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MR. SHEEPSHANKS' COLLECTION'. Letter XIX.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—1. Five dogs round a dead roe, one of
them licking the blood. The truth of detail and masterly charac-
ter of the execution are here the chief attractions, for the compo-
sition is little interesting.
j. C. Horsley.—The Rival Performers ; a pretty thought, and
delicately executed in transparent colouring, of sunny effect. The
flesh-tints too porcelain-like.
F. Duncan.—The Waefu' Heart, from Auld Robin Gray.
The expression of the girl is very noble, but the lower part of the
person too undefined.
W. Collins.—1. Hallsands, Devonshire. Three animated
figures of fishermen's children in front. Transparent and careful.
Turner.—1. Vessel in distress off Yarmouth; very spiritedly
conceived, but the water very conventional.
Webster.—2. Sickness and Health. The contrast between
the sick girl in her chair and the happy children dancing to the
hand-organ is finely and vividly conceived. But here again the
execution in some parts is wanting in vigour.
D. Roberts.—1. Old buildings on the Darra, Granada. Deli-
cate in keeping, richly filled with very picturesquely dispersed
figures ; the execution careful.
Leslie.—3. Scene from ' Taming of the Shrew.' Petruchio
throwing the cap and gown at the tailor, who is represented
under the features of Wilkie, while Katherine is biting her neck-
lace in silent rage. The situation is well conceived, and the exe-
cution careful, but the colouring is rather spotty.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—2. A mother and her child, with five
dogs, are taking their common meal out of a soup-plate. Two of
the dogs are quarrelling for a bone. The dogs are masterly in
execution, the keeping excellent, and the details carried out with
a refined feeling for nature.
Sir David Wilkie.—1. The Broken Jar; the heads of great
animation, and the sketchy treatment very spirited. The lighting
of the figure in bed somewhat too bright. This picture is engraved.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—3. A scene in the Grampians—the
Drover's Departure. A rich and stately picture, of masterly keep-
ing and beautiful detail; the interest of the picture, however, is
not proportioned to its size. The head of an old man in profile is
admirable ; also a girl, and a hen clucking after her chickens.
MR. SHEEPSHANKS' COLLECTION'. Letter XIX.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—1. Five dogs round a dead roe, one of
them licking the blood. The truth of detail and masterly charac-
ter of the execution are here the chief attractions, for the compo-
sition is little interesting.
j. C. Horsley.—The Rival Performers ; a pretty thought, and
delicately executed in transparent colouring, of sunny effect. The
flesh-tints too porcelain-like.
F. Duncan.—The Waefu' Heart, from Auld Robin Gray.
The expression of the girl is very noble, but the lower part of the
person too undefined.
W. Collins.—1. Hallsands, Devonshire. Three animated
figures of fishermen's children in front. Transparent and careful.
Turner.—1. Vessel in distress off Yarmouth; very spiritedly
conceived, but the water very conventional.
Webster.—2. Sickness and Health. The contrast between
the sick girl in her chair and the happy children dancing to the
hand-organ is finely and vividly conceived. But here again the
execution in some parts is wanting in vigour.
D. Roberts.—1. Old buildings on the Darra, Granada. Deli-
cate in keeping, richly filled with very picturesquely dispersed
figures ; the execution careful.
Leslie.—3. Scene from ' Taming of the Shrew.' Petruchio
throwing the cap and gown at the tailor, who is represented
under the features of Wilkie, while Katherine is biting her neck-
lace in silent rage. The situation is well conceived, and the exe-
cution careful, but the colouring is rather spotty.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—2. A mother and her child, with five
dogs, are taking their common meal out of a soup-plate. Two of
the dogs are quarrelling for a bone. The dogs are masterly in
execution, the keeping excellent, and the details carried out with
a refined feeling for nature.
Sir David Wilkie.—1. The Broken Jar; the heads of great
animation, and the sketchy treatment very spirited. The lighting
of the figure in bed somewhat too bright. This picture is engraved.
Sir Edwin Landseer.—3. A scene in the Grampians—the
Drover's Departure. A rich and stately picture, of masterly keep-
ing and beautiful detail; the interest of the picture, however, is
not proportioned to its size. The head of an old man in profile is
admirable ; also a girl, and a hen clucking after her chickens.