E391102A. Findens’ Tableaux (1840).
The United Service Gazette, 2 November 1839, p. 6.
As reprinted in The Brownings’ Correspondence, 4, 412.
This is certainly the most attractive of all the publications of its class which have yet reached us. It comprises twelve magnificent engravings, from designs by Mr. S. Browne, the greater part of which are full of grace and beauty. Of this description are the following, viz.,—“The Legend of the Brown Rosary,” “The Roundhead’s Daughter,” “The Pilgrim,” “The Beacon,” “The Death of Luath,” “The Warning,” and “The Wood Cutter.” By some obliquity of taste a series of designs are introduced around each plate, which completely destroy its effect, and which will not, we trust, be persisted in another year. The literature, such of it at least, as is from the pen of the editress, Miss Mitford, is of a very superior order. We must confess, however, that there is nothing about Miss E.B. Barrett’s productions to warrant the great pretence they evince. A more sickening farrago of stilted trash we never perused than her unconscionably long ballad of “The Legend of the Brown Rosary;” nor are the opening verses from her pen much better. The fault of nearly all the pieces in this volume is, that they are too long. Taken as a whole, however, it is one of the most (in fact the most) attractive annuals of the season. The binding is superb.
Reviewed:
Findens’ Tableaux, ed. M.R. Mitford, London: 1840.
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