The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1870-11-24

BosroN, Nov. 49, $50.
A visit to the Boston art galleries is at any timr
pleasure, but Just now preparatory to the holiday
when the artists sending in the products of THEN
summer labors, they are specially attractive The
principal galleries in the city are those of A. 4
ChlltS co. and De NricS on fremont street Wi
hams " Everett on Washington street Hendricks 4
Don on summer street, and the Boston AtIrua,
UNI There is also an art room at the Publ.
Library, in which are to be found many fine pi,
cravings, and numerous pieces of Statuary-among
these are The celebrated Cardinal Fosti cole ciop
presented to the Library last year hv Thomas q
Appleton, Esq
~ the above mentioned galleries, the first four
are used, not only for the exhibition, but Tor the
sale OF paintings and Statuary. And in addition
nave line collection of brackets satuettes bronze,
eh@faVmgS, wax ornaments, metlalliOns rare vases
and all other articles that come under the head Of
line arts The gallery of A. A. Child> & Co
situated directly opposite the head of the Common
possesses the claim Of attrac tive and central To-
caIity and Is nearly always thronged with visitor,
Alter stopping moment to gaze at the temptingly
decorated windows, You push open the heay,
| polished doors and enter The atmosphere is warm
ana inviting. The surroundings are glowing with
beauty culture and refinement. The gentlemen.
hat IN hand are passing from attraction to aitrar-
| itFe with keen critical elanrcs They are faultlps,
/ IN their attire FROM their highly polished boots to
their carefully arranged hair, and have the easy
W'll-bred air which comes of long association with
cultivated people. The ladies are not a whit behint
the gentlemen in the elaborateness of their toilette
anu the rustic of silks and flashing of diamonds al,.
often to be seen and heard here Sometimes you
m Nll-1 li.t,, I...t
i"f many Americans, with all their culture, cannot
| forget Their own Importance. Occasionally person.
OF more wealth than appreciation find their WAY
| mere anu are both to be seen and heard from They
make their tones loud that YOU may know VIII,
they are, and be duly overpowered. There il &,
specimen of the last mentioned rlaSs-a mother and
daughter, inspecting Devters statue'' Nvmph of the
| Ocean. They are elegantly and flshonaEv at
tired according to the latest commands of Dame
Fashion. They sweep into the exhibition room
with an air of grandeur in fit keeping with their
attire and their own suiriency. BY the tick OF
the watch they give the statue precisely three min
utes inspection, and then the daughter announce
isn't it perfectly splendid - "Divne" returns In.
mother; superb" murmur- the daughter; "Er-
giant eaculates the mother: .Magnilcent' cchoc,
the daughter; "snpromcly exquisite assent4 thu
mother and thus onward until they had evhau~t-i
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their breath and their Superlatiyes, when they BIZ
came seated. Presently the daughter decided in
| very assured manner that SShe must hay. thar
exquisite piece of green poplin at SpaIdings HE
mother dcmnrrcd, hut the daughter was positive
and 50 the dress diScuSsed-the number yt
yards, the style, the lit, the trimmings. Just aI
this point Mr.. DEXTER himself entered. The mother
knew him. She introduced her daughter WIN
| looked up SmiIingly aud assured Mr.. Dexter that
| they bad lust been discussing the merits of his
work, and eve think it is perfectly splendid
Isn't it beal,tl:" enquiries Mr. Dexter. "Diviur'
| murmurS the elder lady, and soaring on the WORT
superb we left them to the further discussion of tn
exquisite Nymph," resting on q hard marble slab
which even the livclicSt Imagination could harlI,
| transform into dripping goodies, fresh from tn
| embrace of ocean.
| Emerging with the outer gallcry-with it, large
collection Of paintings and statuary, where rj.I
and poor alike many como, gaZe, and DE satisfied
we found no tesa 4 ler5ou12r than Senator ~unn-r
studying Gro. l.. BROWN, wonderful painting uI
Rome There WA. no nlstukine the wayy abuut-
| ant hair, the marked features, towering height
| powerful form, impressive dignity and command
| inc presence of this renowned man. Beside him
was little lady pleasantly but not slowly arrayet
in brown velvet and silk. For a long long TIM
| they gazed in silence at the picture and then went
away with only this small sentence from Mr. sum
ncr, "Thc Eternal CITY," 1t was Il, if he had gone
back, through the lapse of aces to the days ut
Rome's greatness and power. ana snatrhng llp III.
events of all the leeing years. had woven them in.
to an inaudhlr speech, ending with that one hri.t
ejaculation.
This much admired painting, The work of Ro,-
ton, most successful artist has for some week,
formed the chief attraction here It has The SUM
soft, tender lumiuau, atmosphere, that is SD marh
ed feature of all his works, and is us halinouloo-
in it, unity as it i, faithful in its details. Near th-
centre of The painting to be seen the huge lom.
Of \ Peter, and near by the rambling buildings ol
the Y acan. To the right is the Castle of st. An
@'fo the present abiding place of the Pope. Aut
under The arches Of the bridge rolls the placid Wa
ter of the Iiher, mirroring in its shining depth,
the stately mansions that rise upon its banks, The
buildings are partially obSrnrcd by the CATHERINE
mist Of evening, mpartn@ to the whole picture 70
penSivc, dreamy tone, which even the sight Of til
Italian flags floating from the battements OF 49,
Angelo fails to di>,ipate. Among the other beaut
fu things to be seen in this room is a Psyche ,u,d
Cupid finely executed in PAlin marble, with wuu
lerully litelike and expressive couutenmcc-. ItJ-
TO he sold for 500.
are not 50 wen lighted or so commodlous. and }gt
it is considered very select place, and has man,
roqnentcr~. There arc alW9y many tuc painting
and rare nurio-itcS 70 ht seen here, H4 they du q
large business in tine sale OF imported articles su,h
as cmously constructed cabinets, rare vases. rich
ornaments, Statuary, engravings, &c.
Williams \ ENcretts gallery has always a coly.
homeliNe air, with II cordial come in" heamiHp
from every part of it, In addition to the sale oi
paintings, they have also Il hourshing aud estd,-
lished business in the sale Of picture frames ANA
looking glasses. ON exhibition here at present
free to al--is Thomas IFll's Winter Scene in thr
lo Semitic. NortonS " on the Head of Grant
Menan' and effective sketch OF d" Frenehnan,
Bay" by II. b. Brown, of Portland, Me Mi
Brown has represented a bold aud rocky cliff
which stands out braycly against the rush of wa
tcr- that foam around it. The colorng is rich ami
we'll shaded, the conception effective, and the cA-
ccution good. 1t takes rank with the efforts Of bet
ter known Boston artists. Cole has some fine land
scape paintings here, and Mlmore portrait statue
Of little child. A tine collection of engraving,
and chromos it would be hard to find than may b,
seen nj Williams & Eyercts.
At the Summer street gallery you viii always BE-