The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . is stream he followed down with faithful brushThroughout its length, from where, within the grass,Its gurgle first is heard, to where, far off,Sullied and salt, it rocks on turbid tidesThe carriers of the commerce of the world. A few of Sir F. Leightons own words have beenrestored in the above, in place of others substitutedunnecessarily, the verse being thus rendered almostidentical with the prose. In some ways it may be regretted that Vicat Cole THE THAMES. 17 should have fixed on a series which tied liim for a Longtime to one class of sc
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . is stream he followed down with faithful brushThroughout its length, from where, within the grass,Its gurgle first is heard, to where, far off,Sullied and salt, it rocks on turbid tidesThe carriers of the commerce of the world. A few of Sir F. Leightons own words have beenrestored in the above, in place of others substitutedunnecessarily, the verse being thus rendered almostidentical with the prose. In some ways it may be regretted that Vicat Cole THE THAMES. 17 should have fixed on a series which tied liim for a Longtime to one class of scenery; but truly our EnglishThames had won his heart, and an artist cannot gofar wrong so long as he paints what he , he had at his command the mists of themorning, the towering clouds and silvery tones of noon,the glowing hues and deep shadows of evening. It wasthe spirit, the deep pathos and repose of the stream,which he set himself to interpret, and his tenderrendering of these converts each view into a vision ofthe WATER-LILIES. D ON THE THAMES. THE SOURCES OF THE THAMES. Where, crowned with flowerets and green herbs,The infant river to the sun conies forth,Like human life from darkness. HIS, the first picture of the series in localorder, was painted in 1882 from studiesmade in May, 1881. It was no easy matterto determine what spot has the honour ofseeing the first welling of the springswhich form the source of the river. As many placeslay claim to being the birthplace of the Thames as
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