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Show MEIftSUNIKK. Scarcely a day in the month of January Jan-uary passed without recording the cleat j of some man famous in statescraft, war, science, literature or art. The grave had barely closed over the remains re-mains of Bancroft and Schlieman and j Knlakaua when the announcement was made that YVindom and liradlaugh were taken off, and as if to closo the record of the month with a resplendent name, the foremost of the world's painters x w as calledon the 31st to his last reward. v Meissonier was original in his conception con-ception of subjects and he was faithful to the last detail of execution. In design, de-sign, color, fineness of touch and result ..he was unrivalled by any contemporaneous contempora-neous artist. His battle picture, ("t812," representing Bonaparte surrounded sur-rounded by his generals, will rank among the great masterpieces of all ages. It is gratifying to know that one of his best productions, "A Charge of ' Cavalry." is the property of an American. Amer-ican. Someday when the proposed ua- tional art gallery is erected in Wash-1 Wash-1 iugton, it will be the pride of this country to have among its collections product of the fertile brush of Jean Weissonier. |