New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-09-15

bad and the meet highly educsteA connosseor cogd
hardly have doCe better, either ia the selection Of
tsis or in the choice # subjects TO further hi,
objects. II is only eighteen years since the
first number Of The Illustrated London Mems made
its appearance, and journsls Of that class are now
among the ndisI ensabie aids Of social existence Mr.
/. gram vas a news-aseLt in Nottingham, England
he bad been bred printer, 10 bis naive
town Of Boston, aid of urse had enjoyed excel-
Iert opportunities of discovering what were the pu
lsr tastes Seeiugtba papers which contained pictures
sold b.ter than any Others he conceived the lea Of
publishing sn illustrated weekly journal. The iaas-
troted London Neus the most successful publishing
enterprze of the line, the result IL has not only
been successful rs an us,rator of current events bn
BY publishing Illustrations Of high artistic merits, il
has done good service by educating the public eye to
an appreciation OF what is iptrinscay csc llsnt in
art Mr. Ingram was a man of various talents, Of
great business tact, Magistrate, and q Member of
Parliament he was Liberal in politics. aud great
admier Of American institutions, Of his class
are apt to be- but IL il onl, promoter Of the in
teTefis of snd the friend of the artist that VIC feel
called upon to aude to him here. An artist friend Of
onrs " no met Dir. Ingram in Canada, aud Travelled
with him 10 Niagara, and who has TO regret having
recon meDded him to make the excursion which had
lsmenable termination greatly impressed by his
SIMPLICITY of manners the tender attachment he
sho wed for bis young con, al bis almost utter igno
rance of America. He was timidy apprehensive of
steamboat accidents and mentioned that he would have
brought come other member of his family with him
but for bis fear of daI gers from travelling Among his
Other strange i'm preesons about the United States
the belief that the people Of the country lived aoge her
in hotels As he probably derived many of his Ameri-
can idtas from reading DIR. Mackay's letter in The
Illustrated NeUs his erroneous Impressions are not
much to be marveled at.
We learn that the artists of the Studios in Tenth
street such Of them at least happen to be in the
city are tai ing steps toward making special exhibit
ton, TO which they intend to invite the Pdoce of
Wales that The future Majesty Of England may have
an opportunity to be abe TO form an opinion Of the
present state of art in this country. Unless they do
this, r. III. " i'll hardly be able to know anything of
art in America, except as connected with dining, dane
ing, apd speech making.
Mr.. jackson, the sculptor, is about departing
from this country on visit to Italy. he will embark
next month from Boston for Mesena, and thence so to
Florence, where he intends remaining two years
BE takes with him bis model for the Kane Monument
which he will execute in Florence.
Mr. Church has quite recovered from the effects of
bis recent accident by being thrown from his wagon
and left NewYork on Monday last sketching tour
to Mount Desert.
"A bust of the venerable Ohio statesman. Thomas
Ev il g, has recently been modelled by Mr. T. d, Jones,
who is now resident of Ohio. The bust is highly
spoken Of by those v no have seen it.
Mr.. William Page has taken the rooms in the
Tenth street Studio building, recently occupied by
Mr. Bieretadt and will in few days set up his easel
there an he at work once more III New-York.
We learn by an announcement in acoteuporary Jour
nal that " Matthews, the wel.koown New-York paint
err is nation aziDg bis epu ation by painting fs pOr
traits in each of the chief cities of the West Hs
coed thing to do, and we happy to learn that Mat
thews lie doing it,
MIR. Healy, who at present calls himself citizen
Of Chicago, is reported to be whiting the Southern
States TIE statement is rather indefinite bat it suf
fcient to indicate the direction of his rambings.
1t i, matter of wonder that none oithe enerprs-
Ing Broadway builders who are utterly regardless Of
expense in striving TO Guido each other in the magT-
fcepce of their white marble aud olive complexion
tacSdes, have lit upon the idea of tower, some
tlirg, for example in the style Of tue Campanie of
Florence In would be striking in effect, and 80
prominent as All advertisement. The new fne-art
gtlery erecting by Mr.. Derby above Houston street,
is in fact tower az compared with the buildings on
each eide Of it, 8nd its front already rises to greater
hight than the gray gothic towers Of S.. ThOmas'5
Church. which are destined ere long TO he taken
down This fne-art gallery will have the mos highly
decorated 'front.' in all Broad way and already begins TO
attract attention by the beauty of It's sculptures Il
rather too narrow 10 produce line effect ard the three
emblemaica figures on the second story are rather
too slender TO serve the purpose Of caryades which
should always appear equal to the endurance of the
burden imposed upon them. 1t is great mistake too
TO make earya'ides embematica statues rs destroys
he original idea for hich these figures are employed
IN architectural establishment.
1t has been frequently mentioned in the Journals of
Sew.York and Boston that Mr. Rowse went to Ea
,lsnd to make porait of Tennyson for Mr.. LYpofe
ow; but it was Prof Lowell Of Cambridge, who gave
i'm the commission for Tennysons portrait, and Mr.
Emerson who commissioned him to take portrait of
jsrlyle.
Mr.. Schaus of Broadway has Just added to his
alery pictures purchased by him mis- recent visit TO
europe, by Il. Frere. Lambnet, Coavet, Couturier.
)az Fichet, Merle Laufant de Metz Girardet Lam
ert Monfaet, and other artists of the Continental
cbcos.
The premature death of Deschamps, the French |
sinter, will probably cause his works to rise |
neatly in their market value, as they are among |
NEST highly priced pictures Of the modern French
cbool. At the sale of the pictures of the Duke of |
)reabs after his death, small painting by Des- |
lamps, for which he paid but 800 friucs cold
900. There have been but few of Deschaups' pic |
nrea sean in this country the small lnndscans i'm the