New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-08-12


Mr. Hicks meets tl- requirements OF faithful likeness.
though ia his respect the report Of others El1 know
Gov. Fsh well j. altogether satisfactory bat the far
mot citcut To- uu mens Of an ar,Ic ana powerful
picture has Ttiny with ilty, beauty and
chATacer thai give the work very al % value intepen
dent Of ts merely personal interest In all the treas
uTe. Of art, ancient modern. a, not recall p1r-
u alt ,hs equsl This for the boldnes slth which II
meets and trumphs every difficulty, for origin uty
and vire strength of treatment any picture ha,s
superior g. for vigorous tety in tue representation
OF natural objects, or II richness power sDd harmlny
OF coloring. The GoveTnOr is represented stan1tug
erect in his workGc-roorn, study, which he seems
but jus. 10 rave entered be Il dressed in simple black
with Give which he has retained. some
business st must be Immediately transacted, or that IL
Of an absorbing usture had either no, le him the time
or caused h' 10 forget 70 throw OF The background
Is the simple uLadofned wall of the room. TIE r-hev-
ing such hguTe upon mass OF perfectly cold and neu
trsi color, such az bare plas,efed wall il novelty In
ART and Is ore OF those apparently simple but really
most dhcuI things that only OF daring genius,
perfectly master Of 1le of his AIT could
dertake without desperate failure. nihe present case,
so perfect the success, that do remember
OF the many critical notices OF the pcture during tie
exhibition that alluded 10 the matter az all And yst
this success unspessably auenents the excellence aud
harmony OF the whole work. A mass Of heavy red or
brown drapery, such ash conveutonay p0yed for
the background Of such pictures would have been
suited TO this subject and would have dsransci and
ruined every srtisc feature of tee whole
The accessories Ia the lower par, OF the picture the
carpet the chair the writng-desk and books the
Daske- OF waste paper In the corner wrought
with an earnest truth 10 nature massive breadth Of
color, and loneliness Of tone which cause the eve to
rest upon them with delight And vet fuch Is thr skill
oftheir arrangement that they lead the gaze OF the
spectator directly away IRON then selves TO the
true focus of the whole the head Of the subject. Tia.
Is painted with the same breadth and force of charac-
ter which abouuds throughout The cOIJring OF the
face especially no ius. and disciplined eye can, we
think stucy without admiration. Seen close az hand,
the absolute purity and cleanness Of the separate hues
is remarkable. They are the unauthorized pigments,
ano once laid on, have evidently not been touched
again. This win the gre6; freshness and elasticity Of
Mr. HckAs touch "a one secret fths uncommon power
Of his coorpg. He uses the purest ri ments In their
full force ana does not weaken them by repeated glaz
ings, one wash over another till prophet could d.
viEe what they a are and tde result Il a. feeble and
destitute of character as b;termilk and water Mr..
Hicks may sometimes trsnssress by apparent careless
ness ana want OF smoothness snd delcacy Of hnish
but with sucn method his, this Is faux which time
will soon soften away, while no time de,rac.
from the power of color the essential force OF his
pi:ures That force IL more intellectual and passonsl
than physical nervous Il mas lille none of the
element VI bosterous or rushing action bur delights
rather in the regions Of strong intense and elevated
feeling grand type of this character anu tempera
ment is Gericauts great picture OF the Snpwreck in
the Louvre.
Excellent as Ia the portal! of Gov F!sh we
have admired II chiefly for rs promise OF greater things
hereafter for its evidences Oi Thought originality,
perception of the noble aud elevated in chsrscser, and
power combination, that onght to expand into works
OF truly great and permanent nature We md in u,
too the retults Of wide and very thorough acQuant
with the masters OF every No artist IN the
AmeH :an school evnces much erudnon go thorough.
~ oisesed and subjected 10 his own uss not mao cling
about him Ike the incumbrence Of borrowed baggage.
What he seems as yet chiefly 10 lack is that exquisite
OF grace which II, after al mot Inconsistent with the
highest power rs witness the pure beauty which 80 IT.
rediates Of the works OF Michael Angelo, and al.
ways appears In those OF ksulbac h But we confidently
rely Ar Hicks for the production of pictures which
shall bs counted among toe nobes monuments of
American art. We have heard that with all bis varied
he has NOT the ambition and spontaneous en-
ergy that urge man to great achievement, but ars
unwilling 70 believe this to be the case.
EY The New ENGLAND REVIEW"
for August he's defense of Lord Bacon against the
aspersions of Mscauay stating the views most avora.
bic 10 the character OF the Lord Chancellor with great
psusibi.y. An article the Sources of POpul.
ton" discusses an ane,-r. -~~-'"J "AN"0 ~
80 ,o,la,ior If our country is uostiy OF irish and
r;,sr origin and that only abou. oneseven.n oil our
people are descended frem English ancestors. inis
estimate the writer considers almost too preposerous
10 undertake corrsct but otOr elaborate survey
of the facts of the case he arrives at the conclusion
that the number of white people In this country no.
Anglo.saxon by birth blood, Is not over 4G63,7j6
while the Anglo Saxon portion amounts 70 lo,OUOOOo
the balance consisting Of 3,j947G2 Of the African race
total % 26349S The article abounds in curious stalls
teal aud calculations, which cannot fail TO COM
uand the attention Of those interested in the inquiry
The Pioneer Settlers of Ohio, the Life of Gilaude
and Parks Memoirs Of Hopkins furnish the subject
other excelen, articles. CLARK, Austin & Co.
~ :. PoEMs," by EDWARD Stage. A
volume of miscellaneous verses mostly on themes per
tslnlsg to the domestic affections and to the religious
sentiment With slender pretensons to poeical excel
cellence they will awaken little neres: beyond the
circle of the authors friends, where no doubt their
purity Of feeling and OF expression will give them
favorable reception. Q2no. PIP 2G2. A. s. Barnes Il
CO..
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PATluc Journal" Tor August opens with an Address
before the Homeopathic Medical Society Of the State
Of New.YoIk, by Dr. James W. Metca, in which the
demands Of Homeopathy on the Physician are forc
bly stated Dr. Marcy contributes valuable article on
Electro Magnetism A. Remedial Agent and several
other original and translated papers nmend the
number to the study OF medical readers. William
Radde)
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William Terry
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