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EARL COWPER'S COLLECTION.
Letter VI.
the drawing-boom.
Tenters.—Interior of an oil-mill, with a single figure. Of
admirable transparency of chiaroscuro and masterly execution.
Rubens.—Sketch of an altarpiece. A pope and emperor in the
centre are worshipping a saint, unknown to me by name, who
appears above, and to whom the sick below are brought to be
healed. The dramatic conception is full of fire, and the treatment
most spirited.
Gaspar Poussin.—1 and 2. Two small landscapes, rather
dark, but highly poetical in composition.
Jan Both.—A landscape, with a waterfall between high rocks.
The composition, powerful colouring, and careful execution, render
this large picture very agreeable.
Adam Pynacker.—Landscape, with rocks and a waterfall on
the left, and on the right an extended distance. On wood.
About 1 ft. 2 in. high, by 1 ft, 10 in. wide. The warmth of the
tone and the delicacy of the whole work class this among the best
pictures of this unequal master.
Here are also various pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
following the most remarkable :—
Three children of Lord Melbourne in the open air. One of
them the subsequently well-known Premier. Of great animation.
A little girl warming herself. Very pretty.
Finally I must mention a youthful portrait of the present Lady
Palmerston by Hoppner. The composition, with her hat in one
hand, is easy and tasteful, and the beautiful features are rendered
with refinement and animation.
EARL COWPER'S COLLECTION.
Letter VI.
the drawing-boom.
Tenters.—Interior of an oil-mill, with a single figure. Of
admirable transparency of chiaroscuro and masterly execution.
Rubens.—Sketch of an altarpiece. A pope and emperor in the
centre are worshipping a saint, unknown to me by name, who
appears above, and to whom the sick below are brought to be
healed. The dramatic conception is full of fire, and the treatment
most spirited.
Gaspar Poussin.—1 and 2. Two small landscapes, rather
dark, but highly poetical in composition.
Jan Both.—A landscape, with a waterfall between high rocks.
The composition, powerful colouring, and careful execution, render
this large picture very agreeable.
Adam Pynacker.—Landscape, with rocks and a waterfall on
the left, and on the right an extended distance. On wood.
About 1 ft. 2 in. high, by 1 ft, 10 in. wide. The warmth of the
tone and the delicacy of the whole work class this among the best
pictures of this unequal master.
Here are also various pictures by Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
following the most remarkable :—
Three children of Lord Melbourne in the open air. One of
them the subsequently well-known Premier. Of great animation.
A little girl warming herself. Very pretty.
Finally I must mention a youthful portrait of the present Lady
Palmerston by Hoppner. The composition, with her hat in one
hand, is easy and tasteful, and the beautiful features are rendered
with refinement and animation.