New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-05-02
THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
NOTES UPON THE CHIEF CONTRIBUTIONS
SECOND NOTICE.

tho bread winner Of the household struck down By Ill
ness and tho young wife seated By the bedside tho
pallor Of anxiety and tho WEAKNESS Of tho long nights
watch very noticeable on . face that Il stin fun Of
comelipess At her side the baby lies asleep In tho
cradle. The sleeping room IS the dwelling. room -
we'll The candle stu burns in Its tin sconce on the
wall but dawn has como and there Is daylight In tho
ROOM You can SEQ from tho sick mans face thas
tho illness has been serious, but thai the Crisis Is pase
The doctor has come round on his carly visif, and
stands facing you at the door which has Just been
opened for him. You get poop beyond him OF hill
and heather and the unmistaksblo Scotch landscape
His shrewd, pleasant face. full OF interest and OK
preston, is no less emphaticdly scotch. he mas
heard from the old woman the symptom he hoped Tor
and expected and he holds up his hand to emphasize
his half whispered direction. Hush, let MIN sieeF
which gives its title to the picture.
As q contrast TO Mr.. Faed's humble theme, we have
Mr.. Solomon J. Solomons allegory, called sacred
and Profane Love-" painting Of enormous size wh'ch
Is praised for It's ambitious purpose, although some
beholders seem moro inclined to blank wonderment
than enthusiasm In this fundamentally conceived
work the subject Of sacred and profsne love IS pre-
sented to us in guise. The towering and cloud
like form Of angel is the summit OF an In
accessible mountain folding in his wings an emolemao
group of husband, mother child Immediately be-
meath them q feminine form Of evil beauty and
sinister attractions Is careiessly dragging youth over
the edge of precpice, where she has luled him into
false repose. He awakes late and cngs to tho
rock. But her mere weight, she reclfnes on his
lap, Is enough to hurry him TO his destruction now,
aud Is they fall she laughinsiy potts him with rose
leaves. The picture Is completed by the sleeping
turm Of an infant Bacchus. seemingly bearing tho ssmo
relation to the lower group that the angel guarded child
does to the upper. lie seems unconscious OF the ca
tasrophe and forms a beautiful note Of innocence in
tho strange and tragic scene.
1t may be remembered that MIR. Philip Calderon
was frequently mentioned in the dispatches a. con
slant attendant at the sittings Of the Parne CoGS
mission Mr.. CalderOns motive wss not curtosity,V
but desire to fix historic scene upon canvas. He
made many sketches, and promptly set to work upon
q picture which will be Of obvious interest and i'm
portance. On Studio Sunday" however. the picture
was still unfinished, and It's appearance at the Acad
envy Is uncertain. Mr.. Calderon may be represented
only by his painting Of peasants cottage torn by
shell and bullets, the room nllod with debris Al
most the only article intact is . statuctte OF the
great Napoleon, the cause Of all this misery.
Mr.. sargenrs picture is Of Lady Macbeth In the
now famous Lyceum costume, with suggestion
With something indeed very much more than sug-
gestiOn-of Ellen Terry, only the picture Is not In
tended q portrait Of the actress wonderful
scheme Of color is afforded by the marvellous blues
and green's Of the dress, the pronounced blue OF the
background, and tho deep red Of the long plats Of
hair She stands erect clasping tho crown with both
hands and holding It over her head, as In the act to
put All the past events Of her life Of crime-fed
ambition with all tho future she hopes and breads
seem to be concentrated into the moment.
Mr.. Briton Riviere contributes two paintings OF
distinction, Pale Cynthia and Prometheus Bound
On rocky cminence. spur Of tue Lstmlan HIS tho
shepherd Endymion stands, his sheep neglected. his
watch dogs by his side, looking O over an enhancing
landscape Night has fallen over the ranges OF the
hills that bound the view, and Just above them the
sky Is dark and their tops seem almost level But
from this shsdowy base the cumulus clouds rise into
the heavens massed and luminous and catch the slt
Of the after glow higher still the sky Is cloudless, or
broken only by few caprtcious bars OF tinted
vapor, that To have drifted up from the great
cloud mountain below, and still higher tho pale moon
is seen floating In the tender blue, gathering form and
light she rises and drawing TO herself tho heart OF
the dreaming shepherd below. This is the largest OF
Dr. Riyer-s pictures. His second, "Prometheus,'
represents the chained by the arms and hanging
over the rock which In sheer decvity sinks down into
the sea below. There Is q pause In his sunerngs.
Night has to comfort him with her coolness and
her shadow. The gorged eagle perched on the ledge
Of rCk has ceased for tho moment but ever wstchfui
and at hand waits for tho dawn. third picture,
comic In It's subject Is really study Of the effect OF
sudden terror upon court Jester easily sested
well back upon donkey hoanshes over his head
bladder with peas The noise puts to rout hat dozen
horsemen armed from head 10 foot, who use all their
might TO rim In their chargers.
Mr.. Edwin Long illustrates purely academic art
IN a painting Of The Raising OF Jaruss Daughter
and Mr.. Warehouse has chosen an equally trte
subject, "ophea.' Mr. Vicat Coles picture Is OF
an incident tho defeat Of the Armada In the FIST
days fight tho great gscon Of Seville, running foul
Of her ncighbors, carries away her foremost. and Is
left by them to her fate LIr Howard, the English
Admiral thinking her deserted by her crew, left her
there. But Drake. the Revenge sees his op-
poruny and sends pnnace to call her to surrender
Her commander replies that he Is Don Pedro Valdez,
and he propoun the condition he will accept Drake
sends tho pinnace back. The commander may DO
Don Pedro Valdez, q grandee Of Spsin-he Is plain
Francis Drake, and his matches burning. In the
centre Of the picture you the stern Of tho gsleon
all carved and gldcd, and with some device brilliantly
painted on It, Beyond her, Towards four masted
faf zip Ia s:en passing on, much damaged BY tAe
fight. To the left you have the deck and rigging OF
tho Revenge. Tho pInnRce Is Just returning from her
second mission. The ateen sail is lowered. and the
sailor, arc tusrng at the oars to get her alongside
Drake h seen on the quarterback in commanding
attitude restraining his men. Ills powder indeed Is
ready. Below you the sailors handling the old
fashioned guns Ono Is In the act Of printing another
waits the word to fire. As . matter OF history, Don
Pedro surrendered, and the gaeon was towed Into
Far away to the right you see the retrca
ing fleets. In the foreground the green scs lashes
ND and tho foam y tossed about Tho sky above Is |
wild and stormy None OF tho ships of any great
size-the galleon itself about 900 tons-Drake's
vessel about half that but tho singular architecture
tho high poops beautifully painted, the long project
ing prvws grotesquey cavai. the abundance Of flags
and tho briisncy OF tieir color-tho sails were |
often OF silk sometimes OF cloth Of gold-maGe |
these old war vessels cumbiOusly largo
Cur1ousiy enough, Mr.. Seymour Lucas has chosen |
the same subject although hc represents the actual |
surrender in a picture em5odying q vast amount OF
ANTIQUARIAN research. Mr.. POynter remains faithful |
to cassiclsm in paintings Of Greek girl lying on the
f,pr, ain ofn raca
OF trtremes and q terrace Mr.. Petite sends |
three portraits Mr.. Peter Graham shows home
stead In the Highlands fired by hostile clan. and
vaporous Highland landscape. Other landscape paint
srs represented are Mr. BOughton, who also sends
portrait Of two girls Mr. Davis who contributes three