New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-27

rs meapbT With Inc gfeetem onecfneseL foTce aud
clesnes But take No. 1856 Geek Ssundsrs" and
Who, even ale, reading tho ballad can comprehend
u april Love-" No. S-misht il not just ss
yell - dstd the 18th Of Nay. unless We are to nader
stand the tear on TIE ady's cheek as standing syn-
bthoslly for April showers
"Tbe Eve Of Sc. Ague'," by Mr.. Haut, is q small
picture illustrative Of Kesss poem and although il ia
not treated 9Th symbols Il ssll bear. strong reeem
bsrce 70 the email pictures by Hantegss and Ssndro
BotficeE ard 10 NAKED BY the same esrpestness OF
conception and execution that 90 emicently oharsc-
tsfIe their works Without An exalted Ain, Il is
cpte in color and wanting in serisl perspective; While
the egs Of the lover ard those Of the sleeping acksy
are iDe1cusably bad in drawing.
The King Lea,' Of Mr. Brown is ia every way
6ser work Of EFT. II is boldly cor eeived, and the
dirtily clad old man sleeps well. In its execution,
however, 1t lie very imperfect. The gesture Of Cor.
della lie eItfavsgant without significance, and the
cOlo-rg Of her fesh s unnecessarily stained with red.
Nor ia there any natural why the musicans ard
others shOuld have such copper. colored faces The
tents the Gifts beyond ard the .ky and clouds have
aerial perrect and the only claim to Rsphs
i'm IN the picture the same absence Of technical and
msnipr alive skill which chsTscserizes Of those
early works. For thf however, lie less to be excused
tb they because this fault must either be from want
Of . proper study or sheer afectation.
"Middlemas's Interview with bis unknown Parents"
by Windus 10 one of the best little pictures in the
hibition. II has not the ST severity Of the historical
nor the symbolism Of the religious compositions. I;
is an Incident in ,ocia life, treated in the genre style,
corresponding in ito ruthfupess 10 the works Of Metzu
Terberg, Wilkie Leslie and Mulresdy. The express.
sion of the ysuths face Is uncertain It looks quite
much like mplorDg mercy like expressing gratitude.
There are also Of color for instance the
left leg, in shadow of the Old man, has not the
local color a. the right ose though there 10
for the difference. The figure Of Zelis owing 10 the
position of the head and arms is made TO appear too
long. The tone Of the picture however exceedingly
agreeable, and the painting throughout evinces close
study and fine appreciation of nature. Look, for eI-
ample at the three head and also at the left leg and
foot of Middemss; for delicscy and careful painting
they are scarcely surpassed by anything We know Of
in genre art
There are FIVE pictures by Mr. Hughes, all Of them
apparently the result of perverted optics and wful
marnerism. In Ophsis," apart from the expression
of the face which do not understand, what can be
more offensive than the hard sharp, flesh terminaons
of the srms and lower part Of the face Why should
the ky be greer, with something purple below it, that
no mind can comprehend What plea can be set up
for the tru,bfulness and earnestnsss Of an artist who
Celebrates with del berate and painful minuteness,
grasses and fungi and In the picture paints i'm
po,tbe drsperes in the place Of legs to the principal
fguIsl
No. SO, "Home from Sea" has the advantage Of an
affecting subject. youth returns, after years of sb-
sepce and hardship to find grass and flowers on his
mother grave in tho churchysrd. 1t is sad story;
yet who would ever be touched to tears by this pic
ture 90 doubtful in pictorial power and artistic learn
irgf The thesdbsre trick Of hiding the face instead
of utrg it to depict the desoste of the orphan is
upmsny; and the time wasted in the endeavor to
represent each blade Of grsss Pickering sunbeam and
cobweb, at the expense of human thought and emo
ton, is quite intoersble. And who can tell thst the
boy il not sseep7 Besides, nature Is always careful
not to oerd the eye With harsh contrasts. The Au-
tumpsl tints Of her American forests she breaks and
.oiteps with shadows and aerial lights, until their
psud, .pepdors are subdued into delicious tenderness.
She does the same with the green tints Of Sum ner.
Yet the green pigment in this picture has all tn
offensive rankness Of verdigis. Besides, here is
stmos pheic dittsnce and the symbolic lamb is as ltI
real Is if it had been drawn from oy-shop. Prior TO
the tine Of Raphael, there is nothing in painting 20
Dad as there pictures and the only resemblance they
"The Parting of Lord and Lazy William Russell,
by Mr.. Lucy, is historical picture, treated in
familiar and Natural manner and deserves high COM
sndaton. It is marked throughout with the careful
study of nature ard If one did not know the story, 1t
vould stl be obvious at once that the 10 going
away With her hesrt full Of controlled 1t is
simple and touching picture, but not subject for
large canvas.
L@iehton's Reconciliation Of the Montagues and
Cspuets" No. 100 10 more fortunate in the proportion
of ito figures sxd the picturesqusness of costume IL
svincss thoughtfal study The dignity and wrath Of
the old MOBILES sobsred iato sad and tender rscorc
ston at the fate Of the two lovers and the passion of
Juliet, q she clasps Romeos head sealing her love in
the en- brace Of DEATH finely expressed The figure
of Lady Capulst, bowed down upon the bier, is %
sonfepndea with the lovers az 10 be slightly perplex
ing. But the whole picture 10 earnest, aud fall Of
power truth, aad feeling; and II it is not a. complete
in oil tie details a. the works Of older and sblsr arfts
in TIE dramatic ichoo Of painting il is still manly and
strajg htforwsyd, snd promise Of better things.
"Sanson in the MIL" By Mr.. ArAitsge; Carl
baldi at the Siege Of Rome" by Mr.. Thomas, aud
Prince Henry sssun ing bis Fathers Crown" by
Mr. Horsley are pictures Of learning and power in their
way, suggestive of much practice and facility in dc
sign ard painting; but neither is Of hat character
which msies . work of art desirable a. q constant
conpsnios, though al have too much merit TO pass
without notice. The only picture by Machse is No.
worthy Of him, and to thoss vhs have not seen his
good works caumnistes the artist.
The landscapes of the Exhibition are tororn indeed
Everything lie FILTERED away upon ninporant and
unsightly detail. or speckled and drab With affected
ns,nsrsm for example, in No. 81, l27 and l2s. IT is
deplorabe 70 see nature 30 fAsfed and misused Sire
s sot hard crude and rspulsive in hss broad masses
the color 10 subdued into tints, grsdusted with sRch