Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1875-11-20

~ Sldteu tudt ehpeCidlly III tlle uepaTl-
ment of landscape painting, the Unit
ed States will present a fiaer display
than the public has been led to expect
Quite aside from the contributions of
Amssicail artists, applications from
abroad call for mos than four times
the exhibiting space afforded by the
great Memorial Hall Provision for
the surplus will be made in temporary
Grs-proot buildings, though all exhib-
iting nations Will be represented in
the central Art Gallery.
The Secretary of the Navy has ar
ranged that United States war vessel
shall call next Spring, at convenient
European ports, to collect and trans
port hither to the exhibition the works
OF American artis.s resident in Europe
Among the ports thus far designated,
are Southampton for England, Havre
for France, Bremen for Germany, and
Leghorn for Italy, to which, if desira-
Die, others may be added.
Mr.. Bell, the eminent English
Sculptor, who designed the groups for
the plinth for the great Albert memo
rial in Hyde Park, London, is repro
ducing in terra Gotta, at the celebrated
works in Lambeth, the one which sym
bohzes America. The figures in this
group are colossal, covering ground
space Of Is feet square. 1t will be
placed in the great central gallery, OPP
poslte the principal entrance.
The Art Exhibition will include in
addition to the works of contemporary
artists, representative productions of
the past century Of American art
those, for instance, of Stuart, Copley,
Trumbull, West, Aston, Sully, Neagle
Eliot, Kensett, Cole. These, as we'll
as the works offered by living artists
will be passed upon by the Committee
of Selection, who will visit COR the
purpose, New York, Boston, Chicago,
and other leading cities, in order to
prevent the the needless transporta-
ton to Philadelphia of works of Art
not up to the standard of admission.
A large number of orders and fra
ternities have signltied their intention
to hold gatherings at Philadelphia
during the period Of the Exhibition.
Among those which may now be emu
merated, are the Grand Lodge OF Penn
sylvania, Independent Order of Odd
Fellows the Grand Encampment, In
dependent Order of Odd Fellows !;
Grand Lodge, United States, indie
pendent Order of Odd Fellows ;
Grand Commentary knights Temp
lar; Grand Army of the Republic !;
Presbyterian Synod Caledonian
Club Portland Mechanic Blues !;
Welsh National Eistedtodd Patriotic
Order Sons of America California
Zouaves of San Francisco an lnterna-
tional Regatta; the Life Insurance
Companies National Board of Under
writer's State Agricultural Society !;
2nd Infantry, n. G. of California ;
Philadelphia Conference, Methodist
Episcopal Church Cincinnati Socie-
tv California Pioneer Society; Amer
lean Dental Convention Catholic To-
tai Abstinence Union of America ; In
dependent Order Of Is mai Berth Ma
tional Alumni Association Statesmen $
Association 9th Maryland regiment ;
American Pathological Society Nal
sters Association Of the United States ;
Army of the Cumberland Humboldt
Monument Association; Christopher
Columbus Monument Association
Board Of Trade Convention Interna-
tiQEa! Typographical Congress Rifle
Association Of the United States; Cen
tennial Legion Philadelphia County
Medical Society ; international Medi-
cal Congress Old Volunteer Fire De
partlnent Of Philadelphia