The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . ally remarkable, and the play of light over thewhole scene is wonderfully effective. It is a pictureto which the eye may return again and again, andalways with fresh pleasure. Owing to its very bright-ness, it loses more than most when rendered in black-and-white from the photograph. Its tender greensand greys come out almost white, with a frosty lookwhich does injustice to the painting. But this veryfault testifies to the brilliancy of the soft light whichfills the picture and adds so much to the charm ofthe effect. STUDY FOB OXFOBD FROM IFFLEY. 151
The life and paintings of Vicat Cole, RA. . ally remarkable, and the play of light over thewhole scene is wonderfully effective. It is a pictureto which the eye may return again and again, andalways with fresh pleasure. Owing to its very bright-ness, it loses more than most when rendered in black-and-white from the photograph. Its tender greensand greys come out almost white, with a frosty lookwhich does injustice to the painting. But this veryfault testifies to the brilliancy of the soft light whichfills the picture and adds so much to the charm ofthe effect. STUDY FOB OXFOBD FROM IFFLEY. 151928 OXFORD FROM IFFLEY. Where Isis waters wind,Along the sweetest shore,That ever felt fair Cultures handsOr Springs embroidered mantle wore,Lo ! where majestic Oxford stands. Warton. XFORD from Iffley, the next in order ofplace, was exhibited at the Royal Academyin 1884. No spot has greater claims onthe reverence and affection of Englishmenthan the old University city. It is linkedwith all the past of England—with its history, learning,. VIC AT COLES LIFE AXD WORKS. religion and statesmanship. To none of these influenceswas Vicat Cole insensible. The place touched hisnational feeling ; its old buildings had a strange charmfor the painters eye, and the memories which theycall up of past generations of scholars, poets andstatesmen, appealed to his imagination. He had,also, a true respect for that learning and scholarshipwhich he himself never had an opportunity of respect, which he would constantly express inconversation, added much to the interest he felt inthe seat of learning. Moreover, he was admitted byhis many admirers among the residents to the innerlife of the place, and thus felt its full influence. To select a point on the river, from which a com-prehensive view of the city could be obtained, was noeasy matter. Turner had been fortunate in his choice,but the growth of trees since his time had hidden thecity from the spot whence he drew it. Vicat Colefoun
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