, 1870-11-27
ART,

Muxon i Co.. Of London. nrc abnot to pub-
llsh a telics Of Illustrations ltv D:Ikct Fonier,
twenty five iii humber, engraved On stone, tho
subjects selected from the works Of Thomls
Hood
.,-Saal, the German court painter, desl, IT,
Gently, at baden Baden. lie had FOR many
3eats resided At 1a1is, and hts DEATH. 1sc.,sci
to the priyations and excitement incident uu
ll,s expulsion from that city.
The Franrais, Of lasis, writes that the
aEtfsts and a1t-loviu6 public need not entertain
anr fesrs as to Ito tate Of the objects oE art
ilst decorated the Palace a: s.. Cioui. Iii tEe
raoet Important objects Of art aud OF v4!1e
were removed to the 1ouvre,-fn Pa-fl. long
bt fore the commencement OF the sicge. Tns
oply ,lins Which vas OF real loss to art WAS
the fteecuirE on the walls.
1t is intended to erect statue Of Charles
Dicktnr in tue old city OF Rochester, IN tho
county Of Kent England II will be remeEab.t-
ed tbst Dickens lived quite cloao to lsocheeser
in hia school da5s; that his final 1esil=ncs waa
within feur miles Of that city, and that he III
trodnced it, under the name Of Cloisterlzm,
into III. last unfinished story. aud that tho
real action Of 3Ir. nckwick and his friends. iu
the earliest Of the Kreen-cove1el rtIlata - by
Dcz' commences III that ltpe-hol9led 10
calisy.
A stort time ago, Harvard Professor.
being desitouH OF procuring teacher OF
drawing OF sketchipg for oua OF the classes.
thought he woald apply to enc Of our fir-t-
c1ass artists to .eu NO knew Of and
could recommend such man ~
Was desired. The axt,ss il one OF tloss
decided, outspoAen men, who generally
tass what he meanb and means whst he eays.
To the request OF tie Frufes.or, lie returned
this reply: s. ! do not know of such man ~
you desire, sir; aud il did, would not
recommend him 10 IN institution winch will
pas =, Geo, Coo 10 fud ont how many legs i
spider has, and will lot give 81 toward art ~
The Professor sought elsewhere.
The Lcndon Times OF November tays:
':Our 1eadera will ba glad to learn that the
| strtio and residence OF Nile. Roea Eonheut,
| 1t the picturesque loNn OF Fontaiuebleau.
south OF Parie, IL 10 be spared and respected
By the Germans by asree1sl order OF the Crown
leen gwen by the King Of Prussia, At head
| 1uartere, 10 the ZANE eject in fa7or OF the
rtueio and nj ode Of the artist IL. Edou1u
Flore, At Ecouen. NJ blanchard, the we'll
known enezaret OF veiy many of the Lett
French pictures, and whose name is we'll
Derty Day. Tie Marriage OF Her Royal
HigtDe.e the prircess Roy IL with tLa Crewn
PElnee OF Prussia, etc., we are so1Iy to hear, il
shut up in Paris; and it i to 10
loIed, even il Paris ehould be cub
jected to haal s.ult and capturs, n
similar courtesy will te extended to him.
II. Liar ehard's eou, Lieutenant Of artillery,
was irAida Metz, but whether lie IL killed or 4
prisoner IL still i mtete1y to the artist y
i1ielGs in Lonton. The spal1ng OF the houses
Of artistic, 60 far from showing that the Ger
mans aIe 'utter barbntia1s,' wouil ee1n,
rather to recall the noble conduct OF Alezan-
der tie Great, Nho, when La toos Thetee, or
lssel the home Of the poet Pinoar 10 be re-
kpected a1d spared, when he reduced the rest
OF that city to Iuins-"
-The Doston Journal saJs: 1t il said that
} Mr. Gail Conrad, tie promising young arts.
Of Hartford, is now engaged on two colossal
| figures designed fer inches in Soldier
Memorial Hail, 1t Lexington. Macs. The
hguea represent 111G Acd 1861 respectively.
! aEG are magnificent in design and execu-
, tion. 1861 il Represented by soldier
d.esetd Ia full uniform (ovetcost, cart
ridge box, belt. etc. }, leaning on his muske..
Tbs has already been cass, anu Is ready
to te cut in stone. The figure Designed 10 re-
| tresent 'tl776" il now being modelled, aad
/ !. . wonderful creation. 1t il that OF q md
dIe-agtl colonial farmer in the act Of srartlng
f.cm Lis work 10 Join the Revolutionary
forces. Behind hun, st his feet, ia the neg
lectsd plough, with the pfonghshare half burt
Cd in the soil. He stands, leaning little for.
w1rl, EEaap,ng his Eausket in one hand and his
pow1eI-hnrn IN the Other, with his cost thrown
over his left arm. The ehi1t sleeve Is rolled
up 10 the eltow, displaying the rigid muscles
Of his etrurS arm. and all the m.nntiH OF dreat
and equipment are carefully observed Bal
it is in the face that the artist h3s shown moa
indisputab1y his geniu=- The expression of II
IL wonderful. The forehead is knit Tie lip.
are shut firmly together, tha noatlils Seem II
di1ate with tha hot, indignant breath, vhls il
the eyes there Is \ lock Of stem aud bitter de
termination"