New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-06-04

as much again as he received for that ~; t
of last year. the portrait of Miss Lelmann s Eo -
work that does the artist any credit; h91lie - :;
announces the masters hand. am lolu , iti or
not nj all like and my Informant gave ihiass Wav
two that interested me- as relating to Mllihs mg
of work. The Marchioness gave nm NOR ',,, trnt
sittings technically speaking for as 'ho po' Nth
represents he, coming from h in her hand she
was obliged always to take ine es atapdip%si
ton. and 10 make her sttlngs stahdihgsl,
instructed TO stare at fixed point as If she were
being photographed, process WHICH, as =. i h;
much longer than is necessary when one Is peiiiE
nhotogrophed the lady found very wear1some' L
think The result achieved by NJ. Millais hardly pays
for such outlay of time and patience. ,,s ,,;s
Holman Hunt sends nothing this year, ana us us
something not to weep for if ne had nothing better
IN We ms than the two watercolOrs he has sent TO
the Water-Color Exhibition, OF which VIII speak
in another letter. He is now in Florence, where ne
is said to be engaged on large PICTURE having some
passage in Dantes life for its subject Mr. Leighton,
/ regret to say, has been prevented by lll-heaith
from finishing any of the important works on Whc i
he is engaged, and sends mere sketch OF fellal
woman going to the Nile with her wateI,lar not
very interesting nor valuable. Mr. Whistler
has small picture hung ibo Just line "h Snd
in a corner where it cannot be seen; picture-gai-
lery ought TO have no right-angle corners, Mr.;
Whistlers work, which is of the utmost beauty ana
value is always painted to be seen at considerable
distance cannot be rightly judged when seen at less
than its intended remoteness, and becomes unmean-
ing and inexplicabe often, when seen as TINS one IN
of with the eyes. There Is norton SOME Peobio
have that Mr. Whisters work is dashed upon the
canvas slapped in, to Gull flower OF expression
from the studio but it is quite wrong notion. NO
one works more carefully, more labon0usly M there
be labor when the doing is all joy, over BIS PIC
lures than Mr.. Whistler, every one of them BENG
solidly built up from deep foundations OF study III
drawing and color. am sorry enough for my own
sake that he could not have finished some one OF the
three four beautiful works he is engaged upon IN
time for the present exhibition. But, then, imagine
no thinks q the
Sandys has nothing this year, as think told you,
and Arthur Hughes is Disappointing though the face
of his Sir Galahad" has great swNtness III II. Ar
thur Hughes began with SO much promise, cannot
reconcile myself to seeing him fade ont, as he mas.
Perhaps he always had too much sweetness and del-
cacy for his strength. But he used to put great
depth of feeling into his pictures. Mr.. Geo ID. Les
lie the son, as you know of Charles H. Leslie, whom
we Americans have much right to be proud OF,
though he did prefer England as home, does not
make the progress that he ought to keep the promise
of his earlier work. His characteristics are great
sweetness and simplicity, with delcacy OF feeling,
but these qualities have run 10 weakness IN him. Ills
pictures attract the eye by their freshness 9s If they
were painted III clear Summer mornings,
but they do not bear long looking at soon tire
of his lnthlnking faces lie seems to nave got mo
the Tuts rs many English artists do, vice which
am told is of the baneful results of depending
on picture-deaeTs for the sale of pictures. These
gentlemen, after an artist has once made a hit, ;"
are well satisfied if he varies from the manner
which first won the eye of that British public which
is so hard to win, and which will continue pleased
and, beng pleased, VIII buy, so long as the artist
does not let his love of independence fater him that
he can paint some other way well. Isay this with
out in the least knowing whether it applies to Mr.
Leslie OF not; il does account as i know, for the
m0notony of others, and may for his; but should
think he is in sufficient favor with the public Tins
large picture "Fortunes"-girls throwing roses into
a running stream and giving them nameS-is always
surrounded with crowd for him to choose his OWL
way. and trust to merit not to dealers for success
| Mr.. Geo. III. BOughton's large picture " Old Time
Calamity is very much liked, and well deserves
well speaking of. Three ladies on the bank of a
| lly-pOnd wait while the gentleman, who is then
escort wades into the water to pull the flowers fol
the very pretty girl who was thoughtless 10 eX
claim ms She first saw them-"O How wish I'D
one" She stands close down by the waters edge
! whittier she had followed him begging him not Il
think of wading III, she never would have spoken
! she is sure. if she had once dreamed.-and Mr.
BOughton has caught the expression of her sensitive
grlsh face with the that could only come tC
| a genuine student of character. The action of heI
| hand, too goes charmingy with the look on heI
] face. The ladies who on the bank are dellcatey
indvdua,ized, and the artist has shown great skill
| in the employment of the costume of the early part
of this century, a costume which only artist could
| make artistic. We may all of us be proud of Mr.
BoughtOn's work it is but this picture shows that
we are to have better and better pictures from him
he at least is not in the rts nor like To be. In my
next letter shall speak about the Water Color EX-
! hbtion. &C