The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-12-06
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tense before tho Senate
''ger father loved me oft invite me;
still Questioned me the story OF nay life,
From year tc year; the battles, sieges, fortunes
That have passd.
] ran it through, even from my boyish days
TO the verF moment wher he bade me tell it.
Wherein spoke OF most disastrous chances,
or moving accident, by hood and 1eld;
OF hair-ereaath scapes the imminent deadly breach;
OF being taken by the insoleDt foe,
Aud seld to slavery OF my redemption thence,
And portance ia my travels history:
Wherein OF antres vast, and desert idle,
Rougl qusrries, rocks and hills whose heads toucn
heaven,
vas my hint to speak such was the process;
Ane OF the cannibals tnat each other eat
And anthropophag and men whose heads
DO grew beneath their shoulders. These things to
hear,
Would Desdemoua seriously incline:
But still the house affairs would draw her thence;
Which ever as she could with haste dispatch
she'd come again, and with greedy ear
Devour my DISCOURSE
Mr.. Knight has represented "Othello,
"Desdemona," and "Brabantio" sitting in q
quantity ornamented window overlooking a
small courtyard such as is attached to most
Venetian palaces. group of musicians and
attendants within the room, and the accessories,
such as the wine-cooler, ever, and other art-
cles OF precious metal and Venetian glass, show
that the occasion is festive one. "Othello,"
with handsome, thoughtful face, is telling his
story to "Brabantio, although it is evident that
he regards "Desdemona, rather than her father,
as his most important auditor. "BraSantio
raises his hand in wonder at the marvels told
Ivy the Moor, while the lady is too absorbed in
gazing upon the eloquent face and in listening
to the wonderful narrative "of moving acci-
dents by food and field" that pours from the
lips of "Othello" to make any outward signs of
astonishment, but indicates by her rapt attitude
more than che could by gesture how much she is
moved by the story of the dusky warrior.
All of these three figures are admirably
Pressive, and the picture, as every good picture
should, tells its story at glance. The accesso-
Ties are In excellent keeping and are managed
with remarkable skill, not only to relieve
the principal group, but so as to produce rich
and harmonious composition. The architecture
is carefully studied from photographs and from
Mr.. Knight's own sketches made in Venice, and
although absolute accuracy in matter of this
Kind is OF the greatest desiderattnl, it is never
theless important and in the present instance it
undoubtedly adds to the value aud the interest
Of the painting. In its color quality this work
shows considerable advance over Mr.. Knights
previous efforts, and in drawing, combination,
and other important technical points it indi-
Gates the results Of intelligent and conscientious
study. The artist has arranged the picture for
exhibition in his studio, No. 1923 Chestnut
street, and it may be seen there for a few days.
after which it will be removed to the Union
League House, where it will be one of The pro-
minent features of the artists reception to be
held during the latter part of the present week.
"A new Venus" by the veteran artist, Will
liam Page, is now exhibition at No. 1875
Chesnut street. This work is very much in the
style of the one by the same artist which was
shown in this city about eight years ago, and
represents Venus standing upon shell and
waited over the sea as she guides the ships of
fGneas to the shores of Latium. The figure is
not altogether ungraceful, Mr.. Page having
taken some antique statue for model, but it is
very nsipid and eXpressionless, and is charac-
terized by much bad drawing. The extremities,
In particular, are very badly made out, and the
head is either toe large or is made to appear
go by the manner in which the ugly carroty hair
is arranged.
The artist evidently intends this for color
picture, but the color is worse than the draw
ing, and in attempting to give it the rich tone
that the hand of a master no less than the
effects of time has fixed upon the canvas of
Titan, he glazed" so deeply with smudgy
brown that there is really no color quality left.
1t is by looking at such performances as this
that many persons get the wrong idea that color
and tone mean dirt and blackness, and that
these are the qualities connoisseurs admire in the
works of the master artists. Let any one
who is curious upon this subject compare
Pages HVenus' with an old picture in the
studio df Mr.. Knight, next door. The latter is
good bit not remarkable in color, and it is very
black 18th aEe Its color quality, however, is
genn'e, and is obtained by much more legiti-
mate method than an infinite series of brown
glaze 1Ir. Pages picture is a very Indifferent
"ori eSs3d is wholly unworthy an artist of his
reputation.
"A 'ry pleasing bust of Il tile girl, by Mr..
HOWARD Roberts, is on exhibition in Caldwell's
Wlndo"' CAesnut street, above Ninth. This
worA Is i0u Of character, and has all the appear
ance 81 oohsa an excellent likeness. Contrary
10 tne usuai custom of sculptors, Mr.. Roberts
ehlseleo tne marble in this instance himself
and the bust is therefore, characterized by a more
careful fnish especially in the finer MARKINGS of
the features and in the As.t sn.tooa tha, if -
had been wrought by the Nand of an .ssist.nt
MI EDWARD "oran' "ANhas secluded him.
sell irom puoiic gaze lor eois Npae, is preparing
for grand artistic sensation IN w shane of a
great sale of nearly hundred wNst. =;
different branches of art-marine, 49,
andfgure-will be represented. One 49, teo
ture of this sale will be handsome ihSaa..~ -
eatalogue, which will be of interest and 49,
both on artistic and literary grounds.
Mr.. Rothermel's great picture of the BATH
fOiGettysburg' is fast approaching completion
and at the motion of the Directors of the Acade
nv of Fine Arts grand opening night has bee
arranged for the 20th inst at the Academy c
Music, when the picture will be shown to th
public for the first time. Afterwards it will b
plaeed on exhibition In building now helm