New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-08-26
CITY ITEMS.

po,.rpss GsK,r SrArUK-We have seen Il ,
a. .i.r. and were our admiration rot ju-thec By
the deep enthusiasm with which !, has every @here
ben received BY the critics no ess than % the un
critical We should scarcely venture b record II unt II
had beer confirmed 5y repeated observation sud s'ooy
OF this statue which must believe to be Inc sreAes'
work Of modern sculpture Blu, with our nrsi imPFss-
sion thus only according with ihs mature opinions OF
the beat isdges we DO not hesitate to attempt some
feeble expression of the delight the Joy II at ne"
revelation Of the divine treasures Of Beauty the re
eious elevation OF feeling which seem to dow from Inc
marble Ike Inspirations
The figure is Of fall SIZE and represents woman per
fecy nude But In that nakedness she Is unsppr0aens
bic 10 any mean thought The very atmosphere soc
breshes Is TO Der drspey and protection In her pure
unconscious uAiurslness her inward chastity OF SOU
and sweet womsnly dignity she Is more truly clad tnan
nsure Of lower character could be though tee times
rcbed Indeed ~ one feel that anything Il waning
and the longer you gaze the deeper 10 your sense tns
90 noble Az ideal Of beauty and OF Woman could only
thus be seen.
The wrists are fastened together BY chain and the
right hand rests on low pillar. which 10 covered win
tie 6rugery and cap apparently Just laid or The sot
foot, little raised the person being supported on the
hard and the left eg The face CAT down and turned
As.de in grave esd and unwilling submission to THIS ne
cessity Of her lot but still she Is not demesned even
In her own estimation There Is too profound and TOO
arm An inner character for that Though slave abe
.u retains ali the tender herosm of woman. and pa
uenty coufronts her fate TIE face s lovely and more
than lovely. in kseprg with the whole work 60 much
We know Of H. tha, 10 face study and admire more
and more We shall speak Of Il hereafter
Tha 6r., ,hins tha, u1prassed Us this statue It's
originality At the 6rsi sight you feel that here Is new
work made directly from Nature No other ancient or
modern sculptor whose works you know OF hiss pro-
duced ito prototype Ills no copy Of the antique and
no piece OF routine bull, alter academic rules IL comes
fresh from the hand OF Genius just each true form oil
living beauty comes fresh from the hand OF God The
artist has been in the counses Of Nature and caught the
spr, OF her works The OF his crestive power
lies In the reality thence impaired TO this combination
and refinement Of many projections This reality Is
surprising that marble but hesh and blood that
cheek must yield to the touch and you ius.inctively
watch for the hesvng of the bosom.
Blu, while the slave is 90 admirable 10 It's generals IN
all particulars 1t is less satisfactory The perfection
Of il, 6ni.h /. not It's least remarkable feature. Here
too the artist has feared to learn or to folio" the
method of Nature No mos, delicate sAin Is more deli
cate than the surface Of his marble while in the exquisite
variety of IL. unduson. and local qualities 1t life
We understand thu, all the arrangements Will De cou.
Mated 30 that 10 morrow this great work will be opened
10 the public We look to its exhibition with confidence
twill no, only confirm and add TO the well earned fame
OF our distinguished countryman, and render nm some
adequate pecunisry for his abors bu, it will cor
rect public and form general demand Tor ana
appreciation of the excellent in Art