LOVE AMONG THE ROSES.
WE viewed with great pleasure Mr. C. SMITHS beautiful model of this subject, equally hacknied in verse as new in sculpture. It is an extremely pretty composition, representing the urchin-god nestling in a bed of flowers, his legs folded up, and his head pillowed upon one arm, the band of which holds a forget-me-not in its tiny grasp. Before him are his bow and arrows, and behind him his quiver. There is a great deal of nature and poetry, of taste and skill, shown in the conception and execution of this apparently simple but difficult task. An infant asleep, with wings and how and arrows, does not of itself represent the little God of Love ; the sculptor has accordingly given to the sleeping child a lively archness of character in his features, which very success• fully personifies the idea intended. The /ay of the body and the dispo- sition of the limbs are natural and easy ; and the articulation of the joints, the musculation, and modelling of the flesh, evince a careful study of the infant figure, and considerable proficiency in art. The arrange- ment of the flowers is rich in profusion, and harmonizes with the sub- ject, while it groups well with the figure. It is altogether a production of great beauty and merit, and is a subject of universal interest and attraction.
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