, 1877-05-06

for both sketches and pictures. small Turner,
no larger than an octave volume. OF his carrier
works apparently, "a mountain torrent apanned oy
an old arch, some brown rocks, goats feed1ng,-
s1?sa s eqo W. shnsa o Or
s., 100: tiny affair By Bi!ket Foster, ,Dfiving
Home the Cows, = cost s., 200; and single figure
~ bnt it is hardly fair to speak OF these slight
sketches when --.. .
%!ss 5n1Es GnsAr .nS w9eFf
e.1a rae are now on enhibItion at the foams
Of the Fine Art Society in New Bond street.
them IN the order fhet Of has y
% dsed LEE psf'5s e hsr 'fs
1874. The mention Of that picture by the Prince
Academy banquet OF that year, and the terms OF
perhaps, some adventitious aid in her sudden leap
last two pictures will admit that she has
Gated her title to 1t. In all three
pictures she has chosen some special moment or
fcuture of battle or campaign, instead OF attempt
ing to depict the movement OF huge 1nasscs There
is astien aud IN n
and she has done so BY giving marked Individuality
to each aEuEe The Golones sacs, sFaye'
alert and methodca1; the poor fellow who
has fallen. and the Young comradc, whose tortl~
tic, has given way at the sight ot the dead figure at
his feet; tho unconcerned soldier who drains his
cantcsn and the undaunted recruit whose lucky
seems to say that he wishes another chancs to no
up and at tacm, ARC examples OF TINS.
In "Balaelava" the faces hare eyen @ more orc
has attempted 10 representation OF the iano',s
charges. but scene on the Canscway Heights
when the remnants Of the s'x nnndrcd a. w1re th
size Of each, and the not very large canyae: give
it. perhaps. a little too epsodical and limited
look, most like section OF great pictnEc OF Inc
charge ,, .
strikes me most forcibly OF the three: It is tho
position Of the sallant aa a. t r ~
troops in the ryehcld At Qnatre- Bras tho day be-
fore Waterloo. Miss Thompson has seized upon
the ht9s o. ~ t1e De n he
to the grim seriousness OF the veterans about them.
who 's were s' Young recruits at Arkansas Post and
Mission Ridge. The oncomlng enemy attempting
to break the serricd tines Of the square the rearing
in.efminsied aTs ali represented With considerable
fidelity, though the former arc necessarily some.
what obscured BY the smoke Of the conflict; but
are are the two lines Of British soldiers forming two
centre Of the pietqFe There .,s. Is nt,3es sg%es
soldiers, who are takcn at SO ncae a range
thnt every epaulettc, button, stripe, and bayonet
eau be clearly seen, every vElnklc In thp CORFU
lips And, II the er-excitcment OF . few has
burst forth in irrcpressbe, perhaps hystesic hlar
M SSt naas j. only 81 hs as, SrsasF e s Mtn p.s hs
face OF comrade. who still sustains himself
by gsasping his ncighbor's belt One thing IL no.
tcsable about death as this artist depicts i; It Is
to the destroyer her solders who arc dead or dyn:
are not indisnguishablc or charactercss relics Of
2 M a essa sss tfs & se EGS hnmbss
THE STRONG POINT
in Miss Thompsons battle-scenes, and It Is an un-
dramatic tinsel, 1t is no gathering OF gayty- clad
hosts, Of heroes upon curvcting chargers, Of fut-
Is ecs Reh1Shs sfass
III paints death. do not think,
better sermon against war could be preached
singular . that this fidelity in details Of scenes
pcrilous and not commonly accessible has been
Fcached as the result Of natural bent BY young
Brls >: II nerer approached picture with mers
Miss Tnompson's, because I have always
because j thoav,t what the public made such !
fuss abont must be. good for nothing. But It is
Sszsss work tss and ba ,es first fine bas Pre-
ing ing ali mannsr Of illustrative and real
sc faculty. Esaans ony1 hsoqe o. tbs bs
Pallas Of PAIL Mall, and to mnrmnr my poor words
of warning to her that she remember, IN hes day Of
and 10y ,s ms to a1
ity had not in the least s,,,,, expect. t:
for the % se daaS1. aNays 'S
think et looking At, the u is the most tenderly
~ all In fhA X