MODERN EXHIBITION. 



IN THE WATER-COLOUR ROOM, 



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We find many exquisite drawings ; from among which our confined 

 limits will only allow us to select a few for individual notice. Mr. 

 Charles Birch, we see, has contributed some of the gems of his su- 

 perb collection, by Cattermole, Cox, Roberts, Prout, Barret, Stan- 

 field, Lewis, &c. 



323. Drop too much. — G. Lance. Admirably expressed, and 

 painted with great freedom and breadth. The red-night-capped old 

 carouser is a perfect picture of animal enjoyment. 



340. Fass of Aberglaslyii. — E. Watson. An extremely spirited 

 and breezy- looking sketch. The trees lightly and effectively touch- 

 ed, and the water-fall's foam and scattered spray well described. 



342. Penmaen Maur, Caernarvonshire. — D. Cox. The dark and 

 stormy aspect under which the painter has represented this wild and 

 magnificent scene, suit admirably with its stem and sterile character. 

 The drawing is a very fine one, and, together with many others of 

 equal beauty in the present exhibition, is engraved for Roscoe's 

 Wanderings in North Wales, now publishing by Messrs. Wrightson 

 and Webb, of Birmingham. 



346. The Ghiga Palace at L'Arricia. — /. D. Harding. One of 

 the illustrations of the Landscape Annual ; a very beautiful, and 

 truly Italian scene, with clustering vines and pretty peasant girls in 

 the foreground. 



348. The Alhambra. — D. Roberts. Of all the wondrous palaces 

 of the earth, the Alhambra seems to hold the foremost place in our 

 imaginations, — and well may it : the scene of so much splendour, 

 chivalry, triumph, and — desolation ! The dwelling of the old Moor- 

 ish sovereigns, the witness of their magnificence and might, the lux- 

 urious and paradisiacal shrine of beauty, love, and romance. The 

 last stronghold of its vanquished monarchs, and the yet unperished 

 memorial of their power and splendour. Well might we exclaim 

 with Shelley — 



" Where is the fame 

 '* Which the vain-glorious mighty of the earth 

 " Seek to eternise ?" — 



when all that time has suffered even these mighty ones to bequeath 

 unto us, is — a name — a story — and a ruin. The drawing before 

 us is from the " Hall of Judgment." The walls and roof of which 

 are most richly ornamented with arabesque and pendant fret-work, 

 still in tolerable preservation. 



358. Brigands Gambling, — Cattermole. One of the scenes in 

 which Mr. Cattermole is most successful. The hardy, desperate, 

 and picturesque-looking figures of bandits and their compeers, rise 

 beneath his pencil in all their energetic and fierce bravery of form 

 and manner. 



360. Vierv in North Wales.'--H. Harris. Very much the cha- 

 racter of the scenery about Beddgelert. The mountains have a fine 



