, 1875-07-11
ODDS AND ENDS.

Hamerton's Port folio i9 published by Nv
Bouton, FOG Broadway, New York. 4 aispu,.
occurred last week.
Among the articles sold in the Oriental ri
lection at Clinton Hall, New York, rseantlz ,ba
following WIS observable: Salsar-plated Sam.
var from Aoseow, $40, .~- -
In Florence, Prezton Powers Is very brsv n
half dozen portrait busrs- Mr. Baii has eau-
pleted his statue Of Webster, and is resting inn
his labors while it is being put into brona'
A $1,000 portrait Of Bishop Whipple, ct Min.
neso.a, b: Daniel Huntington, Of New Yaf
has boen presented to Seabury Divinity 9chol
length in Epiacoaal raoas. and hnlaiuz roll u
the hand.
The sals in Paris OF Fortuny's own works nd
collection brought 5165.090- 4 Amagulicent Hi,
pano-Aloraaque vase OF porcelain, ia ae&sIae
iustre colors, for 30.pu0 fancs, or more tbsa
5000! THIS Iase Fortunv mud procured viii
infinite palps and irauol6 in Granaia, Aod b
yalued it very highly.
The word vienette is from the French w1u
''v,gne." viEe, aud WIS origsonafly nsedm
designate drRw4ngs inclosed in border OF leavH
or foliage: It's proper application uor is to ~
kind cf q woud-e,lt, copEer-plato photo7rach
ot!1er picture no. Enclosed w,tinn dldr.:o oord.
in printing It IS used OF any large ornaments
ths Ge.d OF page, ard OF head md tai!-pise2
LIZ. j. carroll Bockwlto, harsi-wo,kl1g sni
p!o,oleiug youas artist from thiA city; has tx
tue past YEAR peen in the Studio OF FIJI Dur1a,
al Paris. aud by his perseverance, and oSce.laaee
Of work gained admission to the Goyeu.
nent Art Scnool. Duuug his summer vacation
he ia now diligently ut work iu Venice, La.nz
yiaitrd Milan, Verona, and Dresden, sad VII
n pnr11 tn 6iA II tha
Concours IN aatu!pn and spend ths ~lrter. Hs
is q student Of tine promise, and bids far to n.
fleet credit upon lis native city. -
coRoT. >'
Corot's collected works nave been on e1bM
ticn iu tho Fine Arts Palace IN Paris. / Iettsf
to the Boston Gazette gives these partcala
about this artist, whose works arc now 20 In:
nenseiY valuable:
You cannot imagine how interesting, how diaaears
ouipg, and at the same TINE how con5otoE s b.
EXHIBITION Of the lators OF the forty kal-ess 5eks
this Valiant art3s. wco wa1 60 years old hefss h
thinning that lis art gavs him tAe root which ecrd
him and the ofead which supported him. Wnsss
lesson to tho dispi1i:edE What an eueoui1zsmeasa
the earnest ~orker '1s ha He W. T.; @ ssa ' s:
svalauchca II fell He earned between hs asa
year and hte death ssto,oot. He gare axH
al Of them except 81 oo. which were discovered G
hfa deah Thirty thousand d1l.ats Of this mouey xks
found in his searetary; all of i. still sc1ttered n
the letters In which he hid received 1t. T1.3 'toa
sand doll.rs were brought By stcckbrokSr, who ~
this money to invest for him. He had aaked Cae4
what he wished Lought the artist lad replied, III
make inquiries and let you know" and hsd nsr1
mentioned tha :ubject agau Coros's family bzys sa
He leaves very is:le money whan conside1s tut
he had received $0oUC0 during tie last yaafs ~
life but as not Of expected that ht ruau
earn cent with his brushes. al money we ind o.9
and above his patrimony We look NJ On ~ Etndtza
1orYrrrfnIa ov
The Boston ddcetiser Las the following @
plaster castB:
There are Some people who affect 70 lock rpm
plaster cast zonaething almost Talueees eecuss
in not work Of art. To persons OF this casa Tho o.
peuditure In casts, by ths Trustees Of our Museum
the sum tealized at the sale Of the Sumner pstsur
will undoubtedly appear 70 Re very little skort Of xts
Thla ., inion however. il not ahared BY th n4taiT
ct those whu competent to Judge OF G1eh mAaaE
fact which is easiiy deducibie from tho e1or7 sss@
whe1e making to bring together such colectiors
The question cf the preservation and claiming a
casts has froque, Il been azi:sted: Il has bean r.
pcstd By some tu paint them with olcoar, and ~
meana Of preservation has indeed Eeen olten tso.@
to- But It ts argued, and with justice, that ta1 Qfo
shar ness and besuty of the cast mus. necess.,I
suffer under it. II may be Imagined, taereiots las
there waa very loud outburst Of indignation n e
tain quarters when. about two Jears asr asse ao
By ordot Of frof. Dotticher. Tue conttu7dsSJ E1Ha
followed, and which was greatly tntens1he1 b1 tne !"
arrangement Of the collection upon pF'naps sas
demued BY ,nost archeologits h4s, however, LED rs
very desirable result. Ths Pruri2n Governneat =
pointed commission, whoHo duty ts W. = ~
veetigata Into the existing means q p1e.a
iue and cleaning casts. This commission a0o+
sistln9 Of well-known men of science ana =
art gave 1t II its verdict that none Of the psoee
present known answered the purpose. anil thstcsss -
proposed to the Government to odes prizes-lD taa*
discovery of method OF preparing casts " - s
able them to stand repeated Washing without en.os
in their surface color; and n for tue diss9se
Z new material which will anExsr all the puEtessse
plaster Of Paris. but will not need speca4 p1sp1@
ton To allow the casts made from Il TO b. cleand'
rhe Prus5ian Government has acted upon ttna ~
Roation and hss offered the Of 900 masss tsoaa
S7a0} for the solution Of the frst proLen ana q ~
ooo MARKS s25ou for the solution Of the second ~
the prizes ara specified IN a circular issued u U
Prussan M1u!stsy Of Education tho 9Th of ~
The competition Ia open to the world, anu clo'<s 49,
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