The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-04-08

Aurora. He suggested the idea to
William. and by him was requested to
write. nut tSs description of the god
dess. The following lines will give
good idea of her:
Enthroned upon her car of light, the
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Is circling down the lofty nights of
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Her vel%trained coursers wedge the
blindsst depths
With fearful plunge. yet heed The
steady hand
That guides their lonely way. So swift
her course, -
So bright her emile. she seems on silver
wings. '-
O'erre.ching spscs. to giias Che air,
main. So
Behind. far Towing, spreads her deep
hlne. veil,A -
Iasruaehk si.k stars tl,as simmer in
ITS wave.
Before the car So owl. gloom sighted.
flaps -
His weary way Min ,nelaacholy Loo,,
Dispelling spectral shades. that fee.
With bat like rush. sfffishted back
Withinrthe hlaekest no "a y RI sysrneds
IA 6 night s0l Il eIa ~ 2ET<S
Still hours Of darkness wend around the
81 .car s# e @s 9
BY rAven t,esses half concealed; bat
nff one. ~ a. a3ig It's Ea
With fsifer locks. seems lingering back
for day. TH.NlsJg
Yet all, with even measured foo:steps.
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Her onward course. And, floating in
her train.
Reposs lies nsatied in the breas! of
While soft Desires encla.p the waists of
Dreams.
And light-wisgsd F.ncies fit around
Ii istfcppe -
These graphic lines we're the source
and inspiration Of the Flight of Night.
Hunts greatest work. This subject &C
cupics the north side of the Assembly
chamber of the State hsusc at Albany.
aud covers space of 40 feet in width
aud 4 feet in hight at its central point.
lti eaintsd directly apon the surfacs
OF tho sandstone forming the walls Of
the building, and is great success.
Everything about it is noble. A chariot
in the clouds and female driver. who
guides her galIoping horses without
birdie or harness, ushers in the sleeping
possibilities of . great consioent., NJ.
thisx pald - mere msgnikes.t than
tkA 16tiosaaa iaprsssion of~swiftness
chat the three horses convey. They
almost seem alive. aud Ms if you could
indeed hesr the traWpipg of their hoofs
as they rush by.
The picture on the south wall Of the
Assembly chs.n ber is very much sim.
pier. The design was Of more recent
date. It shows the discoverer stsnding
upright in skiff on the ocean. gazing
intently upon the shore. The sk,f
glides easily towards the shore. aud ac-
companying it are several graceful fe-
male figures. one Of whom beckons
With .ber hsndyto the new countrysju just
in sight.
At the present time very interesting
exhibition of llun.'s works. in oil col.
ora, charcoal and pastel drawings. is
takibR place st the Att Museusn. Boston
1t comprises over three hundred works.
As you ascend the staircase leading to
the room containing his oil paintings,
yea come upsn four pictares OF Hunt
himself pafhted by different artists.
Oae waa apsiaied By has. .mothsr when
he wss fourteen years Of 'sge;: another
was BY Lsitss taken in Dusseldorf in
1916, aud representing him in the cos
tuuisA OF q cavalier OF the time of Fran
cis l. The third portrait was painted
by c. Monginot at Paris in 1850, and
t1e, ,f{Y,l jly BlaSdsp,a As, you enter
tlS Ss}p1ey 6onb AAilg hfs o. p.intags|
yen xre mmediafel attracted BY an
Ntber portrait Of Hunt. from the strik-
ing manner in which it is painted. and
also BY its being draped in mourning
and having table covered with beau
t9e3 ddwsp tlAosd difsstly ander it.
This portrait he painted himself id the
lA1 syesEaof, ,bh hfe. / 1t sspssssaS>s 81
very much older man than sry of the
odhFs. apds L. MD to bea veryksos1
Likeness.
aAssods tho Other ipor.raitssI are those
Of Janes Eresms9 Clark. Charles Sunr
net, Ahrdhsm lincoln ana Gov An
dxsxsall af them pnusually 6pa. y full |
lebSt6 picture OF Chief Justice Shaw isl
hie esAtests ffisnpk - Psftsaitons,
Thess portraits ~ers oil taken after
bin upb&4 10 AsSerie& His NEST bsau-
tifnl genre paintinge are THE Bslated
Kid" . young pOSsst GirI holding 8
little kid in her arms. md the mother
of(ho ~ helpless orS6tre II pressing
close 70 the girls side. with III expres-
At6sf< <1bDD19 9ksusei i6sitsfse@ IA
kirl at tbe FopnAin' 10 y Young paasant
fuiAe ~ pikhsr. Tb4ktHuaeet felt
OF tracs and ease, vnd the prevailing
elk f06t30. ..11ic6 % Sc faSOsits1
This picture Was painted in
052O8EiaSC GSauu1 oisA Hi,ltt, snd
iipishsd q Brsttlsboro. LA Marener-
its." painted in 1852. while he was with
Coutv1 yppn1snts uAidepFymue1G|
10 I0 33A l1lN. 1eiine = dsi4 to
pieces, TO see it her lover Is true or not.
The ooloring Is very lovely. Another
'.1farsserite, !, psiated uoder Milist. u
little darker Ia color and the facs ~
9es sssss;;sss s;,ss s.,,,: sssa|s ;r,sa,I
and the .Hurdy Gssdy Boy" painted
IN 1851, woald do for the likeness OF q
kxia eslAA shso ioiA0y dciiy The
Prod;gal Son. paihfrd in 1919. il the
best and most powerful Of his biblical
esmpoiitions, and thc Fortune Tel
Iesr te6Slls gAs style of Os1, ''srhe