The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-31 00:00:00

LIVERPOOL ACADEMY EXH IBITI°

FIFTH NOTICE. cri
No. 251. "The Guerilla taking leave of his Confect Ndlg
by the late Sir D. Wilkie, R.A., is a favourable oPe o'
of that artist later style, in which, relinquishing
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eg
great extent the peculiarities which by many were
on as the charms of his earlier pictures, he betook heir
to the characteristics which form so striking a fell° 'OO
the excellencies of that school brought to pert the
among the Spanish artists. In this, still maintainer
minute attention to natural expression which at d>at.
period of his career marked the works of Wilkie, an acted
tinguished them from those of all his compeers, he 40/1
breadth of effect, and massiveness of light and 8P tip•
combined with bolder drawing and less computed
ing than in his earlier efforts. Instead of werkitilis
his intention by painstaking and laborious min° of ed.
now aimed at captivating the intellect by boldness
venture, dependent for its realisation upon bresa,,tiolos
and powerful shade, combined with an nnostennow
ca moat
harmony of colour, and that pulpy juiciness of rehiril plc'
tion which forms a distinguishing excellence in ar„l;duetl;'
tures. In the present picture the whole is quiet and Ace"
No exuberance of action arrests the eye, nor is the se to be
frittered away into numberless parts, such as ar 00"
ifno fg
ound
thein
simplicity
ioc
iftyhis
which
hlier
marksrod utchtiiso ns.
and t
most ot!,e,
Lie/ te.
are called his Spanish pictures, it may „Wiled I tllf
doubted how far the latter are to be pre f r
the former. We must confess our own partialivLing•
the racy nationality, the instinctive truth of ice' which
caonndsttihtieltreicthhepreohfaursmionofofhislifFl anFdairchie,
.ore stlFirodji.
Pitlessiei
earnestness and impressive reality of his tdcall*
of
ticians ;" the telling contrasts and spirited r°-1,1;
his " Blind Fiddler ;" and the dramatic force n' "*-
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training for Rent," to the still-life-like artistic .
which prevades nearly all of his Spanish subjectsa wi
his full-grown artistic power, he once more clialiri,f
style endeavouring to engraft the sedate gravity a x's
second mode upon the untrammelled freedom antiotelt
energy of his first. Of his success in this he unfe, the °of
did not live to complete any great specimen. ILO. e
lection of Mr. Naylor, there is the unfinished 6,,,"'isterill;
his great subject:in this style, " John Knox adrow-tios
the Sacrament in Calder House after the Refornloishe
Scotland." This valuable sketch—the large ',.eree!i"-
picture of which, in nearly the same state of advs°,4o3l:;
is in the possession of the Royal Scottish Acadenl,l,.-
burgh—was,- through the kindness of Mr. NaYir'' aster
exhibited h rass ittk
exhibited in the Town-hall. It is imbued wit,,,ff I
fulness, yet simplicity of composition, is chavalcolviSeet-
exquisite variety of character, and gives lively P iosten
that rich harmony of colour which in ever.'" it °if
i
glowed on Wilkie's canvas. After all however,
doubtful matter to settle how far this s an
iv
entic,iiessloBl
style ; so far as the work has proceeded,in stylean"—.l„ect.
making allowance for the great difference of si'" toe
~e 0
appears to promise considerable similarity to tll°se„ chew
constitute the vital excellence of his world-famed
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Pensioners." .„,i;oho At*
No. 264. " The Whist Party," by Mr. E. .0,..,10`06.
subject after this artist's own heart. The sofo.-toity
us it is a sketch, but it need no catalogue to °
wtalef,-d
that it is, " a finished" one. A party of tattered
landers" is seated in a hovel enjoying the sornewo
tocratic, if not dignified, pastime of whist Plag .flartt by
every feature and limb of each member of tlae 1140
full of the earnest importance of their work. It
he pi but
moral satire, cleverly eliminated. Like most o,f, too, 01)111.
by this promising artist, this picture is a sin3.-„,,,e43
it is so well filled by thought, so completely iramioerl-rt yt
mind and feeling, that, if placed in the scale_ c).
would make many a painted acre " kick the „
an unpretending but real gem.
Nos. 224-5-6 and 7 respectively named g Of
Penseroso," "Sherry, Sir?" and "the Mask," vort.L.er,'
Frith, R.A., are four small pictures, seeming
inclosed in one frame. They are gener_a''' She' ic'
slighty theatrical, and well-painted and cosniloarsitissoos3oiteb
Sir ? N 0.226, is an exceedingly clever,
ture of a naive bar-maid with a decanter anclogritea the
a tray, whom the artist has successfully repre o.gests
winning archness, putting the question whichns 11 At'
name of the subject. Its peculiarity of merit it 1!!pli,
means inadequately tested by the popularity i•th°noti
tamed through the medium of a well-executed „par or
which is found occupying a place in every', l'aori servo
throughout the kingdom. As Byron sal' ,r 9,11
even a wretched portrait of himself on OP, •grae tljoce
Italian wine shop, " this is true popularitY• o'llo
companions of the pretty bar-maid are enuleolli siders
looking daughters of mother Eve, and suffer c _AO
in contrast with their showy neighbour.• JaneisiasaPo
No, 717. " Windermere Lake," by Missloll
es,
is a sweetly-painted and naturally-representeleed,o)
of great merit though small pretensions, but Pl 3 ,4
to the gallantry, and inobedience to the disinte testedooli
taste of the " hanging committee," where nin?:eieo4o4
the visitors to the exhibition will never es'svolisOloap
it. This is perfectly in keeping with that one is
of concession which placed a piece of canvass
to cover a moderate sized parlour-floor, c'odlijirilt
painted a huge flat tree, in a place of honour ent
greatly at variance with that boldness of judgifoodes„ sld
awarded the Academy's prize to an elaborate o'o4l
under the alluring title of " Nature's Mirror•siotedoers'
and distance of Miss Nasmyth's picture area the ge
truth and beauty, the handling is artistic, an
tone and keeping happy and pleasing.

nighty' ..',..; k,
DRA.TH BY BURNING.-011 Saturday p, ()pc-
nertY, aged 18, residing with her father, Ice 0'..0641
Arley-street, returned home shortly after "'core alw'ivaB
day,bed wthhaetnthheerdec
and soon afterwards the inmates of the house fen spepor
by smoke proceeding from the kitchen, n'''' nest 1- Or
discovered in flames. It was stated at the incla bentf4 tO
eloeathsedes caught fire. ing some hooks and eyes on her dress' before ~,ea iIV laer
a sick person on the previous night, may have sv,'"'
9 be 0
sleepy, and it is possible the poor girl nig- oad 6A;el°
ifiteres.obesrheabnad,dl7:ole aa'aefii,ite,l:
asleep by the fire. A policeman was called, tale (", re'
conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where ,h,, ivo-
_ • death
013
Sunday night. A verdict of " Accidental "v
turned. tero' et,
wa •'held Yell g-6tr,,oe d
SUDDEN DRAM:C.—An inquest . - 5 ar- I'.
the body of Sarah Beattie aged 39, of 47, SP xectioloor
who had been labouring '
under an asthmatic %pay' ,„olt
Stu' ed 'r,
was found dead in bed by her daughter, ° deceas JO°,
ning. It was stated by a liitness that tie
__py
.a
less,
a glass of gin occasionally, for the asthr°,,,
,AVliro,'".
" How many times a day is occ,asionall9 '.,„., ,
_.,,," Wil',
"Several times, but I can't say how .1117d0) ? , tbili
" Would the several times make a quart -,, 001" 0 clir-
ness.—" I can't tell whether it would; the wora3 11,
not." The jury returned a verdict, that
and aeigd
from natural causes. the tniill euiegeglo
FoG.—A dense fog prevailed over woo eco 0
bourhood on Wednesday' morning', ?or by the.
fr,°,,i.
which was felt more especially on the lII' „revert,. `4
and.
ferry steamers, several of which were 1100 tllo,s4',
crossing at the usual time. At an early tug rof to
side steamer Wirral came into collision ir"l tiotbe
_cbooU„
sustained some damage to her steal. ~i; the las salj
Woodside steamers came in contact 17iajorY"sitis, Yty
City of Limerick, of Londonderry, but n
v•ateatgra' del!ed
tamed by either vessel. The Rock xerrfg to t•id car'olif
her passage from the landing-stag °wijelhor, ag;fed,.,,ot
of the fog, struck a vessel lying at an d rece' Au."o
boar .a- v• troP
away her funnel; but no person on
cleared ao iieh
injury. Towards noon the fog clie and , ,
midnight there was a storm of thunder
accompanied by heavy shower; alai