. British painters; with eighty examples of their work engraved on wood. rge Paget, with his brave companions of theI ith Hussars and 4th Light Dragoons, about seventy men out of the gallantsix hundred, forcing their way through the forest of Russian lances vainlyinterposed to bar their way. We believe that every soldier here introducedis a portrait; the picture was painted under the supervision of Lord Georgehimself, so that the work has a national historic interest, being in everyrespect trustworthy. Among those of the artists pictures which have never been broughtbefore the public is A Sist
. British painters; with eighty examples of their work engraved on wood. rge Paget, with his brave companions of theI ith Hussars and 4th Light Dragoons, about seventy men out of the gallantsix hundred, forcing their way through the forest of Russian lances vainlyinterposed to bar their way. We believe that every soldier here introducedis a portrait; the picture was painted under the supervision of Lord Georgehimself, so that the work has a national historic interest, being in everyrespect trustworthy. Among those of the artists pictures which have never been broughtbefore the public is A Sister of Mercy—belonging to Mr. Bartrum, ofBath. It is engraved here as an example of really good arrangement in thegrouping. We can scarcely pay Mr. Barker a greater compliment than we havealready paid, when we spoke of him as the Horace Vernet of England; certainly he remains master of the battle-field among our artists ; yet we mayexpress a hope that he may not find subjects for future pictures in the ranksof the British armies, wherever else he may search for W Q ^ O S i^ >* 5 w «5 hJ <-) J ?41 <; § ^ ^^ -J a 2 M 5 H E^ HH 5^ ^ ^0 o ?G V .i^ H 1 a ^ g i:i ;i t3 t^; H y Pi H K H !
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