The Portland daily press., 1870-11-04

Tss;st.'.y morning. Mr.. Harry 3. Brown,
/: the celebrated marine artist, re-opened his
| studio on Free street after his summer vaca-
ton which has been pleasantly and profitably
| spent on the eastern coast of the State and
down in tie Bay of Fundy. During portion
| of the time he has been accompanied by w.
| E. Norton, the we'll known Boston artist. For
| the past week or two Mr. Brown has had the
| white washers and scrubbers at work putting
the studio in apple-pie order. and yesterday
| morning admitted his friends to gaze upon the
sketches and studies completed during the
past three months.
The majority of the studies were taken in
the vicinity OF Cape Split, Nova Scotia, while
there few choice morceaux of river and lake
scenery in the neghborho,d of Lake Sebago,
Sopgo river and Berlin Falls. We noticed one
view of the road to Brdgton that pleased us
very much. 1t is winding road skrted by
bushes from which every leaf had fallen; here
and there tall trees swing their naked branch
es in the chill October wind; across the road
the setting sun throws its long shadows; while
the sky with its alternate bars of gold and blue
relieve the somber darkness of the hills in the
distance. 1t is a very faithful picture of Maine
scenery in the last days of October just as the
blasts of November begin to make themselves
felt and as the spect ator looks at it he involun-
tarily drawn his cloak closer around him
There is very fine study of Wassins Head,
a majestic bluff formed in pinnacles that rear
their spires aloft to the height of some five
hundred feet, giving the appearance of stu
pendOus castle, or cathedral more properly
speaking, while on its base the sea lazily rolls
in upon little sandy beach. A splendid rock
study is to be noticed in picture of White
Head, with the sea stretching out in the dis
lance, hardly disturbed by single ripple, and
the atmosphere is so clear it seems as if the eye
could discern objects miles away. There is
splendid sketch Of breakers at Mt. Desert that
were painted by Mr. Brown, just after that
great gale in September, which caused such
devastation at sea, while the weather on land
was pleasant. The great green breakers
with their white crests seem like the advan-
cling line of brigade of sea monsters, in des-
perate charge upon the crouching, jagged rocks
that will end only in their being beaten back,
ground into foam, shareless mass. A pleas
ing little study that is almost finished pict-
ure, displays group of rocks partly enveloped
in fog, through which the sunlight is strug-
Cling, and little beach upon which the waves
are gently breaking.
There is another study that will attract at
tention and which can be worked up into
fine painting A raft adrift upon the ocean
supporting two men, one of whom clings to
naked mast with an attitude Of despair, while
the other, kneeling, with his arm before his
eyes, peers into the darkness to see if any
signs of sail are to De seen. The moon
breaking through the clouds only serves to
render blacker and more fearful the aspect of
the pillows, while at the same time, it reveals
the wreck around which the moonbeams play.
We would also call attention to very pretty
view on the Songo River, with its banks glow
ing with rich autumnal foliage and canal
boat just coming into sight around the bend.
These are only few of Harry's fine collec-
ton, and the public, and especially the ladies,
are invited to call whenever they feel inclined
to vile away leisure hour.