National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1874-01-24
ART NOTES.
HORATIO STONE


To the beautiful sculptures in Barlow's gallery
DR.. Stone has recently added a faithful likeness
In marble Of Col. MeComb, OF Delaware. The
work is one which cannot fail to enhance the en-
viable reputation enjoyed by this gifted artist.
DR.. Stone should contribute a bust of the late
Cakes Ames to the group now on exhibition at
Barlow's, and he will then have perpetuated m
country to whom NO are indebted for the com.
pletion Of the Pacific railway-Br0oks, Ames
and McComb. Had IL not been for the public
biIitics assumed by them and their associates the
Rocky mountains would have still presented an
impossible barrier TO the passage or the iron
saying Of Mark Antony, ..The evil that men do
lives alter them, bat the good is of inferred with
Their their bones The marble impersonatlons Of
the purity Of the Italian material and the fault
less execution Of the works rival each other in
challenging the admiration Of critical observers.
marble 81 III late CHEZ justice Taney. by ,i ~
same artist, and one Of his earliest, certainly
ts one oil his best: works.
HOWARD n. MORTON.
Dropping in at Bealrs bookstore, No. l95 Penn
sylvania avenue tho attention is certain to be at
tracted by an exquisite painting, from the easel
Of Sandusky artist, entitled Ion Point au Pelce
Island, Lake Erie" Tho drawing of the scenery,
and topography Of tho locality and
coloring, light and shade, xc., arc perfect coun-
terfeit Of nature. Tho first view OF this little
scene revtves obscure memories Of tho patriot
War;" In the foreground nre two pleasure yachts
calamity brcasting the green waves Of Lake Erie
40 they skirt the coast Of tho lovely island, OF
stock, Bradley and his men took possession inthe
winter OF 1881, and IRON the enjoyment Of which
they were ruthlessly driven BY British troops to,
make perilOus and swirl footed escaIc ul.on the
ice thirty miles across the lake to Sandusky. In
I he distance, under the "p0int' Of mainland, can
be seen two or three sail VI larger cram blowing
their way up the Lake under full spread canvas,
W Warrington Journal speaks in the highest praise
Of Mr.. Moiton's landscapes, several Of which
adorn the library Of the Treasury Department.
Specimens Of his work may also be found In the
private galleries OF New York and Chicago where
they have received the highest cncoIniums of con-
noIsseurs. The studio Of Mr.. Morton is No. J2l
Tenth street.
HENRY uLRF
The promenaders OF yesterday were many Of
them brought to dead halt in front of the dis
play window Of Ellis music store by the view Of
perfect almost speaking, likeness Of the handsome
Harm gton, esq. This late effort from the pencil
Of Ulke is renewed evidence that he was guided
by the truest instinct Of genius when he left the
field Of art for that Of the easel,
pencil, and brush. His portraits possess to an en-
viable degree the warmth Of life in delineation,
expression, and colOring. The work in question
denotes the careful painstakiny study Of charac-
ter, combined with patient and persevering skill
In execution necessary TO the full development Of
each distinctive feature and preservation of all
the native graces Of expression and cultivated
manner of the subject.