New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-11-13

drawn trees, ncdFy Will iral"St, D"N AN
structure and variety, which only England can
show The fields are dark and rich. like tnoss
q, Brabant: the rivers. like the lanos. creep
among the shadows expanding now and tnem
into ilosd bosoms Of silent water in when tfs
cloa r,iuc, rroccssions OF the clouds are mirroren
Tho farms and cottages dotted over the helds
are small white and matched. with roofs hign
pitched and tall chimneys. reminding us or the
LITTLE Dutcb homostclds which still sleep among
| the oaks Of Gucdcra1d as they did in the days
Of IIObbcna. II IS an ideal nursery tor an
artist" Is it any wonder that with these 'hings
constantly before his eyes, and with HIS Hhsei'
itching 10 be employed with pencil or brusn'
Gainsborough should have begun his ariisti'
career by drawing The trees and stlles' t'fS
hedges ard cottages, In and about MS hatiVe
Sudbury But IL his environment PROMISED 70
| decide his vocation for him according 10 IL"
| taste it was really benehtng him III a"o'nef
way Showing him nature IN moou u''e'r
without artnce it made him sincere. 81 'na'
when he came to the painting OF pcrtraI's 1"
| had In him a fund Of clear knowledge anu ho''
cot fae,ioy which nothing in the frivolous life
Of the time could qucnch The Suffolk lanes
and streams. revealing beauty to him along lines
| OF perfect simplicity, gave nm an ou''ooN
upon the materials OF art which was always
| enonta,cous and fresh That the portrait
painters special gift was lying dormant IN n''.'
| too only waiting to be spurred into ACTIVITY ]"
shown by the Tom Pcartrce' anccdole' Inc
| Gajnsborough orchard was more IMAM ONCE
| robbed In the artists boyhood. He was drawing
| in the garden one day, and noticed a man Ieah-
ing over the palings with wistful eyes upon inc
fruit Gainsborough sketohcd him, ana the por
trait ultimately aided in the detection OF the roo
| Der Furthermore when the artist chlarsed HIS
sketch and executed it in oil, he painted with 50
much realistic power that. cut out ana huhs upon
| the fence Tom Peartree" deceived more IMAM
one individual into thinking that verItapie H'An
and no mere painted image looked at nm across
the orchard. Gainsborough senior, master
| tailor OF 9dmirable character and some ht'ie
intelligence. appears 10 have perceived MS SohS
artistic capacity at the start, and he was SO faf
from placing obstacles in the boys path that ne
| actually authorized the schoOlmaster. from time
to time. to give Tom a holiday for the purpose
Of sketchlng IN the fields. II is true that when
Tom forged an order, and temporarily deuded
his teacher the discovery OF his misconduct
| nightly disturbed the family. Tom Will DO
hanged" uuoth his father Nevertheless hts
| ambitions we're encouraged, and in his teens ne
| went uD TO London for two years study under
Hubert Gravelot. and period cf pupiiase ABOUT
as long in the studio Of Francis HaSipah "a "a
| Neither OF his masters had at the time any
very Obvious effect upon him. but MT Arm
strong is probably right in surmisng that years
later the style OF the Englishman threw BACK,
! as It we're to the style of Grayeot borrowing
| something of the Frenchman's grace and dis
| tinction Our author turns for confirmation or
this hypothesis to GraTelots pictures but ig-
nores source OF comparison more effective, we
think than anything the latter ever painted.
We refer TO Gravelot's drawings. These. as II
seems TO us may rot improbably have made q
deep impression upon Gainsborough. They are
more personal in character than Gravelots
paintings. and anticipate much more definitely
| than the latter that delicate charm which be
| longs to Gainsborough However, neither
| Graveiot nor Hayman in Cainsborough's
! mind when he returned TO Sudbury at the age
| Of eighteen threw himself with ardor into land
| scape painting, and. while executing the por-
| trait OF Miss Margaret Burr, suddenly found
himself in love. Mr.. Armstrong IS inclined to
| believe that Miss Burr made the proposal, but
| on this point his evidence is not conclusive.
| Duke OF Bedford. Here again We must be con
| tent with pure speculation, eked out by few
innuendoes that have found their way into
/ print II is, after all, of no consequence. What
| Is much important to know is that Mrs
| Gains bOrough the recipient Of yearly
pension OF 900. and that upon this capital the
pair were enabled 10 remove TO Ipswich. where
| larger and more profitable public than Sud
| bury afforded certain to be found. In his
/ hpc, al ooh LAIN "A la nd