The Portland daily press., 1876-05-04
Art, Music and the Drama.


sleep-walking scene of Lady Macbeth. A cast
Oh the ngure VIII be exhibited at Philadelphia
The possibility that existed of Clara Morris's
reappearance this season is now dispelled By
the definite verdict of her physician that sbe
| will not be able to act.
Many of the London journals crticse Signor,
Rossi's Hamlet unfavorably. The drift of ad-
verse criticism is that the character, as repre-
sented by Rossi, is too violent and melodramat-
ic, lacking dignity and repose.
August Belmonts fine gallery of paintings
in New York is open now for the benefit of the
women's Centennial union. 1t contains about
one hundred very choice works, chiefly BY for
eign artists. Among them are Bouguereaus
celebrated picture of "The Twins" a large and
very important work by Baron Legs, hunting
scene by Rosa Bonheur, "The Slave Market"
by Gerome; THE School," by Vautier: ''Sby-
lock and Jessica," by Keyser, and numerous
other pictures and pieces of statuary by the
greatest among the modern masters.
The contributions of American artists to the
salon IN Paris this year are given by the The
American Register as follows: "Phe rerresen-
tation OF American artists will be very interest
ing Mr.. Bacon sends his Franklin's Tea Par
ty, work peculiarly attractive just now By
reason of the centennial year. Mr.. Eaton con-
tributes Harvest Scene, treated 10 the some
what severe style of Millet. Mr.. Weir sends
portrait; Mr.. May portrait of lady and q
picture Of an Alsatian Girl. Mr.. Dubois con-
tributes lindscape-a scene in Holland. Mr..
Knight sends his fine Harvesters Reposing,
now the property of Mr.. A. j. Drexel"
When Titens was in Baltimore, In response
to an encore she sang "Kathleen Mayourneen.
which she rendered with such exquisite feeling
as to arouse the utmost enthusiasm of the
large audience. One gentleman was particu-
larly affected, and he afterwards went round to
congratulate the prima donna. He announced
himself as Captain Crouch, the composer of the
song, statement which was at first 70
ceived with great incredulity, Crouch being
supposed to have died several years ago. After
an interview with Mr.. Mapleson, however, his
identity was fully established. Captain Crouch,
it appears, served in the Northern Army dur
ing the American civil war. He has promised
to write companion to Kathleen MayOur.
neen," and to dedicate it to Mile. Titiens.
Miss Kate Field, according to a dispatch to
the New York Herald, made her appearance at
the Gayety Theatre in London on Thursday
last, under the pseudonym of Mary Kemble
She acted the part of Volante in "The Honey
| moon,' the part OF Juliana being taken by Miss
Genevieve Ward Miss Field was entirely un.
announced, and appears TO have been success
full The Athen@um said of her performance:
"This actress showed much intelligence and
vvacity, and her performance evnced a gen.
uine feeling for comedy" The Globe said,
oe
her impersonation was bright, animated and
| intelligent. Others say she played with much
vivacity and intelligence, aud looked the part
| to the life.
Mr.. Millais, the artist, is in luck-having re-
ceived an order for a single picture for which
he is to be paid seventy-fve thousand dollars.
This is the highest sum yet paid for single
work of any living artist, unless it may be
matched by the price paid by the late Mr.
| Stewart for Meissonier, which was the same,
or nearly the same. The buyer of the Millais is
picture dealer in London, and intends to ex-
| hikit it when it is finished. Holman Hunts
"Shadow Of the Gross" sold for the same pur-
| pose, brought fifty thousand dollars to the
artist, and, it is supposed. a handsome profit to
| the purchaser Turner's "Grand Canap was
sold in London last year for thirty-fve thous-
and dollars. The higher prices since obtained
would seem to show that there is increasing
demand for the work..of the best artists.
Kate Field, in her latest letter from London,
| says that America is contributing quite num-
Der of artists to the Englsh concert room and
| stage. There are six Americans who are sing
| ing or waiting to sing before audiences In Lon.
don, including Miss Antoinette Sterling and
Mrs. Osgood, who have made excellent posi-
| tons as concert singers Mrs. Knox, formerly
| Miss Florence Rice (contralto), OF Bro jklyn
| has just arrived from Paris, where she has been
| studying Miss Emma Abbott protegee OF
Adelina Patti. ard originally discovered BY
Louise Kellogg, is engaged at the Covent Gar
| den Opera House: and there is also Mile BIZ
anca Rosavalle. otherwise Miss Blanche Tuck
er, young lady tbloude) belonging to Chicago.
| who was at one time writer for the American
press, and Miss Fannie. daughter of the late
DR.. Smith, of Columbus, Ohio.
Mr.. John Graham Lough, the sculptor, died
| in England recently. The London Times gives
| these particulars of his life and principal works:
"He was native of Northumberland, and as q
| boy followed the plow, when acci leutally his
| artistic taste became known to a neighboring
l gentleman, who helped and encouraged him in
his early struggles for independence. Coming
| up to Loncon, he made the Egin marbles In
| the British Museum his study, AMI became an
| exhibitor at the Royal Academy in 1926. In
| the following year he produced an ideal statue
| of Milo, which, together with a companion
| statue, Samson, was purchased By the Duke
| of Wellington. For some years Lough appar-
emily held himself 10 reserve, rarely exhibiting
| at the Academy; and the years 1S34-3S he
| spent in Rome in patient and not unfruitful
| study, though under no special master. He
| executed in 1S45 the statue of Her Majesty in
| the Royal Exchange, and two years later
| statue of Prince Albert for 'Lloyd's;' he was
| also commissioned in the first instance to axe
| cute the lions for the Nelson Monument n Tra-
| falgar square"
Vertunni, the leading Roman landscape
l painter, Neapo'itan by birth, is called the
| Rethschild among painters His superb stu
| dios are marvels of beauty. There are rooms
| furnished in exquisite taste. Magnificent cas-
| kets are these rooms for his beautiful pictures.
| The walls are hung with the costliest tapes
l tries and Persian rugs; Eastern stuffs Of the
richest dyes are draped around armor and vas
es; there are soft carpets, old carved tables and
cabinets and chairs, porceains, majolicas, Per.
sian enamels, cirque cento brasses; in short
all those enchanting objects that make studios
| or ones own rooms fascinating when one is
| cursed with that ruinous taste OF what is called
| irreyerently, bric-a.h.ac. At his private resi-
| dence are equally remarkable objects, and even
more curious. He has been two years getting
Il up purely Arabic room. The men we're six
months painting the ceilings. The doors of
this room he bought at Fortuny's sale; they are
of some rare woods, inlaid in high relief with
precious ivories (Arabic workmanship and
they cost $4,000 francs. Over these precious
doors are huge slabs of ancient Arabic msjolica.
There are wonderfully worked Arabic bronze
lanterns hanging ftom the ceiling Four huge
l arches are filled with stuffs and armor and
1 Arabic musical instruments. The windows are
l of Arabic designs, and the walls are pannelled
with Arabic carvings and rich Oriental stuffs.
Barney Williams (Bernard Flaherty) left
l about 100000. The New York San tells this
| story of his courtship: In 1850 Barney was