The New York herald., 1863-03-30
Fine Arts.


The subscriptions tho foundation Of Fellow in
sum OF eighty Thousand dollars. AS soon az the full,
amount al capLAs--one hunarcd thousand doiars-is
subscribed tae Eew building gallery for the uso OF
xhc Academy will be proceeded with
The two important aaGor snles OF pictures which
place at the Derby and old Dusseldorf galleries week
Eealized larger aggregate than any that have
occurred 10 this city for years past At the former
The gross sum uetted atsul twenty thousand dollars
and at tho latter close upon forty thousand dollars To.
morrow (Tuesday) evening the Derby gallery Mr..
sintyenich vii, sell o collection Of the studies and
sketches OF Mr. T. p Rosss the fruits several years
accumulation.
tho second reception Of the artists OF the Studio
Building Tenth street, takes place Thursday evening
next.
The spring exhibitions az tie Academy OF Design win
bo held this at the Derby Institute. The long
gallery is being divided into three rooms by movable
partitions. 50 az to afford more wall space The atera
lions will 5e completed BY tomorrow evening" and on
wednesday the gallery viii delivered over to the hang
fng committee.
Mr. Leutze is occupied full life sized portrait OF
General Burnside
Tne subscription for the engraving OF Mr. Church's
cotopaxi progressing finely, From present appear
ances 1t promises 70 reach larger than that for
1.-The Heart Of The Andes.n
The question whether substitute could not be
sound for tho ;sdos and expensive process by which
steel and copper plate angavngs produced has for
Tho last atesa twenty Years occupied the
scientific men, II sunlight win change salts Of silver
rs to yield Photographic pictures IL was reasonably
Eusd that there must be substance which when
nucnoed bv light would either expand contract and
thus produce bas relief The first practical solution
OF the problem that has fallen under observation
Ii that furnished by the new method OF producing
copper plate eagravngs, which is to be seen
In operation at tho Office OF the American Pho
toiype Company in Blocker street. The manner in
which II 10 elected may be thus briefly described-A
mstrx pate-being glass plate covered with sens-
two coating Of about the thickness of sheet OF fine
papor and pcrfery transpareuts exposed light under
negative taken from picture drawn for the purpose or
an engraving placed in ordinary Photographic printing
frame Whom removed tho matrix plate shows q fine
positive picture which upon immersion in fluid
vertsd into ba relief the lines the picture forming
ground and the spaces between relief reverse
OF this, in metal deposited n gavanic battery forms
ssur!acc printing plae which prints ordinary press
with the same facility any other stereotype plate
simplc as the process appears when operation
practical difficulties which had TO bring 70
perfection have consumed long patient per-
sevcrDE uvss legations aud involved large expenditure
Of money Tho results, however fail to amply re.
rnunerae the company the economy their system
compared with tho other methods Of producing eagrav
angs, OF important character 70 insure pre-.
fercncs The Photographic and printed reproductions OF
oil paintings, engravngs, portraits, stauary, &C. effect
cd BY their processes, are well worth inspection.
Queen Victoria has commissioned Mr.. w. P. Firth, r.
A. 70 paint picture Of the royal marriage. The copy
right for engraving this reord OF subject interesting
70 The nation has been secured the price Of five thou
sand gunoas. This the largest given for the
copyright OF any painting, exceeding by thousand
guncas the price paid TO Sir Edwin LAndseer for bis
"Peaoe and War;
Mr.. Gibson is reported to bo engaged upon a statue Of
Hebe. Mr. Monro has executed statue Of a Naiad
larger than le this is 70 be in and added
the Ingram Monument at Boston. also a Nymph, with
vase, for drinking fountain, commissioned by the late
Lord Lansdowne; also marble figure OF Dante for Lord
Ashburton. Mr. Thorneycron is working a statue Of
tho Prince Consort 70 be erected at woverhampton.
Tho Emperor Of the French has directed that portraits
Of the three painters Of the yernet family shall be depo
sted al Versailles.
Tho marble stanc Of the late Admiral Lord Lyons, by
Dir Noble, for which subscription raised, has now
been placed in the south aisle OF St. Pauls Cathedral
Mr.. Earle has just finished seated statue OF Queen
Victoria in sician MARBLE which be placed the
ssPeople's Park" at Hull