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Show Painted In Seventy-Two Hours. There Is u picture In this year's show at the Itoynl nendeiny which has a singular history, nt was painted by nn nrllst vho Is now u captain on nc-tlvo nc-tlvo service, but the picture Is not tho ono which ho showed to his friends at this year's contribution. The orlglnul wns of n sunset over n plowed field, u fine landscape In n style which bus distinguished dis-tinguished tho artist. Five mouths ago the painter wns home on leave, ami lie apent It working over his picture. To-day To-day the canvas shows the plowed field and the sunset; hut It ulso shows six soldiers fallen nbout a cannon, into the breech of which one survivor li placing the Inst shell. It Is u line picture, pic-ture, nnd by no menns n pot-boiler. The cnptnln witnessed the Incident ho depicts. The fortunate thing was that the landscape was ready for tho figures for no academy picture could be painted during 72 hours' leave. |