The Washington union. [volume] (City of Washington [D.C.]) 1857-1859, 1857-10-10

which was stn more fixed upon Retzsch when his pc
tuIesque Fri King made its appearance transferring,
a. if BY magic power, the beholders mind 70 The
dreary realms of the ghostly potentAte In lez4 he
produced Fouque's 'SiutrsIn- This followed
BY his efforts in the spheres of mythology Bacchns,
in the figure Of a child sleeping upon a panther,
Diana, Cupid and Psyche, and several representations
Of SAtyrs He then composed series Of pictures en-
blemAtic of Human Life and Destiny, which gave eyi-
dence Of the originality al has conception and the depth
Of his sentiment In 1854 they published BY Jane
son In London But his most glorious achievements are
his outlines Of Faust which they appeared
IN lSI2 engraved IN England and France hence
forth his reputation ceased % be local and became uni
versal In lsl6 he elected member, and IN lsz4
professor Of the academy This glorious TINE for
art in Dresden Richter Dahl oehme, and Hummer
presided landscape painting; Voge portraits
Hahne and metsche statuary kriger and Steinla
over engraving Schnou, Hubner, PsndemAnn, BAehr.
and subject Of this notice the historical school
OF painting The of Dresden exered an in
spring influence upon Retzschs ardent Imagination
Raphaes Madonna d San Sso CorTeggio Notice, Carlo
Docis St. Cecilia Ttians Venus and Christo della Mon
eta and celebrated paintings by Paul yeronese Annha
Caracd Guido and other nlustrious italian masters
magnificent specimens Of Rembrandt Rubens vandyke,
Teniers Hans Hobein the younger RuysiAle, Nouver-
mans and Of other famous artists OF the Flemish and
German school several pieces by Claude, Nicolas Pous
sin and other distinguished French painters, formed
brilliant galaxy Of art in the Dresden gallery And how
could man like Maurice Retzsch live Ia such atno-
sphere without feeling constantly purre and high
er efforts The publisher Gotta, OF Stuttgart him
opportunity OF giving evidence Of his genius by en-
gaging him upon Schillsrs works.
His illustrations to Schiers Fight with the Dragon
sFridolin and Pegasus appeared, and these
followed BY the outlines of the Song Of the Bell which
belong to his brightest gems In 1877 he published his
celebrated outlines to ShakspeaEes Macbeth Hamlet Ro
meo and Juliet, Lear, The Tempest Othello and Merry
Wives Of Windsor. He also illustrated some OF Burger
thrilling ballads and in IsI6 published various outlines
Of his conception, under the OF Phantasien,
including the Struggle Of Light and Darkness the Cob
let the Game of Life and several other plates of which
the last named proved the most popular He exceed
Also portrait painter, especially Of miniature Por
traits but his claim 10 the admiration of poerty rests
upon his admirable outlines in which vgor Of thought is
singularly blended with tenderness Of sentiment while
leading idea Of the poet whose creations he srove 10
illustrate presdes the whole with wonderful lucdty
" This country possesses two works by the hand
of Retzsch There is a copy Of the famous Madonna d
San Ssto by him IN the city of Boston, In the possession
of c. c. Perkins, esq; and if we not mistaken, the
gentleman original drawing OF the Game Of
Life"
OyER SHoEz OvER Doors is nothing like being
spattered for making one defy the mud (French)
Hn'es que Ere eons pour q5yora s bouv515. These
proverbs true in their moral in their physical
application Persons whose characters already suled
are not very careful preserve them from further
tarnination When Madame de Cornuel demonstrated
with court lady certain impropreties in her conduct
the latter exclaimed 'Do let enjoy the benefit of my
| bad reputation"
We meet with the following Jerroldiana in recent
number Of a literary journal of no little pretension
Douglass Jerrold once said, MY notion of wife of
forty is that man should exchange her, like bank
note, for two twentes-
| Now this is simply absurd The language quoted as
Jerold uttered by character in of his comedies
ana to attribute it to JeTold himself is should
| say Shakespeare once sid,
aIAm very foolish fond old man
and upward
which might starle those not familiar with the tragedy
| Of King Lear