The national Republican. [volume] (Washington City [D.C.]) 1866-1870, 1869-12-27


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y. u ,hs osrKIndx .risht. his
~ ia 1910 ~. kmHd aomevsat
1911. manu- fo's NSEk.NNrssE s1
solled campaign mp wncn ues upon ne,a
desk by his side, while his right hand,
which il clenched, rests upon his hip. He
4. locking str.,gh, before him. and is in the
% .oy..s 1900 -, me-,
act Of debating dispatch 70 ool. psy'oo'
Of his staG, VINO sits at the desk Just men
tioned In the attitude of an attentive listener.
ass,.s- ~. a.,.,., 4 M -svc,a leaning
ssahS 2 camp chair on winch are . Seit,
lat, &c. OF thcse and other accessories 81
the portrait, from tho we'll fingered map TO
the arv eood. box On which rests the wri-
ins-dest, il Is sufllclsas,,s say that they are
all In harmony with sheman's rugged aim
o,Icltv Al eharscter IA ass,v illustra,iyc Of
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'ne mou,eu' iu ny 70 " .ou,
As to the portrait nself, the nrst ana most
Obvious polnt-that which we think Will
occur To eyery one who has seen the origi.
49,. a. .,,,.,,~ .ncnroov a. a lltenes..
ss1As
The General may mos alwAys appear o. sreo'
an of,an enouob "a mahe oven the attitude
$50 s.,,,,,ss "a ch.rs c,.,,.,,e 4. vcll !,
highly .usgs..ivs Of Sherman. suiei, eager,
nervous smpssATssss, az s,ias siS 1 litss
but Arm and ready fot instant motion;
Al 70 the fees vs Aave Alrcsdy spoken OF
d - . ssr1kisS irksuss, bat thss Y some
thing which u otcs said enG saln 1asuJ,
too, Of pictures which asa Whole are not 70
DO compared with this portrait Of SnermAn.
more pfominsnt than eehsrs, u ms great
success In transfusing thought and charac'
ter Into his portraits, giving, ~ IL were, q
picture OF the soul a. wen As OF the corporeal
lineaments. Exactly how u Il done u 10 din
enlt 70 tsh. ferhaps, Indeed, y ques-
ton which might psEsls tbs artist himself:
We gnese that THIS power comes ,athsr o.
the fuspiratfonaf part OF an Arnsts nature
Cor Whatever goes ~ mat nams) tnan oil
any mere study Of effects IN the uAc OF colors.
We all have fell the extreme subusty OF the
means whereby bhakspeare MAKES MS nAr'
tiers live and breathe before rs: somstlmes
chance exprossion OF .hau DOZEN
words, which docs, In ? moment What
pages OF description or OF acute metaphysl
cal analysis never could accomplish, viz
opens the windows Of the soul, ard let
us look 10. How Wild, for example, b tn,
| revelation Of Macbeths rsmorss amer III,
, murder Of Duncan, In the last sentence o
this passage:
"0ue cried 'aod bless us,' and Amen tn
.othsii
'hey nAa SEN mo WIN 'ns'' hAns"'n
! I,lste sinS their fesr. could not SAY Amer
when they aid say God bless us'"
II IL In some such faculty Al this which On
.bles an srtist 10 eatch Inc somethiur whic'
seams Almost nothinr-a something fntangl
~ and Indescribabie and aeotIne and ever
ysryinr and vet 20 inseparabie from the ind
, | yiduality OF a man that II constitutes Ii
yery life Of his featured, his figure and hi
moyements. Tbis 4 what Ne cali expressior
{ and Il Il In the rcproduction OF this on th
canvas IA portrait paiutlng that the artit
| meets The seyerest tsst Of his genius. W
nave no hesitstion In saying that Buchse
passes this ordeal triumpnantiy; that he nc