The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-03-10

NtsAASu tsst1 tue Ot1<I sNAR3 NaCtS ne eouidSnspect the pictures of celebrated artists. His savings enabled him to do so. Ho~mauy young men 0, ms own age have smoked away. and drank away. many Pleasan, trip 10 the famous places and grea; cities of the north ard east.
 Edward entered the studio of Eliot, in New York. This vas in 5. He also became pupil Al the National academy. The ines, pictures of the western eonti- neni were about hum. and he had free in tereourse with the best portrait painter the Cnited States has ever produced. and the fau benefit of hss ins,ruction-as well as the severe training oi the academy. Nothlng th at could improve was lost up- on him. He returned home assured. and competent to walk in an elevated pathway. He had trusted m genius had improved the talent tod had gwen him. had aot abused It and made |, curse 10 himself and h,s fellow men. 4, Washington in Hempstead. a, Pine BIufi. q; Fort Smith. at \ aa Burcn. a, Little Rock. and at some other places he has ,it his trnpress a. a gifted painter. He never made portrait that was valuable alone as d likeness. HIs every effort possesses ,rai,s superior 10 common con cerns denomina,ei speaking. life Ike. 'eN,tenci, accurate. etc. There ls 2 management of ligh, and shade and color. harmon,sing with fidelity. far be- yond the approach of the ordinary pen
 oIl. Ills portraits to straKger-cyes arc scarcely less pleasing than to those who lose the ,raits and lineAments depicted.
 Whils, engaged upon hkenesses he often varied the labors of his pencil with landscape and domestic scenes. These are st altered al differen, points. and II Is no, now necessary to speak of them. But however short might be the notice of his works. Il would be uupardonable 10 pass over Maf by which he was intro duced to the world and by which he be come famous. THE ARkAN>A~ TRAv HER. of course Is meant.
 The date of the conception of this pie ture IS no, recollec,ed at the present mo ment; bu, |, was finished and ready for the engraver's hand early in the spring of the past year. It was transferred to stone by the best Photographer in the Uni ted States. Any one. al the slightest glance. can see that |, was no ordinary artist that made the copy. Better etiec, under the ciro um,tanoes. perhaps. could not be produced with black and white We never saw the original. but knowing that Frenehman who never witnessed a western scene and had. and could have no idea of its characteristics. executed the copy. we cannot but regard that copy. considering the materials employed. as excet ding.y ;aiihful-as true as com mon daguerFeoiype ,o life. The engra- vef could have no po~er m the matter could make no variation without a be- trayal. In one or two minor points there has been variation. These the eye Of westener detects instantly. The squat ters dogs are not Arkansaw dogs, and the gun is such gun as fills the oonceIt of city gentleman perfectly. All else in the picture emanated from the brain of Edward WashboArne.
 In our opinion there have never been but four pictures really illustrative of western life painted. Three of these were produced by Bingham. of Missouri, stump Speaking. The County Flee ton and the Jolly Flatboatman" the other. by Edward Nashbourne The Arkansaw Traveller. All these pictures are we'll known 10 the travclng pubic oi the Mississippi valley iInghams were not wor,hil, engraved. although they were pu, ou, with assurances of being the utmos, that tould be accomplished by skill and steel. The Jolly tla,boa,- man" was d swindle, and the others were but approaches to what they ought ,o have been Edward Washbourne s. too. has been issued Tn sIrhr far below its merit But the day will be. as surely a. time shall come. when all these will re- ceive that care which they deserve for in- ,rinsic wouh-for being faithful trans scripts of early times. Binghams pic tures truly represent western scenes. but they have not backwoods life intensified as in the "Traveler." The as H is. with out avoiding features not at all aa,tering to one who bears great respect for his feiiow-citizens. is found palpable almost to astonishment Tn it. The whole fam fly, the house. the surroundings indicate how little civilization has been cared for in any of their makings up. There IS not a beast in the forest more unconeerned about the opinions and actions of the world than the squatter. The splendid horse rode by the traveller does not take his eye. A good, hardy range horse to him IS far preferable. From his look he is independent almost to impotence. Ii would be perfectly agreeable to hum were the traveller 10 pass on. He would prob ably never think of him. His wife looks as if created with special regard to the fitness of things. She is game woman. and could thrash hah-dozen of the chaps that Jauntily make remarks upon her cob pipe. skillet and general appear ance. Bus II IS needless to parueularize points The picture IS before all. and |, requires no connois,eurs skill. no expe- rienoe in au. no inspection of the mas ter pieces of galleries. to appreciate if fo the full. Whoever has observed squattcr life IS a we'll qualified judge of it's merits. There are few men. Of the present day, as certain of having their features trans mitted to posterity. as Colonel Faulkner. The print ~ill be re-engrased countless times-~ill journey with posterity for aye in full and honored companionship with Marriage a Ia Mode 'The En-