Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1886-08-22
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| II Is well worth trip 10 saf
Francisco 10 he abe to see TT
magnificent picture at rhe Battle OF
| waterloo, &C., has beru "m ex-
hihition h. re for over year.
The picture occupies IN" ""''' e
interior of c.,cnIar building.
| You reac "a, certre If the nj IL
ing by marrow Ia>sa.e way and
ascend winding stair which car
rieS van IL IA pGa,fOr;n III re &c 'er
r,f the panorama.
| r. "a ln-.aut Yea pass Your
| hand before your eyes, staggered
and tewilhrre,i nr me >ig!,'. i,r II,
seems ~ II some power had carried
you bodily t. 'ur historical spot
where the Frerch and EnsIi>t
struggled in The grain fields OF
Hnugomrnt
l. mkimg oyar the r,Il ng # T.
platform one Is sud,ieuly c,n'rnntrd
by an immense stretch of country.
which >eenr- "niy bounced by the
horizon. 1t seems Il larger area
than niie w.ul. So. # standing N
thu. c-nt-r If the Carson valley and
lonSin. to the four points of the
compass
The tremendous distance first
-canS the Intermediate space. AID
finally 1t rests on the real earth
at he feet ~ rhe spectator.
Without very careful in>pec
lion IL imposSIhie to distinguish
the llne al demarcation between
the real earth and the painting.
IL fac, the line i below the line of
vision, as the earth slopes 81 alb
ruptty jH>t before it reaches the
painting. that the lower edge i ont
Of sight.
The ground about the platform
is strewn with Sabers. old guns,
knapsacks, hlousas and accouter-
ments. Grass. wheat and shrubs |
are growing in the damp soil, and IA
large tree wing on the ground ar
tis,ically joins d stump painted on
the canvas.
The artists have seized the SUI
preme moment Of battle. The
French cavalry under the command
Of Ney. moving against the hollow
squares Of the ENGLISH, are just
pulling clear of the sunken road Of
Ohain, where 1000 horses aud l.
500 men sank and filed the space
for the rest If the cavalry e. ride
over.
The picture presents thousands
IF lfe-sized figures of men and
horses in the heat Of conflict.
Shells are bursting in air and tear
ng up the earth The dead lie in
distorted heaps mangled men and
horses, dismantlsd trees, charging
cavalry, splintered Gun carriages,
lnd all the dreadful mlnutia of
,attle are here presented SO per
'ect in action, size and color, tina
III thought of picture Is lost. for
ok where YOU NAV, the sky. land
capp and masses of advancing men
eem limitleSs, and every row and
len ,eu wonder if 1t would not be
afrr to get OUT Of the range of the
5uns or have your life insurance
,ohcy made out for a larger
mount.
A man who would begrudge pay
ny S. for such a scene would he a
'loodle<s and heartle-S fellow, yet
he admission is but so cts.
During the G.. a. r. Encamp-
aent it vas packed with soldiers,
tho said the perfection of the pic
ure was almost beyond their com
All it lacked was the noise Of the
attic to complete the. Illusion.
vrt l. is said that when Bartlett,
he editer of the Bulletin, saw it.
e looked at the wheat feld- .
hroush his eye glasses and re-
parked:
I'm perfectly astoniShed that
he French people were 5" far ad-
anced in agriculture in 1873 a
uoment later he was vending his
ray down stairs.