Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-09-20 00:00:00

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Am iwvention,.,which has just •been presented to the
Socie4 innootragemeir, by Mr. Sturm, d Prague, is

destined, it is;thoiight, to be of great service to-inanu-
facturers in.crvery braneb of silk or cotton ensue. The
incoherent anti-:useless ilgures of the kaleitioncope have
at last ;been -fixtsibr Mr..Sturrn's invention, which ren-
ders the toy an'instrurneitt of utility and importance to
designers and printers of every description. Mr. Sturm
is an optician, 4o whom the French government has
just acevidel !letters of naturalisation for 'his important
discovery-

THE LATE 'NORTH-WICK COLLECTION
doubt and inTsteryuttended-.the sale of this ccdlection, in
consequence of .a Taajority the purchases having been

—So ranch

made "on earmaission," that it is really a matter of
:interest to 'know -.with certainty into 'whose hands these
:treasures have fallen. 'Gradually, since the termination
of the sale, this ;information is supplying itself, and at
furnishes the -following results. Among the
purchasers weretheiDnc 4:l'4umale, who secured
several very choice .asxamples, and among the rest the
*ne Perugino, " The Virgin and Child," for 350 gui-
neas—the Dukes of Cleveland, Wellington, Newcastle,
Hamilton, and Buceleuch—who, each through their
!agents, bought a number ,ctf valuable works—
the Marquis of Yiertford, Baron de Rothschild,
-the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Ellen-
`‘boreugh, Lord de Lisle, Lord Lindsay, Lord de
*arniarez, Sir T. Platilips, 'Mr. Labouehere, Mr. Drax,
Scott, Mr. E. Dennison, Mr. Baring, Mr, B. Owen,
Holford, Mr. R. !Butler, Mr, Hargreaves, Mr.
ilar4,/, and other noble and distinguished collectors. The
Inosttextensive purchaser among_ the gentlemen alluded
above, was Mr. Earle Drax,4lll.P.,
wto is said to have
bouglit upwards of 100 pictures, several of them choice
man-Aides of the masters Whose names they bear. They in-
-elude, among a host of others, Claude's " Apollo and
the Guonsnaa Sybil," 210 guineas:; Sacchi's "Ascension of
the Virgin," 200 guineas; Piutarecehio's "Nativity," 240
guineas.;:and A. del Sarto's "Charity," the figures life
size, :210,gns. Mr. J. Scott was the purchaser of Lin-
gelbach'.a" Departure for the Chase," 105 gas. ; B. Luini's
•CI • • •

" The Tirgan gazing on the Infant Saviour," 200 gns. ;
" Girl Avith the Horn Book," by gehidone, 405 gns. ; and
" St. John;" of Carlo Dolci, for which he gave 2,010
guineas, tlie highest price of any picture in the sale.
The nobleman who bought most freely was the Marquis
of Hertford, ,and among his purchases are included
Copts'
Gonzales Cos' "Group of Family Portraits," 300
guineas; J.. B. Weenix's "View in the Garden of a
Chateau," 350 :guineas ; Conegliano's " St. Catherine,"
800 guineas ; Giorgione's " Cupid Wounded by his own
Arrow," 1,250 guineas ; Velasquez's "Boar Hunt," 310
guineas ; and a number of others. The Marquis of
Lansdown has acquired, for 700 guineas, Giorgone's
" Musical Party," cvae of the most charming pictures in
the collection, and a few others. Lord Northwick
was also a large palch.aser, and has secured upwards
of sixty of the choicest paintings, comprising Mac-
Hoes " Robin Hood and his Foresters," for the stun
of 1,305 guineas; "The Stoning of Saint Stephen,"
by Garofalo, 1,530 guineas; Frost's " Diana and her
Nymphs surprised by Actaeon," 675 guineas ' • Danby's
"Wood. Nymph chanting her Hymn to the Rising Sun,"
360 guineas ; Redgrave's " Flight into Egypt," 350
guineas ; Van Schendel's admired "Market Scene—
Selling Poultry by Candle-light," 255 guineas; Ruebens's
large gallery picture of " The Lion Hunt," 300 guineas ;
G. Dow's " Portrait of Dr. Harvey," 120 guineas ;
Velasquez's " Lot and his Daughters," 140 guineas; and
a number of others, including examples of Titian, Guido,
Giorgione, Mabuse, Giotto, Vandyck, Fiesoli, Albano,
and other famous masters, ancient and modern. Five
pictures were purchased for the National Gallery,

G. de Treyisors " Virgin seated on a Throne, holding the
Infant Saviour," 450 guineas ; Giuilo Romano's " Birth
of Jupiter," 875 guineas ; Moretto of Brescia's " Glori-
fication of the Virgin," 550 guineas ; G. Terburg's
Portrait of a Gentleman in Black," 65 guineas ; and
Masaccio's " Portrait of Himself," 103 guineas.