American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . P AMERICAN ART 295 whose bowers were clothed with luxuriant vines and shrubs,, and whose mysterious depthswere shadowed with the darkness of night by the thick-growing cypress; the hideous alligator,basking in the sun by the reedy shore; the scarcely less hideous Indian in his paint andfeathers; the countless birds with rich and brilliant plumage; flowers and foliage of rare andgorgeous beauty. One of the best things that our artist has ever done, is his drawing of The Mayflower atSea, with the stern of the little craft h
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . P AMERICAN ART 295 whose bowers were clothed with luxuriant vines and shrubs,, and whose mysterious depthswere shadowed with the darkness of night by the thick-growing cypress; the hideous alligator,basking in the sun by the reedy shore; the scarcely less hideous Indian in his paint andfeathers; the countless birds with rich and brilliant plumage; flowers and foliage of rare andgorgeous beauty. One of the best things that our artist has ever done, is his drawing of The Mayflower atSea, with the stern of the little craft hove up on a mighty wave as she leans forward to dipinto the next hollow of the swelling ocean, and her sails standing out against the cloudy rays. Hendrick Hudson Ascending the River which bears his Name. of the setting sun. The imagination might easily see in those clouds the spirit of persecution,with threatening gestures, driving the fugitives on their stormy way; and faith could picture theangels of peace before them beckoning them on to the promised land. The picture is aworthy illustration of Edward Everetts masterly description of the Pilgrim ship: Methinks Isee it now, that one, solitary, adventurous vessel, the Mayflower, of a forlorn hope, freightedwith the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea. I behold it pursuing,with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain, the tedious voyage. Suns rise and set, and weeksand months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep, but brings them not the sight ofthe wished-for shore. I see them now scantily supplied with provisions, crowded almost to 296 AMERICAN ART suffocation in their ill-stored prison, delayed by calms, pursuing a circuitous route; and nowdriven
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