, 1877-04-08
From {1ur 1tnu forYeSnnndkHf,

Of people and mr. first frankly expressed opinion,
therefore, vas Of utter failure to see anything cx-
cent storm-xreck, most amazingly shot through
and throueh with eucdeu burst OF sunlight, which
+br.vr its red and yellow shine across sxhtrl OF
foaminr waves, upon which rode, OF tossed. q
xvnecked vessel, In the foreground to the right I
saw m unpleaeant suggestion OF something which
,esemb,ed.
90. x.rrHR-ovPAcr youvcsrKR pRoFAyr1y
PUT IT,
..s lot Of fshes' eyea." This at the trst glance
Una tha n,incipa1 thing. or things. I could make
mt Pretentiy a most commonplace resemblance
+o ,cn,,tnre 1eg oy 1nntton took form. cleft rude
IL At the ton, and with something which looked
yerv like leather shoe string curled ABOUT it
When communicated this discovery to one Of my
companions, was informed that had seen the
limb and m.nacles Of u slave, or what was left
thereof, By the devouring Dishes, whose visual
organs seemed to be the largest part Of them Iwas
furthermore informed that, to get the real effect,
must LOOK 1T the picture from 4 greater distance
when everything would7.. come out" ! thought
about enough nnpleasantness had come out al
ready. but was bound to see Turner'S
picture in ali lights, and s there was Of it. And it,
from the dsagreeable and to speak plainly the dis
Rustins]y common place det44ls with their ghAstly
intention Of suggestion, there could be grand or
AREA1LY GREAT SCENE or HORROR
1vantea tn find It Sol noaed uvself At yarfons
enr,es and n1sres hefore the n;ctnra. 1vent here
went therc. l went everywhere in the hall where
ftvas it was net hung, bur set upon an easel,
and from each point took survey And from each
uoint could see only breaking etorm wrack. eun
smitten, and a vessels wreck riding rpon the
angry waves. So far it was picture, novel and
weird. and with great elements of beauty even to
an uncrtical eye. But waited in vain for the un-
pleasantness tn the foreground to tie right to
..come mt with auv Of tho aspect OF tragedy
To INV vision there. was no such coming out l
eould zee on1y the yery hideous resembluuces
.h1c1, s,.,.t ~ ~ +ha arst b;daon. haco,so suo-
gestlng
ONLY THE ANIMAL AND REPULsIyE.
.Ana it doesn't come ont to you.', asked one
and smother OF ny companions with an anxiety
that 1t length noted az q little curious.
..No, can't say that it does" f" meeklv an
".Tan don,, sae .s ~. acscr;nt,or -,o;nts or+
1ou uuu ees' ae sue .sss4.p1''a -, 'o4ll7 oos7
those indications OF human hmbs?' ...
not sorry. after all, that he %tcomine ont" had
T,j1ad ne ,nd +h,7 cor1d on,v sae tbe c-ofesoro
!anea me, anu laa' % eou,a on4s see tne eto1esqne
In this outlining. 'But do you see all those
And then the cat Is out Of the b.y, Not one has
had The vision Of genius the *.inspired eyes Of
Imagination - not one has eeen all this phantas'a
Of storm and wreck and 1ivid human horror Us
the artist intended in his portrayal and Is the
3eacrIn,,ve c,rcnlsr anrources.
BUT THEY HAVE GREAT FAITH IN TURNER,
or in bis great reputation, and 20 they haveful1
faith that II liz all there-all the t,anedv which
thev hure hem nr,hIe to fnd AMI which tIov hsro
s.:,,> 80 =. - =, :. - =. 49,. - 49, 41
conaoence VIII a",. CONE oat 10 1aem al some hap
py moment. couldn't help thinking, As looked
1t this picture Of great expectations of the works
of M trent If mt greater artisfs whose c,nvases
sa,e 80 - h., 7>,,raa oro- ~ .tS. ..nn...t9
w not aA' ~ oe pow o'et ~ WIS Haaane' ~
Dante and Virgil In the dark depths Of the forest
mngnihcence one has plenty OF opportunity for
ltudrtng the beauties that are depicted. But they
Ire very deiniIe beAuttes and do not play hide and
,Aeek, nor call upon the imagination TO aid enc by
it's most violent EFFORTS. As paid one Of my
as hare said, The comment that heard from
one and another of the crowd, who we're strangers
to me- was on the whole .edilyipg aud Of rather
cnlishtening nature ! thoroughly symp.thized
with one young man Who, after long look drew
.'KelI. the fellow who's bought that picture has
so much money that he don't know his own in
come, they tell me- ! should conc!ude from tnls
1'ufchase that be didn't know what to DO with what
be did know about" This. Of course IS me opln-
Ign Of eeniEh.ed ignor9nce, anu 1he cfaucs VINO 60
into Taptnres and JON Rnsk,n IN NJ; t enthusiasm
over Turner would look upon sneh 1gnosaaee as
little short O. cEame- Ihey would probably teel
as ;Iufnef a!mseH Ao Wnen iaufs iooA1nG ~ one
lof hts fema1kao!e sunseos. sa.o 70 n.m: -
NH. 1o1S1@' NE ~. Sh 1,. sAn aoen = ~
md Turner replied: A
No. madam don't VGn anSa wish a yon ..11 eonla:
Turner very Palpaply thopEht ne woman + vas s
pFesnmptuous 1901. n tn!s c@onn.ectlph @ musI