Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1873-05-17


of the late Hon. James Brooks, under q COM
mission from the family. The>uodel, which is
to be reproduced in marble as soon as practical
BILE, is from a mask taken after death, and is
understood to give complete satisfaction to his
widow and children. Itdoes not, however rep
resent the features or expression Of Mr.. Brooks
as were accustomed to see them during the
later years of his life. The face Is classic in out
line and singularly sweet in expression. as truth
required, indeed; but the lines wrought by care
and thought ard the look of WEAKNESS which
characterized his expression are not there. II
it be true. the artist assures us 1t is that the
cast shows the features and expression exactly
as they were after death, then surely did the
pale messenger come, not as an enemy but as a
friend, to lift the curtain to letter land, and
to restore to the face of the sufferer the fresh
ness and freedom of vigorous young manhood.
In Mr.. Stones studio may also be seen his
grand statue of that grand Old hero, Farragut
Mr. Stone considers this effort his magnum opus,
and very properly so, we think. Indeed, it is
doubtful whether in ffe-lika spirit and i'm
pressive majesty it rs surpassed b. any modern
work Of art. 1t Is colossal in size, and is yes,
we regret to say, only in plaster; but the coun-
try owes it to itself to have it put in enduring
bronze,-it not for Washington, then for some
other place. So fine representation Of SO
noble son should not be lost to posterity.
- Max Weyl has gone to New York to spend
couple of weeks in looking through the studios
and galleries of that city, before going on his
summer sketching tour, from which We are ex-
pecting fine things next fall.
The full-length life-size portraits of Wash
ington and La Fayette which belong on either
side Of the Speaker desk in the House of Repre-
sentatives have been in Mr.. Barlow's hands for
several weeks past to be cleaned and restored
and they have been wonderfully improved
under his treatment. 1t may not be known to
the chatterers who affect to sneer at cart at the
capital that these pictures are by artists of
such high and deserved reputation as Wander
Ign and AIRY Schetfer, respectively. And very
worthy examples they are, too.
In the reception room of the Arlington
hotel may be seen a water color drawing by
Powell, VIII ch is so good that one can hardly
realize that it is was done by the same artist
who perpetrated the Perry's Victory in the
Senate stairway. 1t is figure piece represent
ing the "Queen of the Vintage" and in both
drawing and color it fufls the best conditions
OF art. Indeed, it makes one regret that the
artist ever undertook historical subjects when
he could do so well in another department OF
art Concerning his last grandiose effort, how
ever. it is only just to MIR. Powell to say that he
considers it far from finished, and that he
expects to put good deal OF work on it before
he offers it for acceptance. But why he should
consent to have it put In place in its present
state is more than we can tell
-Bayard Taylor, like men of lesser note, is
sometimes given to writing on things that he
knows very little about and of course in doing
SO he is liable, as other people are, to put his
foot in it. For instance, in a recent letter from
Rome to the New York Tribune, in a somewhat
gushing allusion to Story, the sculptor, he
takes occasion to rap the government over the
knuckles by saying: "Our government has
never asked his aid, any more than it has that
OF Powers, to glorify its expensive and really
imposing Capitol. Persico was its first favor
lite, Clark Mills its second, and now Winnie
Ream seems in a fair way to become its third
Now the fact is that Powers has two Of his very
best pieces of statuary in the Capitol-produced
under liberal commissions from the govern
ment, and that there is nothing whatever in the
building by Clark Mills. But it is fashionable
to abuse what the government has to show in
the way of art-which is doubtless deficient in
many respects, and possibly Objectionable in
others; but on the whole it is we venture to say,
better exhibition than any other nation,
ancient or modern, was ever able to make in
the first hundred years of its existence.
Poole, whose recently finished portrait of
Miss Appleby gave such general satisfaction to
her friends and acquaintance, is now engaged
on likeness Of her brother, Mr.. George F. APP
pleby, which promises to be equally successful.
After finishing this and one or two other por-
traits now under way, Mr.. Poole will 60
to the country for summer sketching
tour, which will include portions of Maryland
and Virginia, and particularly the sections in
the vicinity of Weir's Cave and the Natural
Bridge.
Turner expects to 60 in a short time to the
southwestern part of Virginia. the fine scenery
of which will keep his pencil busy for some
time to come. Whether he would not succeed
better in more quiet phases of nature, we can
tell better after we see some of the results of his
trip.
-TheOdor Kaufman has ready for ship
ment to Vienna three pictures illustrating
"Phases of Religious Development" which will
challenge attention on the other side, as well on
account of the ideas embodied in the series as
for artistic treatment. About the first of next
month Mr.. Kaufman goes to Minnesota, where
he expects to spend the summer.
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