The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-21

wherc Chcviot ridges swell 10 meet the sky anu has
0ilincIy clothed his swell and sweep of green hill
with the mantle 0i gray cloud they SO oiten wear In
that s.soli region Of The island. W. e. Horsley, lately
employed abroad for one OF the illustrated papers,
seuus good fruits Of mis- travels IN (62) rhc Hour OF
PRAYER on board "a Turkish lr0n-cnd.' Nothing can
be ruer than The deep-iigntsd shadows OF tue tween
through Tue port or than the figures kneeng or pros
tratipg themselves IN inc direction OF Mecca, each
on MS little prayer carpet. The workmanship OF the
picure ~ solid In texture rs Is strong IN color, aud
warru MIS- high expectations from tho young painter,
son OF the who has other pictures here
one OF hunting man trying to lug out his horse stuck
FIST In Dcvonshire boz. which shows hunor as wen
as the power to paint We have seen Erskine Nicols
nd irish and his legal adviser (5G) be-
lore but there character and humor enough in both
10 mako us glad TO SEQ them again In .'Ihc Old
pump Room, Bath" with its groups OF gout-hotbed
bcnux ana uvalids pretty and tho reverse, Mr. Storey
Inns found a capital subject and skctcled what WILL
no doubt be an effective picture when he has mad
una 40 na,nt H. En- attendant seus he has used his
privilege OF associate TO send Ia his diminished pc
lures 10 be finished no doubt alter the close oil the
In gallery No IL wo are first arrested by Briton RI
yieres sIegend oil ST. Patrick" (70 when the vencra.
blc saint seeking site for bis church ana monastery
81 Armagh. hnd,ng amid tho bowldcrs the hill roo
aud her newly dropped lawn, took the lawn IN his
arms and bore II down 10 moro hospaoic Levels ioi-
lowed by the mother grown miraculously fearless OF
the saint Tho bengnity and dignity OF the grout Irish
apostle aud the mixed expression IN the eyes oil lawn
and hind. 1xcd on each other IN love crossed with
amazemont rather than apprehension, are worthy Of
w. THE pIcrURH o. THE rKAR-
In this room what will no doubt, BIO tho picture OF
the year, Longs Egyptian Fsast" worthy for d.
mensions ana pictorial merits 70 rank with his Babyo-
Man slave Market" tho senssson' Of two years ago.
ne have all rend OF the deaths head At The Egyptian
feast THIS msmento OF tho transitoriness oil
earthly delights no deaths head, but tho
wooden image OF q mummy, hero shown as
large as a mummi1ed eorpse, drawn round ny
slaves preceded by who prociaims 10 each group
OF tsaslers Look moro; drink ana be merry; Tor when
YOU uo such will you loo be" Hcrodotus indicates a
smaller imago than Mr. Long has painted, describing
n MS OF c,bt two long, NJ most aud carried
round BY Que man. who preached The sermon; not a
full sized mummy dragged round on painted and
car we'd boat oil OSIRIS by Of slaves preceded by
n proachcr, as we here. No doubt tho alteration
supplied Inc painter with valuable pictorial material
and seeing thai he has seated his ioasters
m gigantic hail. decorated with whole ranges OF bier
oryphs such as are found In the temples and tombs
IN the banks OF the Nile hail OF dimensions such as
We have TO think would have been possible
in any ordlnary or even paatisl Egyptian mouse, be
may have iclt there room for such slave team
and fuIlsixed mummy Ms he has used 10 point the
moral OF the ghastly emblem Allowing, ioi
tina pictorial cxaggeraton, Mr. Longs work Il
worthy OF tho highest praise Tor tho clever
pess tho arrangements Of tho guests, MOI
seated tamey at Iong boards, but gracefully and va
rioosy seated 10 little groups OF both sexes and al
ages with youth aud beauty prcdominating, roune
those l,gnt carved tables o. palm wood, Of which SC
many have Dcen brought light IRON the tomos; Tho
ud,cous treatment Of toe hierogiyph painted walls u
Tho background, as 10 get all tho effect oil then
bright pleasant and characteristic color without inter
ference with tho figures: the ingenious variety o