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« and wars with each other , and battles , both for and against ofetow&vtznm . td Passing over further comparison , howeveiy we turn fc ^ tbe picture called the ' Highlands , ' and pronounce it one of the most beautiful and perfect * worksb ^ art ever pro duct . The design is sufficiently ne ^ vr , the figwes characteristic , and the
colouring clear without monotony , and ' brilliant without being io the least ® btrosire . Ifcis saefr a picture as everybody must admire and i ^ ould like to p ossess ifer its truthfulness and thfe pleasurable sensations it induces . To thdde wh ^ seeksfot * high finish , or for aecurate representation , both of soipvkig and still-Bi ^ we commend thi $ as of ample satisfectkite ;/ Eh e : i : w # a
thermarks and grak * s cif the stone bridge in # on $ , da not ^ fek like a repi ^ ientatioa *—but : like the thirig itself ; wWethel rough face 0 f the Scotch poaey looking over the wall ^ aim s < all our sympathy by its humorous consciousness ^ of the defrd game Iftid Across his back , not utuningled with a desire t «>* stap just to see if you have anything which he considers eataM e ^ aFliJe * Bohemian Gypsies ? by Maclise , is a worfe ofcprodigal , f £% > well-bestowed genitis . This is not the first picture in which the same artist has displayed more invention arid original charaijter than could be found in all the other pictures putlog © ther , among which he has exhibited . Maclise does not adopt some favourite face and give us endless repetitions and variations of it under different circumstances ; neither does he 5 fix upon a
particular iriodel of form , ' as the frame-work for a single idiosyncratic ideality to be thrust upon us year after year / as a Baceh ^ nt ^> an Angel , a Magdalen , a Venus , a God > a Negro , a Or ^ ek , ait Iiidt&tvor a Hebrew , just as may be required by the p ^ rrilfelf * 0 e g oes into the <} iversified high-ways and by-ways of humanityj and selecting the most marked individuals , places them before us with the finest truth , illustrative of their
feelings and actions . When he has produced a picture of this kind atid gained admiration by its originality , he does not retire ^ to his study to make a replicate of the design nor of any pWtibn of it—thus painting against himself—but nies away
agaitl r to search for fresh features of nature . The tone of colours adopted in the present picture has been considered by somfe c ! riti < 3 S ftsi monotonous and opaque ; we think , however , tba * fJt i < i cjtitto characteristic of the swarthy groupes and such lox ^ al oinfcurrtBtancea as surround th em . But to the life , the
^ Ufiik ¥ . ttid ^ ftaYa ^ feJirey the boisterous mirth , the roguish wit , tt ^ ^ ^ rit a iid ftttg ^ estive meditation , the arch irritation and f ^ sWr 4 ttgatt «> ur , nothing short of an essay upon each group ^^ # M 6 3 * iatice , € ar less convey in words the various Subjects rftjieitthoughts and emotions . / i ? heficturefi of Turner may be exceptions to some of our iftitfoduotory reinatks . It is scarcely possible to see them
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378 Royal Academy .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 1, 1837, page 378, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1832/page/60/
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