The Vinton record. [volume] (M'arthur, Vinton County, Ohio) 1866-1891, 1868-04-09
artists rendering of Whittier's


With thy turn-up pantalOons
And thy merry whistled tunes;
! With thy red lip. redder still
! Kissed by Strawberries on the hin
| With the sunshine on thy face
Ihro' thy torn bri,n's jaunty grace
From my heart ! give thee joy
| was once a barefoot boyl
FRINGE thou art-the grown up MAJ
| Only Is Republican
Let the million dollarcd ride;
! Barefoot trudging at his side,
| Thou hast moro than he can buy
| llnjthe reach ofear and eye
7 Outward sunshine. inward JOY
! Blessings on thee, barefoot boyw
1t represents a comely rustic
lad, clad in coarse homespur
dress, with his trousers turned
up, his hands in his pocket.
and the brightest of "knowing'
Ut innocent smiles on his fac
md in his eyes. His face i.
h # shaded by his broad.hrir
med hat; his feet are firmly
planted on a grey rock; he
looks so hopeful, so self-relian
so entirely at his ease, that he
seems the perfect incarnation
of Young America The acces-
ories of this picture are di,.
tant landscape with a tree in
he middle and foreground
They are we'll handled, but
they serve only to support the
figure, which is one OF the best
pieces that Mr.. johnson has
er produced. -a.
The Fringed Gentian after
Newman, is one of those fear.
fully and wondfully elaborate
and truthful representations of
vegetable life in which the pre-.
Raphaelite school Of artists of
New York and elsewhere, seem
to delight 1t is in water col.
ors. 1t looks as if it had been
drawn with the aid of a micro.
'scope-the most Lillipulian
details are SO exactly repro
duced. 1t is one of the most
difficult subjects to chromo,and
we shall take an interest in ex.
mining the result.
Among the fruit pieces in
p 'ess, judging from the original,
We prefer the Cherries and the
Strawberries, OF Miss Granber-
ry, which are certainly admira-
bly, rendered, with a luscious
fidelity to nature. Mr.. Fuller's
pieces are highly finished and
harmonious in color, but it
strikes us that the subjects are
less likely to be universally
populsr. b.....
The Friends, by Giraud, we
forgot 10 name it in our list.
is the picture of a little girl,
who is petting Newfoundland
dog. Giraud has an excellent
faculty for the conception and
execution of this class of sub.
jects, and this is one of his hap
piest efforts. 1t will charm the
children everywhere.
In an entirely different style,
but Of the same character, are
the companion pictures by ].
G. Brown, of New York. This
young artist excels in genre
pictures; he renders children
with a rare ability, especially
when there is a single figure at
rest, but in an attitude expires.
sive of mental action. These
subjects-the May Queen and
the Little Rogue-are just
suited to his peculiar genius
The May Queen is little girl
in the woods, brilliantly attired,
self-adorned with wild flowers,
bathed in sunlight her eyes
beaming with delight at the
t h o u e ht of surprising her
friends by her new and gay
decorations. The Little Rogue
is the picture OF i boy, four or
five years old, who is trying to
hide himself from somebody
coming : which somebody he
is evidently intending to star
ae. He is STOPPING under a
sum'ac bush, which he gently
bends over him. This gives
the artist an opportunity for a
brilliant piece of coIorinp II