, 1875-05-30
ODDS AND ENDS.

likely thAt It will bo rcpestcd It present.
l. ODDS AND ENDS.
ScrbneT. :: ."@
Launt Thompson, tho sculptor, II about to &,
abroad. j.
The May number Of ths Art Journal IL, upor
tho whole, 4 particularly fns ono.
l. Phillips has good picture Of Mr. Norton, q
New YORK. on exhibition 1t Keen l. Cookies.
The Academy. Of Design propoas to give ont
Of their old-fashioned receptions On the 18th oi
Juue.
Abbot Il. Thayer is said 10 show great promise
in two pictures Of horses and portrait-hcad in
tho New York Academy.
I A lady from Western eity-presumably St.
Louia--reporta that during recsnt tour in Eu-
rope abe had a .thust Of her foot made"
Tho walls OF the Boston Art Club .re huns
NTH the finest collection Of pictures that has
been shown there for At least two OF three years.
Preston Powers busts OF Aga4siz mud Whit
/ tier have lately been reeefyed in Boston. Whit
tier is reolesented in the Quaker dress, Aga ssiz
| undraped. ..:.
". L. B. Jnnpey, thu architect. has undertaken
to deliver lectures and furnish advfcn aud prac-
ticaI guidance to atudanta Of architecture NJ the
Academy OF Design.
Tho sa]ea at tho Exposition wero discontinued
after Tuesday night But fav people SAW two
beautiful water colo.s ct richards one the beach
| at Atlantic City, the other lake in Italy.
A. club whose object is 'the association OF
] authors, artists, aud men OF aciepce, and ama-
! teurs Of music, letters and the hno asta." has
been formed recently in Philadelphia.
Prot. William R. Ware, Of the Massachusetts
Institute OF Technology, has Just given lecture
before the Boston Art CLUB upon the revival Of
the art OF staining glass, illustrating bis remarks
! by exhibiting many beautiful specimens Of an
give careful reports Of tho lecture and a!lode to
II a. proof Of the growing interest Of the CON-
u,unity in all subjects refating to household art.
collection Of forty-eisht photographs after
! the most faaaoua paintings and water-co1ors by
! tho late II. Fortuny is now on exhibition at tbs
Goupil Gallery, No. 170 Fifth avenue. It is re-
markab1e that nearly all OF Fortupy's greatest
| paintings arc IN tho possession OF Americans
Tho b"st part Of this collection represents works
which are owned BY William II. Stewart and =.
Ado'phe, Boris and Henry G. Gibson, OF Phila-
de!phia nnJ Miss Catherine Wolfe and Alex
ander T. Stewart, OF this city.
- : THE BR1Arr wash
Subscribers to the testimonial vase for William
G. BRYANT mill be interested to know that de-
sign has been selected. and u silver vase 80
iuches high, tho picture Of which may be aeon
in Appieton's Art Journal is IN procesa of
manufacture by TIFFANY l. Co. The vase il iu-
tended. after Mr. Bryant's death. to become
monument to his memory. 10 the custody Of the
Nav York Metropolitan Museum OF Art. This
testimonial is OF the right sort, since ME. BRYANT
u eminentiy representative OF tho hu1nanities-
aud his private fortune SO large that IN ex-
penaiye and unproductvo gift is not irap-
pzopriata.~
Il such gifts should become common, tbs old
art Of the sllver-amiths, rhich produced many
of the old sculptures might again reriye. The
present design has been pronounced correct
rather than highly artistic. -.
Private letter, dated April a.: You .sntsr
by q covered Nay, gradually ascending, and sud-
denly find youraelf in q street looking u il it
had been paved two weeks instead OF 1000
years. 30 even are the stones, aud 60 clean.
There are sidewalks also Just such as we have
at the present day.. IN soma al the streets are
marks Of the wherls. worn deeply into the lava
pavement, At the crossings Of the streets are
places between them for the wheels to pass. /
don't SEQ hon the horses got BY unless they
jumped the stones, which ara generally foot
high On all sides are the rams as far as you
can see, most OF the walls not more than 10 feet
high. but soma IS high N Is. painted, many Of
tharn. With the brightest kind OF red and gellon
It il queer to seo at the fountains that abound in
the streets how the Pompetaus wore AWAY
t1o 6+o4e IL 1Aak016 NuoEb tuSf pt&C3u
their hands on the basin for support, snd their
mouths at the spout. The water-worke In the
city were very interesting. In tho Temple Of
Iris ia \ we'll or feet square, where man Of
Of the sea- The we'll Is SORT Of peep-hoe to !
the great aqueduct. that runs IS we'll and'is as |
full Of water as it was when it made. It car
ries stream by 8 at least should think, aud |
as pura as mountain spring.
At tho baths, and ali over the city In fact, We |
saw the same lead pipes that We uso ut horne, !
with the difference that those at Pompeii were |
evidently bent into shape from dat pieces, the |
seam being hammered together, not soldered. |
There were the same stop-cocks, Of brass, with |
I. square top for the wrencb. In fact, they we're
nearly up to us moderDs in these things.
The paintings On the walls are In wonderful |
l3 good state OF preservation. but most OF them |
are VERY bad IN drawing, rs common decorative |
there is one that is really fine. showing that the
artwas understood at that tins, perspective as |
we'll ~ drawing and coioring. have nado
Pompelisn drswine myself With piece Of char
ing ones materials prepared short time in ad-
vance,
An INCIDENT OF THE RECENT PICTURE SALE.
The Eastern dealers interested in the sale at
The Exposition building Appaar to have tried
little experiment on the docility of the Chicago
public, and nos to have missed their reckoning
Altogether.
Among the water-color pictures exhibited snd
offered at auction, was No. 49,, s'Study Of
Sheep" amsll drawing mostly IN sopia BY Bras
:assat Il we1l-knonn animal painter. Tho AMI
nal is represented lying down in some straw,
md is very artistically and cleverly painted Tho
difficulty il, il is not 3 sheep st hll. but tu-
reuile donkey-sau asa, aod tho foal OF an
1853 ~. good, long-eared, healthy,
shaggy little brute, who looks as
though thistlcs we're plenty, However, having
himself in the catalogue, the AUG
:ioneer boldly put up the "8tudy OF sheop,"
Ind tha intelligent public were expected, without
questioning whether 1t MAS sheep, or q camel,
'r whale, to bid upon it. Whether 1t was eold
y withdrawn is not known. bus Chicago people
certainly know. = iackhss rheu thev see him.-n |
her know themselves, and they think they do
The Academy OF Science ought to be called
1pon to determine what kind Of m animal this
3, and II it ho not nheep but donkey, TO de-
ermine whether tbs mistake is the Dealers, ths
lttiats. or the donkeg's.
49, TO Mf LITTLE ONES.
~ tho per9ume to the lt}1,
Ny little onea arc to mo:
- Fer lily without It's perfuna
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