, 1870-08-21
Tho Empres$ and she ARTISTS,

The Empress EuGenie il Quits unpopular
with the artistt. AZ IL we'll known. ehc las
I<nthnnt for fatronizinS the gentle craft. bus
her uwn sweet will mist always BE- paramount
10 any IaHs Of art. She occaNonaflv meets q
master who refuses to yield to her ,}ictation,
and the result il veil Illustrated in the casc OF
the great painter Yyop- The care and study
With which this artistic Paintings are executed
IL weII-knoHo fact. The Battle OF SOL
ferino" had been reckonetl upon to increase
his fame in the highest dcgrea,- and tile
painter had EpArnf1 no palrs to render 1t wor-
thy nj tho subject represented, AMI OF his oGn
fame Ekewi-e. When the picture WAS COM
pletcd, the Emprtss waA invited to Pay visit
10 the artits's etnllio, in order to Judge Of
the likeness o! The Emperor, winch WAS
tilonght to he particularly successful. Hut.
instead OF the p1a;se and delight expected,
the picture was greeted With al ex:l1matiun
" horrur nn'l sli-gl-t. H!r M,je-sy WAS co.. r
With TIA. hoEri1 E.pi-fal>e in ts-ta. perhaps.
tut tE'ie to natare-ae had WON during the
lat,lc.
Her Majesty inF,stet3 on the removal af this
c!Lo1:o,l- fea.,rc from the caRva4: tho
painter Ar ohstiaatels refused. Her Majesty
gracau.ly conjt-ce,sdetl to de-pasch next
morning, br her Owl especial Chamberlain. .
lrnElre to the uniform OF Ge7arttlsle dirl~ina,
which His Majesty adopts On ail ocea,ions
of ceremony: the psinter returned ii with
courteous Int esm ramousssapce
against any change IN tie painting.
urging the Necessity OF correctness in i
cut the reas.,na for the adoption OF the KEPT
Is His Msie-ty. Every officer Of the stan
~as crowned with the k.pi- Ifsd aay dis:inc-
tion OF head-dreas been observed, every gun
would. OF course, have been pointed to the
cccked hat: In short, the poor painter did
Kind of reatouins upon the subject. But her
\ seuse Of the beautifal had been wounded. and
| no compromise could be entered into. When
| the picture With the horrll KEPT appeared at
the exhibition, Hex Majesty refused TO paase
| before it. and the engraving takon from it
| was never suffered to enter the Tuiesle-.
| Nor has the painter himself evsreeen received
nIEp the sA.ue terms OF i1tiu,acr aid f-ieEd-
chip that be enjoyed before.
At the examination Of this year the ean1e
difference Of opinion between Her Majesty
and the sculptor with regard TO the bnst Of the
Emperor has led to the same result: TIE bast
III question representing His Majesty as he
really is with tho weight of years, cares, aud
rare1eignty on hia Lrow, cauaot, Of course,
eise the idea Of man in the prime OF life,
With all i,a hope5 and Joys before him The
Entrees was persistent in her eutlearor. tc
induce the Rculptor to plump ont the cheeks
and diminish the width OF - - ss,ir,. 10 reduce
tie size Of the no.e, and Ill up tue packess
by the eyes. The sculptor felt bis te.r re
stiffness in his refusal, in epite OF the tear.
thar we're hctuslls shed upon the OCCASION
The Emperor himself wls decidedly on tht
ride OF the artist. and refused the concession
offered By the latter OF wit1sdzaw'ag, The bust
from the exliMtiou. But notW;hstsnone
the great artistic merit Of the bust, and th!
nndeniable Resemblance it possesses 1oTar. "a
the original, no persuasion can l9dace Hel
elsjestr to allow it to enter s1y OF {ne Imper'
al ra1aces. and II has already been disposed o.
sight and forgotten, much so the dlsraAy ant
l;sap; p;oinsment Of the sculptor.