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empire , as his account of it serves to show , is a mass of incurable imbecility and corruption . We cannot 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 .
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THE LATE THOMAS SEDDON . We desire to draw the attention of our readers to the claims on public gratitude and respect of the -widow and infant daughter left behind by a nobje 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 perishing 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 name of Thomas Sebdon is known 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 hy 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 through this devotion of himself to his high conception of pictorial veracity that he met his death , leaving behind him those to whom he coiild bequeath nothing but the generous regard and care of Ms 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 . Seddow of her late husband's oil picture of Jerusalem , the painting of which cost him 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
workman ; and it was to his strenuous efforts , seconded at first bv a si ™!* < w -., "" afterwards by several artists , that the North London School of DrawingTjffi ? ling , founded in 1850 , owed its origin ; a school which was for somTvfar , tiT el " dmm of sound art-instruction to throngs of working men , and -vhfohi «« Vm ?/" Seddon ' s first departure to the East , remained in a flourishing condition -n h ' ° h ? h ^ underwent ia tllis cause P ° i « ced an illness which permanentl y a&cted " In 1853 , he preceded Mr . Holman Hunt , by preamngement , -to the !? , »««¦ ' * was joined by him in . Egypt . He returned to England in 1854 , aad havingV ned in the interval , he started again for Egypt in October , 1856 , but had sf a ^ T reached Cairo when an . attack of dysentery terminated his life at the earlv r thirty-five . It needs no professional acquaintance with art to appreciate to f i ? ? extent the dangers and difficulties which a painter must have encountered wV down on th « spot , day by day for months together until his work was finish ^ * depict the landscape of Egypt and Palestine , undeterred by tryiaa- vicis < SZ ! c climate , or the lawlessnesa of the inhabitants . ¦ vicissitude « of
" The picture of Jerusalem , which , it is proposed to purchase and . offer to thp "NT tional Galley , and which , with others , was visited by many persons at the arri t " studio in 1855 and 1856 , includes some of the most remarkable sites of t-hJ w i City : the Valley of Jehoshaphat , the Pool of Siloam , the Brook Kidron Mm ^ Moriah , once the site of the temple , now of the mosque of El Aksa . the Mm ™ , * * Offence , the Tombs of David and of Absalom , the Mount of Olives . " The Rev . Canon Stani / ey , author of Sinai and Palestine , testiBes to the extraordinary accuracy of this picture ; and Mr . Ruskin appends a memo rand urn , in which he says that Mr . Seddom ' s were " the first landscanes uniting perfect artistical skill with topographical accuracy , —being directed with stern self-restraint , to no other purpose than that of mv ' mn tn no ™™*
who cannot travel trustworthy knowledge of the scenes which ou ^ ht to be most interesting to them . " Mr . Ruskin therefore regards "these pictures as inaxigurating a style of t ( 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 whichi they invariably exhibit on such occasions . It only remains for us to say that subscriptions will be received by— -The Treasurer , John Buskin , Denmark-hill , Camberwell ; the " Union Bank ( to Mr . Ruskin ' s account ) , 200 , Fleet-street ; or by any of the members of the sub-committee , viz .: —Mark Anthony , 18 , Monmouth-road , Bayswater ; P . Madox Brown , 13 , Fortess-terrace , Kentishtown ; Rev . William Elliott , 33 , Great Coram-street ; W . Holman Hunt , 49 , Claverton-terrace , Lupus-street , Pimlico ; D . G . Rossetti , 14 , Chathamplace , Blackfriars-bridge ; W . M . Rossetti i 45 ; Upper Albany-street , Regent ' s-park ; Frederick Warren , 2 , Duke-street , Adelphi ; Thomas Woolner , 27 , Rutland-street , Harnpstead-road .
production , which would there find a warm and spontaneous recognition as the school of art to which Mr . Sbdbon 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 . Seddojj 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 pa-inter , and was engaged , till the ago of about thirty , in the design of furniture . His proficiency in this pursuit earned the silver medal of the Society of Arts in 1848 . 14 He became at the samo timo intimately acquainted with , the needs of tlie art
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WOOLNER'S BUST OF TENNYSON . Isr Mr , Dickenson ' s rooms , 114 , Bond-street , is to he seea at present Mr . Woolneh ' s bust of Alfred Tennyson . It is an admirable specimen of portrait sculpture . The individuality is conveyed with great force aud * distiiictness . Like Lely in painting Cromweli ,, Mr . WooIiNEH . has not softened any of the energetic , almost liarsli , lines of the poet ' s face ; : has scarcely tamed tlie wildness of locks that seemed to defy stone ; and tlie effect is that the fire of the soul is unquenched in the countenance . Yet the bust is simple , —or rather , we should say , / or 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 .
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THEATRICAL NOTES . Henry IV . lias been , produced on horseback at Astxeys—as a , pendant , say illnatured critics , to Mr . Kean ' s Richard II , on a pony at the Princess ' s . Bu . t the ill-natured critics are wrong as to their facts , since Mr . Kean does not ride a pony , but a Galloway . Mr . Robson has achieved another great success at the Oiamhc in the part of a half crazed old miser in a piece ( from the French ) called Daddy Hardacre . His passion and tenderness are of the most wonderful kind ; but we must talce an opportunity next week , of criticising him . Mr . Dillon na , s acted Hamlet this week . Even the Tines admits that the passionate prevails over the thoughtful in his Tendering . Now , without denying the element of hot blood in . Hamlet's nature , it is obvious that he is chiefly remarkable for his speculative tendencies ; so thai by this alone avc 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 weel in mentioning the new play at the HAYat / UtKET , which is in four instead of in three acts .
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MR . W- H . RUSSELL LNT SHILLING PARTS . The British Expedition to the Crimea . By ~ W . H . Russell , the Times Correspondent . With Plans and Illustrations , &c . George Eoutledge 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 name in the annals of that short but fierce struggle 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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Government Fine Aut Exhibition . —The travelling exhibition , comprising a selection of works of decorative art from the Marlborough House Musoum , waa opened at Liverpool last Saturday at tho Old Post-offlce-placo . It will bo exhibited for some time , and the financial results -will be devoted to the aid of the two Government School ? of Art in the town—one at the Collegiate Institution , and the other at the Liverpool Institute . The collection has receive ! a very valuaMo addition in a case of- exquisite antique and modern carvings in ivory from a local museum owned by Mr . Mayer , tho spirited gentloman who purchasoa the Faussett collection of Snxon nntinuities , and who ia alao tlio owner of one of the , moat complete Egyptian museums in tho country Times . ¦ J ' Pjhirsia . —A three months' armistice , agreed upon between tho English , and Persian troops , ha 8 boon concluded from , tho month of March . Official despatches announce that an insurrection has occurred in the Persian Taurle , of which province a cousin of tho Shall is Governor .
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FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE . Tuesday , March 21 BANKRUPTCIES ANNULLED . — Henry Newma . n Kettle , High-street ,. Godalming , Surrey , grocer and pork butcher—William Attewejcl Wanjs , Ilighworth , wiltshiro , grocer . BANKRUPTS . — Frank Rknnison , 21 , Milk-strcct , 3 hcapsido , City , merchant and warehouseman—Til / den OjtRisMA . 8 , Chatham and Shcorncas , coal merchant—Robert OoLLKNa , 100 , High Holborn , and Talbot-iini-ynrd , High-street , Southwark , hocused victualler and bop rrnorchanb—Edwaud Clark Lone , 2 , Cullum-streot , City , oil and drug merchant—Ui )\ vaui > Gka . y HnooKLKHUiisr , Livorpool . hoso and , strap manufacturer—Wh . i . iam PornAM Davis and Jamks Davis , Cnrdiir , Glamorganshire , slato , marblo , and brick merchants—Geok&e Davy Richardson , Carlisle , ironfounder—Thomas Atkinson , Broarloy , near Luddondon Foot , Yorkshire , wool lun manufacturer — Richard Ench , and > , Wiludon . Unwlford , manufacturer—Samuki , Ataok , Leeds , builder . SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS . — Alexander . 1 > itnn and Rodeut Uonn , Glasgow , tinplato ¦ workers , Kasfitters , and bell haaigora- Jojun Baku . Glitsgow , ongiuoor and iron Bhipbuildor— TirpMAS Simi'son , Qrnngcmouth , Stirling , baker .
' ¦ Friday , March 27 . BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED .-IIbnuy Blyton , "Yorktcrrace , RatcliH ' o , Middlesex , clothier . . ' , BANKRUPTS . — Benjamin Smith , Whitcchapcl-roau , licensed victualler—Andrew Hind , Pleasant-row , Pciuonvillo , tcadoalor-WiLWiivt Dickunts Evks , Old-strecu , bt . Luke , Middlesox , victualler—John MAUSitALii , Railway Stations , coal rnerchaMt—Joseph SKiNHER . Grcafc James-street , Hcdford-row , nuctionocr—Jamks Kent , Kont-struct , Ionson , rag merchant—John Joneb Roberts , Liverpool , metal brokor— Hillyaud Niciioi . 8 , Bedford , corn mercluuit-Benjamin Hohnby , Hoylako , Clicator , hotel kcoikt--Thomas JJrooice Wavelx , Adams-courfc , Old Broad-street , bill broker and commission agont— Wim-iam Jbfhcoatt , King ' s Heath , Worcestershire , bakar—Jamks Smith , \\ allsail , marine store dealer—1 'iiomau Dijllon , Halifax , boot and shoo maker— JoiT > rSrE \ vAHT , Preston , ironfoundor-GEOKaK Lashmak , Brighton , weed crusher—Solomon Soxomon , Strand , tailor— Jamus Stevens Tiupi ' . Loinbard-strcta Chambers , Clomont's-lano , cominission agent — Cuaiilus James , Ijoughborough , Jicicostorsliiro , victualler — >< n .-ijam Mkb , Loiccstcrsbiro , fancy hoBiery — Jonathan Win out , Burnley , Lancaster , shoemaker—12 dwaud \ vai-Mouoir , of anohester , draper . SCOTCH S 13 QUES 1 RATIONS . —John BoBEnTFiNi xv , Glasgow , commission af ; eut—William and JosBrn . UK ° " ijent , jun-, and Co ., Glasgow , wool merchants .
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Leader (1850-1860), March 28, 1857, page 308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2186/page/20/
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