The Lansing state Republican. [volume] (Lansing, Mich.) 1855-1874, 1860-04-18
From the n. Y. Kvs,i.,
Death OF Mrs. Jane,>.

ns with great regret that We ~.
cord the death OF Mrs. Anna Jameson !. .~.
who has done more than anv otb.. -
present day, and certainly more than An, Ne
who ever wrote in our language. to or.. =
general mind TO the principles Of Art IA re
it TO ready perception and feeling Of ths -
est beauties in works of painting and srrs,e'
Ii seems impossible for art TO have a mo.s 1n
able and lucid expcsitor of its principlss .ss s
office.
Mrs. Jameson was the daughter Of .
Mr.. Murphy, painter.in- ordinary to III, ~:
Charlotte. The time of her birth -. =.
find mentioned in any of the notices of - :.
but il must have been somewhere in n.
century. She was married about the ~, IT,.
TO Mr.. Robert Jameson, the late vics.Ch.,.ssa
of Canada, with whom she seems never !. ~.
lived, and whom she survived six year, n
first published work Was the Diary Of q. -
zee, written soon after marriage, an as,...as'
book, which unlike most works of the ~ !
still read, and read, as We can assure our 49,.
with great interest and no little profit +, =,
traveller in different provinces Of Italy in "a
il was written. Her next work was tia -
Of the Poets, published in 1929; and tn ~
succeeded by the Lires Of Celebrated E..L
Sorereigns, in 1881. Her Characfe-;s;,. !.
Women, one of her most popular q veu .
most agreeable works, was published tia ~,
year. We do not design 10 give Q casaloe,. =
all her writings, which are quite nunero,.
Her Handbook TO the Public Galleries /. -
near London, which appeared in ls4s, ana h,
Companion 10 Pirate Galleries or An !.
Londoa, are extremely useful and ccuveo;..
works. l, is delightful in visiting thee e,u..
les, 10 have guide SO accomplished and in,eS.
gent, and so able persuasively TO inculc,aa =.
the techncaities OF art only, but Its hiehe.e ~
!. noblest lessons. Her Memoirs of tie r..
italian Painters, published in lS4s, form -.
other extremely useful book, populsrizips =.
history of modern art, and leading the re,d.,
step by step, from its beginning TO the period q
, its perfection. Sacred and Legendary Art a
, which the Legends Of the Nomassie Orjr.
and Legends OF the Modonna are but The =.
, qusl, appeared in lSiS, and passed third e.
ton in 1857. Ii is illustrated, ike some Of b,
other works, with outline sketches of her own
and has become favoritc companion Of lover
/ OF art travelling upon the European Coutines
Mrs. Jameson took strong interest in social sn;
i. moral questions. Her Essays on Social Nova
give proof OF this, and her still later lecture q,
the Ststers 81 Charity, Catholic and Protestsa,
and that on the Conmunion Of Labor. are
r possible, still more earnestly and pcrsussiyeh
written.
4 Her latest labor, that which occupied her "a
two years before her death, and which she i
said 10 have left nearly finished. il en,isle,
History Of our lord and Of His Perseeuto,
John the baptist. Nth the Persosases an
Typical Subjects Of the Old aud Nee 7ssse
c nents, as deprecated in Christiam Art" Thi
work was to be elaborately illustrated ana n,
studies and inquiries necessary to the colscsir
of materials had taken her again TO Italy az
: other parts Of the continent We cav Der 4
!, Naples in the winter Of 1858, where she hst
f many friends among the better part Of he n
tive gentry, and where she was occupied IN n
king the notes and illustrations from which hi
work was To be composed. She had begun b
he little intrm in health, and her in6ruitsI
: were not such as 10 interrupt her studies end n
quires, while her mind seemed to retain an ID
!: original activity and her imagination the Eos O
early days. The summer following found hs |,
Paris, occupied in the same pursuit. In Narl
: of the present year she paid visit 70 u
; Reading Room of the British Museum, cite
which she complained of a cold, which Va
!, followed by severe bronchial affection. Til
disease, after few days illness put an end q
, her life on the 18th OF the month.
Mrs. Jameson has left many friends in hi
country, as well as in England and on the cont
> nent of Europe. Her eympathes were warm
generous and unaffected; her conversation De
+ lghtful and instructive. As critic In art Oh
was remarked for dwelling on beauties maths
!, than on faults. In her appreciation of iterar
merit, and in her estimate of the character @
: others, she followed the same amiahie rule.