Delaware gazette and peninsula advertiser. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1814-1820, 1817-11-22
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The two Pharisees on his right. are of
A piece, more especially the wretch
that shows histeeth. They personify.
enry, malice and all Observation-Disclosures.
The two Women with the Doves,
who have been turned out Of the lem
pie by Jesus Christ, turn their backs,
and seem hardly recovered from thel
disappointment of their not heing al
lowed to sell their innocent merrhan-
,Iize. Not so the man. with the sam,
commodity on his head on the left cx
IRENE Of the picture. He seems dc
iermined to wait the resuis.---1hc la,
Their and mother Of the Blind Femai'
are very interesting. the headof the fo.
,ner more particularly. The Mother d
Grandmother Of the Sick Child are III
fine taste.
The Mother is most beautiful crea.
lure Guido never painted a finer
head than hers, so mild, sobeseeching.
so humble and so modest. Her Mo
tiier carries all the mature beauties IN
her face and person as in those Of her
lovely daughter. This Groupe will
ever attract large proportion of thu
attention of those who visit this pain.
,i"g. We lin contemplating the fea-
lures of thrse females) carry in idea.
a recollection of some we have known
lust such, as the modest unassumin.
grace of the Daughter, and Matron--
like benevolent features Of the Mo
thcr,-looking up full Of that hop
/. that never dies Her supplication'
will lie heard The look of the siri'
mans wife is equally interesting a.
the above, and above all her cherui
faced Child. is wonderfully rep'et,
\ with the expression OF iervor Of h'
Knows not what. How naturally j
!, lettings to the mother. and nrstles il
? her bosom. 1 think this sroupe Gin
GLIDING the Silk Nam the very fines
in effect in The whole compositioA, al
i, ways lpeaking sufficiently. not pronoun
/! "ing dogmaiically. ] imagine Que o
+ the Soldiers bearing the Palside SVo
man, to he the husband; he is evident
III, Iahoring under great dis.ress. yc
= he seems 10 indulge hope and q iivei
n confidence in the mercy Of him l.
/, whom ne lifts a swollen eye TIL
c Daughter is a sweet delicate an
d beautiful figure, the coIoring Of Ia
;. face j 5 such, that it takes oli' (iu som
"a measure) the otherwise chalkiy ap
, Ipearance Of the mothers yisasc. Th
airy and sylpl-like torms who occup
/. the bach grOunj, chieiy women All
d children, are conceived Of all possihI
a beautiful farms, we'll GROUPED. a..
+. seem to he lifting UP their voices
J iuua HI sanna's TO him, VIM has SAL
J. - Let little Children coine unlo NE.
IS The Apostles Except John and Juda
| seem to he simply What the Scriptur
. aseur's us they were /; the heads a.
s. finely tonehrd, and characteristic
r. their calling.
all The seven Candlpssicks with the
IS burners in full blaze, the lamps an
10 the Nimbus encirclins the head of hi'
,e who could find no place Of rest len
lr their influence to shed a rich mil
IS glow otrefui;;ent light over tho who
j. composition. and in il manner so ina
II, tcrly. and the whole is so melted IN
le diffused. that we are astonished no
H. The effect could be produced wit
!, such disrordant materials. / thin
Of The managing Of this part Of this s,
,rIperb work has never been excclled.
bel The architecture is very appropr
r ATE, and the perspective well prcser,
IA cd the sky is ceru!ean, and tends (
a,se!tcn the :;ats tina. otherwise mi,l
is Iappear harsh.
J. Here conclude. soliciting yol
al forbearance in taking up SO much ,
e yUnr valuable paper, and the attic,
Ih ton Of the public II mat add, that
n think the possession of this slug
u pi ture. OF the greatest possible cor
sequence TO the fine arts, and towa,.
IS giving us u same, in that deparuae.
Is OF the Science Sand that il viii.
e the means OF laying the iound4i!or
II a permameut School, so ,nue'l want
in this City, & the resi- of The Uaio
Nay this precious drposItc, he lor
10 prsst we'd as Memento TO futu,
is tines, in order to show. that Whe
D. american Genus is .fostered it sod
D. 10, and. like its native Eas lie, atisi
10 the highest pinnacle a great aud
N proud nation has in its power to b
H. stow let us emulate that nation. |
H. MS encourage our native Artists-Ii