Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-11-05
THE EXPOSITION.
Another Lesson Sc Teaehes-The Sermon
tt PreRehes-The Best story
that it Tells.


ern and central cities of the Union have
visited Exposition Hall. They have
uniformly expressed amaZement because
of evidences of wealth, taste and skill
in all branches of art and industry given
by every class of exhibitors. Memphis
has thus been advertised by letters,
published through the local and news
paper press everywhere, and whatever
detriment has been done in bygone
years by murderous vagrants, where
| bloody deeds stain the records of courts
and defile the eity's fame, has been
ameliorated by those public benefactOrs
whose industry and skill render Expo
sitiOn Hall so attractive. Bysheer force
| of popular opinion, as shaped by the
local press, each active merchant and
| mechanic, and every tradesman has
| been impelled to cooperate with the
rest in giving perfection to this marvel
/ Gus aggregation Of all that is admirable
/ in good taste and all that is excellent in
/ industrial skill which the genius and
/ toll Of this people could supply. Fight
/ ing snd whisky -guzzling are not the
| chief occupations Of a people who erect
building more perfect in its exterior
/ outlines and more accurately confOrmed
/ to purposes for which it was designed,
| and more beautiful than any of like
character reared in any city of the
West. The structure itself IS signifi-
cant OF progressive taste and enter
prise and intelligence. Its contents
tell the eloquent story of mercantile
enterprises and Of growing industries.
The most desirable end effected by the
Exposition consists in the illustration
given Of the infinite advantages gained
by cooperative action among all classes
of people. If there be a great public
good to be accomplished, the task should
not be assigned to the few. Men of
daring and enterprising spirit, and de-
voted to the attainment of the greatest
possible measure of public good, should
not be left alone to bear burdens, Incl
dent TO the accomplishment of benef-
cent purposes. An Exposition Hall OF
railway line cannot be constructed with
out community of purpose and action.
Each citizen who reaps advantages from
confessed public good should have bur-
dens imposed thatit may be attained. It
was by co-Operativea action that the Expo
sitiOn has been made successful, and by
this means must Memphis be made a
rich and prosperous and populous COM
mercial emporium. When the polls are
proved the policy and men that he thinks
should shape the eOuntry's fortunes
after this civic duty is honestly dis
charged, let him turn away to the con-
sideratiOn of personal duties, never for
getting that while he owes an honest
ballot to the great sum of ballots which
make and unmake law-giyers, he also
owes honest dollars to the great sum of
dollars that build schools and churches
and railways, promOtive of good morals,
of popular intelligence and of progress
sive wealth and civilization.
A PAINTING.
Among the paintings at the Exposi-
ton is one which has elected many in
quiries concerning its historical import.
1t represents a famished old man
manacled in a dungeon, receiving nour-
ishment from the breast of a beautiful
woman. The painting illustrates an in
cident in Sicilian history. Dionysius
the younger, Tyrant of Syracuse, de-
throned Evander, the rightful sovereign
of Sicily, and confined him in a subter-
rarean prison, with orders to give him
neither food or drink. The guard finally
overcome by diDt of pity for the grief
and tears Of the daughter Euphrasia,
admitted her to her fathers cell, first
searching her to see that she did not
carry in food. While in the cell she
gave her father suck, and saved his life.
Meantime Phocian, the husband Of
Euphrasia, had escaped from Syracuse
with their infant son, and joining the
Greek forces under Timolian, led them
to the attackupon Syracuse, and in a few
days overcame and relieved Sicily of the
!
A tragedy founded upon this incident,
and suggested by a painting-of which
the one on exhibition we presume is q
copy-was written by Arthur Murphy,
and acted in London in lTT2, just one
hundred years ago.
THE ART GALLERY.
There are now about ninety pictures
in the alcoves Of the Art Gallery, of
which there are at least twenty five Ofun-
doubted merit. These were contributed,
or rather loaned, to the institution by
private citizens principally, Mr.. f. S.
Davis sending in nine works of real
merit. There are four or five landsca pes
| cf much beauty. That to the left, con-
tributed by DR.. Wihett, is a nice thing.
A quiet, rural scene, with good perspect-
I i've and fine midsummer coloring, is a
very pretty thing. 1t is numbered one.
"Bingen on the Rhine, - from the col
lection of Thomas H. Cooke, is worthy
Of quiet and reflective notice. "Scene
in the Alps" painted by Kraus and con-
| tTibuted by F. S. Davis, is very majestic
in design and glowing in color. The
rich autumnal tin Df this picture are
striking feature, and contrast with the
airy and crisp elearness of the air which
| breathes over the quiet scene in the pic
ture not far from it, where the
oak grows in the foreground and the
clear broOksot goes babbling by. The
/ landscapes generally are very good.
! They are delightful studies of nature,
and in prospective are of rare merit
There are several pictures of the Ma
donna and child, aud one of the i'm
msculate conception, which is the glory
Of the gallery. 1t is a very meritOrious
copy. No. 2, madonna and ChildJi
/ from the collection of A. B. Vaccaro,
/ after Carlo Dolci, bought in Rome last
year. The original is said to be the
/ chef a. BuUre Of the artist. This COPY is
good one. No. 3, "John and Bae-
chus." This picture hangs high. 1t is
from the collection of James Coleman.
1.-THE Awakening of Spring." by Carl
/ Gutherz, was noticed an ertenso in the
/ APPEAL ten days ago. No. 4, '1Dante
and Virgil crossing Acheron," COPY by
| Gutherz; 5, "Freneh Painting on
Glass" from the collection of Mrs. ]. J.
| Worsham; Z, PORTRAIT of Miss Wood
ward" w. ooper; S, PORTRAIT of Carl
Gutherz,p by himself, his first effort al
portraiture; 8, "Eque' rian Portrait of
Colonel Bridgeland, morse by Adam,
of Munich, portrait by the late Thomas
Buchanan Read, from the collection Of
+. S. Davis; 10, Portrait" by Sully,
from the collection of B. J. Semmes; II,
''Beatrice Cenei," copy by Guide; u,
"Spanish Lady,n by Broone, from the
collection Of B. Semmes; l3, 'sFrom
Mythology by ri Gutherz: IA, eau
rora,p by Guido, from the collection of
/ +. S. Davis; 10, Portrait Of Miss Nell
| lie Gutherz," sister Of the artist, and one
of his early efforts; II, "Pio Mono" :"
original, from life, from the collection
Of f. S. Davis; Is, "Vanity," from the
collection of f. S. Davis; 10, "Panel
/ Portrait of COsimO de Medici fthe
! great)," by AngiOlo II Bronzino, A. D.,
] 1882, from the collection Of B. ].
] Semmes; 20, Madonna" (copy), from
the collection OF +. S. Davis; n, tsPor-
traits of Anglo, Raphael, Titan and
Devinchi,u = in one frame, each being S
copy Of the original by the sub
4 iect; by Cont, Of Florence; from
1 the collection of +. S. Davis.
'iSt. Matthias from the Swingley col
/ lection, is a splendid thing-painter un-
/ known. The neck and head are models
Of manliness, vigor and beauty. No. 20,
"St. Sebastian after SOdena, by
I Gutherz, attracts deserved attention.
/ That face which is a mixture of agony
and beatific delight is transcendently
/ beautiful. The whole figure is remark
ably well done. The other fine pictures
| in the gallery are some portraits OF
Beatrice Cenci. II Is curious to remark
the various style in which that curious
woman is painted. No. 46, The
Widows Mite,'' No. AZ, "Singing An
gels" after the manner of Sir Joshua
Reynolds. No. 50, "Mary Magdelen, A."
from the collection of F. S. Davis. No.
50, " The Happy Family" No. 81,
Another "Magdelen,n by Domeni.
chino, a celebrated Italian painter
Of the early pious school. No. S.
"Joan of Arc,n an original by an
unknown French painter, from the
Swingley Collection. No. 57, "St
Domenic,u from the original of Guer.
cino, also from the Swingley collection
No. SO. Another Magdelenn at the
feet Of Jesus, from the Swingley Collec
ton. No. "a, +" A Madonna" Raphaelis
well known design.
These are all fine works and deserve
few hours careful contemplation in tn,
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