22 JUNE 1850, Page 20

THE ARTS.

ROBERTS'S JERUSALF.M.

AMONG the larger pictures in a recent exhibition was one by David Ro- berts, representing the destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, in the year 71: it did not impress us very favourably ;, it was like a matter-of- fact imitation of Marlin,—a vast pile of buildings with a host of men like emmets, and a few theatrically-disposed little puppets in front. In the matter of mere effect it was far inferior to the same artist's views in Egypt. In fact, although Mr. Roberts is a master of " effects", in tone and chiaroscuro, he is not a master of colour ; the harsh pigments seem to be intractable to his hand ; and as this picture includes a general de- mand upon powers of colouring, it is so far a failure. - The picture is again exhibited by Messrs. Remington and Hering, at the Hanover Square Rooms; and there it tells better : it has been, we think, more successfully " brought together " by finaI glazings; and the disposal of the one picture in a room by itself also contributes,te the effect It is to be drawn on stone by Louis Haghe, and printed in colours, like the views in Egypt, with whose excellence our readers are familiar' only on a larger scale ; and we doubt not that it will be worthy of that series.