. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . of his works are in England. The subject I have engraved is known as The Avenue, Middelharnis, Holland. Thelong avenue of straight, lopped trees leads upto the village, in which the church tower is aconspicuous object. It is a faithful and charac-teristic glimpse of Holland, with its pastures,waterways, low horizons, and expansive andimpressive skies. Above all, it is the sky whichholds us here; we feel the vastness of the im-mense vault of heaven. The work is gray andneutral in coloring, yet clear, strong, and fresh,in thi
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . of his works are in England. The subject I have engraved is known as The Avenue, Middelharnis, Holland. Thelong avenue of straight, lopped trees leads upto the village, in which the church tower is aconspicuous object. It is a faithful and charac-teristic glimpse of Holland, with its pastures,waterways, low horizons, and expansive andimpressive skies. Above all, it is the sky whichholds us here; we feel the vastness of the im-mense vault of heaven. The work is gray andneutral in coloring, yet clear, strong, and fresh,in this respect Hobbema stands about mid-way between the golden manner of Cuyp andthe cool, sober style of Ruisdael. This paint-ing is one of the finest of Hobbemas, and is tobe seen in the National Callery, London. Itis on canvas, and measures three feet, four andonehalf inches high,by four feet, seven and onehalf inches wide. The date upon it, 16-9, isread by some to be 1689, which would make itone of the latest of the artists signed pictures. T. Vol. XLVTT.—107. MV FIRST AND LAST BALLOON ASCENSION. (ARTISTS ADVENTURES SERIES.)
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