A beautiful work, and one evidently inspired by the sound of battle, is the noble historical painting entitled "On Picket," by Mr. C.A. DANA, Associate Artist National Academy of Velocipedestrianism.

From mural painting by H.O. Walker, Congressional Library, Washington, D.C.]

Her characters are absolutely true to life, and all her work has the perfection of a delicate miniature painting.

One of these curious paintings represents Faustus in company with students and musicians sitting around a table covered with dishes and bottles.

He illustrates the position that noble qualities in the artist are indispensable to nobility in the work of art, by a digression on religious painting and sculpture.

I left them at Fort Chipewyan in fairly good condition, and, with a little painting, they would go through the same ordeal again.

He is said to be in possession of some valuable paintings, but there are very few people indeed who can obtain a sight of them.

These things were daily practised in that magnificent apartment, which L. (grown connoisseur since, we presume) praises so highly for the grand paintings "by Verrio, and others," with which it is "hung round and adorned."

Romantic painting in America.

Lucian highly praises his Female Centaur as one of the most remarkable paintings of the world, in which he showed great ingenuity of contrasts.

The whole range of thought of a man of talent, or of a genius, compared with the thoughts of the common man, is, even when directed to objects essentially the same, like a brilliant oil-painting, full of life, compared with a mere outline or a weak sketch in water-color.

Then, holding his leaf so that the light threw a sharp shadow upon his pad, he quickly painted the shadow with the ink, thinning it with water upon the saucer so that the finished painting showed several shades of gray.

The Walnut abounds in oil which is expressed and which, being of a highly drying nature, and very limpid, is much employed for delicate painting.

Is not the faithful Paula, with her beautiful face, prostrate in reverence before poor, old, lean, haggard, dying St. Jerome, in the most splendid painting of the world, an emblem and sign of woman's eternal power of self-sacrifice to what she deems noblest in man?

The greatest amongst them, however, is, perhaps, his "French Revolution, a History,"which is no history, but a vivid painting of characters and events as they moved along in tumultuous procession.

It bears a poetical inscription in old German, and a rude painting of the Battle of Morgarten.

Prehistoric cave paintings.

Within the church, are some of the most celebrated paintings of Rubens.

Composition of outdoor painting.

She executed a decorative painting for the Woman's Building at Chicago which is still in that city.

In winter she occupied a large apartment decorated with portraits of her dearest male and female friends, and numerous paintings by celebrated artists.

The human face, with the love of God in it, is more glorious than any painting, more glorious than any view of mountain, lake, or river.

" The two wandered on, peering through the dusk at the primitive paintings and decorations, made by Indians according to designs of Spanish monks.

So I conclude mere painting of the face A lawful and a commendable grace.

He is putting the finishing-touches to his vast painting of the Battle of Gettysburg.