The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-01-16
TIFF TrMEs-RlCHMOND VA SUNDAY JANUARY Is. 1898

which every detail has been executed,
the work OF Mr.. Chapman Is deserving
NJ high rank. There is an Italian cast
10 his skies which suggests the artist S
long residence abroad. but which IS ao-
m,rably adapted to the atmosphere Oh
south Carolina. where his scenes are
laid. while at the same time he mas sue
ceeded wonderfully well in catching that
white. sandy effect characteristic or cur
Southern coast. The sen-ry IS ne Walks
his beat. the graceful palms. the pines
with their low hanging moss. the cficer
with his field glass endeavorihg 10 sly
out the movements of the enemy the
beautiful harbor OF Charleston sugges-
two NJ a Venetian scene the BROWNING
Guns of Moultrie and OF Sumter ahu'
lastly. the Cross OF st. Andre" ~ J"
waves from the flagstaff on a heiu q
white. bathed in the mellow gio" Oh sun
co, have all been depicted with con-
summate skill. Here are scenes OF when
there are no duplicates anywhere 10 DC
found. and the historic value OF 'hap-
mans work cannot be calculated. lhere
,s ono painting alone-not or suDJe0'
that lends itself readily to the artist
skilI-but which should be an opJece oi
peculiar interest TO every old confederate
Living in the water, Ike a large "H''o
s,,l,,,or,, &c 10 be seen cigar-shaped
tornado boat that has played no insignia
can't mart IN ths history Of naval warfare.
II was the inventive genius OF captain
Francis d. Lee. OF the Confederate en-
r1neer corps. which suggested the con-
s.r-,ction Of the David" the pioneer
tornedo boat. not only on the Confede-
rate side. but among the navies OF the
world. Before the French boat "Tede
had been thought OF and before jules
Verne had conceived the story Of the
Nat tills and Captain Memo, the South
ern people. fertile in resource and pos
sesscd Of quick. intutive perceptions mad
mt into practice an idea subsequently
adonted bv the naves Of all the
roti,rs. II was the David" which, on
the night Of February II, 1864. sunk the
United States 81 ip Of war "Housatonic'
and when the publication Of the volumes
Of naval records shall have been COM
picted by the United States government
the story Of this little hornet of the seas
will be read with renewed interest.
But TO return from our depression: The
group of paintings referred TO abound IN
interesting subjects which have been
faitf fully portrayed by the hand OF
m ser and by Gro who "wore the gray
as wei. The interest with which ;his col
lection is invested IS heightened in
way by the melancholy fact that the
artist himself is now an inmate OF
sanitarium. the result OF wound re-
ceived while battling for the Southern
cause at Shiloh. At the outbreak OF the
war he left his easel and brush in Rome
and made his way to this country to
ioin the Confederate army. and IT was
while serving at Charleston under Beau
regard during the winter Of lS6S-'6i that
he executed the group Of paintings which
should make his name revered among the
Southern people.
w earnestly hope that some OF our
public-spirited citizens will interest them
selves in seeing that these pictures are
kept in Richmond and that they may find
an abiding place on the walls OF one OF
our clubs or museums.