The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-10-17

can possibly De mAue 0eTeAtters moreover, eT-
perience has shown that tor the open air bronze
statuary Is preferable to marble. The equestrian
statue OF Marcus Aurelius at Rome has come
down 10 us in excellent preservation from the
age OF the Caesars, while the marble nymphs
that decorate the gardens of the Roman mo-
btltty have crumbled under an exposure OF two
centuries. The bronze copy OF Houdon's statue
OF Washington, now offered Tor the Park, can be
purchased Tor one half the cost of an ORIGINAL
commission, and we trust that the dsin Interested
proposal to have the Houdon Washington erected
on some fine site of our MAGNIFICENT pleasure
ground may meet with public favor"
Victor Nehlig is working up large and
interesting scriptural subject entitled Paul
before Festus, and Agrippa aud Wife," The
upon a tribune formed by the portico OF the
palace; on either side of them are massive
columns which support the overhanging root.
Paul stands before his judges in the attitude of
speaking, with his right arm raised and giving
utterance to his noble defense, to Witt
think myself happy, King Agrppa, because l
shall answer for myself this day before thee,
touching all the things whereof am accused of
the Jews B." etc. Paul is surrounded by figures
OF cepturions, and Lctors bearing the fasees,
and Rom6u citizens. The group sitting in
judgment Is supported by members of the
court, senator's, and prests. BerniCe, the wife
OF AglIppa, is a hguIe drawn in the voluptuous
type OF oriental beauty, clothed in a gorgeous
flowing robe which falls in graceful lines about
her person. Ot the figures, that OF Paul ex-
presses dignity and earnestness; and those Of
the judges are in the attitude Of attention aud
ia the person of Agrppa is fully expressed the
force of the memorable words which he utters
at the conclusion OF Paurs defense:- almost
thou persuadest me to be n Christian" The
dresses have been closely studied by the artist,
and the figures are gTandly grouped and full of
action, and are drawn and modelled with a
studied knowledge of the human torn in all
its nobility Of living and breathing life. Mr.
Nehlig's cartoon of the "Rescue of Captain John
Smith by PCcahonas' is now to be worked up
by the artist in color. The design for the picture
is grand one, and tells the story in spirited
manner.
n. c. Bispbam has Just finished a new pic
ture entitled The Roman Wine Gait" The
scene is on the Campagna, and the cart, drawn
by sturdy oxen, has been hated by the driver
at a waysde well. The landscape is simply a
Renaissance of the Campagna its BACKGROUND
a range OF mountains known as Genaro. The
cart IS of the Roman fashion, vehicle in use
during the time when Rome governed the
| world, and has been handed down without i'm
| proVement or modification to the present day.
| The patient cattle, with their wide extended
horns, are drawn with Judgment, and broadly
| painted, and the old car with its
Gpoe GTyer o6e 6e in seat skins with Hho an s' PsrSss PeS
umbrella-like covering to protect him from the
rays OF the sum- is as true in its rendering of the
cart oil ages ago as 1t is OF its modern prototype.
| At the SIDE OF the fountain woman is standing,
and a dog in the roadway finishes the ia aOleau,
| The mountains in the background are of a
| purplsh hue, tender in color, and harmouizing
| with the sky, which is of that luminous texture,
! in color, pale orange near the mountain tops,
| and as it ascends assuming mellow blne tone.
Mr.. Blspham paints broadly, and his rendering
| is strong and elective.
| "A few evenings ago several critics and art
connOisSeMs met in the parlors of the Fifth
| avenue gallery, New York, to enjoy 'private
vew' of new picture by MIR. jerome Thomp-
| son, entitled Home, Sweet Home" which is
now on public exhibition at that place. The
| picture is intended as a companion for the ''O!d
| Oaken Bucket" of which so many chromos have
been sold The two pictures are similar in de-
sign, treatment, and effect. The latest picture
| represents a rural scene IN which small one
story house in the middle foreground is the most
prominent object. Tue projecting old-fashioned
bakeoven the small windows, and the matched
root give the house a homelike aspect, which is
enhanced by the surroundings-bee on the
lie t, common flowers and garden plants in front,
little orchard on the right, and stable in the
rear. In the distance, on the bank OF the river
which bends around into the right foreground
are seen the steeDles and prominent buildings of
a considerable town. An old lady and child are
IN front OF the house. chrome of the picture
MIR. S. r. Guy has on bis easel a small figure.
picture called 1.-THE Morning Glory,' which
represents young golden-haired girl, who has
got up at early dawn to pick the morning
gloresn on the trelses of ve1andah. She
stands in her white nghtgown, which is partly
held up in her left hand, while her right is
reached out for one of the flowers. The large,
tnely-veined leaves which cover one side OF the
verandah contrast with the cool grey morning
light which pervades the picture. Looking
for the Light" is another picture which is
nearly completed. 1t gives an ideal head and
bust of a child looking upward, with hands
clasped together, at the beams of light which
come in through an unseen opening and struggle
with the dark shadows all around the back
ground of the picture.
Several statues are under way or projected
In England and on the Continent:-0ne OF Lord
Clyde, IN Glasgow, the work OF j. Foley: one
in Birmingham, of James Watt; one in Carlisle,
of the late Earl o. Carlisle; one of Napoleon |,
in Grenoole; an equestrian statue OF Charlie
magne in Liege; one of Charles XII, OF Sweden,
in Stockholm, and one of Greuze, the painter,
in Tourus, mis- native town.