New-York daily tribune., 1844-06-07
west. Painting of Christ Healing the Sick


One of them has been Iaboriug 10 procure place
lr, enough for its exhibition in this city, bn, o"ins
~ n finre at present the sublime ccmpositiou so
nobvwrousht by an American pencil vi! proceed
tn ,I cstern cics ard villages, where mni'itudes
viii resort 10 ,irw md study work 50 long RnoNn
To them by r,,p,Eation. During the comius i"ii or
.nrinr il xi be exhibited ior few mon tS al ihe
I,,sc Iecu,e Room und-c the Academy oi Dss;gn
IN frosIv,ay. where !, a doubtless attract pn:'er-
al .,rcnr.on, and in the mcan tpnr We advise our
Western friends 10 enjoy treat - rarely 10 be- OBJ
taiaed The Mobile press speak OF the nit ndnHce
ot some two thousand visitors pcrdav. ih' follow
ios rom the ~ o. Bee, viii be seen, introduces
- sketch of Vests lie aud Ihl- peintlne
VESTS PAi>rl>G.-The nfllx OF visitors has ia-
,u.ed the pfoprl-tnrS To crnnpc all The present
y,,.L after winch time the pGiuIins will prop'b'E
h.. removed 10 Mobile. Wherever ilI- beHuuiE! a"l
delightful painting has been opened for Inspection ~
ihis country, II ha> eIyed an CuusHt! hnh,I o'
visitors. and NeW Odeais seems not be heht"d her
sister Giles Carriise ai:er cuu!ase i Caiiy uad
hourly arriving and departing bringing forward al
the most influential ,suilaIies Of The clt' FitaSeu
to have II I'M their power TO behold - noble WORN
Of lie fine arS. SXtyodd ha'ac;crS, SIZE of i.ie'
are here aehelt, var ing ~ EXPRESSIONS oi orNeEss
well as IN loUkS--in tact all Tint would bc sen al
SCeIeC Ct artHi Td1s"rtv"'" "le ~ u-i'N W 49, =
! ihjS larse can-eSs.
The annexed interesting notice is from London
/ nencr directly corrected with the progress siid
/ sketch OF the lie OF Benjamin West enui'cd the
illustrated PoIvtechnlcal i'c'ie"' winch VIM" - ~ 80
bc seen, takes notice oil 'Ae w"'Dti u ,,b
The name OF BENJAMIN We. i '.. 80,
/ the progress ot the ine ari> IN 'nis count! u".
long and Interesting period. when we were shut
out rom any intercourse with the Continent and
| had 10 relv upon our own industry, taste "nd IA
lent tor Improvement. ne St,*t ihous's VI '''
could not be studied BY the British arii~f nei naa
he he worl' .Or hiS SPECTATORS. NJ Ze'Iol ..,
rcrs ot the arts "eTc on ew, ana iiitif lists "u'
necessarily limited class 0' phlAUr= Q, '- ~,
tio character werr, for ''s most pert co"ec'Gu ~
the Kin. .dc, aud lat incentive 10 excellence "lich
ne hcS example excite, wcs "huuGS. u ii!''u
! We liho : l. IL sans suns admirers assert H. &c ;
! no. tosei u b. c2sSei VIII MItuaei Aii-"io H.G
| q! was Genius OF 40 ordinary charac.sy, ha
rNi;.i.cd, during a long career. the pos.ssslol OF
n-a'ai t,cultHs which stcUicd Tor him the resi- ct
| and esteem of al. who knew the mar.
Although born in the year loo, III tie Siate o.
peunsylyana. in the nled State, he wgs on both
sizes .. scendcd from English parents. singulur
s.oa i. re at, Of lis early lasi aud If hiS ~
IN; "a oercenton. At the age of seven he was II
lone in care of n baby in the cradle he umuscd
himself with drawing is likeness although he had
neyry seen a picture or an engraving. and most c.
lainly had never seen any attempt to deiireale
The features OF another. Ills early ionohcs oi
,Irowon increased upon him, and there are cu .ous
stories afoat OF the wav he took TO furnish hin III
win materials and the means of following his neil
NATIONS. The fur on The te OF n iavoritc black cat
wa. ndaDied bv him to supply the place OF u camel 5
hoir b,,sb 4 friend ol the family who visited his
c,,Isr' bnrsr wos $, dalishted with Ihe prospect
,rnrcsIlence hold lor,h by ", H. lbat he presented
~ IT,; - 80 on,,o,.;,,,. ,o 5oo, ,rL some co,-
'i'''i "'' 60 - sIa,Is-s ;c,ts
- :, 'o' - nIsas's NJ S,,ch r;c ,,.p :
" ''''.i, ~. y ,...,,,1,,e % ~
VI. - ~. -, I-f0 W. made his first ,.;f
=. ,"o his o6,,y,,:o,,s ,,,o, wI' he sl,y
,,r'..,i ,,,cL ,fao,;o,s di his re,rring -,
he b,I 1,sn n,asen,eJ al Cour, Ia some
"t,rs Snye,eisn p,,ncss. In l76} he came 10 Eng
la,. H.. trsI yisit ,,.. IN uqm,fon Cont. where
,,.,ss,ysd os1v of hi, hest panngs-
- ',,r 6 sem ti,. york. which were so hisly
.sI;,naIsd hv George the Third. In what is called
tLc Queens draw1g-roon1, is hung the :. Departure
of Rreul1s from Rome" a subject proposed bv the
h'hs' wilo' u' 'lle H. "''' o,,,