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picture , in -which the mirror behind the throne of the monarch has all the appearance of being inlaid mother-of-pearl ; and a very fine ' Landscape / belonging to Lord Overstone ( 664)—a landscape by this master being alwavs a great rarity . But at the same time it must be admitted that the effect of these fine masterpieces is somewhat deadened by being placed in juxtaposition with works of most inferior merit which are pretended to be by the same hand . What can be said of such a production as the ' Belshazzar ' s Feast' ( 683 ) , ¦ when it comes under the sanction of Lord Derby's judgment and taste ? The French school is very rich , there b ? ing no less than sixteen specimens of Nicolas Poussin , and fire of Gaspar—some of them very fine ; several
sixteen of Claude de Lorraine , illustrating styles adopted by that master ; two good examples of Mignard ; three of Philip de Champagne ; two of Watteau ; one of Lancret ; four of Grenze ; and a Paterre . The Spanish , also , is particularly rich ; containing some splendid example * of Zurtaran ; twentyeight of Murillo , among which are tli-e two pictures brought over by Mr . Ford , and sold to Lord Overstone , and -which most certainly be ranked among the most priceless gems in the collection ; we refer of course to 1040 , ' Virgin and Child , ' and 1027 , 'A Head of the Saviour . ' "Words are impotent to describe the matchless beauties of this latter masterpiece . It is , indeed * the roan of sorrows and acquainted with grief . '
, There is a fine portrait of El Mudo , by himself ( 1050 ) . The collection of the works of Velasquez is particularly rich ; the four in the Hertford collection being certainly among the finest ; but there are also some good specimens to be found in Saloon C , at the east end of the building —notably , 10 & 6 , ' Duke Olivarez on HoTseback ; ' 1057 , * Philip IV . when a Boy ; ' 1056 , ' Adrian Palido Pareja . ' A Monk , by Zurbaran , in the same saQoen , is among the gems of the Spanish school . Lastly , we come to the Dutch school , and the lover of genuinely humorous illustration of simple rusticity will find enough to feast upon to his heart ' s content in the saloon called ' The Hertford Gallery , ' at the extreme west end of the building , beyond the transept . There is a screen in the
room which i 3 hung with gems , every one worth a Jew s eye : Gerard Dow ' s ' La Mt « nagere , ' ( 684 ); three delicious little pieces by Maas ( 696 , 697 , 698 ); ' The Intruder , ' by Metzu ; two beautiful little cabinetpictures by Franz and William Mieris , ( 746 and 748 ) , and ' The Satin Gown , ' by Terburg . Paul Potter is not so well represented as he might have been , but there are ten fine specimens of Cuyp , and twenty magnificent landscapes with water by Kuysdael , all of which will repay the moat careful examination . Of Hotrbemas , too ( wherein foreign collections usually fall shortthere is not even one in the Louvre ) , there are eight fine examples , that in the Hertford collection being probably the masterpiece of the master . Under the names of Vandervelde , Wowerman , Bakhuisen and
Berghem , too , the visitor will find mvicia to admire . : Crossing over the navo at the cast end , and beginning fhe English school with Hogarth , Gainsborough , and Beynolds , the visitor will find himseK 5 n Saloon D . If he be much pressed for time we cannot recommend him to extend his researches much beyond the Lawrence period , inasmuch as if he be a connoisseur , almost all the modern pictures will recal nothing but souvenirs of former exhibitions of the Ifoyal Academy , and if he be not , but merely a critic guided by his own emotions and sense of the beautiful , the visit to the old masters will havo put him greatly out of conceit with our modern gentlemen . We fear that Turner himself ( especially as represented in the Art Treasures Exhibition ) will scarcely do after Clautle Lorraine , that Macliso will look hut poorly after Iiubens , that Goodall will bo no great account af ter Rembrandt , and that Gnmt will scarcely seem like the great portrait-painter - \ ve thought him when our eyes arc yet full of Velasquez and Van Dyck . But in Sir Joshua , Gainsborough , and Lawrence , wo have nothing to be ashamed of . Thcso arc our three great painters ; these aro the men with whom , nfter all , we must make head against the world . Of these , Sir Joshua is perhaps the best represented in this collection . ^ Without mentioning the matchless ' Strawberry Girl ' and ' Nelly O'Bricn , ' in the Hertford ( Jiillery , thcro aro somo thirty-three good specimens of Sir Jo-sliua to bo found in Saloon D , and those include some of his finest and moat celebrated works : 44 , ' TMrs . Tollomacho ns Miranda ; ' 45 , ' The Captivo ; ' ' 18 , the , Itoynl Academy ' Portrait of Himself ; » f > 2 , ' The Uruddy 1 Family ; ' 70 , the celebrated 'Puck , ' from tho Rogers collection ; 118 , ' Miss Bertie m Thais-, ' and 155 , ' Mrs . Anderson Pelham feeding Chickens . ' Thrco -pictures arranged side by Hide at tho east end of Saloon I ) challenge admiration ; tho centre one ia the famouB ' Mine Boy' Gainsborough ; on tho right ataiidn ' Ira . Grnhnm , ' by tho flame artist ; and on tho left Sir Joahua'H ' Mrs . Polham . ' Tho < Blue Boy , ' especially , is a work which proves thnt in ( Jamaborougli wo have not otrly tho first of landscape paintciH , but ono , of tlus finest , portraits paintors that tho world evor Haw . We havo little to Hay about tho plotm-os which dis . figure tlio north wall of Saloon T ) and illuatrntn tho decadence of art in England after tteynolrts—tho pompous nothings , tho protontiouH fnlluroti of West , Noi ^ thcoto , Sir Martin Slico , anil thoir compeers . Joyfully we
hasten on to the Lawrences , of which there is a line collection in Vestibule 3 and Saloon 15 . Here we find ' Liitly Leicester as Hope , ' 'John Kcinole as Coriolauu-V ' Miss Farreri , Countess of Derby , ' anil the well-known ' Portrait of Master Lambton , ' the very beau ideal of high-bred youth . In the same vestibule with ' John Kemble as Coriolanus' the visitor will not fail to notice Ward ' s splendid picture of a ' Bull , Cow , and Calfperhaps the finest piece of animal painting in tho Exhibition . And here , leaving the visitor who wishes to make a more intimate acquaintance with our ' modern masters ' to pursue his own sweet will , we turn into the nave , and take a brief survey of Mr . Peter Cunningham ' s wellarranged British Portrait Gallery . Here the object is rather variety and importance of subject than excellence
of painting . Yet there are some line pictures hereportraits by Holbein , by Van Dyck , by Kneller , by Loly , by Sir Joshua , by Gainsborough , and by Sir Thomas Lawrence . The subjects , too , are as various as could be desired . The Eton portrait of Jane Shore smiles down upon us with its small mouth , large front , and golden hair ; Anna Boleyn too , the reverse of pretty ; bluff Hal , the most murderous of Bluebeards ; Sir Christopher Hatton , of saltatorj' memory ; Holbein ' s ' Sir Walter Raleigh , ' gravely pondering over a map . Halfway up the nave , " on the left side , is the Chandos por trait of Shakspeare , brown and grave , and with earrings in his ears . Of poets and actors , there is ( as Mr . Cunningham expresses it ) quite " a nest of singing birds , " witness the names which bring up the list of the more modern portion of the collection—Scott , Byron , Crabbe , Southev , Coleridge . Gifford , Lockha-rt , Rogers , and
Keats . The collection of Miniatures and Enamels will be found arranged in frames upon the wall of the staircase leading up to the gallery on the south , side of the transept . If the visitor have the time and material to spell the identities out of his own knowledge , this collection may be very interesting ; but for the present it is rendered all bat ' useless by the fact that it is only generally described in the catalogue . A few general notes are given as to the period supposed to be embraced ; but that is all .
The Sculpture occupying the nave next claims attention . It may be that the collection is as good as could possiblv be managed , but it must be . admitted that there is not a . chef d ' awixre to be found , and scarcely a great master represented . Gibson ' s ' Hunter' ( 7 ) is , perhaps , the iinest piece in the palace ; and suTely when we remember the value of these easily-broken treasures , and the impossibility of repair , instead of feeling surprised that there are so few we ought only to be astonished that so many have been brought together . And here we should mention that the greatest credit is due to Mr . Dudley and Mr . Redford , not only for the collection and arrangement of the Statuary , but also for having organised and superintended the whole system of packing and transit by which the entire collection of Ornamental Art has been brought to the palace . So efficiently has this work been accomplished , that it is a positive fact that not a single important case of damage lias as yet
oecurreu . The general collection of miscellanea , called the Museum of Ornamental Art , is arranged in cases against the hall and upon either side of tho nave , and it is uniformly good . Here , also , the catalogue is very meagre , and renders vcrv little assistance to the visitor in discovering the chief objects of interest . The classification of thu objects id into Glass , Enamels , Porcelain , Oriental China , Majolica , Goldsmiths' Work , Sculpture in Bronze and Terra Cotta , Medallions and Glyptics , Carvings in Ivory , and Armour and Arms . The Sonlages collection north side of tho
is arranged in three cases on thu nave ; Lord Hastings sends a lino collection of Majolica and K-nffaelle ware , which fill * a largo ci-i . se ; and tlio Government contribution from Mnrlborough House is arranged in five cases on the north sid < i . When we remind the reader that the Mnseum of Ornamental Art consists often thousand articles , and th © t enoli separate object ia worthy of being made the subject of special remark , itwill bo understood why we can do no more than rofor to the collection in tho meat general terms . Even to indicato tho things of more prominent interest would occupy an entire impression of the hcadv . r .
Wo do not quite understand tins propriety of including armour at all in u collection of Art Trenmires , and the prominence here given to it is certainly a great m ' mtnko . Nothing can bo uglier or more out of place ( turnover curious or in plueu they may be in the Homo Armouiy at the Tower ) than tho row of mounted skeletons on either aide of tho west extremity of tho navo . Them aro somo fine pieces of tapestry , wliioh have been well arranged by Mr . Hertford , to be found nyiiiiisl tho north wnll of the trniifiopt .
Passing once more through tho Hertford Gallery wo come to the nt . rip of room extending . nil along tho west end of tho building , and allotted t , a the rich collection of Modern Water Colours . M < wt of tho works hero found will bo recogniMod by tlio hulrltutl of water-colour exhibitions , nnd nil onr boat , men « ro well represented . At tho timo we visited this collection it . wmh remarkable , however , for nothing more than tho deplorable , want of caro and judgment with which it was arranged .
ihe same remark which we applied to the armour collection may be directed with tenfold force against tl collection of Indian Curiosities . They are curious rfci , " and well arranged ; but have about ; iLs good a title t admission into a collection of Art Treasures as the ir ° jectod preparations from Surgeon ^ Hall or the unuumie " from the British Museum Avonld havo . ¦ ' In the galleries over the transept will be found Up collection of engravings and photographs . To tl I amateur the former will prove immensely attractive f ' it is really full of gems and rarities . The latter collection is well arranged , and the features of many wellknown persons will become popularly known through its means . The specimens tent by Mr . Herbert Watkins * ' of Uegent-street , take n . decided lead in the collection '
Such is a general outline of the mighty collection at Old Trafford ; an outline which we would willingly fill in did time and opportunity otter ; an outline which ns perfect as it may be , includes within its sweeping boundaries the whole domain of Art . The scheme o ° the Exhibition is grand and comprehensive , smdif totlit execution some objections may be fairly taken , the preponderance is certaiuly in f ; ivour of the good which has been done .
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STATE OF TRADE . The trade reports for the -week ending last Saturday show increasing dulucs . s at Manchester , and a further disposition on the part of the manufacturers to avoid the risks of production at the present price of the raw material . From Birmingham , the advices describe steadiness in the iron-market , and no alicration in the general trades of the place . Tho hosiery business at Leicester and elsewhere is inactive . In the -woollen districts there has been a slight increase of firmness , and the Irish linen-markets arc without animation . — Tinted . In the general business of the port of London during the same week , there has been considerable activity . O \ vin < r to the favourable change oi wind , the arrivals
havo been large . Ihe number ot vessels reported inward was 303 , being 111 more than in the previous week . These included 33 -with cargoes of corn , rice , &c . ; 4 with cargoes o ~ f coffee ; 1 with cargoes of tea . amounting in all to 57 , 107 packages , in addition to 77 J bales of silk ; and the unusually large number of 4 i cargoes' of sugar , the gre ' ter portion being from the West Indies . The number of ships cleared outward was 103 , including 0 In ballast , showing u decrease of 3 S . The number of vessels on the berth loading for the Australian colonies is 57 , being 10 more than at tho last account . Of these , 8 are for Adelaide , 4 for Geelong , 3 for Hobart Town , 4 for Launce-loii , 2 for Melbourne , 1 for Moreton Hay , 5 for Now Zealand , 14 . for Port Philip , 2 for Portland Hay , 1 for Port Fairy , anil 13 for Svdnev . " —/(/< w .
The board " of Trade returns for the p .-i .-a month were issued on Tuesday , and again show a large increase in tho declared value of our exportation * , although not to the extraordinary extent observable . hiring the throe preceding months . Tho augmentation is ot ; o , U 18 / ., w live percent ., as compared with the corresponding period of last year , and l , 8 S ) 0 , « S 0 A , or twenty-three per cent as compared with April , JLS 55 . With ngard to imported commodities , a decrease continues to bu shown m tiiu arrivals of wheat and Hour . Indian com , however , na * been largely taken . In animals and salted provision then ; has again been an ine . rea . -u-, consequent upon uiadvancing prices of meat . The impurti . noiM ol colHx mid tea show a reduction , while in the ilelivcnea loi home consumption there has been nn immense incica * , owing to the dealers having waited iillilio commencement of the month for the reduction ot diiliw . ' wims , . spirits , and tobacco , thu arrivals have *><*¦ " W lnr o , but the consumption has not exceeded Hit aui Hire . —¦/(/<•/// .
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510 THE LEADE U . [ No . 375 , Saturday ,
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Leader (1850-1860), May 30, 1857, page 510, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2195/page/6/
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