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MR. SHEEPSHANKS' COLLECTION. Letter XIX.
too insignificant. This picture is remarkable for the power of the
colours, which, though used in their pure state, occasion no gaudi-
ness of effect. The lights on the hair of the bride are here pro-
duced by scratching out.
10. Mr. Sheepshanks seated by the fireplace, giving an order
to a maid-servant. Of great truth in every portion, and strongly
contrasting with the foregoing picture in the subdued harmony of
the colouring.
11. The Sonnet; a Happy Thought. A lover joyfully contem-
plating his lady reading his sonnet. Powerfully treated, with
bright sunshine. Dated 1839.
12. A sailing-match. Two boys puffing at their little boats in the
water with the greatest eagerness ; a girl looking on ; a delightful
group. The forms are less pronounced here, but the colouring is
harmonious. Dated 1831.
13. A toy seller. This individual, who is a black, is very ani-
mated ; but the woman and child too undefined. The whole treated
in a very subdued tone.
14. The Butt; shooting a cherry ; five boys and a girl. The
allusions in this very warm and harmoniously-coloured picture
are not intelligible to me.
Leslie.—9. Florizel and Perdita, from the ' Winter's Tale.'
Both very refined and amiable ; also the other figures of good
character. The prevailing tone of colour, however, too cold.
Autolycus, as a pedler, from the same play, is not so successful.
The flesh-tones are of cool, reddish colour, not true to nature, and
the treatment too slight for this small size.
Cope.—3. A girl with fair hair, reading. Refined and lofty
in feeling, and, with the exception of the throat, well drawn, and
harmonious in colour.
T. 1'wins.—1. Suspicion. A lady listening to a disguised
minstrel; a matron looking at him suspiciously. The husband in
the background.
2. An Italian mother teaching her child the Tarantella, and a
Neapolitan boy decorating the head of his innamorata at the fete
of the Madonna del Arco ; all happy in motive, and carefully
executed. In the last-mentioned picture, however, the contrast
between the southern glow in the figures and the northern cool-
ness in the landscape is a discrepancy.
MR. SHEEPSHANKS' COLLECTION. Letter XIX.
too insignificant. This picture is remarkable for the power of the
colours, which, though used in their pure state, occasion no gaudi-
ness of effect. The lights on the hair of the bride are here pro-
duced by scratching out.
10. Mr. Sheepshanks seated by the fireplace, giving an order
to a maid-servant. Of great truth in every portion, and strongly
contrasting with the foregoing picture in the subdued harmony of
the colouring.
11. The Sonnet; a Happy Thought. A lover joyfully contem-
plating his lady reading his sonnet. Powerfully treated, with
bright sunshine. Dated 1839.
12. A sailing-match. Two boys puffing at their little boats in the
water with the greatest eagerness ; a girl looking on ; a delightful
group. The forms are less pronounced here, but the colouring is
harmonious. Dated 1831.
13. A toy seller. This individual, who is a black, is very ani-
mated ; but the woman and child too undefined. The whole treated
in a very subdued tone.
14. The Butt; shooting a cherry ; five boys and a girl. The
allusions in this very warm and harmoniously-coloured picture
are not intelligible to me.
Leslie.—9. Florizel and Perdita, from the ' Winter's Tale.'
Both very refined and amiable ; also the other figures of good
character. The prevailing tone of colour, however, too cold.
Autolycus, as a pedler, from the same play, is not so successful.
The flesh-tones are of cool, reddish colour, not true to nature, and
the treatment too slight for this small size.
Cope.—3. A girl with fair hair, reading. Refined and lofty
in feeling, and, with the exception of the throat, well drawn, and
harmonious in colour.
T. 1'wins.—1. Suspicion. A lady listening to a disguised
minstrel; a matron looking at him suspiciously. The husband in
the background.
2. An Italian mother teaching her child the Tarantella, and a
Neapolitan boy decorating the head of his innamorata at the fete
of the Madonna del Arco ; all happy in motive, and carefully
executed. In the last-mentioned picture, however, the contrast
between the southern glow in the figures and the northern cool-
ness in the landscape is a discrepancy.