, 1876-09-03
- rxposition Art Gallery Ready
~" for the Grand Opening on
Wednesday.
..r six Hundred European and
american Works on Exhi-
bitiOn.
~. Picture Display Of the Centennial
Some Notes on the English
Section.



A., Committcc OF the Exposition have
,a.t comnleted their labors, and on Wednes-
49, w., coming they will exhibit the result thereof
:. u tbe countless thousands who will participate
~ ~ .be onenjng ceremonies at the mammoth art
I'd industrial palace On the lake Nearly
~ .;ctrrcs have been secured from private col
w ,.s.ons in this city, Milwaukee, and Green Bay,
~ riich fully nine-tenths are from home gal
,1;as ~ az The Hanging Committee, aided by
usssrs. Aitken, Durham, aud French, have
~. their usually thanklcss and onerous task
~ w., = snnerb manner. Harmony pcryades every
lhsre and the coup dql is one
- snrpassins loveliness. The latest AZ
~ .;r,1t Of works OF art include the following:
nrt. E. G. Asay loans an exquisite water-color
~ pcof. Pills. Bryan Lathrop contributes five
s.e oil paintings, including Michcl's "Virgin
wv wv child Among the Ruins,'' and Bertrand's
srarcneritc.' The former wes exhibited in
~. Paris Salon OF 1872, aud was very favorably
ss.;ccd From the Rev. L. T. Chamberlain have
;.sn recciyed three choice watercolors by Wis
Ns1 lsst nd Marie. j. H. Dole lends Verboeck-
sam. soren "a md landscape by Theodore Ford.
A0'~' "TnB FOUR SEASONS"
..er;os Of four fine pictures by Paul Weber,
htTs been been loaned by ]. T; Rycrson. From
gs.s -. nriyate collection Of 3. N. Thompson
t% tss,r ps are Boulanger's Prayer in the
, ,Mo.ouc,'' Bougereau's Meditation, :"
a.ssesf ~ sexouisite piece Of flesh painting.
a. 1o,-11n i Maternal Affection" which has oil
.S Wv hI1liancy and delicacy Of water color, q
,ssr. sas flowcr niece by Girardin, and chicken
- - hy JACQUES. u. D. Spears lends four pc1l-
ppnd.ini sketches by Lincoln Dwight, and Mrs.
, + Mccormick contributes three from the
t,mt :, artist. J. Fl. Prentiss contributes three
i<ndscapcs by Church.. .Bierstadt, and Durand.
t.1: aT1orrore Nightingale in the Crinean Hos
n;tas. y hy Leutzc. whose great historical pict-
pre l of s:Waslington Crossing the Delaware
!. qt1l known. aud large autumn scene by Crop
~ and loaned by Mrs ". w. Patton From
~ gallery Of the Hon. Alex Mitchell, Of MI
xsnkee, there are two large oil paintings and
thrce water cclors. John e. shortall lends, i'll
sd1itou to what he has contributed, SIX water
n3ors. "Thc Chapel of Henry VII, in West
mInestcr Abbey" painted by Miss Helen Hunt,
is loaned BY Alury Nelson. i.
IN THE MAIN HALL,
xhjc} has been draped with unlimited yards OF
hunting. shields, and patriotic mottocs, hun
i:rcds Of artisans were at work Yesterday, fixing
nafforu)s, erecting booths- aud klosks, repairing
inachiuerr, and generally putting things III order
fur the rceeption Of the thousand and one ar
telcs which will go to make up the show: IL
morrow morning the influx of goods will com
mcncc, and for the ensuing sixty hours the EX-
nusc, and confusion as was witnessed at tllt
errtIon Of the Tower Of Babel. As exhibition:
resemble churches aud theatres IN one respect
-;he7e are ALWAYS some late-concrs, s,-Secretar,
IeyuoIds dvsires THE TRIBUNE to announce tt
eli exhibitors that they must have all their ar
rSnsemcnts completed by Wednesday noon, OF
psEalty Of losing the spaces assigned 70 1hem'