... Landseer - a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter (1901) (14579444070)

Identifier: landseercollecti00hurl (find matches)
Title: ... Landseer : a collection of fifteen pictures and a portrait of the painter
Year: 1901 (1900s)
Authors: Hurll, Estelle M. (Estelle May), 1863-1924 Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1878
Subjects: Landseer, Edwin Henry, Sir, 1802-1873 Horses
Publisher: Boston, Mass. New York : Houghton, Mifflin and Co.
Contributing Library: Webster Family Library of Veterinary Medicine
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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t one side they are theimpersonations of docility and dignity, but a hintof mischief lurks in their complacent expressions.One feels decidedly suspicious of the old fellowwith the long beard. Twin lambs lying at thecannons mouth are the softest and daintiest Httlecreatures of the flock. So, evidently, thinks thesheep beside them, gently nosing the woolly backof the one nearest. The children are of the best type of English vil-lagers, with fresh, sweet, happy faces. All threeare well dressed and have the tidy appearance whichis the sign of family thrift and prosperity. Thegirl has her hair brushed back smoothly from herforehead and knotted at the back like a little wo-mans. She bears herself with a pretty air ofmotherliness toward her brothers. Like other Eng-lish village maidens, she is skilled in all sorts ofdomestic duties and has few idle moments throughthe day. Her sewing-basket lies beside her on theground, and while the dog looks after the sheep,she busies herself with her work.
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PEACE 41 Evidently she has some knitting under way, andthe work comes to a pause while she winds a newskein of yarn. The little toddler may now makehimself useful by holding the skein. He is proudof the honor and watches the rapidly moving threadwith fascinated eyes. So deftly do the fingers un-tangle the snarls that the task is converted into agame as absorbing as a cats cradle puzzle. Eventhe older lad, of the manly age to feel himself supe-rior to such amusements, peers over the little onesshoulder with genuine curiosity. In the excitementof their occupation, the little knitters straw bonnethas slipped from her head far down her back, leav-ing the plump neck exposed to the sun. The full significance of the picture is best under-stood in contrast with the companion subject. War.The two pictures have been called by a critic truepoem-pictures. The painter means to show herethat the choicest blessing of Peace is the prosperityof the humbler classes, who are the bulwark ofthe nation. Ag