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108 THE PORTBAIT.
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w empty hit more -headed than Edward he woul Man d have sfield don for e the had look a poodle s of Ms shaken aunt ? its Not head a
at him . Evening came , and with its darkening hours came MrCleveland
. . portrait At the of first the glance stranger , I foun to match d that the after real all Master I had Edward formed . an " ideal This
man cannot be the friend of that fool , " was my mental ejaculation , as I ht the expression of his pre-eminently handsome face and
caug fine eyes ied — in eyes a world which of gave hig one h thoug the ide ht , a yet of a which serene disdains and lofty not _spirit to
regard occup with tenderness the lowly things of earth . Their expression struck me as that of profound and far-stretching sympathy for and
with all that is beautiful and true . I saw in them too , that shade of sadness which is ever an accompaniment of the spiritually
beautifuland were it permitted me to coin a word to designate those dark , blue eyes with their long lashes , in whose depths so call
much and such variety of feeling -was discernible , I would subdued them twili by _g' the ht eyes coming , as of in ni them ht . the The g rest lory of of the day features seemed were gentl of y
g the the same nearest refined in cast conception ; and altogether of what I masculine regarded beaut Mr . Cleveland y should be as .
my herculean Doubtless , type some , but persons as there would is generall have y given too great the a palm preponder to a more ance
of the animal in that mould of Humanity , I give the preference irradiating where I see the , or outward imagine man I see . , This the visit soul-li was ght the falling forerunner over , and of
many others , and by degrees the presence of Mr . Cleveland became expected as a matter of course . claim to the title of
lover Mr . of Mansfield art" but called alas for himself arthad , and it onl laid such admirers ! _Iiisj , > ired _" a with fresh , zeal by the praise , bestowed y by Mr . Cleveland , Mrs .
her Bethun She had e hew earned applied was the with and right renewed could to be onl _sjDoken vigor remain of to as her a a true dabbler favorit artist e in , whereas pursuit colors . . y
The daub nep s he had , shown me as the fruits , of his study in Italy whenever were deplorable Master , and Edward I saw spoke a smile of the on art the of lip p of ainting Mr . . Cleveland Nature
not of certainl being even y awar that never e of of meant the the pre existence him -Rap to haelites of be th an , at had peculi ornament he ar had exposition of the any happ school of iness art , ,
which tries to make art and nature one and the same thing . Mr . Cleveland maintained with Schiller , that " the ultimate aim of art
obj had is beyond ect , no of sympath art the is senses to y . elevate , " He and likewise and with refine mere upheld the mechanical the min doctrine d , and draug this , that htsmen he the did ht true not be he
think could be achieved by the mere fact that a picture mig called singularly true to nature .
I was of the same opinion , and in selecting a subject to copy , I
108 The Portbait.
108 THE PORTBAIT .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), April 1, 1861, page 108, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01041861/page/36/
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