Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1899-06-24


eugravinRS therefrom of Holman
Hunts Christ In the Temple Paul
Ncronese's "Nagdalen Washing the
Feet Of Christi Raphael's Michael the
Archangel." Albert Durer's Dragon OF
;he Apocalypse" Michael Angeles
"Plague OF The Fiery Serpents.~ Tin
torc;to's Flight Into Egypt" Rubens'
Descent from the Cross" Leonardo Da
Nfnci's Last supper Ciaude's Queen
Of Sheba.~ Beliini's Madonna" al MI
IAN; Orcagna's last Judgment" and
hundreds OF miles Of pictures. IL they
sere put IN line. Illustrating. display
ng. dramatizing. irradisting Bible
truths until the Scriptures are not to-
day so much on paper as on canvas, not
80 much in ink as in al the coiors OF
the spectrum. In 1893 forth from Stras-
burg, Germany, there came a child that
was 70 eclipse in speed and boldncss
anything and everything that the world
had ever seen since the first color APP
pcarsd on the skl at the creation. Paul
Gustave Dore. At II years OF agc he
published marvellous Autographs of his
own. Saying nothing of what he did
for Millions Paradise Lost" "arlbia1on-
ing IL on the attention OF the world. hc
takes up the book Of books. the mon
arch OF literature. tho Bible. and an his
pictures. The Creation Of Light. The
Trial Of Abraham's Faith" "The Burial
OF Sarah" Joseph Sold by His Ereth-
rem The Brazcn serpent" "Boax and
Ruth" David and Goliath" The
Transfiguration." "rhe Marriage in
Cana" Babylon FALLEN" and pos Scrip
tural scenes in all. with a boldness and
a grasp aud almost supernatural az
natus that make the Heart throb and
the brain reel and the tears start aud
the checks blanch and the entire nature
quake with the tremendous things OF
God and eternity and the dead. ac-
tually staggered down the steps Of the
London art gallery under the power OF
Dore's Christ Leaving the Prsetori-
um." Profess YOU 90 be Christian man
or woman. and see no divine mission in
art. and acknowledge YOU no obligation
either in thanks 20 God or man2
The WORLD and she church ought 20
come 20 the higher appreciation Of The
Divine mission OF pictures. vet the au-
thors Of them have generally been left
painter. toiled In misrepresentation till,
being great skater. while on the ice he
formed the acquaintance of Gen. Howe.
of the English army. who. through
coming TO admire West as clever
skater. gradually cane - appreciate as
much that which he accomplished by
his hand a. bv his heel. Poussin. the
mighty painter. was pursued aud had
nothing with which Co defend himself
against the mob but the artists port
folio. which he held over his head TO
keep OFT the stones hurled az him The
pictures 81 Richard Wilson. Of England.
were sold for fabulous sums OF money
after his death. but the living painter
was glad 20 get for his "Alcyone'' a
piece Of Stilton cheese. From l64o 20
l6s3 there were 4.6OO pictures willfully
/ destroyed. In the reign OF Queen
/ Elizabsth II was the habit OF some peo-
/ pie 20 spend much OF their time in
/ knocking pictures TO pieces. In the
reign of Charles l. il was ordered bv
I parliament that all pictures OF Christ
be burned. Painters were so badly
/ treated and humiliated in the beginning
/ % the eighteenth century that they
were lowered clear down out OF the
/ sublimity of their art and obliged to
give accounts OF what they did with
their eolors.
The oldest picture in England. por-
trait OF Chaucer. though now of great
value. was picked out of a lumber gar
ret. Great were the trials OF Quentin
Matsys. who toilcd on from black
smiths anvil till. as "a painter. he won
wide recognition. The first mission
aries 10 Mexico made the fatal mistake
of destroying pictures. for the loss OF
which art and religion must ever la
ment. But why go 50 far back when in
this year OF our Lord 20 be painter. ex-
cePt in rare exceptions. means poverty
and neglect. poorly fed, poorly clad
poorly housed, because poorly appre-
ciated? When Ihear a man IS painter
have two feelings-one of admiration
for the greatness OF his soul, and the
! other Of COMMUNICATION for the needs OF
his body. But so il has been in all de
| partments Of noble work. Some OF ths
mightiest have been hardly bestead
Oliver Goldsmith had such n big patch
on his coat over the left breast that
when he went anywhere he kept his ha'
in his hand closely pressed over ths
patch. The world renowned Bishop
Asbury had a salary of s54 a year
Painters are not the only ones who have
endured the lack OF appreciation. Let
men OF wealth take under their patron.
age the suffering men of art. They lift
! no complaint; they make no strike fol-