The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-11-04
FIN E AR rs.

DC Haas Is engaged picture commemorative Of tho
running OF the batteries Of New by the federal
fleet under the command of Admiral Farragut The Ad.
m!ra who takes great interest in the work. gives the
artist the benefit Of his suggestions during its progress
Tho picture consequently promises to be OF the
most accurate and spirited that has been produced BY
any marine painter.
Mr.. De Hans has aiso pretty well advanced 10 compile
ton two other works Of Importance one, "a Storm tho
Coast of Rhode Island" and the other, "a View In
Narragansott Bay"
LEONARD, French artist has lateiy arrived in New
York. with collection OF his paintings Most Of them
blend allegory and history, inasmuch Mr. Leonard
with singular zeal and Observation-Disclosures has devoted his
best efforts IN art TO the propagation Of advanced po
cal ideas But this kind Of pictorial political proparaDd
ism has made him exile from Brussels we'll from
Paris We fear that the enthusiasm with which he has
come TO she land Of the Free may be chilled whom he
finds how little interest population takes In high
politics In the abstract especially during the excite
OF election with It's fierce parsanshp and petty
nrigues tho Several OF the pictures OF Mr.
Leonard OF such great size that he has thus far
unable TO obtain suitable place for exhibiting them.
One Of these, "Iiberty Chasing Despotism." In
spircd by tho victory Of the United States OF America
tho prosavcry secesonists OF the South Enlarg
ing his conception both the struggle and the victory
the artist has symbolzcd IN this episode
the grand comba4 Of tho future against the
past OF liberty against despotism, or justice against
niquity OF light against darknesA Another colossal
picture symbozes tho old conflict between right
and wrong-between love- genius and brute force
stiA general scale. This Is entitled sThe Comba,
OF the Gans" but like the other still remains the
Custom House. Until we have had opportunity OF
seeing these productions, wc only hopo that the
artist escaped the fatal Of msaking large for
n,Nv ~ s,dU 49, .I.esu
aims from three pictures which be has exhi.
bition his studio No ll55 Broadway The princi
pal Of these The Invasion OF Mexico" dedicated
TO Juarez and symbozng the violent aggression Of
tain European Powers upon the republic OF Mexico This
picture bold design and color has special interest OF
octgaiiS at the present moment. Another, SOLITUDE
Remorse" sufficiently indicates that the artist is
Eapoleonis,. Three others, "A Holy Family" thine
Snatchng Away Love-" and "a Portrait" tof the art
lists young daushter), show that Mr. LEONARD can
beauty in other spheres than 'hish politics." But
have intimatod, his chief ambition leads him in the
lat er direction.
A private exhibition OF Ballings largo picture The
Heroos OF tho Republic. took place yesterday. The pc
ture was painted to the order of Genoa Howard.
Of this city and contains life size portraits OF twenty
seven Of our Generals on horseback Grant is In the
centre, with Sherman next to him. The portraits all
from life and noticeable feature OF the exhibition
a Of original sketches each OF them signed by tho
General from whom il mado. The picture measures
about twenty feet by twelve. The artist, Mr Balng,
was colonel In the war, but unfortunately, bong
wounded obliged put aside bis sword and resume
bis pencil. Happily tho OF moro wsrlike weapons
had not caused his right hand to lose its cunning
Mr Henry W. DENLY has purchased the famous col
lection Of Mr. W. p. Wright Of weehawkcn. II con-
tans one hundred and sixty three pictures by leading
American and foreign artists including The Horse Fair
by Rosa Bonheur The Diamond Tags, by Robert Feury
capital Troyon and works by Gal!sit. Ansdel Yer.
boeohoven, Andrcss Achcnbach, kgnot, Eastman John
son, Church, Kcnsett &c
Broadway Ii haunted by the ghost Of Washington Alls
ton At any rate we we're accosisd last evening by
insane old gentleman with venerable white beard who
insisted upon exchanging cards writing his own name
distinctly washington hllston two cards. $50 that
we might not forget H. Perhaps wc might or might not
have heard OF before He longer painted but lived
on the memory Of his beautiful arn Blocker street,
He soon dverged from his quiet talk about art, and
asking ~ wc comprehondcd the actual confederation Of
politics he broke forth into aving eulogy Of John
Hoffman, quickly collecting around him crowd. and
''came away"
Apropos OF politics and art, the main attraction or
Goupils show window Is nno portrait, by Gerhard, OF
Genera, Haipnc Miles oReiIly 'he boui soger boy'l
whom every body outside Of the rlngp will vote for
Register on Tuesday.