New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-25

inc could be finer than his exclamations. ! no
ststue of"America" has already been descroeu;c
II Is n female figure. crowned with dltoelio VI
starr. one hand lifted and pointing upward "-he
the other rests on a bundle Of rods, ana ecep-
ter lies beneath herfeet The three ide Is inert
bv evnressed are: God, Union, Lao erty. Inc
f:co IL radiant with hope with CONSCIOUS strength
ord tr,,et in the Future l should Ike 10 see
his foure in colossal size, "a the poruc0 Oh ue
CanitGl in place of that absurd group oil ret'ic?
| The statue Of " California IS the hlosI oIi-
| o;ral work Which Powers has yet Produceo: II
eembod;es the idea Of Fortune ana mas ulh'er-
ssl meaning The face has an intent eApIess;on
.seassSnat;on ard enticemcnt, while the dlVlnlng
~ "a nd the thorns in either hand show that she
h Os n,,n;sh,ne as well az favOrs The attitude
= rdry striking and the wonderful poise OF the
-, 6ives If character Of lightness, OF arrested
! linn which is one OF the finest things l nave
snon in SCULPTURE. The face has Wild beauty
| of its OVID. and the long, braided hair floats
! loosely over her shoulders. In addition To tins
! fnre. Powers is occupied on statue OF WssL-
inotou for the State of Louisiana, while now and
| then he executes another of those busts, where
in be is without an equal in the history OF Art.
| PAGE has lust returned from Venice, where
he spent the summer His pictures have been
sent to America, and have only seen copy Of
| Titan. on which be is now engaged
HART, the sculptor, is engaged on his statue
| Of Henry Clay, and some busts. He has Nun
| Der of orders, and his studio wears busy look.
| The statue OF Clay, which be has been comIals-
| stoned by the ladies' of Virginia to execute,
! pleased me by its thorough simplicity repre-
SCENTS the great Statesman in the act of address
ing an assembly; the position Is natural and
graceful and the face earnest and animated. 1t
/ Gil "a Io mi
| Hart has invented very beautiful instrument
. for " pointing" busts and figures i'll the marble,
whereby piece Of sculpture can be completed
IN half the time formerly requisite. He has
even gone so far as TO point a bust from the iiv-
ing head The effect OF this invention will be,
TO enable the sculptor to get bis idea out OF the
rough block in half the time and with hall the
labor heretofore required
KELLOGG is employed on another OF his East
EN- subjects. Herein he has the field entirely
to himself. He has two lovely pictures on the
easel-types OF Turkish and Maltese beauty He
has material enough on hand 10 stock dozen
artists and needs only few years OF uninfer-
rupted labor TO establish his fame Us the Painter
I OF the Orient.
EpwIx WHITE has lately arrived from Dns-
seldorf have Rad the pleasure Of seeing soine
very spirited studies, which he intends convert
completed Bacchante which strikes me az a
work cf unusual merit. 1t is Lively, laughing
female head, crowned with vine leaVes-nOt riot
GUS nor bacchanalian in the degraded modern
sense, but beaniing, joyous and breathing OF the
delight ~ pure physical existence. Ii Is first
work, Of which lie may well proud. WALTER
GOULD, with whose trip to kiutabya you are no
doubt familiar, has rc6pened his studio ana is
now engaged on head OF Gen. Worth We
compared notes of our travels in Asia Minor,
while smoking genuine Latakleh from the pip,s
presented to him by kossuth and Bathyany.
But, not only in Painting and Sculpture is our
country well represented here. The Italians
are beginning TO fear that in their own sole anI
particular domain OF Music they Will be eqlaled.
have rarely been more agreea5y surprised
than bv hearing lately the performance OF q
Young countrywoman, Mrs. EAsroorr, GOT Al
bany, | belieye,) WHO has been studying Vocal
Music here and in Bologna for year past. l
had the good fortune TO be present az musical
sOir6e which che gave few days ago. Nearly
all the principal artistes OF Florence we're pres
ent. and none more enthusiastic in their praise
than they Mrs EastcOtt has an organ OF great
lower ard cOnipass--a OPrdRo-remarkaDiy
sweet and pure III the upper notes. She has
been very assiduOus in her studies, and her exc
cution of the most difficult passages won the
heartiest applause, not only from those present
but from large crowd OF outsiders III the street
below She speaks the language with iuency
and her style OF singing is purely and thoroughly
Italian. / was much amused with an old music
master, who only attended at the urgent solicita.
ton of friend, saying that no singer could ever
come out of America After hearing Mrs. East
colts first songs, he came up to my friend, with
peculiarly Italian gTimace, and said I" yield 4:
] am ridiculous blOckhead" Mrs. EastcOtt
preserves her strength aud voice, she is sure 10
make q sensation in the musical world
By the bye, what has become of BrOnzin0 8
! portrait of Amerigo Vespucci, which was gene
rally noticed by the American press four or FIVE
years ago II was given by the Cayaliere YES
pucci-the lineal descendant of the great geogra-
pher-to Mr.. Edwards Lester, for the purpose
of being presented 10 the American Gov
) ernment | believe il was exhibited for a
time in the Library of Congress at Washington.
The CayaGere Vespucci is in great tribulation
about it, as it was precious heirloom of the
family and, as he has received 10 notice of It's
acceptance by our Government, he rs anxious 10
recover il again.
LETT Florence in 1S45 independent, happy
and prosperous, and its Grand Duke enjoying
the affection and confidence OF its population. l
find it again in 1852 in the hands OF the Austri-
ans, enslaved and dreaming ofretrbution. The
Duke rarely ventures from his palace, and when
he does scarcely hat is lifted in ssutatlon. This
state of things may last for time, but it cannot
last forever. b. T.
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