"The Heart of the Andes" is the name of a
picture painted by Church (whose "Niagara "is familiar to many of our readers), over which the New York critics and connoisseurs are going into more than ordinary raptures. The papers of New York are unanimous in their enthusiasm ; and even the poets are pelting it with their sonnets. Mr. Chureh had previously dis- tinguished himself as a painter of South American scenery ; but his /aSt work is regarded as a prodigy of perfection. We understand that "The Heart of the Andes" will soon be exhibited in London.
The American Cosmopolitan Art Association are having engraved Faed's famous picture " Shakspeare and his Friends" for gratuitous distribution to their subscribers for the current year. Colonel Fuller, of New York (who is about returning to America), has, during his rapid tour on the Continent, selected some rare pictures for the American Cosmopolitan Association ; and the aggregate cost of their gallery of paintings in New York now amounts to over 60,000/.
A second edition of Crackle China, collected by Mr. Fortune, has been on sale at Messrs. Christie and Manson's rooms during the week. A third re- serve will shortly follow; but the prices realised by the first sale have not been maintained.
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