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Allston may derive some little relief from knowing how much his friends partake of his grief." This was a time of great discouragement to the young artist. Through the failure of some of his letters to reach his parents in time, he had not received their permission to go to France until it was too late for him to go. The death of Mrs.
This is near the southern cliff. Farther north a crag rises out of the stream, its upper surface covered with green clover of the most vivid freshness. Not only all night, but all day, has the dew lain upon its purity. They stand on the eminence that forms the background of my present view. The illusion is extremely picturesque, such as Allston himself would despair of producing.
"His original intention was simply to complete such parts of the figure as were useful in the single view necessary for the purpose of painting; but, having done this, he was encouraged, by the approbation of Allston and other artists, to finish the entire figure. "After completing it, he had it cast in plaster of Paris and carried it to show to West, who seemed more than pleased with it.
Rare indeed were these flash-lights of genius that Samuel Rogers charmed to his "feasts of reason and flow of soul." With Mr. Southby Cooper went to see Coleridge at Highgate, where, he says, "our reception was frank and friendly, the poet coming out to meet us in his morning-gown. I rose to take a nearer view of a little picture, when Mr. Coleridge told me it was by his friend Allston."
Colors more brilliant than Titian or Allston could combine, join in harmonious effect on every side, and grace and vigor, beauty and grandeur, are blended in every scene and almost in every outline. Would you examine the famous statues of the world, and admire the symmetry of form and power of expression drawn forth by human skill from the hard, white stone?
I need not ask you to forgive it; I know you cannot harbor anger a minute, and perhaps have forgotten the instances; but I cannot forget them. But I hope still I shall prove grateful to you; at any rate, I feel my errors and must mend them." Mr. Allston thus answers this frank appeal for forgiveness:
He has also a very fine countenance, a high and broad forehead, dark complexion, and dark hair. He is tall and well-made, as I think the Cossacks are generally. He was very much applauded by a crowded house, the most part collected to see him." The following letter is from Washington Allston written in Bristol, on July 5, 1814:
In great discouragement he went into his studio, locked the door, and throwing himself on his knees, he told the Lord his trouble, and prayed earnestly for relief. While he was still upon his knees, a knock was heard at the door. He arose and opened the door. A stranger stood there. "I wish to see Mr. Allston," said he. "I am Mr. Allston," replied Mr.
* Prime, "The Life of Samuel F. B. Morse, LL.D.", p. 26. That Morse was destined to be a painter seemed certain, and when, soon after graduating from Yale, he made the acquaintance of Washington Allston, an American artist of high standing, any doubts that may have existed in his mind as to his vocation were set at rest.
The memory of his student days in London was always dear to him, and on January 4, 1865, he writes to William Cullen Bryant: "I have this moment received a printed circular respecting the proposed purchase of the portrait of Allston by Leslie to be presented to the National Academy of Design.
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