New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1868-02-12

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cost him sGOoOO-a'l these things did us great dis
credit but no more perhaps than do other things the
AsfOr Library for ample. and The Academy Of De-
sitll-a vithored kernel in handsome shetland the
Opea House, and the want Of any the smallest public
scientific museums; TO say nothing OF The City Gov
eminent itself, the state Of which explains all these
shortcomings. As it was, Mr.. Lryes removed his
pictures from the Historical Society rocms and took
them to Boston, where also there was no will to buy
them, and at last they have been deposited i'll the
New School OF Fine Arts at New-ilayen, by sort OF
conditional purchase, which, We may reasonably
hope viii prove in the end to be an actual sale to
Yale College. At al events, there they are on the
walls Of the North Gallery Of the School Of the Fine
Arts, exceedingly wei hung both in general ar
rangement and with an eye TO the particular welfare
of each picture For this service the College is in
debted to orr tovDsman, Mr. Russell Sturgis, IT,,
who was most effectively assisted in the. work by
that energetic and sagacious young alumnus OF the
College Nj. Luther Maynard Jones. 1t was a good
two days work of love, thoroughly well done ser
vice of intelligence and loyalty to art which the
College would have found it very hard to have pro-
cnred done by other hands. Nor is this all We owe
Mr.. Sturgis in this matter. lie has been from the
FIRST steady and spirited i'll his efforts to get the col
lection purchased by somebody, and 70 prevent
its dispersal, and he has at last the graf
been in vain. The first suggestion of the dis
position that has at last been made Of these pictures
is owing to Mr. Peter b. Wight, the architect OF the
National Academy building who having first OBJ
tanned the approval of bT. Jarvis wrote to one OF
the Professors in YALE proposing that the College
should secure the collection the nucleus of fine
art gallery, and pla.e it in tho building recently
erected from his design for the Yale School Of Fine
Arts. Happily this pio position, being secopded by
the Efforts Of several men OF influence connected
with the College, and by others outside WAS favor
ably received by tho Government, and after not
unreasonable delay, tho present arrangement was
concluded. The whole negotiation for the transfer
and settlement of the pictures managed rs be-
tween the College and Mr. Jarvis, by Mr. Sturgis.
There, then the pictures hang for tho first time
since the day when tloy were FIST exhibited here, in
comfortable. wollghted room, and in a building
especially designed for the accommodation Of works
of art. We regret tho absence of few of the pc
tures-ffteen we believe. in all-that were originally
part of the collection. OF these fifteen, some have
been replaced by others that are fully equivalent to
Them but the place of others cannot easily be sup
Piled. The beautiful Singing Angels" by Gllrian-
daO, ought TO be restored, IL possible, for 1t was
worth much more than the two by this artist
that are still on the walls. We p,iss also. the Ma
donna with Saints, by Andrea Del Sarto, and the
Andalusian Girl, by Muro, but if Mr.. Jarves will
rive MS back the GhiIandnjo we will say nothing
about the other fourteen. OF course We must notbc
understood as implying that these pictures are I'M
properly withheld. They were openly withdrawn
from the collection long since; indeed we have not
seen the Ghirandao since the pictures were first eX-
hibited in the Derby Gallery.
But, while few pictures have been Withdrawn
from the original collection enough remain to make
good oil that Mr. Jaryes has over claimed for It,
And, being what it is wo congratulate Yale College
and tho citizens of New-Hayen on this important
addition to their means of culture. As we understand
that if il shall he decided that the collection is not
TO be thrown open to the public without charge at
least so small fee is to be demanded VIII make 1t
virtually free, the benefits resulting from the posses
sion of such gallery will be almost equally shared
by The general public and tho students Of the College
We trust that the foundation laid By the purchase of
pictures will he worthily built upon as oppor
tunity and means permit; apd that this first import
ant movement made by an American college to min
lister to the higher spiritual and intellectual wants of
its students. by the establishment OF really good
gallery Of pictures will meet with such welcome as
not only to encourage the College 10 maintain it gen.
erously but to lead other colleges to emulate the
excellent example which has been set by Yale.
| GURNEY's CHROMo-LITuoGRAPH or CEN. GRANT.
Messrs. j. Quincy a. Son have published
chrome photographic portrait Of Gen. Grant which Is
| at once n good likeness and an agreeable picture.
! The head is based upon photograph for which the
General sat to Mr. Quincy, and lie gave an additional
sitting to Mr. Fabronius in order to enable that gen
tleman to perfect tho likeness upon the stone The
result is ii very successful picture Of man who just
now, fills large space in the eye of the nation and
Of whom whether ho shall he chosen President
shall remain TO where he is, it is equally to
DO desired that we should have portrait can be-
Eav IN Tba frat m
and we are glad that the picture, which is likely to
be the model for hundred successors Is so satsfac
tory to have secured the cordial approval not only
of Gen. Grants immediate family, but of his staff
and all his old companions in arms. If they who
know him so well are thoroughly satisfied and they
say they are, we may well DO satisfied too, and ac-
cept the picture authentic.
The Messrs. Quincy have recently enlarged their
business with view to the production Of chrome
Autographs as well as photographs. Mr. Fabronius,
a skillfu ithographer has taken charge of the new
department, and we hope it may DO successful. But
we confess TO little apprehension lest the art SO
newly introduced among us may suffer from an ex-
cess of Germanism-an influence that in some mys-
FERROUS way acts with fatal certainty in the produc
tion of the most dismal chords of color 1t unfortu
nately happens that Germans are, as class most
faithful, intelligent, well-tTained, and skful work
men, and in a process like that of chromo-lithODaphy
which requires extreme care and precision at every
stage the qualities which these Germans possess are
found invaluable. They are, therefore, much sought
after they command high wages and so far as mere
mechanism go toward the production of good
pictures we shall be able doubt by their help to
reach high point of excellence We shall have
good drawing and good painting faithful matter-of
fact copies of things that be copied by matterof
fact people on the whole result not pleasing either
TO gods or men, In spite of showers Of certificates
to the contrary from men and women, small and