The illustrated London news . foe, has been hastilyremoved, wounded (perhaps mortally), from the apartment. The steelgauntlets on the table, the torn eagle-plume lying on the floor, and,further still, the stains of fresh blood which disfigure the surface ofthe latter, are plainly indicative of the quality of the absent heroand the nature of the adventure in which he has been engaged, andthe clang and terror of which still seem to fill the air. This picturewas exhibited at the British Institution in 1834. Unfortunately, thetexture of the painting has failed in parts, through the use ofasphaltum
The illustrated London news . foe, has been hastilyremoved, wounded (perhaps mortally), from the apartment. The steelgauntlets on the table, the torn eagle-plume lying on the floor, and,further still, the stains of fresh blood which disfigure the surface ofthe latter, are plainly indicative of the quality of the absent heroand the nature of the adventure in which he has been engaged, andthe clang and terror of which still seem to fill the air. This picturewas exhibited at the British Institution in 1834. Unfortunately, thetexture of the painting has failed in parts, through the use ofasphaltum. It forms part of the Sheepshanks Collection exhibited atthe South Kensington Museum. HERRING FISHERY AT YARMOUTH. istive of 6 characteristic illustration of an incidentag port, and embodies one of the many such ang-ling life that are bo frequently presented as fittiiiirtists pencil. n i old jetty, look- ; direction of the Britannia Pier, and is anticipatory of the e deep-sea fishery, which at thU q a large extent, upplying,. that are going on around him—a mood which u evfdenth participatedin by an old fisherman who, seated at the base of one of the supportsof the jetty, is quietly enjoying his morningB whiff, and who seems visible in his own and the expression of hearty goodwill in the faces of 1 coadjutors on his left—thebearereof the bags of bay salt to the beach, a pile of which is seen stacked in the background) solacing himself There are also signs of ML* THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS ; to the Quay, flankedlade, and oa the othere fishermen, in the r Yarmouth 00 decree of prote. <ie rear of the premises of which is a lofty i.,-?!. !,. ..,,i-= veil known and remembered, Ilest times has always been held of the lintrfent and renowned mart for herrings; and wc , THE HON. ARTILLERY COMPANY OF!E Engraving on the next page represents a group ofI the Hon. Artillery Company of London in thense to add to it a alight sketch ccing with the period from wh
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