New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-08-20
49, cRRoNo-LIrHOGRAPHS

BEFORE Mr. SchGus sent us this chi~no VI
MI G. Browns picture OF Maud Muller II VIC '@'
heard that this artist had painted the SU'9'
certainly should have expected to see la 80
niece of work. Not that it would have been reason
IN, - I,,l, f,r a., imaginative picture from MI.
BROWN we do not know that he over pre'ehueu 10
49, a ,l.,,, reo,,irlpq the exercise OF the lmaGma-
= srt.,,. ,ert,inIy we have never seen any PIC
en- f bis t'.,t aimed higher than the pam matter
% tot statement of every day incidents IN the lives
,ri,c;oo1lv Of children. Children playing at bo-Peep
IN tho woods; children swinging IN light and shaHe
pder the Lough5 Of some spreading tree; subjects oi
this KIND Nh Brown can paint whenever ne WILL
with a true feeling for simple nature WIN corr
drawing aud moi uupleasing color. We shouiu say
ipdyiug from what we have seen of his performances
that he is a Wc-trained, careful, studiouS aIi'''
fond OF his work knowing hIs own powers ana non
estv auxiou, 20 give those who buy his pictures the
fuIl worth of their money. Whoever owns picture
eNIibted by him not very long ago IN IN Academy
and callel Cuflmg-CcntTal Park" Is IN possession
of ono of the Iest cabinet pictures that has been
paipted in America for long time. Az least, we so
remepberit. though we remember, also, that il was
somewhat crude in color which il lis principal fault
With this opinion of Dir. Browns merit an artist
we should havo tlonght ho would paint good Maud
Muller and We heartily wish lac had been the man to
paint her 50 we'll rs 10 put Us all under an obligation
by making it unnecessary for anybody to try his
hand at her again. But now, all our hopes oil TINS
Lappy release are unite swampcd, and we look for
ward TO moro Maud Muers aud more, until, at
length the public shall utterly refuse to countenance
the business altogether. What we had hoped to get
from Mr. Brown was an American farmers daughter
Of the odeu time-fOr it muSthave been IN the Olden
time that farmers daughters Taked hay with
wooden rake-a handsome, healthy, gOOd-natured
lass with O bright eye, and straight back, ana "a
strong arm such young girl as Whittier has painted
for us in his pretty Last year. MI Constant
Never showed Us his notion of Maud and We would
not have minded her being German, seeing that she
has German name and if she ever lived at all was
probably the daughter of Pennsylvania D1tGhman,
but Mr. Never had, without any reason az lI tdt W.
could discover made her suffering acutely from Hh
iucipipnt boil on the muscle iust southwest OF te
nOsC-betwecn the nOstIil and the corner Oh Tue
inouth-fOrthe life of us we cantremember ITS name
hut the boil was there, and she was evidently de-
suOndent about It, and IL quite spoiled what lltIlc
beauty she had ever had. This picture was TO nave
been ChrOm0-lithOgraphed, but we are haPpy 70 say
that we believe il never has BEEN Ihen MI ScDauS
advertised ono by FrenchmaI, and showcdus an en-
craving of n, but lt wOuld not take, because u was
plainly absurd to suppose that II the Judge IN the
poem was after fashion and elegance, and manners,
and the rght sort Of thing TO have mt the head OF hs
table he would not at once have requested this hne
young person 70 accept his fortune She handled thf
rake m her hand she must have had else how could
lust as we imagine Marie AniOinette 10 have done,
when she made haycOcks on the lawn at TrianOn.
And such jaunty little hat, as hnlNn fine! And
such pretty petticOats, so dantily tucked up what
farmer but would rejoice to get such efficient help IN
haying-time. However Mr.. Browns Maud Muller
Is DO better She TO be afflicted with a crook
in the back which though it is not painful to con-
template her rivals boil is hardly more becoming
She looks as If she had not done any work thus lar
I'm the day. aud was strongly inclined To lie by and
brood the loss of her prospects, for the remain
der 1t is possible that if she is at all under the IN
fuence OF natural scenery, the contemplation OF MI
Browns landscape may have something to do with
her debtated and limp condition, AT any rate the
two oxen who are IN the background have plainly
made MP their minds to make no exertion AT
all until somebody comes and fattens the
land for, there being no road, and they
themselves having muscles and the hay
wagon having Just been brought from the tOT-shop.
they cannot bring themselves TO face the difficulties
implied in getting over these bumps and hummOcks.
We think Mr. Brown cannot be well up III hls Tutu-
ments or are wrong and did he ever really see a
running brook Of Sky-blue waterf Not that this
water is running. it isn't only, 1t ought TO be- seeing
that end of it is perhaps foot lower than tne
ptber We are sorry that we cannot find point III
Tins picture that is worth praisng, but, so 1t Isl eX
pressive Of character drawing of the figure, land
scape accessories all so far from being wOrthyOt
the artist that esteemng him as We do, weregret he
should ever have put his name to so slight and ncan
ingess performance.