New-York tribune., 1876-06-01

great taste and judgment. Their places on the walls
were, believe, settled before they left England
though OF notifications had to he MADE
when il acualties Each wall OF the English
picture gallery in Memorial Hall was represented by n
large piece cardboard cut to SCALE and on this were
pasted cards representing the pictures, each one In It's
proper place, and with It's and the name OF the
artist written upon IT, To follow this model upon inc
walls OF the a comparatively easy matter Tor
the hangers and after VI the work was DONE ap
lets prepared in England and ready for use were affixed
to all the pictures and waefcolor drawings giving the
OF the work, the OF the artist ami me name
of the lender necessity OF catalogue was thus en-
trely obviated aud the visitor to the gallery enjoys the
pictures at his IT this could he done Tor pictures
brought England how much easier ought 1t to nave
been for pictures familiar here in America; yet no"
soyenly inaccurate and incomplete Everything con.
nected with our American gallery! little of the
spirit AMI energy displayed by Mr. saraln in pushing the
Gettysburg picture into the Exhibition past all remon-
srances and objections and in breaking up the who-
some rule TO shut out all warpicures from the Exhb-
ton would have done wonders IL applied to the hanging
and catalogung OF thc American pictures.
On the threshold OF subject we mention all the
drawbacks to its complete presentation Here are none,
or next TO none OF the large scenic landscape paintings
that have made such impression upon the national
bump of wondeT-herc is no yosemite Valley no
Storm iu the Rocky Mount1ins,' no Heart OF the
Andes" no Niagara" "Chimborazo" Opposed to
young in 81 and hercabout, and who were working at
the Study of nature in spirit OF sincere devotion and
with an aim far more scientific than artistic as that
termis properly understood TO comprehend al that
has been do ng in art America during the last decade
VIC certainly needed 10 have both these sets Of workers
fairly presented but 1t has not been done aud much
OF interest Is thus sacrificed. Nor are the exploits
Of certain historic and fgureainters shown with any
thing like complete fulness Some of the elder lne
Copey and AstOn Stuart and Stuart Newton are showr
but have loCling OF their lrecursors-of whom We
had hoped for q full and interesting display. There is
nothing Of Trumbul little OF West except from England,
the Royal Academy and the Queen sending two capital
speciners of this mas;c Of Sulythere is good
picture by him, the portrait Of lns wife-and nothing
worthy OF Harding Jaryes, Inman; TO say nothing OF
those curious phenomena Rosster Lang, Leutzc Powell
and the rest who should by means bavc been left out
in SO large and comprehensive a collection.
This should have been the opportunity for display az
complete could have been made OF the rise ana
progress OF Art iu America II it had been our lot TO
have had tho direction Of The Art Department pnt INTO
hands st to wicld u-3l OF education, capable of
seeing how wide the plan should be 10 SUIT the thie ana
with organizing power 90 carry out scheme nohiy con-
ceivee should ourselves have been surprised ~ what
would have been revealed We should have seen coec-
ton Of pictures landscapes portraits, history, genre,
which would have done the country great crcdlt, and
given everybody au immense deal OF pleasure and i'll
stuction But choice of director was most unfOr-
tunae and the result 8 as mclger and misleading as
might have been expected with such material as we
have however, we must grope way, and our first
study must begin with the pictures Of Copley.