New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-11-14

; ~ Adam and Eve before and after the eHpuiS'o"'
-. hoor received here, and, we understand, are 10
he exhibited through the country, as the Originals "eo
o, rears AGO We never saw the original pictures,
shicb these are said to be improved copies; but we
ron hardly belve that such paintings as these were
=. ,ell received as the first reported to have
,aan II bcs been said that the original Adam and
Eve melted to their exhibitor in this country some
,bro Ike hundred thousand dollars though no part OF
Il ever reached the artist to whom the pictures De-
Iouoed The story is ncrediblei but 1t is also ncredi
HE that public taste in the United States shouio ever
have been at 30 low ebb TO have sanctioned INC
exrosure Of such paintings at ALL We have SINCE oeeh
fa,niliarzed with nudity in art by Powers "reeK
saye." Palmer's "White Captive Pages venus
and other statues and pictures in which the Iehaie
form is represented without other covering 10
vail its loyeliness than the sentiment OF purity
with which the genius Of the artist has invested
l. But the people can never be prepared to receive
a nicture ike that which Dubufe has attempted,
because .he subject itself is not only essentially I'M
prorer but the manner of treatment which 1t has
Ieceived nj bic hands is low and indicate. There ID
no elevation of continent no charm of color or draw
np in the pctures Of this artist and it rash at
TEMPT for him to put upon the temptation OF the
the fallen angels and no human being can, with feel
inc Of selfrespect, look upon his Adam and aclnowl-
edge him az the primal ancestor of the race to which he
belongs. "The London Saturday Review" in a recent
article in relation to this country, remarked with an
cir Of balmy appreciation, that there was consider
able refinement in the United States" and we think
we may safely that there is altogether too much
TO render the exhibition of another Adam and Eve"
az profitable as the first was.
Mr. Inness came to town few days SINCE from
his rural home in Massachusetts, to bring new land
scare which he had just finished, and was taken Ill
the dav after his arrival TO be confined to his
bed His new picture is one of the finest that he has
produced 1t is bold and successful representation oil
a thunder gust such often seen in New-England
in August; while the black Clouds and peaing thun-
der, and sweeping storm al 4 esolating one part of
the andcaro, the sun is shining brightly in another.
He has seized upon the characteristic points OF the
scene. ard given them with remarkable fidelity and
yigor Tie picture is on exhibition at Nicholss, in
Broadway.
1t has been mentioned in the art gossip of a cotem-
pornry that an edition of Lowells "BiglOw Papers"
was to be published in England illustrated by George
Cruikshank. But We presume that the rumor IL
founded upon new announcement of one OF the Lon
don editions Of that famous satire, which was pub
lisIed in London two years since, with an illustration
by the great George 1t is a singular Circumstance
that the Biglow Papers, which must be mostly ca
ya,e 10 foreign readers should have found appreci-
alive artist TO illustrate their peculiar humor in England
before finding one here.
Among the recent additions to the picture gallery
Of the Historical Society very excellent portrait
Of Charles f. Hoffman, and portraits, said TO be copiesof
originals, OF Columbusand Vespucus two last being
donations from Mr.. r. X. IIaght. Marble busts of
BRYANT ard Alson have also been added to the collec-
tion already quite large, Of portrait busts. Measures
were proposed al the last meeting Of the Society for
increasing tler artistic possessions and it would be
highly commeudabe thing if the Society were to con-
fine it's purchases to pictures Of historical charac-
ter such as portraits OF distinguished Americans either
dead or living. But il would be hazardous expert
ment for the Historical Society attempt to make
QUESTIONS of Old Masters" paintings of any other
hind which had not some positive historical value.
The greater number of the paintings in the gallery
Of the Society are hardly worthy of preservation as
works of ant and but few of them have any special
value in historical view. national portrait gallery
has recently been founded by the British Nation, and
to undertake similar course il strictly and very appro
priaey within tie province Of Historical Society
while Iromiscuous picture gallery is altogether
foreign to the objects for which the society was
founded.
The frequenters Of our public exhibitions have oc
casionally feen some exquisitey painted frit and
flower pieces by J. w. Hill; and now and then beau
tiful bit of landscape from the artist. There are
two Hlls father and son. and both diligently work
ing at their rustic home in Clarkstown, Rockland
County, n. Y.