Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1857-09-06
ART NEWS.

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STATUE or JoHS ADAMa-Ths propristorl
Of Mount Auburn Cemetery will be gratifeC
to learn that the statue of John Adams. b,
Randolph Rogers, the distinguished Americaf
sculptor, has been completed at Rome anc
shipped for this city, where it may be expected
TO arrive in the course OF a few weeks. The
other statues are in a great state Of forward,
ness. 10 consequence Of the lamented lines:
OF Mr.. Crawford, the statue Of James OH.
may be delayed, but it may, nevertheless, b,
regarded as sure Of completion, the design and
plaster model having been finished By that art.
list, and placed in the hands Of the marble.
workers sOme time before bis attack OF ifiness
OF American artists in Rome, we learn from
the CrayOR thas Page is occupied with a poT-
trait Of Mrs. Story, the wife OF the sculptor.
and with several landscapes Of Csmpsgna
scenery. tn landscapes seem TO be made
chiefly TO illustrate his peculiar and sdmirabI,
theory of painting to ne they lonk like ex-
periments only. he is also engaged on a large
work, which promises to be a very fine one.
The subject is, " Aaron and Hezz holding On
the hands OF Moses, until the going down OF
the sun" Il is a grand subject, and is simply
and worthily treated. The three figures
lighted BY the warm rays Of the declining sun.
are seen upon the summit OF the mountain,
relieved against the eastern sky. rhe venera.
bic prophet is seated, while the youthful Hezz
ana the priestly Aaron, standing on either side
support his weary arms. The contrast be.
tween the figures Of the priest and leader.
dropping with age and fatigue, and the vigo-
rous, manly form Of Hezz, with his sword snt
shield by his side, who is gazing eagerly down
az the battle, which RACES in tbs valley below
and whose whole soul seems engaged in III,
congenial combat, and Inpatient Of the dut,
tnst keeps nm away, is very fine. The large
siiverY moon, Just risen over the eastern hori.
zen, snoWs that day is almost done, and the
tegions OF the Amalskites beginning to az in
the valley beneath, tell that the battle is almost
won. had the gooi fortune to see the Dor.
trait OF Mrs. Crawford, BY Page, painted two
years ago. IhaVe never tseen a finer portrait
By n ybody. hear Page is engaged in writ
ing a book on painting Wild. Of Boston. Ia,
adopted Pages theory, and is one Of the verv
few who practice it with success. His ehiei
work this winter is called Women OF cerba.
RAJ Several women, with q ~cobeas'' on theil
beads, and dressed in the rich costume peculiar
70 their district, are descending BY a mountain
path from beirTock-psrched tower to a foun-
tain. know " no one who feels 20 thorough
y as Wild The antique grace and style Of the
Italian contadise, or who renders it SO sristo-
eraticaily. Clifford, of your CITY, has painted
four pictures this winter one is called " Ne
mi" the view being from the terrace Of the
little ina at Nemi, iookingro over the lake, the
ridge Of Genzano, Monte Glove, and the dis
taut Campsgna to the hoTizon-line Of the Med
iterranean. This is a large picture, as well as
the second one, called The Valley Of Lsuter-
brumen,> a Swiss scene. The effect of q rich
and warm Italian atnosphers in early autumn,
eharseierizes the hrst picture, in contrast with
the clear, sharp, transparent atmosphere in
the second, which, is peculiar to Alpine scenery.
The view on Lake Como is the third, and The
:. Riviera di PSmente - Is the fourth, being a
view from the Villa PaIIavieini, Genoa.
Among the sculptors, bartholomew is en-
gagged on a stat ue Of Washington for The city
Of Baltimore. Il is still unfinished, but il
promises well. Rogers is closely occupied
with the models for the bronze doors for the
Cspitol-extension. u will be six months or
more before they are ready for casting. This
important work will add greatly 10 bis repu-
tation. Paul Akers has received numerous
commissions for bnsts, and has an order also
TO put his group OF Sun and the Lion" in
marble. He Is making copies In marble Of
some Of the finest statues in the museums of
the Capitol and Vatican, including the Dying
Gladiator. The casts, which serves az models
for these copies, are taken directly from the
originals. These works are for Mr.. King, Of
Newpcrt a gentleman Of large wealth and re-
fined taste, who is doing a valuable service to
his country in thus transporting to America
good copies Of some Of the 6nest works Of an
tiquity.
Crawford, the sculptor, is still under the care
Of DR.. Fell in London. A portion Of The can
cerons tnmor back Of his eve Is removed, and
with no subsequent return Of paralysis or cpl
iepsv, and With a grea. relief from pain. The
process Of renewal employed By the physician
consists in TIE application TO the eye OF some
powerful caaterizing eminent Che compost
ton os which has not been disclosed which
is followed BY pTicking, and thus drawing out
FIRST the eye itself and then toe tanor behind
t. IN this way the eye has been destroyed
a part Of the tumor.
The physician has been entirely successful