Indianapolis Dally Indiana State
Journal, Jan. 6, 1852, p. 3, c. 1


George Winter’s Elydoric Paintings
     Many of the citizens of Indianapolis have been highly gratified
and instructed by visiting the beautiful and interesting Exhibition of
Paintings and Dissolving Scenes, now open at Masonic Hall.



     The arrangement of the room is admirable.  The whole breadth of
it is faced with crimson, with an opening through which the Paintings
are viewed, and the curtain that hangs to veil the Paintings is costly
and superb. In front of the crimson facings are stands with Astral
or Argand lamps, which, in the absence of the Paintings, throw a mellow
light upon the rich drapery.


     The four large Paintings are of the Elydoric class;  a style of
Painting which "adds the freshness of water colors to the mellowness
of oil Paintings." The first one exhibited—the city of Puzzuolo—presents
a fine perspective view of the Bay of Naples. A genial suffusing
of atmospheric effect is very striking. Puzzuolo stands in the middle
distance, stretching into the Bay; the sinuous shore extends up to
a platform of masonry, upon which stands a group of figures; and a broken column, and loose fragments of stone, are tokens of the sad influence of time upon the ancient splendor of buildings fallen Into decay. There are many fine tones of color in this Painting.
     The Arch of Trojan, which follows in the series, is very
effective.  It appears to be a fine classic structure. The materials