, 1870-12-18
ART.

L Is said that Mr. Derby has lAteIy brought
to New York the richest collection OF art trea-
sures: perhaps, ever received in this country
from Europe
the sculptor Ward, Ia now finished. 1hs cast
tbat it vii be fully Completed before ia sd
Of april ne1t, the anniversary Of Shakspeare'e
birthday, when il vii be placed on its petIes-
tai IN The Central Park, Nsw York
-; B. Carpenter, the artist, is to paint, 1t
pI1siesns Fl mhlss sxfa fs5pssDs,s ps, The p9s
and Agths'z, which be vii present to Cornell
EIivefeity II the nucleus for I portrait cal-
leEy.. The a,sitt is now engaged On Peofessor
Smits.
William Page, one OF She leading artists
in the city Of New York. Ia engaged upon :
ken, it is said, from plaster casts Of de poet
mediAsel{ after the great paet's death.
Tho Arts: NerssAdt wza IN interested lis
tener the other evening While m unfadEed
ctitic pointed ont / few Of the serious defe:ta
in bis Mirror Lake " at the academy. The
critic talked to the bJBtAnde1a. OF whom Bicr-
a.adt Was ore Of tbs quietst.
The model Of colossal bronze statue,
which Eeveral friends Of General Giant pro-
pose 70 erect in commemor1tiou Of his mill
faly services, has just been placed On public
exhibition 1t the rooms Of the artist in Wash-
&NEiOA~ LUG CAS& IL Lle OOIbS WxH kk&40 1f0fU.
General Graut's fsvo1ite blooded war ateed
Cfncinnat- Tho figures sre represented IN
state Of almost perfect Eepose- AL the lines
Of the horse md rider are double the M sure
Dens from life, 50 that the bulk and weight
ef The statue vii b eight times one slze: The
bronze eating III BE- made IN Phtladelphia-
When completed 1t will be placed on the flag
ged terrace south OF the Treasury Building.
It will b on stone pedestal eight feat q
height, and VIII face the south, making .
most canspscnoas object from Penas5lvania
ayenue,
The Archbishop OF Bogota desired to
.dorn his cathedral With picture Of St,
John the Baptist. He summoned, therefore,,
the local Bapkae1, and commissioned him to
do the work The subject presented some
difficulty to = considerations aud spirited
painter. How to present ! St. John which,
should sci avoid the error Of commonpisce
and seryile innitation-this WIZ ths problem
Ou1 Colombian Raphael w1s euust to The
situation, md in due tins offered to the AZ
tonished gaze OF the Archbishop Baptist
which pscsded conservatism with the familiar
tasts BY the uovel addition Of shiny hit
Is,e unhappily displayed that aanI
OF enlightenment 80 often eh2rAetay-
ist!c Of tie Roznan hierarchy. He WAS man
who xould hxro criticised Gat1ick's d.es.tn1.
OF Adc0t5h, ana tux1ed up MS venerable no9a
at Mr. Fechter's Wig in Ho1alet- he denounced
TIE triumph Of pictorial originality "a . pre-
roste1ors abortion, and its author - etu-
pid, txstefeas idiot. OF coutze. Aspesgious so
uIealled Tor could only be wiped ont With
blood, and the Injured Artist promptly chat
1euged the Archbishop. We have not vet
he ard it the ehtllenge has been accepted. or
with What result. We trust that, in anr
event, the h.nGhty ecs1enastir has been
taught that the ttne has gpps bv when
RieIelieu can set himeelf up as ,hs ,rbitsr
Of taste - well - poliun, and Thai: be hss
been forced 10 make ample apo!oeJ 10 insult
ed Atf. =.
"A recent Pbtladelphia letter says: II
bars been favored with IN sar1nee yiew OF
Of qetsJsbu.s, nov zeeet1tnS aaishtns touch