, 1863-08-20
CHICAGO MUSEUm.
Art Gnllery-No. 2.

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than their own Intrinsic merits desarva - -
good to E1ow what is f.1se In art a. wall 80
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.,no. 49, r. - -Dy s.a.uo n'o'net' ana
a.asI .A'c .1 pss4 eonce1'eo u 1ae n'ga:maso
".e.o ~ .1S 4aaey 1oan VINO pa1ateo Them.
"lte1 ne iaao Pa'taken enormously ofa eup2er
VI soas1 PORE. line bloody color Of tho
NOUNS o. I'LL inc animals suggests tho raw
nol5o3 q ne"lF'kllleo beef In the shambles-
anu lae nar!'-aid anybod5 ever see "lar"
Ase that: 1t HOOKS as If 1t Lad been done
"'.u ~, eneA, anu Is nsfaaer IN It's tissues than
g1ins On .ne oack OF 1fesfnl porcnplne.
tnc c'oaos II tne oaekefoand are as solid and
neas5 hs rocks ma Then We hrss eaW tho ex-
m'pauon VIC 1nes1aed the painter Intended
tne" 10 Dc rocKs' oes1gned tor the lion to
!ean agains', aha turn 10 me raght.abont.tace
u no iouno Ing oogs were LIKELY to ontdaak
una Oh INC rear.
IaouSu " tnls oan1er however; aud the
49, .osa s.a"' wy uou hno"' ano oea'fes TO knoR'
~ 49, hsa ~ sss"a soou an.a,al pa1n'-
- @ .hss.saeI ~ eIa1,. ' 10y somt1tu 'nsse ooss'
d. % hv -sf.-r,na ~ a1a.s'. ausn 1'u ne can easny
-ns-rrs .n.--.E.ns, -. ~ -, ~ ~, ~ sne nn'
4AS1Oue tUEI1ElUE3 01 llt4 AItt9tS'S TlctufeS.
He wil soon discover the reason yhv he
spake 70 contemptuously Of these "hsntl-
mals' by Master Snyder. lie will find that
Landseer's dogs are nil alive. Each an iudt.
yidua1, with . history-and that eaca tells his
own storr. Ua "a a. ,rtens.,, s. ~. ra,a,crA rt
and at tbc saue tlme fa11 Of imaeination
.1-Laertcs and Ophelia fEicho,tx from
Mest) Is another Of these huge abortIons,
Which has nothing to make it remarkable
save the horrible and ghastly mad eyes, aud
resoltrg form OF ophelia- The man who
could thns render the sweet and mournful In
san1ty ot ore Of the most gentle, tender, and
beautiful Of all the creatures Of Shakespeare,
could hare had neither music nor fp2aeiuation
In his soul, and II he were not fit for treason.
stratagenls and spoils, was certainly well IT.
ted to be t1e painter.ge1era Of mad house.
We defy any one to look upon Ophe1ta's f4cs
rs E1choltz has here done 1t IN, after West.
without q feeling of pain and horror. and Il
is not exactly the object Of art to awaken
within us such shaaowv and ,n,nr,ona emo.
tons. Tho conception of Laertes ;sas had in
its way Is that of Ophelia-thatf is to sav,tis n1-
together misconception Of the character a.
tie whole picture il a misconcsntion md
burlesouc upon the ecene which It Y,rofa,se.
TO represent. Iaettes 4. a ina a. c,,or
with a hea1tbv connt,v f,ce eTn~c..,ra . -
e1eat se]fsat,sfacticn md h,h,t. rs -ra.o.s,
iol1ftv. He does mt seem at s11 eor>1 nts,.
h;a efatar,a f,ta .h,,+ ,oo1-.