New-York tribune., 1874-02-23
FINE ARTS-DRAMA-MuSle.
FINE ARTS
rux wArRR-ooDoR ExHunrroN'

ruu wITRR-cOLOR EXHIpfnoN'
MI. ~ 90 last year, the drawings OF MI
- y ,ra,nv are the chief attractions oi tne Noi''
poou. His two large subjects, No. lo3' Inc Wv 49,
the New Mesques-Csro." and NO l7o' ,I,,ns t'o .,
.o rucb in advance in technical duahues' .,
.sNs' o,t OF No. lel it may safely be sao
sn., u.,e architectural study good as TINS n'e ~
h,ht.d nv any American. This, after ALT " ho' o''
,n, a. morh "A We wish 1t were. since our ar'S'S,
the preseot time have hardly put their si0s'0 ,oar
rich eeld Mr. A. S. Copeland brongn' nol .,a. %
Aro along with q few remarA""o i.o,ors
Rnsens some clever studies OF Hn'"r ,o,ev
49,, shou,d have gwen him reputation anu ',s, nV
tna' snV"" "a went almost without ohservauo"'
--a,,-,os tboaeh not often happens 10 oA'o,
.,N d., these apart with at least, 10 Keep '"',,
.onns,x one most delicate drawing ." Mr' ,, 80
pahh aud some sincere good work py MI -
xI..tnr. t IS surprising how little has Deeh ooio "'
a.. ,,,, dr,ction 1. is true- We nave har"! "iS w
,ectshere at home picturesque enough " hor.
ss,,..vuNr Henry. who has faithfully lookeu aoo"'
us's'' -. .,d Nnd in our older cities to exercise
,V,, sutn upor has not yet discovered Hoiu
% No., :, Dyht have been thought that some ono "
,ho,,onv American artists who Visit 1u'oPo W."
navs hrourht HON. few architectural n'ouo anua
nv. ~. Tgganv,s fine drawing of the two Mosques iS'
hovover 40 far as We remember, tuo oDV i'' ,.
un,.h.d rece OF work IN tbss sort tn"' u'' pOo -,
~, ,va NOT hone that the picturesque aron'
nj the EaSt-Ol WIN" w
,,,,,a may DO further illustrated 5y tn's "''' '
pencili ,,, ,,,o n-sso,t Fxbi.
no, show the artist still pursuing the same serene
ou,se OF study which made his pictures Ike paih'ou
reflections Of Bryants poetry, as scholarly as 'nouk
fuI and as cold Lately We lind him taxing ipos' P0
ure in auet sea-shore scenes, subjects from oio7o "
hand tse best OF them taken from che VI
Atlantic City,
land rhp one comes,
M, hath come since the making OF the world
And yet even here. the artist mas iounu D0""' -
desolatpon and makes us wonder that so pic'ut0 ,
abore ran be go near and so little kno"h' MI ~
ards osrries the work In his drawings so iar MS ns
4, 40 exouisite that easily thinks there cannot 10
force To balance this docacy But no crs"inRS III ''
bhon are stronger than these their force is essen
tal and comes from the knowledge ana love tno arts'
has put into them. Those OF us VINO nave watoneu MS
uork from the beginning and who know how exception
ally earnest and arduous his studies nave peen cano'
Ia deeelyed by this quiet and uuostentatous Oeau'y'
ybey know well enough that there rs good muscle
bone and siRew underneath as there Is uhuer 'ne I
leaf aud lily OF girls che *
Mr r Swain Gfordp best work 1t seems 70 u.s. is
not TO be found this year 10 his Eastern subjects in the
North Room, though his work shows growth ana lnoe
pendenoe but in his studies on the coast OF Name n
bIack aud he in the West Room. These studies have
i1aereate1 us very much and we shall be well content II
N sba rrove that the artist has turned his back upon
tbe East aud determined teach how much better
ths West is. Mr. Chords early work that caught the
public eyo was with the bapzing of the salt New
ypand sea and he is sure TO come back from TIE loaf
ing East 10 his first love and wake us all up again for
there's more in him then his Arabs Iare finding in his
TsOos egg.
It's long since veaeard anything from Mr. Hennessy,
aud his drawing "a Bye-Psth makes us glad to meet
Tho landscape is, as it often used TO De- tne
est part Of picture but the figure shows better
drawing than we should have looked for from an artist
who won reputation and bed 1t, cuuousy enough in
spite of the most uureasonably bad figure drawings we
ever saw IN the work Of q man Of reputation. The
truth was that Mr. HenRessY touched vein OF sentl-
ent his early pictures that went to the public heart
and we forgaye every thing because here was young
fellow who was really in earnest. Now the public has
emost forgotten his name, and there is little In the
present drawing to recall It, but we shall never be sur
prised &c Br. Hennessy comes back again, and proves
that the delight he excited was tribute to some
thing in han essentially poetic.
The North Room contains no better work thaD'is In
Miss McDOnads charming little bit, The Last Caller
o wee manse nibbling in quiet comfort crumb from
snow covered bank Of fruit-cake. There is much to
study in this drawing besides the admirable little mouse
that woui have given equal pleasure to Agassiz and
Jauder The orange painted with great solidtS and
beautiful color. and the whole drawing is marked by
Breadth and finish This is small square OF paper but
ought 70 give the artist who has put such faithful worA
into IT, high place.
There il sume interesting foreign work in the North
Room. Detaile's wonderful d" Prussian Soldiers" We
have already spoken or. Mr. f. j. Pinweps "The
Great LADY, good specimen Of an artist who enjoys
dstin ished reputation in England, but the drawing
Will do sui little justify that reputation The work
rnanshp - undoubtedly clever but the color is man
Dered ana not any ssture and the Great Lady
a dwellsr IN Belgravia tagged with dinner-parties
drawing rooms aud kettle-drums-not woman OF the
nddler all. Her face is sioky sweet, her body an
under vliIzcd machine; she is ono OF Swinburnes
people. rot Of Frosssrt's or Chaueer's Eugene
y.ambert'4 Kittens" are most delightful and would
melt the heart OF even citizen Mr. Avery let's
two drawings OF John Ruskin both of them powerfu
end truthteuing studies-one of them. THE Falls o.
bchsGasaseu" ss beautiful as it IS powerful