The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1881-07-05 00:00:00

ART EXHIBITION.

The project of an Art Exhibition for the oonetv of
Dorset, which, if we mi-take n si, originated with Mr.
Brennan& ol ti.i4 t .wn, htin,e'f an artist in water
colours of n rneon pow. es, warn decidedly a happy
thought. What Swifter, Mn it, and other more Eastern
counties have carried out to • sooceesful lieu. surely
Dorset ought to be able to do. Like all first attempts,
there haii been, of coarse, a certain crudeness about It;
but we think the energetic Ferret try and the committee
most be on the who. tolerably well satisfied with the
result. At the yaws time we admit that it W • matter
of surprise and regret that aortae noble hous w in the
neighbourbo at, to which, if any, rile would have looked
for all, i'id not lend a haping bald.
Te exhibition on the wnole has, however, ae far MI
oar judgment ger, been for the first attempt • cnapkte
suitors% For i.unielees, we hope another year, it is
true, to wee native talent mote largely represented—ff
this should happen to be the case the hartidar com-
mittee ought to fool no false delicacy in weedint out-
It is • pity that daubs or eccentric drawings should be
exhibited—the spectator le dies noted at the unfortunate
conceit of ate exhibitor. seri the exhibitor has to lea it
bitter truths through bein; made a la whing stock of.
The Town Hall buildlugs bad been placed at the
dlspoaal of the committee for the puepose of the
exhibition, and elergetio htnds had wide them as
air ictive for the purpose as watt possible. The Corn
Exchange ha I been devoted to the wile:Mims twat
down from the South Remington Museum and to the
articles of 'recta and choice pictures lent by the
gentry of the oelghbocirbooi, and also to the ',Mk,
of local artiste; while the Jultices-roein upstairs wai
set apart for studies by student' of the Art Claw and
some morphia—or shall we ay surplice, $ town they
I consisted nearly entirely of embroidered copes arid
ethic isocliselasticat vestmenta from South Keuoingt
The etsir, I-• ling from the 004 bill to the other
were amply gorgeous with cases of the most m Ka-
binet stuffed birds and onim Us Tune were lent
by Mr. S. J. Burpitt, of the Railway Hotel, and
everyone elating Wandford should call la at this era'.
ireinged hostelry. If only to have a look at them.
W. cannot give anythang like • connected acoouut
ief the contains of the exhibition Baal from the fact
that on the first day, the only day we have bat at our
disposal, the catalogues were Doi to be ha I until very
Iste In the evening, and conaerowntly we have to
doctor up "'widow nothe." Leaving the pictures
for • moment, it is impossible to peas by without
• wistful admiration "the objects," am they are
designated in the catalogue, hut by Mr. T. H.
Park, whose collection is, we believe, unequaled
in a private sphere, awl ha. &catalogue all to ituelf, an
that of Mr. J. W. Luff. Some of these, at all events
owners, are beyond pates, and a liberality,
which might have well been imitated elsewhere, has
been shown le their logo. Among others who bees
, kindly contributed to this department of "objects"
'are Captain Hanhatn, R.N., Rev. J. Penny, Mrs. R.
Lear, Mr. R. Ryer', The Dowager Ledy Gibson
Craig (who Binds a spirited pen and ink drawing—
why will people call them etchings ?—by Miss Thomp-
son (Mrs, Butler) of a linew in drill order), Mr. W.
Poen, Mrs. Harts, Mrs. Ashford, 1t.,. J. R. Prety-
man, Mr. W. Fletcher, Mr. G. Aliso, Mrs. Parry
Qkeden, Mr. H. K. Thunton, our County Court
Judge (Mr. Serleant Tindal Atkinson), the Mimes
Borger, and others. Of course it would be Impos-
sible to psi tiendarise the different objects.