The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1866-11-08
ART NOTES.

That well-kDown picture bv or Fd dvi,
Landseer. "A Distinguished Member Of m,
Royal Humane Society," has been beopea,beg
to the National Gallery oy It's former nossessor
the lare Mr. Newman Smith. The eopdit,ons
on which 1t has been thus disposed Of arc +hef
II Is to remsln IN the possession OF the testato~,
widow during her lils, and that, on its falling
to the National Gallery, should the trustees ~
that institution fail to hang lt s1i,ahIv within
six months, it shall then become tho 1ronertr I,
OIL the testatoI's brother The picture IN unet
hon. as most OF our readers are Drobablv aware
is the portrait of magnificent Newlonndland
dog.
--Lemmens, who died lately AZ par,s ,,os q
painter we'll known 20 American conno,sSeprs
by his charming rural scenes i'm which no1Itrv
and waterfowl are conspicuous objects. In is
,d rPr,shg thas SO n,.le notice has been taken OF
though he had been in failing health for soTd y
time. Lemmens lived and worked in yerv
retired way, and his pictures did not USUALLY
value set upon them now.
Hermann Goldschmidt we,, l-ron,r &, o,.
circles at Paris, died in that citv on the 2otb nj
August. de was the son OF a merchant and
was brought up to mercantile pursuits az Franz.
I1rIon. n.the,Main-nor wase it until on visiting
i1oIiand, when ne was forty years of ace. that
he developed talent Tor painting. I'm Science,
as well as IN art, the proficiency OF Coldsch Mai
was remarkable. his discoveries i'm setronon,v
especially, being accounted of great value.
The Palazzo Farnese, at Rome. which sinco
1881 mas belonged to the royal family of NanIes
70 "non IL iell Dy succession and marriage mas
IL is stated, been sold bv the ex-Kino of NanIeS
10 the Emperor Of the French This strnctnTo
Is composed chiefly OF fragments of the Toios.
scum, and was the Joint work of A 40 Son
nola. 0 i'"' anu Wig
SO far as we have yet been informed. Anne.
rlcan art is represented at the Brussels exposj.
.,on n Dy one picture only-a small landscape by
Mr. 3. II. Clifford. Some of the critics over there
appear puzzled 10 account for American
autumnal tints, so that they speak of Mr.. Gif-
lords View upon the Hudsonn with certain
show OF reserve. fsExas EEsgss
Among American painters who make q
speclalty OF animal subjects, Mr.. Troye deserves
favorable mention. This artist we behave do
votes himself principally 10 painting portraits
OF celebrated race-hoIses, and we have lately
seen several small sketches OF his evlncing con
siderable ability IN the line of art he has chosen
TO follow. W O'' -
-One OF the most promising of our American
painters OF marine scenery is Mr.. Charles TemoIe
DIN a son Of General Dix, the newly appointed
Minister to the French Court. Mr.. Dix. who
served In the army throughout the war, is nov
pursuing the study OF mis- ART In Europe
Among the rem markabe heads to be seen in
tDe National Portrait GALLERY At South Kensinr-
TON, Is one in cTayOn OF Oliver Cromwell, This
sketch, which is supposed to be fronl the nand
SI o., samuel G cooper, is the property OF Sidney
Sussex College, Cambridge.
There lately died at Naples. a landscane
painter named D'Auria, who has achieved some
fenoTH IN his art, He was one of chOlera's
victims.