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OBJECTS OF AET
Letteb VIII.
to him for the most hospitable welcome in his own house, but, with
the help of a charming little pony-carriage, he drove me to all the
known proprietors of pictures in the vicinity, and procured me the
means of seeing the Town-hall and the more important factories in
the most agreeable manner. All this, which I should otherwise not
have attempted at all, or which would have cost me much time,
was further accomplished by Mr. Horsley's kind assistance and
arrangement in a day and a half.
The lofty situation of Birmingham not only renders it healthy,
but its broad streets and cleanly-built brick houses give it a far
more agreeable aspect than that assumed by most manufacturing
towns. The Town-hall, also, is one of the most stately edifices in
England. It is built in the form of a gi'and Corinthian temple, of
very good proportions, and with a basement-story in the rustico style.
The chief apartment consists of a colossal saloon, sufficient to accom-
modate 4000 persons, in which there is a large organ : a concert
of good music takes place here every Monday, the admission to
which is only three-pence. Every philanthropist must hail with
pleasure an arrangement which thus renders a noble and intellec-
tual enjoyment accessible to the working classes. At the same
time the manufacturers have shown a truly humane and Christian
feeling by the way in which, by means of churches, schools, reading-
rooms, and medical institutions, they have provided for the wants,
spiritual and bodily, of their workmen. The manufacturers them-
selves reside in comfortable villas, surrounded with gardens, in the
neighbourhood. I was kindly taken by Mr. Horsley to the follow-
ing houses, containing pictures of the modern English school, of
which I can only particularise the more important:—
hawthorn house, haxdswortii ; residence of
edwin bullock, esq.
Sir Charles Eastlake.—Ruth sleeping at the feet of Boaz.
This is one of the most remarkable works by Sir Charles Eastlake.
The heads are fine in form, and of refined and elevated character,
the whole carried out in most harmonious keeping.
Collins.—A morning-landscape, with very attractive figures.
A chef-d'oeuvre of the master in point of composition, clearness of
colouring, and careful finish.
OBJECTS OF AET
Letteb VIII.
to him for the most hospitable welcome in his own house, but, with
the help of a charming little pony-carriage, he drove me to all the
known proprietors of pictures in the vicinity, and procured me the
means of seeing the Town-hall and the more important factories in
the most agreeable manner. All this, which I should otherwise not
have attempted at all, or which would have cost me much time,
was further accomplished by Mr. Horsley's kind assistance and
arrangement in a day and a half.
The lofty situation of Birmingham not only renders it healthy,
but its broad streets and cleanly-built brick houses give it a far
more agreeable aspect than that assumed by most manufacturing
towns. The Town-hall, also, is one of the most stately edifices in
England. It is built in the form of a gi'and Corinthian temple, of
very good proportions, and with a basement-story in the rustico style.
The chief apartment consists of a colossal saloon, sufficient to accom-
modate 4000 persons, in which there is a large organ : a concert
of good music takes place here every Monday, the admission to
which is only three-pence. Every philanthropist must hail with
pleasure an arrangement which thus renders a noble and intellec-
tual enjoyment accessible to the working classes. At the same
time the manufacturers have shown a truly humane and Christian
feeling by the way in which, by means of churches, schools, reading-
rooms, and medical institutions, they have provided for the wants,
spiritual and bodily, of their workmen. The manufacturers them-
selves reside in comfortable villas, surrounded with gardens, in the
neighbourhood. I was kindly taken by Mr. Horsley to the follow-
ing houses, containing pictures of the modern English school, of
which I can only particularise the more important:—
hawthorn house, haxdswortii ; residence of
edwin bullock, esq.
Sir Charles Eastlake.—Ruth sleeping at the feet of Boaz.
This is one of the most remarkable works by Sir Charles Eastlake.
The heads are fine in form, and of refined and elevated character,
the whole carried out in most harmonious keeping.
Collins.—A morning-landscape, with very attractive figures.
A chef-d'oeuvre of the master in point of composition, clearness of
colouring, and careful finish.