LANDSCAPE. VIEW ON THE SEASIDE. It is difficult by engraving to render pictures whose principal merit consists in the beauty and truth of the colouring; but the present one, from the vast extent it embraces, lends to the imagination the most agreeable ideas. Near the borders of a calm sea, apparently in the vicinity of Naples, is seated a female who seems affected at hearing the approach of some one impatiently expected. This picture, painted in 1658 for Francis Aberici, has since successively passed into the collection of Furnow, Humphrey and Morrès, from which it was engraved, in 1742, by Vivarès. The engraving we now present is in an inverted order from that of the picture. Breadth, 3 feet 3 inches; height; 3 feet 5 inches. ÉCOLE FRANÇAISE. 000000 CL. GELÉE. oooooo CABINET PARTICULIER. PAYSAGE. VUE DES BORDS DE LA MER. Il est difficile de rendre par la gravure des tableaux dont le principal mérite consiste dans la beauté et la vérité de la couleur; mais celui-ci, par l'immensité de son étendue, prête à l'imagination les idées les plus agréables. Près des bords d'une mer calme, qu'on doit croire des environs de Naples, une femme est assise et paraît émue, en entendant arriver celui qu'elle attendait impatiemment. Ce tableau, peint en 1658 pour François Aberici, a passé depuis dans les cabinets Furnow, Humphrey et Morrès, où il se trouvait en 1742, lorsqu'il fut gravé par Vivarès. La gravure que nous en donnons aujourd'hui est en sens inverse du tableau. Larg., 3 pieds 1 pouce; haut., 2 pieds 3 pouces. THE DEAD TRUMPETER. In representing one of those events so frequent in war, Horace Vernet's skill has shed over a painful spectacle a sentimental hue which touches the heart and excites in it a true and natural emotion. The scene passes at the advanced posts, as in the background appear videttes, one of whom discharges his pistol, which clearly indicates the approach of an enemy's party. A trumpeter, charged to convey an order, has just been struck by a ball which has thrown him from his horse, and he is already motionless. His faithful dog thinks he can afford succour, and licks the wound of him by whom he will never more be caressed. If the trumpeter has fallen at a distance from his regiment, he has near him however a companion, who seems sensibly touched, on beholding that being inanimate whose voice, which he now hears no more, once excited and roused him. With what precaution the horse approaches his master! what astonishment is exhibited is his eyes! what disquiet in his ears! This picture belongs to the cabinet of the Duchess of Berry. It has been engraved by Johannot. Breadth, a feet; height, I foot 7 inches. |