The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-07-27
THE CRYSTAL PALACE.
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The vacant space intended for the exhibition of
The Ghobelin tapestry and Sevres porcelain, which
are expected to arrive from France in few days. is
being prepared for the reception Of those beautiful
and unequaled productions of art The place ap-
proprated for these articles is in that portion of the
French department Immediately adjoining the stairs
leading from the intersection to the west gallery
Several valuable additions have been made since our
last notice Of the exhibition to the French collection
Two immense carpets, each Of which is over twenty
feet long and eighteen wide, were displayed yester
day. There are no jennings in either of them
each being complete in ITSELF The patterns of
both are well wrought, but the colors are not
fresh and brilliant enough for our TASTE The French
mechanical piano, which we described few days
ago. always attracts crowd of visiters when in ope
ration; but the principal object of attraction yester
day during the few hours it was in the building
was piece Of statuary representing hunter strug
Cling with bear. This was brought into the exhi-
bition about noon, and we believe will occupy place
somewhere in front of the French department. As
all exciting subjects of this kind are attractive whe
ther well or poorly executed it will alwaysbe an OBJ
tended to illustrate is repete with interest for those
who are fond Of the terrible. The hunter, whose
neck is ornamented with necklace formed Of the
nails Of bears claws, the evidence Of his previous
victories over many ursine antagonists, is locked
in the fatal embrace of his shaggy foe, and struggles
feebly to release himself. The net in which the
bear is partially enveloped, shows that the hunter
had attempted to entangle him, but failing in this
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the brute, infictng fatal wound. Both are, there
fore, in the death struggle The huge fore paws of
the bear have grasped the dying hunter with terrible
tenacty and his dropping head and last feeble effort
to release himself prove that the struggle on his
part is nearly ended. The agony of the bear and
his vain endeavors to pluck the knife from his
neck, are well represented The artist has in
.rodueed as one Of the group, a cub, which
is playing about the legs of its dam, appa
rently unconscious of the struggle. The group,
though not without some defects, possesses many
merits. 1t is spirited, and no matter what critics
may say, it will demand more than the passing
notice Of the visiters.
In the German department there is an extensive
display of feathers, dressed in various Styles and an
excellent assortment of firearms. The collection
however, is not so good as we anticipated and is
but poorly calculated to do credit to the genius and
skill of the fatberland.
Visiters to the United States department must
have observed the great preponderance of daguerreo
types and soaps Of all descriptions, over every
other article on exhibition. We have, it is
true, q very credtable display of machinery
and agricultural implements, but they are more than
counterbalanced by the articles to which we have
alluded. One hundred specimens Of daguerreotype
portraits would be considered sufficient by any rea
sonable person to prove our proficiency in the art
but what will our readers say when we inform them
that there cannot be less than thousand? The Ame
Tican Institute bad enough in this respect, but
the Crystal Palace is much worse; it has increased
the number in proportion to its own dimensions. Por
traits which have stared at for years from signs
before the doors Of Broadway daguereotypists have
been placed the free list at the Crystal Palace and
their "old familiar faces' greet us with the same
dignifed look. Here you may see some of the most
distinguished men in the country, sir, and others
who trying hard to be distinguished In this ex-
teDsive gallery you will see strong minded women,
and any number of interesting young ladies, who
look out at you with the most bewtching expression.
There are, in fact all varieties-Lydia Languishes
and other romantic heroines, ad infnitun,.
Then look at the piles Of soap-brown soap, yellow
soap, white soap and red soap and than twenty
other varieties. There are busts of Henry Clay,
President Polk, and other celebrated men, all done
in soap, besides which there is enough of perfume to
smother q hundred men.
In addition to the daguerreotypes, we find an end
less variety of notions and curiostes all of which
are objects of much attraction to visiters.
The colored people will be glad to learn that they
are admitted to the exhibition on equal terms with
other vsters. All the association requires from each
individual is half dollar, on the payment Of which,
be he colored white, he is entitled TO admission.
Hereafter the audiences will be of mottled COM
plexon, and we shall in all parts of the palace
fashionably dressed colored ladies and gentlemen as
well as white.
We regret to state that Sir Charles Lyel, who has
acted one of the English commissioners, leaves to-
day. in the steamer Arabia, for England During
his brief vist here he has taken much interest in the
exhibition. His sudden departure will be sincerely
regretted by the numerous friends he has made
among US.
Single tickets sold So, 2,O41
Season ticket admission. Observation-Disclosures. 721
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