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The Park Gallery of Art

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V. The Park Gallery OF Art.
e. The principal addition to the University :
lie material possessions during the past year
+ which her Alumni and friends will note. a,
r they return at this commencement. is the
V new Art Gallery. This, as our constant
l. readers will not have forgotten. was tn,
h generous gift Of Hon. Trenor W. Park, oil
&c Bennington. 1t forms third story of the
i library building. 1t is a beautiful room
second In the elegance Of its proportions
c and appropriateness ofits interior finish to
: no gallery that it has been our privilege to
see. Its dimensions are 81 by 81. and il is
Q Is feet high at the sides, rising to 30
Y feet IN the centre. Its walls arc finished
with wainscot the large panels of
, which are painted in Pompeian red,
with darker mouldings. Above this. the
walls arc OF warm gray" tint Arched
. windows in the centre Of each end
(having castings of chestnut and black wal
, nuD, give exquisite views Of the lake and
, the Adirondacks to the west, and the Green
Mountains to the east. The gallery is
lighted by skylights of heavy plate ground
glass, in the roof, which is supported by
ornamented trusses, and is painted of pale
greenish gray tint. The colors of the wallsan
root are grateful to the eye,and set of finely
the works of art The floor is of Georgia pine,
oiled. A railing of black walnut guards
the stairway, which is in the centre of the
floor, and cushioned seat of dark crimson
surrounds the railing on three sides.
The trustees of the gallery hoped. at the
time of It's completion, to open it at this
Commencement with something of collec-
ton OF works Of art, both of sculpture and
painting, as the property Of the gallery
Bat just at that time the monetary panic
occurred, and in view of it, the trustees
thought best to withhold for more favorable
condition of things, financially. the appeal
Tor contributions of money and Of works of
art, which they had prepared. The gallery,
| consequently, at present owns but the be
/ ginning OF a collection of casts of noted
sculptures-only casts, but admirable ones of
/ their kind. reproducing the originals with
/ great fidelity. and exceedingly valuable for
I purposes OF illustration in the lectures on
art and to the instructor in drawing-and
few photographs of noted paintings. The
casts are
|. The Venus of Milo. The original was
found in the island of Mclos, in lo20, and is
now in the Louvre, at Paris. She is Venus
Nictrix, of the best Greek work, and held
to be, on the whole, the finest Of female
hgures IN all ancient sculpture. Perhaps
the best theory of this statue is that it
formed part OF a group representing Venus
disarming MarS-beautY triumphing over
force. Some wish 10 make her not a Venus,
but a Victory, inscribing the names Of he
rocs on shield, supposed to have been
held resting on her raised knee. This east |
was made ia Paris, and Is the finest one Of
this statue as yet brought to this country. IL |
j. the gift to the gallery of Alanson Bigelow.
Esd. of Boston, brother-in-law Of Rev. l..
G. Ware, of this city.
,. The Sandal-Binder" This is bias /
relief from the balustrade Of the temple of /
the Ninglcss Victory. in Athens. This too, Is |
of the best school of Greek sculpture. ltrep- /
reSents a winged victory in the act OF bind /
ing her sandal.t speed on her crrand. This /
cast, like the Venus is from the workshop of |
the national museums IN Paris, and Is given |
by James NJ. Barnard. ESD, of Boston
5. NGrcisSus. This cast IS from one of
the most precious of the ancient bronzes,
now IN the museum OF Naples. Ii was
found in Pompeii in ls65, and is n capital
specimen of the grace Of the school OF Prax-
iteles. The cast Is the giit OF Thomas Gal-
field, ESD. of Boston. and was made by
Carey, in Boston, from an imported cast.
The figure represents the handsome youth
listening to echo, or. perhaps, admirlng
himself IN the mirror of the pool.
Four small relleis, from Traian' Column,
in Rome. This column i, as it were, q
Photograph in marble, 80 exactly does it
give the dress, faces and look of the times.
These are two fine heads OF harblrians. and
two Of Romans boat-buildcr and man-at-
arms.
In addition TO these there are in the
corner Of the room four large photographs,
part of set of the cartoons Of Raphael, the
gift Of Rev L. g. Ware, to the gallery.
There are, beside, at present on exhibi-
tion in the gallery, various objects of in
teres;. kindly loaned by their owners in
this city. Prof. Torrey has jus. lent some
rare prints, among them a very choice
etching by Albert Durcr, a capital exam
pie Of this artists extreme fidelity Of draw
ing.
\ charming landscape. by Ken-ett is
owned BY E. j. Phelps, Esq, and would
be a gem in any collection.
Prot Spencer Marsh lends three litho-
graphs (by Strizner, in ls2O), Of special in
terest. They reproduce, with exquisite ex-
actnes-. two of Memling' and one of Roger
Van der Wcyden'- best paintings, in the old
Pinacothck in Munich.
There is fine large Photograph. belong
ing to Mr.. Ware, Of Holbein's Meyer Mad
onna, from Dresden the picture which
stands for high-tide mark in German, as
the Sistiae Madonna stands in Italian paint
ing.
Miss Austin loans charming study, by
herself, Of birch tree. and a photograph
Of delicate drawing of Madonna and
child, by Muller, Of Dusseldorf, 2 specimen
of the best work of the modern German re-
lgious school Of painting. r
A: small landscape, belonging to Mrs.
Wheeler, is signed lIobbima. If the name
belongs to it without doubt, it Is the work
of master whose paintings are Of the
greatest rarity.
Hon. Albert L. Catlin sends to the cxhi-
bition large print Of Michel Angeles
famous lresco of the Last Judgment, IN the
Sistine Chapel. and Raphael Morghen' : en-
craving of the TRANSPORTATION.
The exhibition also contains many other
things of interest in oil and water colors,
engravings and photographs, and it will be
found to well repay n hours visit, though
it Is as yet only the promise Of good things
to come.
The Torc lor Destitute ChiIdren.--,n Appeal for
Aid.
The Managers OF the Home Tor Destitute
Children in the city Of Burlington. Yer
mont, are about to present the claims Of
that worthy charity to its friends through
out the State. for the purpose of procuring
means to enlarge the institution by erecting
an addition to the present building. The
number of children in the ''Ilome" during
the past year has averaged fifty, and the
building is entirely too small to accOmm5-
date such family besides it was erected
more than twenty years ago for an entirely
different purpose, and contains none of the
modern labOr-savlng cOnvenIences 80 neeeS--
sary to such an institution.
The lowest estimate for the needed en-
largement and repairs to the old building
is $50 600, and the Managers must look to
those whom "God has prospered' for that
amount.
In this connection we wish to correct an