Morning herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1837-1840, 1839-04-20

rican Art.
am tired of tAsa,res-I am tired Of pAys-I am
tired Of mere shows Of most midland medocrty Of
all kinds Accordingly ON thursday evening last, in
saunteriag up Broadway to look at the sparkling
dark sky and 10 inhale the fresh breeze, stcpt at
the door Of the Stuyvesant Institute and read the
programme Of the exhibition for that night, thus
900 . o . oeo eseos
STATUE OF QUEEN VICTORIA,
BY james Y. Stout.
90 . %
"What's this?" thought l. ssThe pretty, grace
full modest, and benevolent looking young Queen of
old England sculptured by an American.-let me see
her"
walked up stairs-met Stout, who is young man
Of fine figure and most expressive face. He usher
cd me into the apartment and there beheld, to my
establishment and surprize what does not exist even
in England saw of the most exquisite and orr
gnal full length statues Of Queen Victoria that GO
MUS could conceive, the chissel Of the sculptde
coald elaborate From eight o'clock till nearly ten
there stood, gazing, sometimes saantering round and
round this sublime conception and exquisite work OF
art, by young American artist, not yet much over
twenty-five years Of age and never heard of before
by the public.
When was in London and Paris saw and studied
all the statuary, both ancient and modern, original
and copies to be found in the splendid galleries OF
those capitals Yet will say that there is nothing
in the Louvre of modern artist, at all to be COM
pared with this remarkable statue. To find any COM
pettor must go to the antique the Apollo Belvi-
derc the Venus de Medicis, the LAGOON. But yet
Stosts statue Of the Virgin Queen is different from
all these though equally original in its conception,
it is exquisite in its execution.
To give full crifique Of its numerous beauties
would require volume, atreatise on the art tsel,
but its leading features are exquisite beauty OF out
line, grace of form the verge Of divinity itself,
perfect union Of all the physical Developments OF
the antique with the moral envelopements of the
modern-a disposition of the drapery completely
ignal and equally natural-an stti tuae that al
most gives motion to her little feet and rounded arms
and general air thrown around the whole figure
that makes the spectator forget it is mere statue,
and to say to himself while gazing on it- list stop!
she is going to speak"
1t is curious fact, too, that in this remarkable
statue there is striking resemblance to the Queen,
although the youthful sculptor never had the good
fortune to the original He has copied the fora
and features from the usual prints Of her Majesty.
The face somewhat elias steal in the outline, yet
covered with her natural bene volence-the bust and
neck most exquisitey rounded of-the beautiful
small foot that accidentally slips from beneath the
flowing drapery-and, indeed, the whole form, face,
forehead neck, bosom, bust limbs and all brought up
to my view, the precise being that l saw tripping,
so gently and gracefully, lovely Sunday after
or she stepped lightly through the sunny aisle of
ST. Georges Chapel to offer up her prayers to the
greater and mightier sovereign Of the Universe.
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IDEAS which this extraordinary piece of sculpture
creates Its several properties appear to be differ
ent from the females of European artists 1t is more
light, more airy, more graceful-and, in another
point of view, is perfect representation Of beaut
full American female, young, animated, and full Of
lifeand sensibilitywith every soft limb and swelling
lineament half developed through the gossamer but
classic dfapery floating around her. In this respect it
differs il it does not exceed the Venus de Medicis
AT least to our conception, the statue Of Stout
approaches the character Of divinity, assuming the
soft form OF a beautiful woman, than the chef
d'euvre which has enchanted the world for nearly
two thousand years. he Apollo has been often adj
mired for its attitude, almost starting into fe--and
the divine atfafus which breathe through the
limbs, and animate the whole form. In this point
Stout is equal to the antique This statue Of victo
ria is instinct with life from head to foot from top
to toe, from heart to outline Her soft bosom, half
revealed, half hidden by the exquistey simple dra
perry, seems almost heaving with the aspiration Of
nm ardent, yet gentle heart. Her left
her breast repose, and her right hangs loosely
towards the ground, in the act Of raising sceptre
which is held in her hand She is without any other
Of the trappings Of royalty, this simple emblem
Her ample robe in front reveals every lineament Of
her form, from her foot to her breathing bosom,
without any sbtrusion Of its physical luxuri-
ance, and then flows away in long train behind,
in most ample and majestic folds. Her bosom is
quiste-her neck somewhat arching-her nose high.
ly cassica-and her hair arranged in that simple style
which characterises the virgin Queen Of England on
all occasions. With all these revelations OF physical
beauty and grace, there is not the slightest approach
TO Italian voaptuousness Of outline or effect. There
aoats around this sublime work such soft, etheri-
al lofty, moral heavenly atmosphere Of purity, that
the grosser passions flee from the heart, and nothing
but poetry, feeling, and the highest devotion can
animate the heart Of the spectator Ii may be said
10 be the divinity itself, brought down from heaven,
in the shape Of pure and beautiful young American
woman, with the bust and outline resembling the
Queen Of England
These are only few Of the thoughts that have
CURED to after looking and gazing for couple Of
hours upon this wonderful piece Of sculpture.
What singular fact in the history Of art, that the
most beautiful statue Of Queen Of England-and
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