The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1876-07-13

wife OF Cawdor's Thane is as noble
hgure as was ever embodied upon
the painters canvass, as she waves
the guests away while sho looks upon
her guilty husband. You can read
in her sad face the heart agony which
a few months later laid that mighty
mind in utter and hopeless ruin.
Daniel Maclise was noble painter.
Scotland may well be proud of her
distinguished son. In another nook
hangs q little gem that filled me with
inexprossiblo sadness; the millions
passed it by unnoticed, and yet it was
from the pencil of one whose name is
immortal wherever art has q worship
per. 1t was q sick monkey, from the
easel of Sir Edward Lendseer. There
wore many pictures more pretentious,
but not one IL the vast collection
more truthful than this humble Offer
ing from one of England's greatest
PAINTERS. Co!d and silent now, be-
yond the reach of the plaudits of the
whole world, would remember the
great artist only as he stood in the
pride OF his manhood and the zenith
OF his fame. 1t filled me with griet
unutterable to think that the cum,
nlng finger that guided his magic
pencil should clutch at last the ma
MACS straw, and perish behind the
bars of a mad mans cell.
Albert Beerstadt is represented by
two of the grandest triumpks of his
life-a view of the big trees of Mar
iposa, and his magnificent picture of
Yosemite Valley. 1t is q grand con.
ception, grandly worked out in the
honest spirit OF genuine artist; but
in another room hangs q Yosemite
Valley, by Thos. Hill, of San Frisco,
which, to my thinking is one of the
noblcSt pictures in the Exhibition. l
have been there; have heard tie
mighty roar Of its tremendous water
falls, and sat beneath the shadow OF
those cloudNreaching, granite hills
that look like the walls of heaven.
have watched the mist as it rose
through those wondorous aisles and
been rocked TO sleep by the sighing
Of the pines that sounded like an ana
gels wall; and in all the grand essen-
talS that 90 to make up that wild
mountain landscape; no artist, living
or dead, has exceeded Thos. uill.-
Next in merit comes his Donncr
Lake, looking so calm and beautiful,
nestled away among the mountains
and yet indissolubly connected
with one of the saddest acts in the
whole Of our American history. Here
persisted torty cmigrant5 in 1916, and
tor weeks the fow that survived lived
on the bodies of the dead. Take
heart, young artist, wherever you are
as you look on these grand pictures,
worth thousands and thousands OF
dollars, and remember, no matter
how poor you are, that ten years ago
this very July day, Thomas Hill was
Just as poor as you are. AS an artist
ho was entirely unknown to fame,
and he labored in his little studio on
Montgomery street, San Francisco,
for hardly enough to keep body and
soul together. These were indeed
days of suffering and probation. 1t
his heart sometimes tagged, his artist
soul was full OF strongest purpose,
and after years of toll to day, amidst
the collected genius of the world, his
works are almost without rival
Here, too, are some of tho most glo-
rious Mosaics that ever the eye feast
ed on! Landscapes rich in color and
beauty as ever frightened the dreams
of Claude Lorraine. Entering one
room you are met at the door by q
witcbing young sylph partially en-
vcloped in net. 1t is simply won
derful. 1t looks though sou could
shake it like skoin of silk; but near
it is another by the same artist, Cor
ona, OF Italy. The subject is the free
ing of the dove. This is one of the
marycls of the Exhibition. The dra-
perry is u miracle OF art. The lace
On her chemisc is worked out with a
detail that speaks rather of the won
ders Of The loom than tho cunning OF
the sculptcr's chisel. A little beyond
is the finding of MosesSa magnificent
conception from tho ceaisel of Bar
zaghi-the head of the infant Nose.
being beautiful beyond description
Close to it is the forced prayer one o.
the sweetest little gems ever cut in
marble. The subject being a child
compelled to say it's prayers before
Uniny To bod He stande in h;a i;ttIc