New-York tribune., 1871-10-10
THE SCHRdBE GALLERY.
THE COUNT, AND WHAT HE HAS DONE-THE
PAINTINGS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION ON


THE COUNT, AND WHAT HE HAS D0NE-THE
PAINTINGS TO BE SOLD AT AUCTION ON
FRIDAY.
The Boston Journal, in announcing the coming
sale Of the schwabe Gallery Of Fallen Heroes says OF the
Count himself
tery TO the general public than the Count himself He
appeared Boston first to attract any attention early IN
felt disposed to challenge slnos the unpleasant e1
pertences Of some with the "COuut Johannes" He s
%sn apd H1. daTf well aud
ofteper not SO. Ge was known in this vicinity be-
business of some Kind on Kiby-st. in which he
successful Before the war he went South and said to
have married lady who owned plantation with slaves
During the war; at times he employed by our Gov:
a1 neo saon
Grant and large number Of the prominent Union gen
erals ndorsng hm During the hardest Gays ot cttR the
in forwarding comforts for soldiers at the front.
Where the money 10 IRON bnt 6e Copt bm
self Persons intimate with him claim that he had no
rbmted by patriotic citizens whose purses were open
and during those dark days Near the close he a
a foreigner He conceived the idea Of the collection Of
the portraits OF prominent Union officers who lost their
lives in the war national gallery OF fallen heroes
For nlany reasons it up hill work, and has
tnued since 1855 up to the present time when dark
obstacles was the Of confidence which felt in
the Count. However in one way and another the
a very large collection had been gathered,
Including a great many nnely-executed and valua-
plSints have become so common as damaging that
there was something wrong in the way in which the
During the past Year the Chief Constable Of the Com
mOnwealth, Major Jones' has received not far from 20
the Count with the that portrait Of their
friend would be painted and placed In the gallery
nss ss % e. Sgs sS S
unworthy Of confidence. They CLAIM that the Whole gal
iery project by which he has obtained money
pno ISI a feelings Hes Of
In 1857 the Count offered his gallery to the city The
was referred to special committee, tbefore whom the
Count was summoned Certain inquiries were put to
from h "a S st etc. s Which he q ee
by saying that II he was invited TO gcntemans bonse
10 dine he should not first down and ask the
she had been paid her wages He wanted the city to
take the gallery conditionaly Unable to the
the affair his proposition was rejected similar prop
cStOn made the State through The Legislature,
the gallery offered as free gift" At
later stage the he I 70 Ss o0n .sH
during and since the war; The whole matter was in
Sy he enp ets st
ed from the City Hall TO East Cdnonst and after
Few Of our citizens any adequate conception Of
the magnitude Of the work by Mr. Schwabe
The pafutings which compose his gallery are but small
mart Of The Results Of abors for the past eight years
fuuuneruble boxes, OF all sorts and sizes, rolls ard
packages which he claims contan over 10000 descrip
live ists of deceased soldiers, with nearly 10000
Photographic piled on bis shelves and stored in h
nv skelcbes OF the lives the deceased very
biiei and sometimes containing matter enough for
threr. volume memoir Beside these there packages
Of newspapers and newspaper slips containing facts aud
Incidents OF the war sufficient In themselves TO test the
fhe nost xtsuye and valuable collection Of historical
and bIograp phical war material In the country;
The gallery proper consists exclusively OF oil paintings
ali by artists Of good reputation and Some by the fret
living artists In Europe and America He claims that
thars re 100 portra,ts already finished compile
tion large majority being Of Massachusetts soldiers
and oficers Beside the pictures seized by the mort
ascs nearly 400 are stored IN different localities, wait
ng the Of arrangements for placing them on
yoiion Many OF these, IA well az those seized are
60 h,o vaue coating from OO0 e2.boO exclusive of
The france Take IT all In ALI sA most wonderful col
acn and OF ucaicuabe value TO the State and nation
There is movement projected BY tho Grand Army Of
the Republic 70 purchase these portrait AZ the Grand
nronortloat. e1 pense wauld be very small and with
fteinterrst TIE project could easily be made success
We hope it wln ne aud that Tic ga'efy VIII DOL "
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