The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1850-09-02

mounted by an invisible Bellona. He would
Paw the light clouds and gallop on the stom''
He bounds through the fence Of his enclosure, and
several days elapse before the servants bring him
back to his rider. Job, Virgil and Shakespeare,
have all described him. Here he is
-" Hi arina esrvix
Argutnmque caput, brevis alvus, obesaque terga
spre oo nee sSGGm mGS rbns afs e Tem
Collectumque premeus-yolyit sub naribus ignem"
have spoken of the artists who visit this place
for the purpose of taking the Generals likeness.
Their name is legion. In my humble opinion thew
are with one or two exceptions, very far from sue
cessful. A young artist from Cincinnati. Mr..
Jones, is now engaged upon model bust in clav.
| which, when cast in plaster of Paris will be GER
tainly chef daurro in that line of art 1t is his
intention to work it in marble. Madame Tussaud
herself cannot show such likeness
You, my dear D., have seen all sorts of
statuary-wood, stone gold, silver, brass, iron.
marble and ivory. |, too, have seen many rare
specmens-wOrks of great masters Those in
wax and clay well executed-how fragile soever
the materials-have, as lkenesses, manifest and
peculiar advantages. The productions of native
genius in the highest department of art, will. pro-
oaoly, never attain, in this country, the point
which they reached in the palmy days of Athens,
we shall never behold, as the works of our citi-
zens, breathing figures in Phrygan or Paran
stone-brass that rivals the living form-and golden
Juplters, like that of Phdias, which equalled or
surpassed mems highest conceptions of the Olym>
pan Lhunderer, and which alone, of human pro-
ductions, they believed to be absolutely perfect,
= Memo 81" 3@ HajOrlbHS eminet-says Quncti-
llan-'itSt forte JOcem gNiQem Phiatas oDti1,g
Jec1t. Cicero somewhere says the same of Poly-
cetus. Yet very few, comparatively concur in
or,,IOH' eH' u',''af'duism an electricity,
general in,elinonoo "''u u'i,u''"" ~, OF
operate loro oo,;ns, .,,a;1. i'Ae'y "
;nq and scnIntnro W. .a,, s.r:' !" paint
the works of machine mon u 'o"i'e 0i
p,,., ar
" ~ ne is certainly one
o,da, or ,aI.a, ~ ,., a'''S'S' ana oil high
70. ir,,o,,aI;t,. ui,-rC, rSv d man VINO asP'Fes
NAV ada Cass-.ra Iil'' T'"'"-l now
rate abitv and tha, ar c. IV'Denee o, n,,L
quite equal if not sunerior 10 .nu IS ~ 'H, y.
he succeeds as well IN p,rhIa ~ III
tainIy sustain his pretensions 10 ., ~.
place in the temple ,F art b.u.
General side by side with this i,,ora 81 -
vouch for the accurate deipeation of aver,, ,,.oI
| is bold, broad firm and massive in o,tl;,, L;i
it exhibits in detail the most minu,a and s,,,,,,I
fidelity to nature If the svmmat,,, is NO, .o-r.-.
1t is, at least, the symmetry of the srh;ec, l. :;
that which, from actual measurement a ;s found
to possess. Forty wears of toll will tell on ,La
figure as well as the features,
would not boryevsr oou.ouI c.n.
of rigid adherence 10 naturo n,J., IN p,;loP''
stances. Invariablv IN do % o,,., !;
this kind, would detract from, tho bi,,ha,, 1s-
tions of art-tbe bappest IDEAL Of aL;tr
tain. "The fancy sbonId outworL r,,r,,as'
In HI. D,-.I,o, L,,,,.-
OuinctiIiap, whom sneakin,i ~ 81 anu orators,
Zeuxis Gives tn ors the li"s'uS ana
sbade-to tbs other ,s co,Io,,,;a,. N "sht ana
river or all srob So --''le'' tue 'a"'