New-York tribune., 1873-02-06
1HE wA7EE-co1oR EXHIBITION.
THE PRIVATE VIEW.

The friends of our young but promising
Society oi Painters In Water Colors ont IN iooo
last night lling to overnowing the ample galleries.
coming early and staying late evidently enjoying TO 'ne
full the pleasure OF tho time The exhibition is large
oue IN the absence OF a catalogue cannot state the
Of pictures but they enough TO cover Tie
walIspace OF the North East, and West Rooms ana OF
The small room in which works In sculpture are com
monty placed. About half the waspace IN the coruOf
taken up with the etchncs and pen-audnk drawings
forming part OF Mr.. Blackburn's collection whe the
pater color drawings making the rest OF his collection
are thluy scattered make up show on the walls OF
the large South Room. private view is no occasion for
making a careful study Of picture Exhibition To see
The pictures from proper distance is ont Of the ques
non. owing Ia the crowd; and 20 Cct good notion OF
with ones face ttencd up against the glass is an
accomplishment TO which az least make TO proten-
sion Patience your only remedy. aud 70 take your
turn ia the queue the only After the
tedious round Is over can form but a vague
opinion contents OF the gallery; he must wait for
the daytime and leisure 10 make satisfactory estimate.
sun H plain enough that the exhibition Is greatly in
Of all previous ones made 9y the Society, and
that ,he members are to ratuated the decided
progress they have achieved II must be remembered
that the society only years In existence and that
few of the members are exclusively devoted 10 water
color painting. nearly every member, we beheVe,
being better known 10 the public as worker
ln oils MT. Samuel Colman, the former President,
Europe and having az present no studio but
SIR IYflny ard M Swain Clifford, who with Mr.. Col
man. have done the ny their work to establish the
society. and 20 interest the public IN It, here with
drawings far in advance OF their former performance
To-day we will not attempt TO partcularize, but we
recognized gst ght the hands OF many weremembered
artists a showing growth. the fruit OF study and OBJ
-eryation. Miss Mcdonald and Mas Fidelia Bridges
must bc omitted in any notice, however slight.
The thorough excellence Of Miss McDOBald's
work Is not now TO US or 10 our readers but she is
graceful n her this year than IS common with her
Miss Bridges surprises by the delcacy Of hor OoSerya-
fon and her execution De without weakness or umd'
.ty TIE IHns father and Mr.. Thomas FarTer and
Dis brother Mr.. Henry Farrer, Mr. T. W. Richards Mr..
SmHe ana bir Moran, an send work worthy Of Their
,veeStabished reputation, while Mr.. ID. Fowler, rc-
ynenbrrcd for strong drawings Of last year. Mr. Bel
'ows a great favorte, and every year NDetter
deserving favor, Mr.. Wood, and Mr.. Champ
Iey contribute drawings that could not be spared
A few English drawings-by Mr.. skinner Prout, Mr.
DobsOa. Mr.. d. Fowler, Burbank Caicott' ana one
,,rtctarly interesting one by Mr. Z. Killingham John
-on-win be found scattered through the American
division u the Exhibition hut they far fewer and Of
far less Importance than We had been lead TO expect
such as they are however is impossible to deny that
they far exceed in value and interest the drawings that
make up Mr. Blackburn's sincuary tame collection. IN
sbicb there is not represented single eminent English
name The valuable part OF this gentleman's
contribution TO the present exhibition Is the collec
tiou OF works In black and white in the cor
ridor the etchings, the drawings by Dore, and the
enand.uk drawings the originals Of engraviDgs that
h,ve anrrared in The Graphic This small collection we
are very much obliged Mr.. blackburn for showing
lis. We wish he could have made IL twice as large.