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* rtreS ^^ 5 f tr < to »> T > erft ^^»« . Hatfrarycearty resol # » d < . tfi « itkeB > -to 1 ; norjto colour «^ l ^<^ Qnfcbi * ririg the thing itself before him . TMit Jib . might , t&w , aonodel < SL * tanaa QOM ^ BaaaejeYeciftfciifta ^ . « he-tepV' say * Pft » heco » , " a-peaaanfelad , a * ^^ Swttioeirttriio ^ acfedo hiift / o ^ a . fltody-in ^ iffei ^ aolionaand postar ^ sometimescrykig , spnwtipwe . laughiug ^ tai he . iad . grappled . TOdi every diflaeulty . ofexnnasiafe- aadlfcom Mm he executed , an infinite variety of heads in charcoal and chalk SMftMBerv- by which he arrived at certainty in taking . likenesses / ' He , ; thus JaM , ^ foiu » dal » tt . < £ the i ^^ heads in which his excellence was admitted even :, by his detractors , in a precious piece of criticism often in their mouths—that he could paint a head , and nothing else . To this , when it was once repeated to him by Philip IV ., he replied , with the noble humility of a great master and the good humour which most effectually turns the « dge of sarcasm , that they flattered , him * for the knew aiobody of whom it could be sajdthathe painted a head . thoroughlyweU ,
. _ To acquire facility and brilliancy in colouring ,, he . devoted ,, himself , for . a while to the study of animals and still life ,, paiating ^ all sorts , of . objects rich , in tones . and tints * and simple , in . configuration , . such as pieces of plate ,, metal . and earthen pots and . parts ,, and . other domestic utensils , and the , birds , fish ,, and fruits , which the woodg and waters aroundi Seville so lavishly ; supply to its markets * , These .. " bo / degones ' . ' of > his earjy days ^ are . worthy of . the best .. pencils , of Flanders * and now- are no , less rar , e than espellenfc . The Museum of Valladolii possesses a . fine . one , enriched cwith . two . figures of ; , life siase , peeping watch over a jnultUude of , culinary utensils , and a picturesque heap , of onelpns , and those other vegetables for which the chosen people ,, tooin ' wdiui of , Egypt , murmured in the < wilderness of Sinai- At Seville ^ Ron An icetp Bravo has , or ho ® , a large picture of the , same character , but . without figures , displaying , much : more , oCthe , manner . ' -of the master ; and Don . Juan . de , Govantes -possesses . ^ , small and ad .-nHiably-paintedstudy , of a . " cardo , " cut ready , for . the table ,,,
The next step of "Velasquez , in his * progress of * self ? inskwction , waa-. the ^ . study of , subjects . **; low-life ,-found in , suoh rich and . picturesque , variety , in the-streets and-. orn th&waysideSrOf Andalusia , to which he brought a fine seoae of humour , and discrijni-s nation of character . . To -this epoch ia ref ©^ ed ,. bis tcel < at > r « ted picture of the ,- " Water- ! - cajrjieroC , Seville , " stolen by King ,, Joseph ,, in his flight . from the ; , pala « je of .. Madrid > , ai » d taken in ^ iiia carriage ,, with , a quantity of the , Bonrbon plate and . jewels , at , tho ; rout o f Vittoria , Presented . by King ; Perdinand VH » to . the great English captain whi > pjaqedhim on hiaJiereditary throne , it is now one , of ; the Wellington ; trophiea . afc Apsley House . It is a composition of three figures : t a sunburnt ,, way / worn . sellers ,-of waited jdresawLin . a , tattered brown , jerkiu ,. with his .-huge earthen-jars ,, anditwo . lads , on&of . ,, wJioin ,, receLves . a , sparkling ;; gJas 3 . of . the pure , element , whilst his companion quenches 44 s t thirst from , a , pipkin ., The \ execution of the - heads , and alfc the-, details / is , pejfeck : and ; the-raggf d . trader , dispensing ; a few- maravedis , ' worth , of bis-simple .- sto « k * , TAabttwns ,, . during , , the : transaction , a grave dignity of deportment Jhighlyi Spanish audi fihfcpaetsriatic , and worthy of ; an ,. emperor pledging : a great- vassal . in Tqkay ,-.,
After forming . Ms genius by-. this , admirable and ; independent . cc «* rse > o steidyv Vielasquez' -entered the serviced J 3 iilip-IV > , at Madrid * as * courtpainter . His first portrait of bis master -at once asserted 'hfetranseendentattlities . From this time bis labours ( comprehending pictures of all classes , xif ' subject ,-, from Sacred . History to Still Life ) / were , pursued in the full' . light of ' court faVour . , The king was a constant , visitor to his , stfcdl < l »« o 8 ices of dignity , wereconferred , on hiin in the royal household ; and ., h » n » jcnbered a » wjpg his . friends , the most powerful , and most . famous ruea * in , Spain . , He , twicer visited . Italy , copying thfe works of the , great ItaUanumaBfcers ,, and pjPCkjtipg : pictures . of . hia ., own * . , among- others a portrait o £ . tbfe PoDet .-Iraia-ti ceaiiX * . Oiftv bis second ; return to Spain ^ he painted bis famous ^ Mbtuxetofi thfr "' Maidaiof Honour /* by « oma regarded as the greatest-of his > w © nka <; bi » death ) happened in > the- sixty-first year of his age , and-his-remains-received the highest funeral honours which his king and his country could accord to thetm
Sttch is the bare outline of . the career of Velaaquez . For the colour , and the modelling which complete and give interest to the biographical . picture , wpjiefefc . the reader from , this notice to . Mr . Stirling ' s elegant , and interesting bc ^ k ; ~ Fev ; , ppr . flpiuMn ^ t ^ aU ,. can , require , to . be . remin ^( i by ^ usvithat tb exe ia Dnejaqbl © gpecimenj . t least oifrths geiuvw ,,, of , Vel « sque * rin , the National GaUexyv of London , which ia : asftpl ^ . suJgiciettt ;; to . ; show . Eogbahiufitt- that the Spaniard was in very truths a king among painters . Not even the grand portraits at ( Dulwich-andin / the LouHse ~~ -piatur . es'whichy to ourtthinking ^ havemore-genuine poetry-in them thfen-niae-tenthfr of' the Hol y Families , Sainta , and Archangels of the profefcupdly- poetical painters after the time of Raphael—not even the noblest portraits of Velasquez assert his manliness and Vigour as a painter , his grand graapof subject , and wonderful command of technical quabj ; ies » . hia hqalfchy aa 4 . unabrinking adhierencc to nature , so unmistakably , } n ., our estimiation , a ^ Jth ^/ 'Bjo acHunt" in the Nationa l . GaAlery . AVc reco mm eud aU purj'eadera wfei ^ . cJMiudafio . toirefresh their memories byianother , looki at . that admirable
f > iqtu ) re-. befQi ; e they begin , the . xeiulUig . of Mk- Stirling ' s , book . It proves the alluatrious Spaniard ' s right to the poathuraoua . honour of / a good biogimphy - ^ anM . tUat is , anjore , fey more > tbtt » tcan , fbe ^ aid of . n ** ny a , fumou 3 Old Master wtafchtu had bift life written , and this , pictures lectured abouti , IntothO' dia- ^ puted )[ quea ( aonio £ tha . right : of Velasquez to be calledja poetical ipainter it ia « 06 > w © rfeb . wkile * o enter . W ^ have heard Nicolo -Pottesin and Claude' called pQettdaltvpainters . If tlt&ynre- poets , then assur , edl £ Velasquez - was-none ,: l ^ thb farther a picture gets away from . the subliljie realities of Nature , the higher * the Ar . t of the man , who paints it—then certainly , such a , picture as , tlve " Boar Hunt" is not H ( g 4 > Art . On that canvas the men awl women are realty h-uraan . beings , stav . tltogly natural and lifu-like , in , grouping ^ and . action —thcxe , ^ he hills ,, tb «» tr . oea , and the skv show .. the- very tovm awd colour , , tlfce *> vwtyvlight andv . shade of Nature herself . Who . cat * honestly say \ w , muoh , of . th ^ r-baftcbaualiaB . aboreaoatioois of Nioolo . Pous »«> or of ., the ,. esaGn > tialbjr uu » ItailMin ^ et-soeoefl of Claudo > "vvlucb ; hang in the-. satiae gallery with thio " 13 o » ri Hva ^? r
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MOUNTAINS AND . MOJuEIIUXS . ^ fm'aWKatifJMoWtUfo » ° r » HaeolkofiowtK of a ,, BurtU Journal * , Bjr , Frank . M * rryafc ,. AwtUor of " Bornoo a »< 1 the Eastern A « chipplag , p . " hwgiwuxfr M » iiM * i « prATifltaffted , ia lifie ia , ] iiaifa * h ojp ^ fl pnofeswony and . oarly acquired tlj »«^ f « rq ] iaa « e , the roving turn ., and the habitual ,: cheerfulness , which a *» i allf ) th »« O"th 6 frttite of' an- education in her > Majeety ' a navy-. For , while a yoiin ^ qter'of J thfe same ' . clas ^ on shore is writing \ bad Datm , and , bungUng over lrrecruktr verbs , the midshipman is already schooled for practical
actkwa ^ . aiod'hag bfeg ^ au . . ; -shaie- ^ of ^ the A ^ nd Jix % he- quits * bje ^ s « rv * ce ) ' h ^ carries * with-biBar ' a t * ai « ingjw 4 Seh -wtM-ii ^ jh -hl in ixti anything else he applies" to , viz .-, a-readifieas-to adap ^ t himself tojeonditions ^ and a liveliness of temperament , which are of use in all manner ; of , humane , employments , and . will do- him a good turn whether- he takes , to . th £ churolv « or maieg rfor the diggings . A curious rpaper might be , written ^ . oii . nayal ^ , men who . have beeome famous , in other professions . The list wauld includetc severalvn ^ taWes , froir ^ , the Atheniaa Demades to the Scottish JEIrskine > $ c aiad , aniottg them , ' Ken » ell the geographer , our contempwaryilawyer The «» i sigerr-rnat . to mention-. aa eminent garter-king-afc-arm 6 rr"and . an . ' editor o € e Tibullus ^ : known- to- the learned as " Brouckbusius /' ' " xuii , " - says tho ^ erudite-He ^ e , " Tibullusiplurimum debet . " The-last-mentioned- " gentlemaur had- eveni we believe ^ risen to the command of a man-of-war biefore he resolved to distinguish himself in polite letters .
Mr . Marryatt startedto € JaKfbrnia with ' the-fine > easy'deciBion' - © fthenautical mind , intending to open the world-oyster in those distant regions with his midshipman ' s « word ^ How farhe had a pecuniarysuccess we / . de * not presume to inquire ,-but < we know > tfeatfee was successful as artravelfer , for ^ every-page ofhfeJ - readable book shows-tba * -he gained aa- excellent ' acquaintance , with the r country , and a successful bbofc of travels is as good a result , of an expedi- " tiqn as aay adventurer bas . a right to expect . 66 od sense aod gpodihuniQUK . f are characteristics , of i ^ from ., first to last . And nothing ^ is .. so " interestingj t asth « . way in which rt&e , author adapts himself , to circujaiatancear generally r fulljng . oivhis . feetfas .-readilyvas ^ heuseshis ^ head . Busings looking , stuju ^ Mr . MWrya ^ goesv . up . ititenCowntEy aftdliyeajby hte-gun ., SpficulatMnabein ^? Bmt ^ MBiMarryM-jmrn aitbjae * rical comp any , andrplaya aa " -Mr . Warren . " Hfe ! &Uow-tra ! reHer 8 « 'onr < Ma& » oocasioft are all seized with yellow fever ; Mr .-Marryat » is-seized too ^ aad ^ alone-of the company , recovers-.
It'is to bti remembered by the reader ^ that 'Mar . Marryat appear * to a diSad 4 antag € in this book-, thfe "journal , " which would . have been , so service ? , abte , having been * " burnt . "" But if he had not chosen to tell"us this we should 'not -have guessed that anything was wanting ^ Many , a . man keeps , his jo , urjiai _ perfeotly safe ,, and _ then . writes a workpot half . so . w . ell-. suppjiaa wdthjQMk tte * . ' Tb : e ,, style , is ? sensible ,, rapjd , . easy ; may ; be > , deseKibed as ^ a ^ y speoimeri ; of therbeatv . mes ^ iable ^ talk , r-5 uch a& conyersatioai . is , ; not , / ia tfefti " WidggotHi . 4 ^ , ' op > th « - ^ Pe * Jfcw »» 10 t " . perhaps- ( which woul ^ be ^ below thft ^ mdrk ^ . bwfrafljiifcisiin tb ^ rvwry ^ be ^ andsmosfr cultivated mesaefti ofi a service ^ wbiohi'doea ^ not talk 4 ha » leaafelikerthe . feltowBiin ridifeulousicoats and . trousers " wfco pasa > foo ?"" B » . vjil oflicers" in the theatres on > the south--side- of the--Thames * Weproceed 7 to make some extracts ; from this agreeable work , - that Mr . .. Marryai ? maybe hoard f 6 r himself . And first for MrB , A . T .-ST , . FBASCI 9 CO . -
There , are no puWicJftnjn § , if t . the towin at . this .. time , so that thft greater , pajjt of it , J 4 n admiraiily adapted 4 c > r , that , portion of the population ^ who ga , ia . their lividiUood . by ^ r robbery ,. and-murder in : those . cases , where people object £ q be , uag .. robbedw But . Coax- ? rm . ercialrstreetfJ . which . is . composed , entirely ofsaloons , ia . a bla ^ e s > £ light ,. and , resoundaCT with . music , frpm . one end to . the .-other . N " o expense , is spared to attract custom , tb&a bar-keepgys are , " artista . " in their profession .. ; rich soft velvet . . sofas .. and .. rocking-chair ^ invite the lounger j bvt ^ popular ,. feeling , runi 3 ^ ^ . strongest in , " fayour :. of the , saiooathafc , contains a pretty woman to attend the bar . Women are . rarities hexe ; and the population flock in crowds and receive drinks from the fair hands of the . female dispenser , whilst the fortunate proprietor of the saloon realises a fortune in a-week—and only ; h& 9 < tha& < tinie to do it in ,-for ^ afc' the end of that perio d the charmer -ia married ! A \ Frtemdi ship larraved ^ uring . my stay , and brought as passengers a large number of veryreapectahle ^ irls , most , of whom were tolerably well looking . ; they were- soon caughb ' uph by tfeavsaloon proprietors a % -vvaiting-woman at salaries of about 50 t each peiv . montl ) ,. aad . after this influx : the public became gradually inured to fcmaJflAttendanca , / - aftd . iqokeduppn . it asja matter jof no mpuoent ..
Neau . tUe . centre of the town is . a square , . which , in common with many other , tLuigaf in ^^ the countryj retains its Spauisk-appellation , an ( lJs ^ called the " Plazp . ; " two sidoa of-this are occupied by bricjc buildings ., devoted solely to gainbTui g , 7 "We have" the ' :-. " Verandah , " " Eldorado , " * Parker House , " " Empire , " " Rende ^ -voua , " and " Bella , _ Union , "" in one . row- Most of these establishments belong to companies ,, for the ,, amount of capital required is very large . One or two of the houses are under French . ^ superintendence ; companies having beqn formed ia Paris , who openly . avowed their object in the prospectus , they iasuad .. On entering one of these saloons the eye is .., dazssled almost by the brilliancy of cttandejiers . and mirrora The roof , . rich with giHj-work ; is supported by piUars , of . glass ; and the walls are hung wi ^ FrencU / v painjtihga of great merit , but of which femjdlo nudity forms alone tha subject . The * , crowds , of . Mexicans , miners , niggers , and Irish bricklayers , through which with . did * fidulty you force a way , look dittier ( although there is no need of this ) from contrast with the brilliant decorations . Greon tables are scattered over the room , at each of
whicjisit two " monto" dealers surrounded by a betting , crowd . The centres of the tables are covered- " with gold ounces and rich specimens from the diggings ,,, and these , heaps accumulate . very rapidly ^ in the course of the evening , for , " monte , " ' as played by these , ddxtarous dealers , leaves little chance for the atakor to win . The thin Spanish ., cards alone are use 4 > and although the dealer is intently -watched by a hundred ' eyes , whoso owners , in revenge for having lost , would gladly detect a cheat , and fall . upon Jiim and tear him to pieces , yet arc thosa eyes no match tor his dexterous fingejjfl , aqd the eayagq scrutiny with which he is assailed as Hia pnrtner ruk « s in the stakes . produce * -no emotidn on hia pale unimpassioned face . The duty , of ft " monto " dealer is ono of groat difficulty ; although surrounded by a clamorous crowd , uikI the , clang of music , bia head is . occuuied by intrjlcato calculations , hia eyea arc watchfully ( though apparently carelessly ) scanning the faces tlmt snrround his table , yet they appear to be riveted to his card *; ho haa , in tho presence of vigitant observers , to execute feats , tho detection of which would cost him his life ;— nightly almost no draws his . revolver in self-defence , — and through all thla ho-mast never chango a muscle of his face , and must bo ready at all times to exercise a determined couragein resenting the more suspicion of dishonesty on his part , if such is expressed incautiously by those about him .
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Leader (1850-1860), April 7, 1855, page 331, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2085/page/19/
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