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308 THE LEADER. [y0.366; Satuhdat
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MR. W. H. HUSSELL Itf SHILLING PARTS. Th...
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THE LATH THOMAS SEDDO1SL We desire to dr...
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Government Fine Art Exhibition.—The trav...
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IVOOLNER'S BUST OF TENNISON. In Mr. Dick...
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THEATRICAL NOTES. Henry IV. has been pro...
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Friday, March it. BANKRUPTCY ANNULIjED.-...
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The Eve Of St. Mark.—Photo The Sul1ote. ...
empire , as his account of it serves to ' show , is a mass of incurable imbecility and corruption . We caimot say , however , that he succeeds in demonstrating on behalf of the modern Greeks that peculiar national virtue , or those aptitudes for self-government , which recommend nations to independence . We should have welcomed more heartily a narrative of his travels and observations in Greece than this " Tale , " which is tedious and uninteresting .
308 The Leader. [Y0.366; Satuhdat
308 THE LEADER . [ y 0 . 366 ; Satuhdat
Mr. W. H. Hussell Itf Shilling Parts. Th...
MR . W . H . HUSSELL Itf SHILLING PARTS . The British Expedition to the Crimea . By W . FI . Russell , the Times Correspondent . "With Plans and Illustrations , & c . George Routledge and Co , This is the first of a series of twelve monthly numbers , at a shilling each , by which it is proposed to popularize still further those . wonderful-life-anddeath pictures from the seat of the late war with which William Russell astonished and enlightened the world , carried terror into ill-managed camps , effected a revolution in the national judgment on affairs of war , and earned for himself an undying narae in the annals of that short but fierce stru ^ cle
with Russia . The new edition thus commenced is a condensation and revision of the famous letters , with additions suggested by later knowledge , and a casting of the materials into a more historical form , the divisions being Into books and chapters , instead of into epistles . A standard character is thus given to the work ; while none of its sparkle and picturesqueness is lost . A new portrait of the author accompanies No . I . ; and there he sits , broad , massive , handsome , and keenly observant—a very embodiment of « ' the Thunderer . " The book is elegantly printed in demy octavo , and will make a handsome volume when completed .
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The Lath Thomas Seddo1sl We Desire To Dr...
THE LATH THOMAS SEDDO 1 SL We desire to draw the attention of our readers to the claims on public gratitude and respect of the widow and infant dau ghter left behind by a noble servant of art ; , who died in the pursuit of that spirit of truth to which he devoted himself with the heroism of a martyr . Though perisii ing at the age of thirty-five , and though debarred by circumstances from throwing all his energies into the form of art for which he had a natural tendency , the nanxe of Thomas Seddon is Inown to many as that of a
painter of great promise , who was remarkable for the unwonted and elaborate exactness of whatever locality or building he undertook to represent . Divesting his pictures of any individual impression , and setting aside the ordinary " adulteries of art "—the aiming at effect , the desire to please the ignorant spectator "by romantic prettiness , or to conciliate the connoisseur by the set rules of composition— -he produced results which have been pronounced by the best judges as rivalling photography in their minute and absolute truth . It was throujrh this devotion of himself to his lush
conception of pictorial veracity thai ; he met his death , leaving behind him those to whom he could "bequeath nothing bat the generous regard and care of his countrymen . ; A committee has been , formed , with a view to raising a subscription , out of which four hundred guineas will be applied to the purchase from Mrs . Seihdon of her late husband ' s oil picture of Jerusalem , the painting of ¦ which , cost Mm his life . This -work the committee intend to present to the National Gallery , where we think it will hardly be appreciated to the full . The Taylor Institution , Oxford , would perhaps be a better home for such a
production , which would there find a warm and spontaneous recognition , as tie school of art to which Mr . Seddon "belonged has always been applauded in the great collegiate city . It has also been resolved on to open during the ensuing month of May , an exhibition of Mr . Seddon ' s works , which will be eligible for sale ; and Mrs . Seddon will be requested to accept any surplus which may remain after the payment of all necessary expenses . From Mr- W . M . Rossetti ., the Hon . Sec . of this committee , we have received a document containing some very interesting particulars of the artist's short career , which we here reproduce : —
"As the son of a large furniture-manufacturer , Mr . Seddon sacrificed to family claims his own natural inclination from early years to become a professional painter , and was engaged , till the age of about thirty , in the design of furniture . His proficiency in this pursuit earned the silver medal of the Society of Arts in 1848 . " Ho became at the same time intimately acquainted with the needs of the art
workman ; and it was to his strenuous efforts , secondei at first by a sin < r 1 » r ¦ ¦ * — afterwards by several artists , that the North London School of DnS ! ^ and ling , founded in 1850 , owed its origin ; a school which was ? or 7 ^^^ ° ^' drum of sound art-instruction to throngs of working men , and wlZvf ^ me ~ Seddon ' 3 first departure to the East , remained in a flourishing cTndiSn ' Mr turns wkich he underwent in tliis cause produced an illness which permanent ^ JXei ~ lus health . ' ' . * « - » ueuiiy affected "In 1853 he preceded Mr . Holman Hunt , by prearrangement , to the East , Avas joined by him m Egypt . He returned to England in 1854 and ha , ' and ried in the interval , he started again for Egypt in October , 1856 , but haI"l"T reached Cairo when an attack of dysentery terminated his life at the ea l 7 thirty-five . It needs no professional acquaintance with art to annreeiatft t * y age of extent the dangers aud difficulties which a painter must have encountered ^* ' * ' 11 down on the spot , day by day for months together until his work ^ asHSniSS f * depict the landscape of Egypt and Palestine , undeterred by tryinjr viciSf' , climate , or the lawlessness of the inhabitants . ^ vicissitudes , of
' " The picture of Jerusalem , which it is proposed to purchase aud offer tn th w tional Gallery , and which , with others , was visited by many persons at ti p Vt studio , in 1855 and 1856 , includes so-ine of the moat remarkable sitw of tiJw , City : the Valley of Jehoshaphat , the Pool of Siloam , the Brook ICidron V { Monah , once the site of the temple , now of the mosque of El Aksa the k * * Offence , the Tombs of David and of Absalom , the Mount of Olives . ' uxount of The Rev . Canon Stanxey , author of Sinai and Palestine testifies to tl extraordinary accuracy of this picture ; and Mr . Rusxin appends a rnemn randum , in which he says that Mr . Seddon's were " the first landscar . es uniting perfect artistical skill with topographical accuracy , —bein ^ directed with stern self-restraint , to no other purpose than that of ghin" - to persons ' who cannot travel trustworthy knowledge of the scenes which ' ouwlJt to be most interesting to them . " Mr . Ruskin therefore regards these pictures as inaugurating a style of " truly historic landscape-art . "
We feel certain that the public will respond to the appeal now made to them with all the warmth and practical benevolence which they invariably exhibit on such occasions . It only remains for us to say that subscriptions will be received by—The Treasurer , John Ruskin , Denmark-hill , Catnberwell ; the Union Bank ( to Mr . JJuskin ' s account ) , 200 , Fleet-street ; or by any of the members of the sub-committee , viz .: —Mark Anthony , 18 , Monmouth-road , Bayswater ; F . Madox Brown , 13 , Fortess-terrace , Kentishtown ; Rev . William Elliott , 33 , Great Coram-street ; W . Holmau Hunt 49 , Claverton-terrace , Lupus-street , Pimlipo ; I > . G . Rossetti , 14 , Caatham ' place , Blackfriai-s-bridge ; W . M . Rossetti , 45 , Upper Albany-street , Regen t ' s-park ; Frederick Warren , 2 , Duke-street , Adelphi ; Thomas Woolner ,. 27 , Rutland-street , Hampstead-road .
Government Fine Art Exhibition.—The Trav...
Government Fine Art Exhibition . —The travelling exhibition , comprising a selcctioa of worka of decorative art from fho Marlborough . House Museum , was opened at Liverpool last Saturday at the Old Post-officc-placo . It will be exhibited for some time , and the financial results will be devoted to the aid of the two Government Schools of Art in the town—one at the Collcgiato Institution , an < i the other at the Liverpool Institute . The collection has received a very valuable addition in a caae of exquisite antique and modern carvings in ivory from a local museum owned by Mir . Mayor , the spirited gentleman who purchased the Faussett collection of Saxon antiquities , and -who is also the owner of one of the most complete Egyptian museums in the country . — Times . J Persia . —A three mouths' armistice , agreed upon bet-ween tho English and . Persian troops , haa been concluded from tlio montli of March . Official despatches announce that an insurrection liaa occurred in the Persian Taut-ie , of which province a couaia of tho Shah ia Governor .
Ivoolner's Bust Of Tennison. In Mr. Dick...
IVOOLNER'S BUST OF TENNISON . In Mr . Dickenson ' s rooms , 114 , Bond-street , is to "be seen at present Mr . "Woolner ' s bust of Aifked Tennyson . It is an admirable specimen of portrait sculpture . The individuality is convened witkgreat force andjdistinctness . Like Leia : in painting Cjiomwell , Mr . Woolkter lias liofc softened auj of the energetic , almost harsh , lines of the poet ' s face ; has scarcely ttuwod tixi \ wildness of locks that seemed to defy stone ; and the effect is that tlic fire of the soul is unquenched in the countenance . Yet tlic bust is simple , —or rather , we should , say , for the bust is simple . Photography has not yet produced anything " in . the round ; " but if it could , it might produce something like this Living counterfeit of the immortal man .
Theatrical Notes. Henry Iv. Has Been Pro...
THEATRICAL NOTES . Henry IV . has been produced on horseback at Astletts—as a pendant , say illnatured critics , to Mr . Kean ' s Richard II . on a pony at the Princess ' s . But the ill-natured critics are wrong as to their facts , since Mr . ICean docs not ride a pony , but a Galloway . Mr . Robson has achieved aaothcr great success at the Olympic nv the part of a half crazed old miser in a piece ( from r , he French ) culled Vaddg Hartacre . His passion and tenderness are of the most wonderful kind ; but we must take an opportunity next week of criticising him . Mr . Dillon has acted Hamlet this week . Even tUc Times admits that the passionate prevails over the thoughtful-in his rendering . Now , without denying the clement of hot blood in Hamlet ' s nature , it is obvious that he is chiefly remarkable for his speculative tendencies ; so that by this alouc vo may take the measure of the Lyceum manager ' s performance—especially when we recollect that his interpretation of passion is of a melodramatic kind . We have to correct a mistake which we made last week in mentioning the new play at tlic Hayma-UKET , which is in / our instead of in three acts .
From The London Gazettk. Twosday, March ...
FROM THE LONDON GAZETTK . Twosday , March 2-4 . BANKltUI'IClES ANNULLED . — llENur Newman Kettle , High-street , < 3 oilalminic , Surrey , grocer and pork butcher—Wimiam AtiewkUi ' wanb , ilighwortli , wiltshiro , Rroccr . BANKRUPTS . ~ F « ANic Rennison . 21 , Milk-atroct , Choapsido , City , lnorchtmt and warehouseman—Tilden CrntisitAS , Chatham and Sheorncss , coal morchaiitltoBEirr OoLiiKNS , 100 , High Holborn , nnd Tall > ot-i « m-yard , High-street , Southwark , licensed victualler and hop raor ~ chant—Uuwajid 0 x . ahk Lonk , 2 , Cullum-streot , City , oil and driie merchant — Edwahd Qkay HiiooKLiiuunar , Liverpool , lioso audatrap manufacturer—Wiii ^ iam Poi » ham Davib and Jamks Davxs , Cardilf , Glamorganshire , alato , marblo , and brielc merchants—OIeoiiok Davy Itioitaruson , Carlisle , ironfoundor—Thomas Atkimson , IJrearley , near Luddcadon Voofc , YorkHhiro , woollen manufacturer — Ricuaud England , Wilsdoii , limdford , lnaimfncturor—Samukl Atack , Leeds , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Ai > kxan ]> ek Dunn and Roueut 3 ) unn , OIoskow , tinplato workerH , gasllttors , and bull liangers— John Baku , Glasgow , engineer- and . iron shipbuilder — Tiioaiab SraraoK , Qrangemonth , Stirling , baker .
Friday, March It. Bankruptcy Annulijed.-...
Friday , March it . BANKRUPTCY ANNULIjED .-Henuy Button , Xorkterrace , ttatclill ' o , Middleaox . clothier . . _„„ , ! BANKRUPTS , - 1 JI 3 NJAMIN Smitu , Wlntechapcl-roau , licensed victualler—Anjjuew Hind . Pleasant-row , leiuouvillctoa dealer-WHXIA . M Dickkns Evus , OUl-stroe « . «• Luke , MiddloseK , victualler—John M * . RaitAi . r ,, llajlwaywationa , coal morchaut—Josupji SKiNNEn . Gre a . Uamcs-btiui , » c < lford-row . auctioneer—James Kent , Kent-street , ori sea , rag merchant-John Joneb Uoiieuts , Liverpool , mw broker- Hili . vaui > Nicuous . Beai ' ord . com morcli . nt Berjamin lLons-uv , 1-Ioyln . ko , Chostor , hotel Kuljiw Thomas BnooKis Wavkll , Adams-court , Old 1 { ' 0 ;^ .. „' bill broker and commission , agent— Wli . UAJt JiU'bco . yv , King ' s Heath , WorcostorahLro , baker-JAMKB Sunir , >> «•» sail , inarino sloro doalor—Tuomah Dillon , llalilnx , boot an « shoo maker-Joitn Stewart , Preston , > ronfoMnder-t « w . >««'' Lashmaii , Brighton , aeed omshor—Solomon bOLOM ^ . Strand , tailor - Jamnb Sxevens 'rnuu-. J ^ om bara-Btrcti Olminbors . Olomcufs-lano , commission ngoin , r \ v-,, ; T . »/ uo r . rkini'liUni' . Aiicrli I , nlw « t /> l"J 111 rl * . vIctllftH '""— '' .
i , ia . m Mme , Loicestorsbiro , fancy hosiery — J OS am'a . Wrioht , Burnloy , Lancaator , ahoemaker— JSdwauu »^' MOUttu , Manchester , draper . „ „ , „ ,.,-SCOTCH SKQUKST . RATIONS . —John R (> n : Bn ' E \ 1 I ^' jru . Q lasgow , comnnsalon agent—William and JosBru i >» dent , jun ., and Co ., Glasgow , wool merchants .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 20, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_28031857/page/20/
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