New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-08-25
ART ITEMS.
The Summer and Autumn had been so wet,
That in Winter the corn was growing yet

That in Winter the corn was growing yet
So GAYS Southey in his ballad of Bishop Brunoi and,
from all accounts, If wet Autumn and cold Sammer
keep the corn growing until midwnter, they are
likely to have green Christmas in Old Eoglandi and,
but for the rich folsom of our golden fields there's
many man among them, we fear, who would have to
90 snpperless to bed But the cold and the wet have
done more than TO damage the crops ID England the
oloominess Of the weather, IL would seem, has pre-
vented artists from painting pictures and making draw
iDgs 1t lad betn announced that Rowse, the crayon
artist of Boston, whose fine drawings are well known
IN New-York went to England this Summer to take
the portraits Of the two greatest OF British authors
CARLYLE and Tenpyson. He lately returned without
having executed bis commissions and it was SAID tht
the refusal of the two distinguished authors 10 sit 10
him was the cause Of his failure But we are glad 10
learn that they are net such churs. Mr.. kowse iS
now in Newport, and correspondent writing thence
saws that the cause Of the artists nonaccomphshmeht
of bis mission was the bad weather which prevailed
all the time he was there. bis eyes were weak ana
there was go little light that he could not see to work
by il. eau the moist climate Of England have any
thing to do with the fondness of English artists Tor
water. color And tue dryness aud briuianey OF
onr own climate be the cause Ct there being no watsr
color painters among u.s. If climate have anything 10
do with the matter, the effects ought to be reversed
Bat we suspect they do not.
We saw at Dechaux's the other day, an exqui-
site photograph taken of Staiggs beautiful picture Oh
the are-footed beggsr girl Staigg lie himself at New
tort. which appears to be favore point OF reunion
for artists this Summer audit seems that special honor
has been paid art there, by naming one OF the he"
streets after Greenough, the sculptor like honor
might be paid with great proprety to Malbone ana
Stuart who resided there before the place had been
discovered by the fashionable world.
Mr.. Charles Edwards, an English lawyer residing
in New-York, proposes novel method OF commemo'
rating the yisit Of the Prince Of Wales or rather oil the
Baron Renfew, to this city. Instead OF giving MIN
banquet OF bail, Mr.. Edwards suggests that would
be better to erect magnificent public drinkneIount
ain from design by Of artists in some pu 'nc
place. The proposition Of the fountain is every way
commendabe, Prince or 10 Prince, aud II reminds Us
that it is now three years since the subject oil drinking
fountains was discussed by the public papers anu Una
resolutions in favor of erecting them passed inc ION
mon Council large number Of designs were nlaoe
for the fountains all Of which, 80 far az our own oo
seryation went, were hideousy ugly. Ii some Oh our
artists would volunteer 10 make designs Tor drinking
fountains, perhaps the Corporation would ADOPT 'nem
There are good many ornamental drinking fountains
in London. which have been erected daring the past
three years, but bore, in this City OF Fountains ~