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promise a pleasant morning to any reader who may be at a loss for amusement in town M this du ^ the committee have brought together * We nmst however , confess , that we cannot see what induced those gentlemen to devote so large an amount to the great prize , which is , Mr ; Gilbert's R ^ ens m Teniersrs Study —& fine picture , original in its conception , and ad carried out ; but there
are other pieces in this collection which we are disposed to value higher . A Visit to the Studio ( No . 3 ) , by Mr . Louis Haghe , is worthy of his great reputation , arid we need give no higher praise . No . 7 , The last Trial of Madame Patissy , tells the tale of the struggles of genius and the patient wife ' s affection in a very pleasing manner , while Mr . Grant ' s beauty of colouring cannot fail to win admiration . Perhaps , the highest place is due to Mr . Lauder ' s FecJeless ' Fannie , which is a poem in itself , and commends itself to us alriiost as much for the beauty of the landscape as for the simple
pathos with which the painter has invested his heroine . An exceedingly clever rendering of very peculiar effects is No . 20 , Sand-eel Hunting by Moonlight , by Mr . Charlesi Lees ; te hazy light and the busy figures are very well managed . Fetcltm 16 ) , by P . W . Royle , is spirited , the ^ reputation . Mr . Cobbett ' s Gossip on the Coast ( No . 4 ) , is a very capital group , with a well painted sea view . The Good Samariicm ( No . 13 ) , is a work of a high class , and bears the stamp of genius , while great care has also been bestowed upon all the details .
A favourite subject , agreeably treated , is Mr . Drumniond ' s Dr . Johnson and Boswell ( No . 31 ) ; there are much hnmoiir and knowledge of the life of the period shown by the painter . The great doctor is seen approaching in the distance , accompanied by his obsequious admirer , while lurking at the stair-foot of a miserable house , in the close through which Johnson must pass , is a poverty-stricken tattered professor of the dead languages , who by his gestures seems to meditate an attack upon the purse and
patronage of the great lexicographer . He brandishes the MS . of a work upon the Greek particles , which will doubtless excite the benevolence , if not the admiration , of the immortal Samuel . Another story well told is the picture ( No . 32 ) , by Mr . C . Goldie , Alonzo Cano bestowing Charity ; the expression of the good man ' s face is of true religious sentiment and benevolence , and is beautifully given . But we have not space to refer to all the able works which are here collected , and must draw our notice to a close .
In landscapes the gallery is particularly fortunate ; some very delightful scenery is presented to us , which has been evidently selected by the committee as much for its truth to nature as its admirable painting . Among these subjects we may briefly notice a lovely work by Mr . McCulloch ( No . 6 ) , a Highland Glen by Moonlight , a most romantic scene , and most pleasingly executed . No . 150 , A Golden Sunset , is a delightful view in North Wales , by Mr . Gilbert , and the following—No . 25 , On die Falloch ; No . i )^ , Lincoln at Sunrise ; No . 67 , On the leveed ; and a Welsh subject by Mr . Frazer ( No . 41 ) , are deserving of notice as full of merit .
We must not omit to notice a clever picture of two dogs puzzled by a hedgehog ( No . 40 ) , called Touch me not , by Mr . T . Earl . Of water-colour drawings this exhibition has two by Mr . C . Woolnoth ( Nos , 74 ancl 82 ) , Loch Ech and Auchtertyre , which , axe very charming works . In concluding this notice , we must congratulate the Glasgow Art Union upon the very superior exhibition which they have this year set before us . There can be , we should imagine , no doubt ofthe success of a society which has produced such admirable results , and we think tlie subscribers particularly fortunate in the taste and judgment exercised by their committee .
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promise a pleasant morning to any reader who may be at a loss for amusement in town M this du ^ the committee have brought together * We nmst however , confess , that we cannot see what induced those gentlemen to devote so large an amount to the great prize , which is , Mr ; Gilbert's R ^ ens m Teniersrs Study —& fine picture , original in its conception , and ad carried out ; but there
are other pieces in this collection which we are disposed to value higher . A Visit to the Studio ( No . 3 ) , by Mr . Louis Haghe , is worthy of his great reputation , arid we need give no higher praise . No . 7 , The last Trial of Madame Patissy , tells the tale of the struggles of genius and the patient wife ' s affection in a very pleasing manner , while Mr . Grant ' s beauty of colouring cannot fail to win admiration . Perhaps , the highest place is due to Mr . Lauder ' s FecJeless ' Fannie , which is a poem in itself , and commends itself to us alriiost as much for the beauty of the landscape as for the simple
pathos with which the painter has invested his heroine . An exceedingly clever rendering of very peculiar effects is No . 20 , Sand-eel Hunting by Moonlight , by Mr . Charlesi Lees ; te hazy light and the busy figures are very well managed . Fetcltm 16 ) , by P . W . Royle , is spirited , the ^ reputation . Mr . Cobbett ' s Gossip on the Coast ( No . 4 ) , is a very capital group , with a well painted sea view . The Good Samariicm ( No . 13 ) , is a work of a high class , and bears the stamp of genius , while great care has also been bestowed upon all the details .
A favourite subject , agreeably treated , is Mr . Drumniond ' s Dr . Johnson and Boswell ( No . 31 ) ; there are much hnmoiir and knowledge of the life of the period shown by the painter . The great doctor is seen approaching in the distance , accompanied by his obsequious admirer , while lurking at the stair-foot of a miserable house , in the close through which Johnson must pass , is a poverty-stricken tattered professor of the dead languages , who by his gestures seems to meditate an attack upon the purse and
patronage of the great lexicographer . He brandishes the MS . of a work upon the Greek particles , which will doubtless excite the benevolence , if not the admiration , of the immortal Samuel . Another story well told is the picture ( No . 32 ) , by Mr . C . Goldie , Alonzo Cano bestowing Charity ; the expression of the good man ' s face is of true religious sentiment and benevolence , and is beautifully given . But we have not space to refer to all the able works which are here collected , and must draw our notice to a close .
In landscapes the gallery is particularly fortunate ; some very delightful scenery is presented to us , which has been evidently selected by the committee as much for its truth to nature as its admirable painting . Among these subjects we may briefly notice a lovely work by Mr . McCulloch ( No . 6 ) , a Highland Glen by Moonlight , a most romantic scene , and most pleasingly executed . No . 150 , A Golden Sunset , is a delightful view in North Wales , by Mr . Gilbert , and the following—No . 25 , On die Falloch ; No . i )^ , Lincoln at Sunrise ; No . 67 , On the leveed ; and a Welsh subject by Mr . Frazer ( No . 41 ) , are deserving of notice as full of merit .
We must not omit to notice a clever picture of two dogs puzzled by a hedgehog ( No . 40 ) , called Touch me not , by Mr . T . Earl . Of water-colour drawings this exhibition has two by Mr . C . Woolnoth ( Nos , 74 ancl 82 ) , Loch Ech and Auchtertyre , which , axe very charming works . In concluding this notice , we must congratulate the Glasgow Art Union upon the very superior exhibition which they have this year set before us . There can be , we should imagine , no doubt ofthe success of a society which has produced such admirable results , and we think tlie subscribers particularly fortunate in the taste and judgment exercised by their committee .