, 1876-04-15
Of strioR,' he said; 'vsats IN always wronx.'"

largo and prominent hEi1ro-aubjoct bright aud
private friends mot At hls house 10 examine !
now painting by MoissonfoF, which lad tuHt ar
rived, having been patu!od by Mr. Btewatt's
order aomo timo before. In the courso ot tho
conversation Afr. Stewart remarked that in hta
opinion tho colora wore too light. In seply, one
Of Tho gsntloneu aaid that Maisaonier painted
for she futuro; tlat Tho colots would becomo
brighter By aKs, and IN fifty or ono hundred
shan IL bright colors had been used. Mr. Stow:
arts roply was characteristic: But coufouud
IT, don't esrect 10 1.-Two Nifty or .one hundred
year9, md want 10 enjoy It now"
E1E#AMr's ANT-dAtLENg.
Hts FORK Tfnlts, 1rrft II.
Tho collection OF ForkR OF art pobBoaaod by
tho lato Mr. Stewart far surpassed In Empor-
not only did It comprise many ptolures Of graat
artsto u,ort, but many Of tho nlaasor- -pieces Of
The respective artists represented, II, for In
stance, those Of Geromo, hlelsaonnier. Fortuny.
stowart, who did not profess to be profoundly
learned In al, Wisely sought tho advice md
opinion Of those 1ho know something Of the
yalao Of thoir productions, aud titus. except IN
ono or two instances, ho got fair nqutvAent
for his monoy. On tho pecl,uisry vAluo Of tho
consents Of hta large gallery no two potaons
who have carefully 1uspcoted tho collection within
tho laat f0w wookB estimate that II would bring
oyon at a forced sato. over f60o, 600. Tho rrin-
ctpal works Hore hung In tho picsuro.gai[ory, an
contain all the largo collection, md great NUM-
ber wcro piacou III tho parIors, drawing -rootns,
and corridors. Tho largo WORK. by Yson, m nltc-
gotical representation OF the Union, hhuga in
Ia largo narb1o statue. with clock, almost tho
exact counterpart Of that sold IN tle Lockwood
collection, md wbicl, brought $1,000. Mr.
Stewart would mover permit catalogue Of even
iILk kaf1 $44Az and
that ho had not got douo buying, and that 1t
would DO timo enough to draw up d catalogue
when Ills galiory was complete. A few weeks bo-
foro hts death he mot Mr. Church. tho artist, ns'd
largo aud Important work. Nothing doflnlte wns
dotormiued on, however, and Mr.. Church aa-
yised Mr. Stewart to purchase his 'Hears Of tho
Andos," which is TO bo sold in fow wookH IN
bY BolJini IA VIow In tho Park at Vorsaiilos,"
la now OIL the wny horo, having bean purchased
BY Mr. stowart during bis last trip 20 Europe,
Dolow will bc found complete llat Of nls tho
with tho prices paid for most Of them. Iia latoat
aud most valuable scquls[ton WIS picture by
hfciasonues, painted III the first instance for Sir
Nichard Wallace, and for which aIr. stewart paid
BOZ, ,DOD francs II ropresentB Napoleon rayeW
ng troop Of cuirssslots, and lsas the pecnliasity
that Napoleon and bis staff arc placed in tho
background, whilo the furomost lines OF ho1senacn
arc tito most prominent objects 10 tic picture.
Anu appear tO D1 EalluUHR uus " LIS CHuFh9.
There arc slso two other works Of alclssonnier IN
tho gallery, IL 'Autnono' and LA Scntlnae.
for tho first Of which Mr. Stewart pail 9o,oo0
| francs, and for The other s5,UUo. BY ueromo
~ Chariot -1'aco," for whcl, 25.ouo francs vero
pad; "rolico Ferdo." ,gladistorial combat,
| exhibited ut tho v!anna Expositiont OF which
! tho price was o., ooo fsancn mud .Aa coilsb-
orattou." al interview between Molioro and Na-
cino, for vii tch Sir. Stewart gavo ao.0uo francs.
| Dy Fortuuy thero are tso picture, Tho suake-
| Clasmcru," = repiica, priced at 9o,oJ ffancs;
and IN Italian court acono, for which Tho sanio
sum WAS paid Two Important ~orka by zsma.
co.'s may bo mentioned ;ness~-..' Tns Court
| Foo1r." ln which nro given tie portraits of tho
| artiat aud his brother, mud sovoraf Of tho mott
distinguished patntors OF tho day; aud "Iho
Begging Drothot,"a monk aeosng a!tus. Tue
pricos paid for these works were not .'arge. tor
tho artlst'a fame wna not then what II IL now.
| Thoy ARC probably worth s1o.0oo each.
1.oRn Bopheur is Represented By tic eel
ob1ated ''IIorra Fair once tic property
psico paid tho artist for thfs work wns &c, 900.
An important p!cturo by her brother Augnsts IL
ulso nj the gallery. By Knaue, the paiator Of
childhood and innoconce, there is ''The Chit
dren's foast' rroaby tia very best TorK tl,st
over camo from hls atndio. and for which alr.
Stownrt gave $10,D0u, I}y Yvon. )aryn vors
painted 10 Mr. StowHrta ordor for i3e0. DAD, 1op-
rcsent!ug, alloYorichlly, tho Union OF tho atates
II is not considered a succossfu! work, md its
owner wao not proud Of It. 't1'ho pEo0igai
Son." q canvas Of gigantic dimonslons. contaIn-
| Ing aomo 1fty figures Of uearly life alx., waa
purchased by Mr. Stewart few years aga. and
has boon exhibited III all Of tho prncIpst cities
| Of the Union. Il uas pantcd by Dubuife, and
| Ia worry silowy work. but probably not worth
oyor $4,000 Lonia Gallait IL rather poorly
represented by "T4o Confessional" for w,,irh
sa.0oo was paid Itogon by two cattle peses,
puyeGo S" and Ksr sohn By "3jaus Ind and s Se.
tteon." There are also good works by 9ile'y.
K a!oI psSg@ 1a 1ps e. Na's, Ga rsS Ts
| moucho. simonctti, Inscnes, 1.oarel, Afadtazo,
| Agraasot Thomas Eacd. j. W. Prose., aud
Meyer Won Brcmon. ~ Mer!o .hero arc two
o1fks 0s hs ir p5so' % o SsoAK X. aS sa 'qs ID
Douguorcau, t,so.-" Homer" and a woman
With a lamb In her arms. For tho ' Homer ="
tho price paid waa, s6,ooo: bodinl ia repss--
sentod by two. works. Waahoruomen md
| It III aomowhat singular that tho collection dues
NOT contain single specimen OF pesRof1e, rho,
as palntor Of articles Of re'iu, hka scarcely Il
| living rival.
works from the old Dusseldorf collection /;
| h1r. Churoh'B "Niagasa," for which tho
artat received sl0,ou0; largo new
work by AR. Diorut.adt; air. William Harris
'Tho Disputed Boundary" BY Erakno N,co.
Bco,ch artiGt. priced A. $4,000; aud Mr.. Hunt
ington's Lady Waahfngton's Reception" aup-
posed by many to haso cost 4 fabulous aunl bit
believed to be really nbont SD, ,u00.
| In ssatutsry tho collection IL not rich, and be-
nidoa Powors' "ureek Slave y aud "Evo" aud
ltogcra' Nydia, /" thoro wna tttIo worthy Of no.
tico. Tbs collection, howoyor, comprised q va,y
largo number OF hronzcs statnettos, clocks, can
dofAbrn, vaaes, oto., all Of which eyit.oed tho
possession Of considerable taBte on tho part Of
ths owner. Whether tho contcuts Of t4o galory
! Will como under tho auettoueot'B hammer or not
remains to be determined Should no special
provision hav0 bsen mado IN Ar. Stewards viii
In regard 10 It, 1t is almost certain that It will to
d!aposod OF by public auction.
] REAL ESTATE.
[The Times giyos complete list Of Tho real
| estate in Nav York on which Alr. Htu~ars paid
laxos III tB75,--sAe aggregate OF tho aaaesseu
valuation bong s0.2l2,7o0. Tho asssBsed y1lu-
that tue sctuAi value OF tho roal estate IL S1u.-
3d., 800. Says the Times. It IL impossible ut
tha t1me 10 giya m accurate statement OF Mr.
Ht8wart's out-of-town property. flo owned real
aetnta in f1ehr1Y city htctt hs h.