, 1875-11-21

it. The ocean, mountains, d cascade, river.
furnish the painter With An object, hnt garden
has 80 little that ia distinctive
a very original and much admired picture is
''w4yEa-eEgs,"
By Alma~Tadama- Az Eastern beauty hes
At full length on !. rug spread on 5 marble
floor feeding 6shes in 3 basin with
bits Of bread. Tho face Is in
profile. with the head slightly thrown back aud
the eyes looking down into the water at her.
pets. The face is partly urecian aud partly
Eastern, and is very seyere in style; the figure
draped in the EaaBrn fashion is slender and
shaped; tbs complexion IS clear
olive The coEors in this painting axe neutral.
and cool gray and greenish tints pretoa''nate-
The subject and mode Of handling ala 40 dit-
fereut from what one usually sees 40 saye.o in
style and grave in color, with no warmth or
Brightness ard get this is 8 picture that would
NOS fail to strike ono anywhere The Scuip-
ture GallarY,' another picture exhibited thus
year By Ama-Tadema, represents an Eastern
With every detail carefully brought out Tho
tints in the Sculpture Gallery, like thoee in
- Water Pets, " nre neutral.
'tsErT1Sa TIE STORM I1B,
sea piece by H. Macallum, would be constant
eonrca Of delight hung on ones walls: t is
as though the paints were laid on henvly and
carelesely. 4 fishing boat is dancing oyer the
water iuat before the ou-comiug Of storm 4
man and boy are in her aad the boy is pulling
up tho aa,l. Tho boat fairly bounds over the
wavea and you eau almost see the wind on TIE
water, which is wonderfully well painted The
whole scene ia so frosh, breezy, aud bright!
TIE storm has not yet darkened the water,
though the wind has broken it into little crisp
waves. Looking at picture Ika this you can
fancy sou smell the SEA breezes.
A small study OF sen aud sky By ". F. Rich-
%t,o 1in1,t k1rr n n
st,ip Of vet sands, with the ocean rolling upon
them, ia perfect bit Of painting. g. Leslie,
Associate Of the Royal Academy, in his
SCHOOL REVISITED"
has chosen suhject that would have given
ample acope for all his powera- We csnnot but
made Of tue picture than has been made Of it.
though it il well painted and pleasing. 4 young
ladg Teyisits school, aud forms the centre ct OBJ
seryation for IN admiring group Of her former
mates. The younger girls admire the ''d's-
tinguished guest from respectful distance.
whiia tbs elder ones e1arplna her rings and hua
clothes- The colora are grave rather than gag;
the faces seem as taken all from one model-del-
icate with regular features the heah tlts rather
pale than ruddy. When ona thinka Of the llfe,
mischief, and fun, that are generally found ii Il
group Of happy school girls We are @ inclined e to
Amelia Sedley revisited her twelve dearest friends
at Chiswick Mall, and cur artist been thera to
portray tue event, We mieht have had moro in
terestsng. md characteristic group Of school
girls.
BY E. nsoi, .THE 4sseeia;s s4sshas't5 .; til. ey.,
Academy, il true Scotch scene
i il old is sco:Issnd. The The full-length figure Of a
old woman stands out from the surrounding
gray mist a. she wends her pious way to The
kirk. With one haad she holds an umbrolla
over her head and in tho other her house-keJ
aud Bible. Though she is very old, her face Is
still pleasant to look at from Its look Of peace.
TUE sBADyLoS14y MARRIAGE MARKETS.
By E. Long, attracts crowd ct admiuoe gazera
.'Herodotua records one OF their customs
which, whether IN Jest Or earnest, Aa decia area Il
be the wisest he eyer heard OF. Inis Was thel1
wife-auction, by which they managed to tint
husbands for Ill their yonnS Wonlep- The great
est beauty Was put up frat, and Knocked dow
to the Aigh ghes: bidder; tden tha next ~ order o
cozne1iuesa, ,-and go on to tire damscl who wa
eouid,s:aut between beauty and plalanass, W1<
waa gwen eway gratis. Then the least plain wa:
put 10 and knocked down to the gallant Tht
would marry her for the smallest consideration
and 20 On til eTen the plalneas was got r1d OF Il
Rone cynical worthy, who decidedly preferred
}ucre to looks. By Transferring to the scale oi
the il-fayorsd the pnces paid for the fair beauty
MAS uads to eadow usliness, and tie rich mans
taste vas the poor man gain" Il Is scene
from this marriase-marEe that 3lr. Long hns
given US. The foreground Of the plcture ls &C
cuuied bv row OF young WOMEN ATE 20 be
Knocked down to tho higEest bidder. The pref
tier oies str;Ee to heghten their attractions By
tha heIp OF ornaments, wliila those who are
pesthor pretty mol: ugly appear indifferent as te
what their fate may be, One poor young woman
at the extreme end Of the line crouches down
with ber face in her hands. Us though ashamed
to show features that sh8 knows full well sIi
please nona. 4 beautiful grf IL On tue staad
for III a7rfj1npar t:ftS her rflf t0nt {bE
crowd OF men in front OF the stand may see he'
loyeiiness. We can SEQ in their faces their ad
miratiou for the fair danlael, though her baca L
turned to u8. i handsome. dark-eyed man EaZef
at her in admiration, and ws feel sure he Will DC
his bea. TO wiu 80 ta3r G treasure; der beauty
il fairy radected ia bis face.
"H4EDLr EARNED"
By Miss L. Starr, brought the tears to nar eJsc.
It represents the return OF poor dall5 govern:
ess to her desolate lodgings. I'he woman faca
is 20 pathetic. 30 patient. and go sad sne has
sunk down in q cnair, her eyes closed, the verJ
picture OF uaant4l and phFs,cal exhaustion. Ihe
loom is cheeress in The extreme and almost
barren OF furniture, "a typical London lodging o.
tho vary cheap class. The face aod
hands -aze those OF lady, and tht
woll-wo1n little boots, thrown down before what
should be fire to dry, with the scantT black
garments, tell painful story OF shabby gen
tael Isuppose there are thousands OF lonely
women 10 London getting their lining, such as
it is in this painful waY; buk when il is brought
thus vivid before one, it certainly Sends pans
TO ones heart.
have mentioned few OF the principal pic
tu1es, those that pleased me beat, OF wero b1
the most eminent artists Muiready, tfath
Calderop, Cooper, Nicol. and Ansdel>, a}l exhie
tied one or more paintings in this years Acade
nv, M1tIais is working at q landscape for nex'
years exhibition hare gathered = few facts
about
- MISS EIIZADETa THOMSON,
whose 81 Charge at Quart1e Bras" Was 40 nnct
admired. Miss Thompson vas born Of Engbst
parents in the 1sle OF JeEsey. She is yer.
young, not being over 19 or20 at this presen
time. Her mother wss q sister Of the iate air
Charles Dickeny' wife. 1ir. Thompson, seeing
his daughters decided talent, determined shs
should have every opportunity for cultiyatln{
it. He accordingly took his family 10 Italy
where they remained for three years. Mis-
Thompson studied in the Florence Academy
Her first picture OF note, and the first she ex'
hibited, WaR the Toll Call, (" exhibited in }as
years Academy, and was bought By tue Queer
for large sum OF money. Before that, several
Of her pictures we1o exhibited in the Dudls
Gallerr which ia designed for amateurs ant
uon-memhers Of the Royal Academy. Miss
Thompson is said to have painted her faroraee
pony as her first picture when she Tas abons
Is. Her two great pictures, The boil Call
and the "CharRe at Quartre Bras have beer
bottle pieces, and she Is now engaged on IN
othor for next years exhibition, 40 have aeez
told The talent her pictures eTince R some
thing extraordinary for 30 young woman. l.