sebastiad (Vandyke) ; 329, Martyrdom
of St. Libin (Ruhens) ; 338, 335, 364, 370, 392, 400, In-
fant Saviour (Murillo) ; and 417, Rubens' Lardcr. On
the staircase is the celebrated Belshazzar's Feast, by
Rembrandt, seat of the Earl of Derby; also a fine car-
toon—" Vulcan forging the armour of Achilles. There
are a number of other fine pictures in other parts of the
building, but we must defer noticing them until another
opportunity.

Meantim-e we may remark, that the mechanical, manu-
facturing, and other departments continue to be very at-
tractive. A ship is launched several times a day; the
screw steamer tugs two ships constantly at her tail; the
Joconriotiv. wlliaaea along on the rail road; the company
is still " shocked" on visiting till electric machines ; the
several looms are busy and noisy ; the steam-engines and
other machinery keep constantly in motion; the fountain
flows and diffuses a sense of coolness ; the concerts go
on harmoniously ; the knights and ladies of the tourna-
ment still move in procession, or meet at the tilting-
ground ' • and " the invisible girl," though as chary as
ever of her charms, continues to talk to young and old,
and to display, in a playful manner, her intuitive ac-
quaintance with the appearance and affairs of her visiters.

ROBBERY AT THE NEPTUNE HOTEL.—Mr. G. Wild,
the host of the Neptune Hotel, appeared, on Friday at
the Police Court, and charged Ellen Jones, his laundress,
with robbing his house of a quantity of linen. It appeared
that, in consequence of some suspicions, Mr. Wild gave
information to the police, who searched the prisoner's box,
and in it they found a quantity of linen belonging to the
prosecutor. She was, therefore, fully committed for trial.
THEFT BY A WORKMAN.—On Friday, James Thomp-
son, a labourer in the employ of Messrs. Fawcett and
Preston, with whom he had been more than ten years, was
placed before Mr. Rushton on a charge of stealing 12Ibs.
of lead from on board the Bentinck, on which vessel the
men from that establishment were employed in fitting up
her machinery. The prisoner was seen to leave the ves-
sel at six o'clock on Thursday night, and was apprehen-
ded shortly afterwards with the lead in his posession. A.
workman from the foundry said the prisoner had been for
many vans in the same service, and he had never heard
anything to Lis prejudice until the psesent occasion.. Mr.
Rushton m dered the prisoner to be sent to gaol for one
month.

STEALING I lIINITLRE.—A car driver, named John
Ashton, was eh: rgeJ, on Friday, at the Police Court by a
person named Ni a,, at; , residing in Oaks-street, with
robbing him of tw' c is. It appeared that, during the
absence of the prosecutor rom home, the prisoner, who
lodged at his house, attempted to induce his daughter, a
girl about sixteen or eighteen years old, who was left in
charge of her fathers house, to desert it and go and live
with him, and at the same time to give up to him part of
the furniture. The girl stated, that she did not assent to
the proposition ; but the prisoner on Thursday evening,
about eleven o'clock, took a car to the door, in which he
placed two chairs belonging to the prosecutor, and was
about removing other furniture when, at the instance of a
neighbour, the police interfered and he was taken into
custody. Committed tp the sessions.

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