Nashville patriot. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1858-1860, 1858-10-05
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The next picture to which our attention If
avn, is almost Immediately above the eH-
-aving last Enen,joa,d- am; " an oil pant
= concerning which there Is a great deal Of
-cassion. 1t r,prca,Als a icgend of tn
agUe of Venice. in Ehsch. while the Yesti-
nee was raging al its highest. Che patron
lnt of to-. city. 81 Mark WAS scea IN the
avrns calling upon God 10 stay the hand Of
destroying angel Tive discussion con-
| yuiHg it Is whether * Is only copy OF
n. work Of ono al tiae great masters or
]. work of thc master hisaselE Which ever
may be-, il is certainly painting OF the
hest order. a. any person may Scc "h"
il stand al a sufficient distance from II, 10
ve il; at one glance Its composition, aud
zen more Ct0Scly eyaEsIncd the correct
awiag of The figurcs The various emotions
pain, hope, fear, admiration, so admirably
gicted, and lhc manner liz which the sub
t is treated, leave no doubt as to the fact
is having come originally from some very
Eat painter. But whether IL Il tie original
If, or only ia copy, Is The question The
liter is OF the opininn thIt it is the original
the original; hat il. fhc rough drat or
dch which the painter made preparatory
his painting IL large picture, and standing
ely in the s:uCae light 10 II, that clay
del does to the statue which is aticrward
lpturcd from it. The reasons to be urged
this decision are these: its very unfinished
he; if IN artist had made a copy ot
original picture, lac would haze finished 1t
n, arly like it as be could and not have
so much 10 the judgment and inaglna-
i as is done in this; its small SIZE Is an
er reason; such ssIlj CTS a. these are gen
Iy put on canvas of sufficient dimensions
make them rs large or yearly as large a.
and also. the great eli at produced by
SmaH an outlay of labor eau BE- found
.ny picture in the exhibition, good OF bad
wing the hand of Il master and his d sire to
~ little work a. possible on a"ork which
yalurless to him as soon as his finished
ure Was completed; various other reasons
id lac given ia support Of this opinion, but
e fails aud we must proceed.
wo large pictures rcpr, scnting ruined
Die on an elniHcnce. are we'll worthy at
ution; the one below, WV from the sea,
he finest sea piece in the Exhibition; The
sparency Of the water, tue lowering
ds the coming storm, aud tue eti,cos of
driving wind are we'll shown, aud the
Nler eiails, as tue sailing boat fleeing from
rocky shore. the Precipice, the temple,
equally well done. Having got thus far,
re are II number of tine portraits and en-
ings inside the railing To occupy our at
on, a I'd in sid. the railing, and outside
aud hung to il, we would especially
= at the hue series of Autographs por-
rlng various scenes and battles IN the war
cen the Sikhs and British, they are rs
lful and l.ielike in appearance rs any
lres here This war, which was alto
,.r one of the most merciless ever wug,d,
Yin which the British met the severest OPP
lion that they ever experienced ended in
ntotal subjugation of the Sinks aud the
kticaI ann. xation OF their country TO Brit
ominion. Hang on the milling on the
! side of the entrance are a series of most
history of Paul and Virginia, which are
)ray of the highest admiration.
hnow only remains TO mention the works
enc centre table, and We shall be through
Examination: the only works, however, to
n the writer will call special attention,
he magnificent Autographs of the Crea-
the Birth of Christ, the Fall Of Jerusa-
the Cruciix.ou, and the appearance of
lldge al the last day. These. which, in
IA and execution. are amulg Tie very
things Oh exhibition, belong to the Rev.
Elliott who made the largest cuntribu-
o the Society that has been made, strip
the walls Of the fine halls aud Rooms of
,iest pictures, as well as sending large
.per of scarce and valuable specimens of
10 Indian curiosiIies and manufactures.
rteutre table is covered with beautiful en-
ags, oil paintings, Autographs. water
d paintings, all, or nearly all, of which
ge. the first order, and would take u day s
., nation.
.s article concludes the series which have
q. published on the landscape part OF the
iition: and will be followed by one de-
Zzny the curiosities and relies.
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