American Republican and Baltimore daily clipper. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1844-1846, 1845-11-24
CHRIST HEALING THE Sick. We now fulfil

tuTe. w have twice seen the christ Healing
the Sick, in the Pennsylvania Hospital in Phi
/ ladelpha and admired it. And we have also
seen this one several times, and every visit has
heightened its beauties. 1t is not inferior i'll
coloring, anatomy or light and shade to any
work we ever saw. The graceful, easy, ma
estic and anatomically correct drawing, is
beautifully adapted to the easy and flowing
style of the draperes, not FILTERED away into
numerous and unmeanng folds as is the case
in many works ofart. The pyramidical distrl-
button of the groups are judiciously preserved,
presenting the whole mass Figures finely har-
monious and adding very much to the aerial per-
spective The features and expressions as well
as the drawing, are true to nature. IL needs nc
interpreter to tell Judas lscarriot. The dark,
deep villainy that prompts him TO the betrayal
glances from his assassin like eye. The sell
satisfied confidence and generosity of Peter,
the mpetuous, is like life itself His bravery
and devoted love instinctvely points him out
to the spectator, and his burning indignation
aroused by the satanic look Of the Chief Priest
and Scrbes, exhibits the man himself The
pensivc and thoughtful countenanco of John
with his lovely and moral attributes are finely
developed John was man of warm impulse
with steady purpose and habit. The truthful
ness, impartiality and directedness of Matthew
and the unwilling sceptcism of Thomas are
we'll represented. The deep concern, malig-
nant hate, fierce purpose, immoveable selt-pos-
session and towering pride Of the High Priest
cannot be excelled. The very personication
of the arch fiend stands before u.s. and we see
flashing from his eyes, living hate and stern
obstinacy. The group Of which he is the head
is master work. The sick present objects of
| living reality, each one developing their par
tcuar disease. The emaciated sick man by
whose side stoops the wife worn down with ia
tigue The mother with her pallid infant
pressed fondy to her bosom. The father with
fathers anxiety depicted on his countenance
with his skeleton framed maniac writhing into
all the contortions of feature and form Of which
the mind can have any conception. The bag
gard blind man and awkward boy. The beau
tiful blind girl with Just enough tingc left up
on her cheek to tell with what freshness it once
bloomed The oblterated and pallid hue of
grief penciled upon the old looking face Of the
rickety boy, and the truly loathsome disease of
the palsied lady, anxiously endeavoEing TO look
at Christ, irresistibly tell the spectator of their
81 rho III. Df lE, to
which all flesh is heir to, are as distinctly
shown as if the objects were real. The nu-
merous attendants of the sick each deserve a
separate notice, but we have already exceeded
our limits yet we cannot dismiss the subject
without referring visitors to the magnum opus
OF the pencil. The portrayal of Christ, which
presents trace OF the 10 osIoy to the mans diri-
aior aiquc as magriG sonatNl1m which eminent
ly belongs to the character equally with the
attribute OF compassion and benevolence.
The conception is grand and the contour in
strict accordance with the first principles of the
art. The foreground figures perfectly delineat-
ed to the mnutest detail, the colors rich and
natural and the grouping of so many figures up
on one canvass, very remarkable. Simplicity,
melting sensibility, feminine delicacy, graceful
gentleness, heroic enthusiasm and ardent and
romantic dispositions are harmonously associ-
atcd The but one expression OF admiration
among the thousands, yea, tens of thousands
who have thronged 10 gaze upon the picture in
Baltimore, tells tale of its merits, beyond
what the pen can describe. 1t is a victory of
genius--an unparalleled one-and the philan
thropic and holy character Of the scene call
inc into action at the same tme the most d-
vine, the most veneratve and tAost tender ia
cultics of the human mind, will in all places,
attract crowds Of people who bid defiance to
the sarcasns or scepticisnIs Of tho few, or any
who would Iely upon any point but the true
and absolute merit Of the work itself, with its
own intrinsic value, in conveying lessona
benevolent onc--to the public mind This pic
ture does not need the name even Of the
celebrated Benjamin West, TO give it celebrity,
There is mistaken notion, however, prevalent
with some. that Mr.. West did not execute three
pictures OF Christ Healing the Sick, which can
be corrected by examining No. Of the Port
Folio of 1911, the Encyclopedia, or the Lon
don Politechnical Review. That Mr.. VIM.
Dunlop and Mr.. Cunningham do not refer to
but two pictures upon this subject is true, ne-
Their of them protesting to give their readers a
general catalogue ofthe presidents works. We
repeat it, that this painting needs not the name
Of the president of the Royal Academy.
FIRE AT CHLLCorHE, Ono. A fire oc-
Cured at Chilicothe, Ohio, en- the 18th inst.
which consumed the newspaper offices of the
Gazette and Advertiser, and the drug store of
Douglass s Lansing. Loss $4,000.
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