The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-04-28
CURIOUS PICTURE.
PAINTING WHICH DecEVES THE
EYES or EVERY BEHoLDER.
of Panel rainttng in New
York-Imitatioas Extraordinary
Pooling = Chicago Man
An Artists Test.

liquor place. whose glory is panel
ture % large size, named AFTER the
but 1t is apparently painted on panel
b. II black oak, which is draped with
nsoa velvet hansings Standing out some
" from it, 50 as 10 permit the introduc-
OF concealed gas jets which light up tho
tture. These are obviously necessary BE-
nse the position Of the panel is q dark oUe,
Tween the fore part Of the store and the
merse bar and counter in the center OF
place. On the supposed panel door is
fnted hunting trophy Of weapons. birds
fabbit. a hunting horn Of brass, drink
cup made from an ox-horn. u mans hat,
above all q penieat bottle hanging by
tring, which is fastened to one Of the OBJ
Is above
4 VARIOUS DETAILS OF THR PICTURE.
Tho supposed panel door has immense
ty hinges OF hammered iron, artistic in
ps.ructon and Of the fifteenth century in
le In the center, upon the lefthand
e, l. the key -hole, with its plats Of bat
el bronze. 1t is shaped like halberdier,
] is greenish in parts with age, which
es it a quaint, queer. aspect, Sd that II
rs as if some one had dug up from the
rails OF the earth an ancient Toltec
bnze and punched into it a keyhole. Men
n and stand before this picture for fifteen
nutcs at time, and the remarks passed
bn i. are curious indeed As rule, city
are cnraptured with it, AMI go into
tastes over the feathery plumage Of ths
.ls and the furry coat Of the rabbit, over
wonderful representation Of the butt end
OH old snap-lock gun, over the extraor
lry imitation Of the brasywork Of the
In.
But gentlemen from the country, and es-
eial!y from Chicago, who see it for the
Et time, declare that nobody can take
cm in, aud that the objects are real OBJ
Its hung up with an intent to deceive
>pple. Atlrummer from the city II sin
IS worry angry over the obvious imposition,
VI wagered s. that the thing was not a
Knitting. "E'eel it, said his friend. He
Ut il, AMI found that II was n flat panel
Nell," be said, Il admit that the rabbit
hd the birds are painted ought to have
ZEN that from the first. because, although
Aey ore wonderfully life-like, there Is a
brt Of yielding of the muscles in dead
hing which You don't see in thiA But wha,
BIT inc wa, tho hanging up OF the bottle,
ecau,e oull see in moment TINT the
Bring was real The crowd behind them
hurst into roar of laughter, and the drum
her made dish for tho bottle. but his
kniis M, only the Hat surface Of panel
EVEN ARTISTS ARE DECEIVED.
! He was dunfounied. Gee whittakers!'
last broke from his lips; that beats
hicago hang me il il doesn't. under
land it now. It's all painted, franc and
ID, and that's what makes the illusion SC
erfcct' There was another roar from the
towd that was taking In tho rene with
|use delight. The man dashed at the
fanc, but thi, time found solid wood. Tho
ramc was not painted.
! One of the artist Of Puck, who is now
nlsed tho leading artist Of The Judge
Vent over the way to see the marvel. and
ban that he could very fairly resist thu
Srtist's enleavor TO cheat him, save in on
arti ular. The key hole did look so natura
Mat il was hard to believe that it was not
Shcrc. lie looked at il in different ways, first
Prom u front near view, then from q
bido view. then from distance, and could
hot make up his mind absolutely whether i,
kSas dummy or real object introduced tt
licigbten the deception. At last be he
thought himself of plan He placed hi
haul cloe to the nearest Of the side lights
anl flashed shadow upon the poor key
hole which at once showed itself to he dc
ccpton. Others who saw his maneuver
Initiated him in high glee, and found thai
they, too, had point upon tho picture ant
conli prevent it from lecciving them Bu
This was an exceptional man, and 1t Is SAT-
to s,y that, out Of III, hundreds who visi
Tie place daily, almost every one believes
like the Chicago man, that the panel Is
door upon which objects have been groupo,
to simulate painting New York Star