The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1873-04-30

The Sherwood saie-Second and Last
Night.

evening by an audience largely composed OF con-
noisseurs, who testified their appreciation OF Mr.
Sherwood's fastidiousiy selected gallery by the
largeness and enthusiasm OF their bids. The sale
win be concluded tonight at the same place. We
specify few OF the more salient works that viii be
disposed off,
Cabanel's 1--we After the Expulsion from Para
dise,n a naked lnll-length figure, distinguished by
the richness Of its carnations, the suavty OF it's
coloring, the lneness OF its sentiment, the deli
cacy OF its treatment and the perfection with
which the swells and depressiOns of a beautiful
female figure are rendered; sheep" by Shattuck
presenting small fold Of sheep ana lambs in de-
hghtiul variety OF natural attitudes; Adirondack"
Scenery by James M. Hart; Group Of French
Blooded Stock" by Emil Adam; Country
SCHOOL, by Winslow Homer, picture to
which Whittier might appropriately write (, a
crouch Him ii You Dare" one Of j. G.
Browns most spirited and dashing nniques;
.Boccaccio Reciting Poem" BY A. Cues, very
ricn and dramatic; IAN Italian villa,' by Achen-
bach a 81 Of l Lovely n, az ana dreamy
tragicay dramatic and iu OF strong anttheses;
"Diogenes,na most uncynical rendition OF that
arch-cynic, by. J. L. Gerome; '.rhe Knot IN the
Skein,N by - j. Guy, which may be described as
OF idyll Of the drawing room, expressive Of
pquantly poetic phase in adolescence, and Read
This evening, at Clinton Hall, will conclude one
OF the most recherche sales OF the season.
Forest opening-CatsEill Mountains, s145;
Mosque in Tfis, 500; OK Team-Nooning, 500;
Mountain Brook sso cnprt Fay
Death of Adonis, $50; Grandmother's Corner,
$3.50; The Scissors Grinder, $50; Pompean
scape, $3.50; Sunday Morning. $500; Forest
Visit TO oi the Grandparents Posh Costumes, 775
Reconciliation, $40; The Presentation, sS75; OBJ
iects OF Art. 500; Street Musicians, 1855; Snap
mir III No
before Time, $780, The Legend OF White Fawn, 1885,;
The Bridal Morning $50 ;Ne vs. from the War $685.
tage Twilight, s75; Near Elizabetatown, Adlron-
dacks, s75; Return from the Promenade $3.50; The
turkish h. Woman, slo5; Dr. s Springs 6ld Brick
Church, Printing House square, slo5; Sunday
Services Of Puritan Scouts Under the, the shadow
West Flanders $500; The Little Stranger $1,000;
The Coming storm, 1000; The Wedding Jewels,
The Tribute Money s45 quail and YOUNG
The Poor a's STUDENT cent"r $780, $780,
Poultry, $50; Poultry, $50; Head OF Spanish Lady,
s2s Luss $780, Mgne sSSS
res, $55; The Stolen Kiss, $3.50; Dogs and Herons
$l3 Spitzwey, sl6o; $. r. Clifford, $40. Total
$24,732
Eispham's .sStam pede''-A Great Picture.
There has been hanging for nearly week in the
window of Mr.. William Schaus, 749 Broadway
large picture 40 by 95, painted by Mr.. H. G. Bsp-
ham, and entitled "The Stampede" 1t has natu-
rally attracted great deal OF attention, both
from the unusualness OF the subject and the excep-
tional power with which it Is treated. Prairiedom
is one of the most grand, mysterious and beautiful
features OF our national scenery Embracing hun
dreds OF thousands OF square miles, its innumera-
BILE swes subside into each other like transfxed
fluctuations OF ocean. Ii is a sOlidifed sea, ever
spangled and vernal-a mainland Mediterranean
whose azure waves have undergone transfg-
uration strange as Daphne's. The wonder is that
American artists have not oftener sought inspira-
ton from a vasttude so lul of beauty, bearing
such INFINITE riches upon Its Abraham's BOSOM
with now and then touch Of the terrible, just
sufficient to remind one OF that agonzlng element
which helps to hem in and condition all natural
objects not less than all human affairs
1t is to this terrific aspect that Mr. Bspham has,
IN the picture now under consideration, confined
himself. Buffalo hunting has not beguiled him,
and the remains OF ancient mounds, and other
traces OF a remote civilization which some praires
occasionally offer, have presented themselves to
him in vain. He has passed by the isolated groves
and the infrequent rocky ridges of these great
grass lands, aud found nothing especially attrac-
tive to his brush in the rich bottom lands that
border the prairie stream. The lonely silence OF
these gigantic pastures has had no charms Tor him,
and he has deliberately ignored the thousand
quiet lovelinesse Of these illimitable savannahs,
nity simply because lie had in view sterner sub
ject- nothing less than the prairie under its most
appalling aspect, with sea OF flame circling and
surglng in the background, driving before II herd
OF wild horses frantic with terror, confusion and
dismay.
How has Mr. Bispham executed this arduous
taskY We all know OF him as young artist OF
PROMISE who has worked much and WE'LL and who
seemed to be gradually realizing the hope he early
held cut; but nothing so ambitious as "The SIAM
pede- has hitherto come from his brush and, we
might as well add at once, nothing so unique, so
nf M mo gfnrv nf
many difficult details. With such a scene as this
Victor Hugo or Swinburne might easily be con-
would iascinate the genius OF the one and
the volnptuous cruelty of fire that OF the
other The group OF crazed horses is a bonnie
6O,tcte for the mouth OF the advancing Names
We hear the relentless conhagraton smacking its
white-hot jaws and whetting its Internal appetite
with gustatory tongue-thrusts. Nature becomes
her own incendiary, and madly offers up the most
wildly beautiful dumb beings in her domain.
But Mr.. Bispham has not contented himself with
giving to grand idea so vague an expression
as these metaphors imply The largeness and the
horror OF the scene have not made him forget
monious relations OF his coors; their deep and
powerful tone; his grand and dgnided style, in
that put nim apart; the art, the sub
tlety and the strength with which the
passion Of terror Is depicted in the
illustrating as 1t does how artistically smaller
eGects have been sacrificed in order to secure
greater; the ingenuity OF the grouping; the rich
ness OF imagination and touch by which eequne
grace and beauty are made TO enhance the terror
perfection Of the chiaroscuro the richness ii the
composition as whole, utterly devoid as it is of
coniusion-all proclaim this work of Mr.. Bsphams
not only che greatest when has yet been sent from
his studio but the greatest which any American
artist OF equal youth has yet had the opportunity of
putting well before the public.
Those VINO have already admired this picture will
be Interested IN learning that about dozen other
the Schenck Gallery, go Liberty street.
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