The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-18 00:00:00

FINE ARTS.

SALE OF ME. ALLiftrrrs PICTURES.

At Messrs. Christie and Manson's Rooms are now !
os sale the large collection of pictures by the old masters and
by modern painters, with a very extensive series of water-
colour
drawings, formed by the late Mr. John Allnutt, of
Clapham. There are in all 508 ail paintings and drawings.
The collection scarcely deserves to be called "very cele-
brated^ after the remarkable pictures we have already seen
dispersed under Messrs. Christie and Manson's hammer this
season, but it at any rate contains some few chefs-
craurre, end several exceedingly interesting works,
which most amateurs would be glad to possess.
The collection of water-colour drawings is, on the whole,
the most interesting, containing as it does some good ex.
amplea of the, earlier painters in this style, such se
Paul Saodley, Girtin, Wheatley, Cristsll, with ex-
amples of Turner's first style in water-colour. David Cox
appears to have been a great favourite with Mr. Allnutt,
and of his style there are several excellent examples, some
of unusual size and highly meritorious, though in no in-
stance, perhaps, quite teaching his highest point of excel-
lame ; still, as a OfftliS, they comae a peculiar interest.

MODERN PICTUREIL—A collection of pictures
belonging to Mr. Pemberton, of Liverpool, was dis-
posed of by Messrs. Foster, at their gallery, in Pall-
mall, yesterday. The following are some of the principal
lots, and the prizes they realised : —Lot 44. Hardy, The
Draught.players, 76 guineas. 47. Sketch, and 69. Leaping
Horse, both by Constable, 165 guineas and 365 guineas.
58. View in Gloucestershire, Pyne, 105 guineas ; and 63.
Arnalphi, by the lame, 129 guineas. 54. View in Wales,
Muller, 77 guineas ; and 67. Rural landscape, by the memo
(23.) inches by 18), 160 guineas. 56. The Garden of Goth-
earner J. Liar% men. (10 inches hy 8), 74 guineas ;
64. Landscape, Evening, by the rime, 420 guineas ; and
74. David and Saul, by the same, 320 guineas. 59. Rustic
Felicity, and 66. The Burial of Charles 1., both by Alexander
Johnston, 66 guineas and 166 guineas. 60. Landscape,
M , P. Nanny" (14) inches by 11), 152 guineas ; and
61.LLaodsaaps, Evening, by the same, 91 guineas. 82 Cap-
, tree Greeks, J. Herbert. 220 guineas. 68. Shore Soar,
W. Collins, 180 guineas. 70. Cattle, a Summer's-day, 380
guineas. 72. Una with the Wood Nymphs, Pickeregin,
185 pines& 73. Stagiliontiug in the Olden Time, by E.
Ar&ll, 150 guineas. Other works sold at equellry=
rices. The 74 pictures forming the collection realised
I THE LADIES Or SHETLAND AND THE PRINCESS
OP WALZ2I.—We yesterday saw a very elegant shawl-box,
designed and executed for the ladies of Shetland, end in-
' tended to convey to the Princess of Wales a gift of Shetland
wool fabrics. The box, which is about two feet long by
one and a half bread, is lined with white kid, coveted with
violet morocco very neatly bordered and embellished. On
the centre of the lid is the shield of the United Kingdom
quartered iu the Scotch manner, and the Prince of Wales'
plume and initials "A. A.," and the shields of Brunswick
and Denmark, as quartered by the royal pair, are 'motored
upon the top and front, and the Scotch thistle forms the
figuring of the border. We can scarcely doubt that the in.
terratiog and beautiful gift of the Wien of the remote
islands of Shetland will not be the least prised among the
many testimonies of loyalty and love which the Princess of
Wales has received. —idieburyk Courunt.