New-York tribune., 1867-03-15
NEW YORK DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY MARCH Is, 1867
FINE ARTS.

Mr. Charles A. Barry Of Boston. has published
seres of Autographs from drawings 10y himself called
"Idoal Heads of American Women" There are five
of these heads, and they are severally called The
ANGEL of the Hospital" "At the 'FRONT.' The Color
Bearer" Before the Battle and Army NeWsn yo
Hngei of the Hospital and Army News" The first
il tGe face pleasant to look upon, Of an honest Amer-
can Girl sinple-hearted tender and true. The other
seems little sentimental by reason of the tears, but
there is good deal of real pathos i'll this face. ana
character Of an earnest sef-relant sort This grls
lover is missing" says the official report. Then
after these tears are dried, she will go seek him.
and not give up the search till she find him,
alive or dead, or get authentic news OF hlm II a
to play we may be sure it will be played pure
womaniy. F"Before the Battle" is seriously, weak
ened by the action of the hands. They should nave
been strongly claped not put together finger TIP 10
finger tip In this dainty nsinccre fashion Inc use
of gesture is to strengthen expression not weaken
it and perhaps the feebeness Oh LII Inc % w ths n
suitableness of the gestures they employ. Take Mu-
rillo's Conception" for example Inc VIRGIN IN IN
same way as the girl in Mr. Barrys Before the Bat;
tie" and see how the gesture robs the picture OF AZ h
real feIyor and exataion a. the 'front.' da anu rne ne
first proYokes a smile by the contrast between her
solemn face and the intellectual crackerpistol % she
holds in her hand An ideal pistol we suppose t % 'I II
would have been quite right to have merely Indicated
the weapon; but the indication, however sllght'
should have been true 10 lDe ldClb vi blONh
rel, 1.-The Color Bearer is a little hoydenlsh 1or
our taste and Just what she doing not very clear
As "iithographs" they are creditable productions,
and probably better than could have been made
here without moro trouble and expense than they
have cost in Paris. STILL they are by no means re-
markable performances except TO the Gu
and probably no one will be more amused thnn dn tho
photographer himself to read the extrayagant lauda-
tion of these prints appended TO the publishers crcu
lar. Mrs Stowe who might be supposed to know
better declares that tho lithograpby is In style
bnt seldom seen-in fact II is the perfection OF aI
whereas 1t is in style very often seen, and is not
the perfection Of art at all Mrs Harriet Prescott.
Spofford says that she has never before seen suGn
delicate and exquisite (which we take 70 oe
pretty much the same thing), specimens OF htno-
graphy," and we dare say this may DO 30
but when she goes on 10 say tnat
they rival the work Of the crayon itself" we are
naturally led 10 ask why they shouldn't seeing that
they are done with the crayonf Mr. Shillaber THINKS
the autographs are superb" and Mr.. Warner sc.
clares that as works of lithographio art these
have never been equaled, by anything exmpitsd
i'm this countryb while we are puzzled TO
know how they differ In mere execution
heads with which we nro all pretty familiar. HOW
ever this extrayagant style of praise. showcred WITH
out discrimination by enthusiastic and uninformed
people upon everything artists do IL so much the
fashion that we dare say we only light windmill
In lifting our spear against ~