The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1864-12-27

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two seasons tue theatre paid for Itself nearly and IA,
since been coming money In 1862 no made nus ss
70 deliver . brief managerial address Up TO inc very
Lass week Of his life he gave hs theatre his personal
edge o. ne .rs his taste and bis Industry s SUCCESS
manly due He taught the actors how % act. and
the characters. No detail was neglected which could
add 10 the pleasure OF the public and the result, with
oesvorsd 10 correct was series Of trumphs. Bis
theatre will probably now be conducted By mis- son, the
AZ an actor, Mr.. Walack ranked among the nrstrats
second rate men, That u to say, he could not claim
equa.y 9th the great tragedians, such 2. Kean and
kembe; but he far superior TO the ordinary mei0-
dramatic performers. His Roa great his Hamlet
good his Julian 81. Pierre unrvaled his Macbeth re-
spectacle his Shyock admirable his lago very fair
his Reuben GeDroy superb his Benedict master piece
his Don Caesar dc Bazan almost perfection. These cha
which reached the tragic and yet higher than
mEpdramstic. lrcomedy aud farce be displayed great
ss manager a the Ss hs csuS STsn us H
pauies have always been selected with great
0G nave always ay been sssoDs
have been models for other managers Ho aimed At pre-
sentng the highest order OF dramatic PERFORMANCES
AMI his errors only the exceptions 70 this rule.
Both actor and manager he has done more for dra
matte art in this country than any other person At his
which america s capable 1t was in one sense theatre
academy. AS Mr.. Waack had hosts or friends,
Al be sc.ors loved HIM Besides bis house cid
town he had very pretty Wills ct Long Branch and At
s Sn sSsps and
among tnem portrait OF hts lovely wife, Of whom he
aad 0ss ~ ns . 81 ss
unfry and Of England from twin nagstafs He sin
ccroy loved children. and especially his grandchildren,
5fft ms lad ut I'm ~ ofurQQ
Dsg.
Colonel Charles A. May.
ooouei Charles A. May Superintendent Of the Eighth
Avenue Railroad Company, expired In this city, On
Saturday last at the New York Hotel, from which the
funeral took place yesterday, very numer0usIy
attended. Colonel May born in the city Of Balti
in 1885, and was consequently fortysix years OF
aye tho time his DEATH He served In the army OF
the United States quite long PERIOD and earned for
himrelf enviable name intrepid, skiIIul and
talented commander In l84S he resigned his
colonel and subsequently became connected with
the Eighth Avenue Railroad or which he was chosen
Vice President and both OF which post
tons he hed with great credit TO himself and vast
usefulness the corporation In whose services he
enlisted
David Roberts. Royal Academy.
From the London Post, Nov. %.
The world art has been deprived, by an unlocked
for visitation, OF Of It's brightest ornaments Mr.
David Roberts, r. A.. was seized with 40 apspIectie
attack Friday afternoon, whio walking 10 Beruors
street, Oxford street, and being perfectly iussnsble
brief period after his removal to house,
this distinguished artist is undoubtedly one or the
heaviest OF those which have marked the present year.
in I7sa In his native oily he was spprenticed TO .
house painter but his genius and Industry raised
him above calling, aud he became av0rably known
10 his ellow q painter. He camc to
LONDON, and we believe employed o painter
his abilities, and gave him an engagements AZ nrury
Lane, where he worked for some years with increasing
popularity in conjuncti with Mr. Carkson Stanneld,
Kobcrs rst celebrated picture the departure Of
the sraciies from Egypt" engraved By ouii!sy. rnis
appeared nearly forty years ago. and then followed for
tour years running, Landscape Annual with some
thug IKE ave.apd.tbmty drawings TO each volume. HIS
spin appeared 10 1885, consisting Of twenty plates
limitations has drawings made the spot. with the
just then invented. The next no published his
o Seville cathsdrsi and about same time an 'ex
terior'-the Giralda Tower OF Sevi,e. The splendid
was undertaken s Tor Mr. G. Moon, that BY which
sr Roberts will be most widely known. He had been
travelling for some time 10 ne Holy Land Egyp. and
these magnificent ptes which had tho advantage Of DR..
Croys eloluencs ana gorgeous Imagery for the descrp
perhaps tue mos. remarkable Il in November 1888.
picture By ,he wy, Was a"view q Rouea dshedrsl"
iIs2oy Alter publication Of the "Hoiy Land" the
veuc and Milan, and produced bis return
DER III "intsrors for the Royal Academy In February
there il no necessity to snumsra,s Mr. Roberts pic
lures succession Hts "interiors" and "extorors"
o. Cauaieti old business Of painting gave him
facility ana rapidty outline and made these pictures
sS. T.sno. sud cocs. az South Hsa
suStou One OF his best works however, has curious
history II was the prepsrty Of Mr.. Hail stsndsh, Of
fused = Sarousiey BY Lord Melbourne, lett all
his splendid oolec!oa to King Louis Philippe.
l. uvrs The Emperor Napoleon Ill. restored this
lection the Orleans family, being the Kings pri.
~ss sold II Christes to an Enasn gentleman. Am ng
receut pictures Of his may DO noted "sta Aara delo
nemoration OF the pestence OF 1882. 10 which sixty
thoussd persoos persisted This appeared 10 1880 last
year hs was chiefly occupied on views q London on the
Thames eight or nine number, painted for Mr.. c.
Lucas the contractor and this year two works OF his
figured on the walls OF the Royal Academy the Chanel
.M4usoeum OF Augustus 1.-THE Caste OF 81 AugeloI from
the gardens Of the Villa Ear bsrin AZ Rcms-thc most
remarkable monument the Campus Martius Very
few Of hts works were engraved plates One
par however, "st. Pauis and the Lord Mayors Process
son." executed in line engraving. He did few
pauiers stchines on copperviews In Scotland etched
BY himself. but these were never published
In his earlier days 10 London br. Robsrts lived At IL
Mount street. Lambeth every evening he his country
man "Jock son - the landscape painter and one or
We.min.ter bridge From Mount street he removed to
"a Moruhgton place. and requened we'll known tavern,
wssa he nsasms A r. A. hs opcd the Carrier club and
very many ho has been the acknowledged chief
OF tho smoking room, coming puDctuaily nj oishi ana
leaving punctuay eleven. His last residence No.
Fitzroy street. FRzroy square. He wes pleasant and
genial companion. emphaticaiy "clubbabe' man.
Many stories are told his bcfality his loss for
tunae brethren OF easel be wss 70 the last
believe, president OF the Artists General Benevolent
Fund
Personally Mr. Roberts looked the image OF country
farmer In fact 10 known that be sat- rather stood
to Sir Edwin andsecr the model OF the farmer ths
catalogue at Waterloo" Mr. Roberts married early In
lifo His wiis-a person OF singular beauty though Of
humble brth--was the model OF Mary Queen OF Scots In
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