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58 ART JOURNAL SUPPLEMENT.

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7. Morning Landscape.........Lessing.
 This magnificent painting is one of hte gems of the Dusseldorf Gallery, and was purchased by Mr. Boker direct from the artist. Other parties bid largely for it, but Mr. B. bore off the prize. It is a morning scene in the mountains of Silesia, with smugglers making their way from the plains of Bohemia, which appear in the background. There is in it the unmistakable hand of the great master, whose "Martyrdom of Huss" is now conceded to be one of the greatest of modern paintings.

8. Fidelity, (group) in Carrara marble...............Baratta.
This is a difficult subject, well treated. The Dog is a fine specimen of animal sculpture. The group will be exceedingly popular.

9. How Tempting.......................Lilly M. Spencer.
 It is tempting, indeed: A maiden of seventeen sits, holding up to gaze, with a coquettish grace, bunches of grapes. Upon her lap is a plate of the fruit. On side table are melons, apples, &c. It is hardly possible for color to reproduce still life more perfectly.

10. Summer, 12x18..............................Talbot.
 This exquisite sketch is provocative of pleasing dreams. One is transported to the summer of fancy land in gazing upon it.

11. Mount Kickbrone, 29x36............................Herbert.
 Alpine scenery is ever attractive. In this painting we have a fine reproduction of one of the magnificent views everywhere present among the Switzer's land. The artist has brought before us the lofty mountain range, the water-fall, the verdure, all in prominent detail and with much force. 

12. What He Says ...............................Hildebrandt.
A girl reading a letter, undoubtedly from one she loves. The expression on the face, of surprise and pleasure, is to the very life. Hildebrandt is among the greatest of living artists. His "Othello and Desdemona" served to give him that position.

13. Going to Mill, 17x24.....................Jerome B. Thompson.
Mr. Thompson is one of the best and most characteristic of our artists, and this one is one of his good things. An old man with a sack of grain on his back is trudging to mill. The figure and surroundings are admirably done.

14. Down in the Valley........................Pulian.
A landscape of exquisite beauty. A cluster of antique cottages is gathered in a valley of the Alps—the sublime "old hills" appear in the background. In front, beside the carefully done houses, we have water and fowls upon it—figures of the peasantry, &c. As a whole, this painting is highly worthy of the artist's fame.

15. Autumn, 12 x 18............................Talbot.
Talbot is among the best of our landscape painters. This view is an Autumn sketch, with the Kaatskill in the distance. It is a characteristic picture, showing the happiest hand of the artist.

16. Psyche, statue in Carrara marble...............Baratta.
Sig. Barratta is one of the most eminent of modern sculptors. This piece is one of his finest originals; and, in its exquisite lines, shows the unerring touch of genius. The pose, the air of repose, the voluptuous beauty of figure, all are in keeping with the Greek conception of the goddess.

17. Bedloe's Island, 14 x by 20....................A. Copestick.
This view is taken from near the Battery. The sky is clearing up after a shower just past. A steam-tug is towing a ship out to sea. The Island appears in the centre background.

18. The Cid and his Sons...........................Grashof.
Old Roderiguez, the Cid, has bound the hands of his sons, and announces that he who breaks the cord on his wrist shall be rewarded by the old father's celebrated sword. One son, of very noble figure and mien, has riven the cord, and to him is given the prize. It is a gem of a picture. 

19. The Willowy Brook, 29x36.......................Hartwick.
A beautiful embodiment of a poet's dream. It is of Wordsworth's "Willowy Brook that turns a Mill," which here is told in the artists language, most lovingly. It forms one of the Gallery pictures of Gems from the Poets.

20. Maidenhood....................................Bewer.
There are few such picture as this in America. It is so like life it seems as if the beautiful young woman would step from the canvas. The attitude of thoughtfulness, as if young Love's dream were with her—the unsurpassed coloring—the arrangement of drapery—conspire to give this picture an almost inestimable value to the lover of the beautiful in art. In the flesh tint of face and bust and arms, it seems as the artist had stolen Nature's-self.

21. The Student, statue in Carrara marble.............Francachi.
A very fine work by this highly meritorious artist. Its subject is a very noble and pure-featured child perusing the Scriptures. The attitude of pious attention, the deeply intent expression of the fine face, are touchingly given.

22. Don't Touch, 25x36........................Lilly M. Spencer.
A mischievous beauty of seven summers, seizing the opportunity when no person is present, reaches up to basket of fruit, on the table. The expression of face, the attitude, the fruit and flowers, are all "features." The painting will prove very popular. 

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Bust of Shakespere.
Carl Muller, the sculptor of the "Minstrel's Curse" is an artist of already won fame. Anything from his hands, therefore, will be very acceptable to subscribers. This bust executed by him is a faithful likeness of the great poet.

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