Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-08-15
DAILY SENTINEL
TUESDAY MORNING. AUGUST Is.
sHoDDY.
Experience os an EnGiish Lady with
the Artfcle-lts ideas OF Pine Art.

Experience OF an English Lady with
the ArtfcIe-lts ideas OF Pine Art.
lceIrsspondeDce q the C0rnhi lL0ndonl Magazine J
Before evening was over. found myself in a
smaller apartment, gorgeously furnished and
rendered truly remarkable by the abominaole,
SLOWLY framed paintings which nearly covered
the walls. A human quartette was seated on the
sofa a Ia Kenvig and il needed no second look
to convince me that saw the four children Of
nv hostess Feminine treble and masculine
bass we're represented there in equal parts, but
that effect vas purely matter Of faith as nothing
In their faces betrayed that they had ever Ut
tered a sound. Soon their mother appeared
"Lor Mrs. ID you herel We'll, / had TO get
on, Of the parlors for a minit-its sgffocating
there. This is our family setting room. Ellen.
stick in your shoulders, Miss This was ORA
matte aside. directed 70 the sofa department
81 see you're looking at the paintin's Well. We
have got lots Of them, that's certain. tell Mr..
q. we'll have a picture gallery before We know
it-hs l-ha but that's nothing-for the man .
bound 10 have everything that money can buy :"
Here q radiant, satisfied ripple of EXPIRES
sion ran across the quartette upon the sofa j
tried TO say something, but alas the allusion to
the possible art gallery bad jeopardIzed my gray
ity 70 such extent that / could only cough
psthetieslly. This ere big pictsre," pursued
Mrs. G.. els landscapes landscape by-ehil-
dren who is this Landscape by" Mr.. Benson.
they all answered in breath closing their mouths
instantly like four traps. "1es, Mr. Benson.
He'ss Western man, Mrs. D., and don't charge
more'n a quarter what these New Y ork painters
ask. he paints pretty. tho Amt that white
fence too natural7" she added. letting her head
drop sideways with its weight OF admiration.
Alas the fence was too natural, but did not
trust myself to say so. | merely bowed, and
stared vacantly at an ideal work presenting. as
suspected. Cupid and Psyche, since the blue da m
sci depicted therein balanced huge butterfly
upon her shoulder, and her youthful companion
bad the inevitable wings and culver OF the mis-
chievous God Of love. That picture, broke
forth Mrs O., standing in superb disdain before
me. "sn't my taste--Mr. G.. bought IL. It's a
fancy piece, you see-Cupid and children what
did your pa say was the name of this picture?'
Cupid and Per stitch - answered the two elder
ones simultaneously ooh. yes CUPID and
Per ntch But Mrs. ID you must look at our
portraits-we've had one artist for year past
doing all our family. Here's Mr.. q. and me.
You may think the yellow gloves in my
picture amt mates-any one might-but they
sre-the artist was bound to put up one
OF them in shsdder, in spite OF all j could
say. This is Daniels picture sit up straight,
Daniel, and let 20 your sisters sash , it's like
him. all but the hair. The naughty boy,
docking severely at Daniel burnt of one side
of his curls last week, and we had to cut of the
rest. Here's our youngest boy Tommy-the
end one on the sofa there-mOst beautiful boy
Always just sassy and lively as you see him
in the picture-ain't i. like him Mrs D.
"Nery like" without venturing to take a sec-
ond look at the original "Mr Bens said be
never seen a harder child to paint, it so diff
fcult to get his expression (Alack | should
think il would have been very difficult HE
took him at fret with one shoe on, and the other
IN ha but IN
have a child OF mine lookin' like that, so
made Mr. Benson alter it quick. | told him to
just change the shoe on the carpet to a kitten or
something Of that kind. and then to put good
balmorsls on the poor child. It's bad enough to
have your young ones looking like wild about
the house, without having their likeness took all
in a muss :"