The New York herald., 1873-09-17
ART MATTERS.
A New and Interesting Little Art Col
lection.

A New and Interesting Little Art Col.
lection.
Upon ascending the first flight of stairs at No.
700 Broadway will be ound small and unpreten-
tious, but quite valuable and interesting art col
lection, consisting OF oil paintings, miniatures,
antique books, busts, vases, drawings, armor and
laces The collection has just been brought from
Europe by an English artist and is exhibited for
the first time. owing to the earlness OF the sea-
son and to the lack OF Judicous advertising this
little stock Of antiquities has not been as much
visited or become as well known as 1t deserves
20 be. The modesty with which It's merits
have been put forward is quite as remarkable as
the intrinsic value OF some OF the articles to be
found in 1t. There are about 300 OF these In all.
Among the oil PAINTINGS are an original picture,
"Paul and Barnabas at Antioch" by Benjamin
West; some landscapes and interiors by Teniers,
some marines by Callow, a PORTRAIT OF Miss Bun
bury" by Reynolds: Sarah Malcolm, by Hogarth !;
some heads by Gainsborough, an Autumn Land
scape," by Leslie; large gallery picture by Berg
hem. and miscellaneous WORKS by Hondins. Her.
ring and Greuze. The drawings are very few not
numbering more than dozen; but among
them are one bearing the signature Of
Tempesta; "Holy Family" by Gennaro;
and sketches by H. Bright, Oudry and Gains
borough. Hogarth, Gravelot and Grignion con-
tribute to swell a small selection OF engravings
About twenty pieces or stained glass represent the
Penitent Thief the CruciflxiOn and Ascens sion, the
Black Prince 81. Colombia, Ethclbald, Henry the
second, Henry the Fourth and Edward the Third,
OF England; various horiated designs, figures OF
saints and alegorles. There are terracotta
statuettes modelled by Eugene Blot, and very
felicitous in their expression OF peasant and bour-
geois character. We leave to the ladies the criti-
cism of the aces and old china merely
remarkng that Brussels and Pusher are
found among the one and Delft ana
Valencia among the other. Among bronzes
figures Bandins "Dyng Gladiator" after the
antique; among Etruscan vases some admirable
specimens from the collection OF the poet Rogers,
and Carl Theodore figure OF Cupid contrasts with
a fine Old Sevres bisquet group. set OF twelve
curious medallons Of the Caesars Is In silver re-
pOuSse For the benoof OF the confirmed anti
quarian will be found q singular old mariners
compass, with apparatus used previous TO the in-
ventlon OF the quadrant The miniatures com.
prise kenesses of Cromwell, De Witt,
Bancroft Lston, Nine. Recamier, MISS Lam
don, Countess OF Cumberland Byron and
the Duchess Montague. The collection oil books Is
small, but interesting. The exhibitor has slowed
eccentric and important odds and ends into small
compass. A two volume copy OF "Euripdes,"
printed by Paulus Stephanas in 1902 "Conser-
yande Bona Valetudns," printed at Frankfort
1868: "Biblia Germani CalatiBa." Witteberg. 1855
"Vit9 Philippi Meancthonis," 1858; "Herodotf'
and "Thucydides" 1862; ''Sancti Gregori Nanzian-
zen" 1872 "Ciceronis de Onlciis," 1854; 'Orland0
Furioso,n l541, and curious illuminated diploma,
with seal attached bearing the date 1853, complete
the book department. Altogether the little roper
tory unique and interesting, well worthy several