The New York herald., 1876-07-11
ART AT THE EXHIBITION.

PORTRAIT OF GENERAL LEE-TAPESTRY AND
MosAICs CONTRIBUTED BY THE POPE
CHANGES IN THE SWEDISH oALLEnY-HOw
SWEDISH NoBLEMAN LOOKS HANGING PIC
TUREs-"oLEoPATRA," BY EDMoNIA LEWIS.
PHILADELPHIA July s, 1876.
The intense heat of the past few days makes sight
seeing the Exhibition task rather than pleasure.
Memorial Hall is of the coolest of the buildings,
and is consequently, well filled when the thcr
momecr stands at other places over 100 es it has in
of the buildings to-day.
The important picture hung during tho week Is
nearly full length portrait OF the Robert +. Lee.
painted by Albert Guerry. This has been
placed In the southwest room Of Memorial Hall
The pictures from Sweden in the room occupied by
Spain and Sweden in Memorial Hail. being re-
hung. and part OF them have been placed IN the same
room as the portrait General Lee. 1t of
no small interest the manner which this is
done Here, for instance, is large landscape being
lowered and hung about foot further TO the eft.
tail gentleman, with his coat thrown OIL. and looking
like anything but Swedish n0beman, us he is and,
after several iruitess attempts, the two muscular
young assistants in uniform succeed in lifting It, they
standing the railing and the picture resting their
shoulders The Baron, sandpg on the stop of the
twelve foot stcpladdcr grasps the rope and slips II
over the hook with the quickncss OF a
practised hand, doubles il over and knots It, wipes
his lace with his shirt sleeve, and goes down the
ladder two steps at time and makes a dash at the
next be changed, working as hard OF
workmen and showing by his ready practical common
sense an appreciation OF the characteristic American
trait OF ahead ativcness. The room Ia which these
pictures are being placed contains the ar. treasures
sent TO the Exhibition by the Pope These consist OF
four niosaics and LIE size figure in tapestry from the
Vatican. The mosaics represent copy OF Raphael's
Madonna della Scdia " from the Patti Palace; Ma
donna and Child" and two flower pictures They
well done that 1t requires close examination
to detect the MATERIAL the coors being well matched
to have almost the same beauty as the originals,
and looking more like copy ia oil than tho small
fragments of glass Of which the pictures composed
THIS contains several other art works and
which interesting although they cannot be classi-
fed with them. There is model Of Independence
Hall in the centre Of the room, and the windows
Of stained glass, IRON Boston man ufactory Several
groups Of stauary herea he figure OF little
girl holding cup on which bird has pcrched, is by
like; the short dress has slipped from
shoulder and gwen inc artist an opportunity
cling Of the slender limbs The movement OF the
body be traced under the drapery and there but
fault the work the lower part OF the drapery
from the waist does not agree with the motion II tho
body, but gives the idet OF swift movement, which
would 1t backward tho body advances
ON the opposite side OF the doorway Is the liiesize
figure, also in marble OF Cleopatra, by EdmonA
dropping her lett shoulder The lace OF the guroi
really line its nauralncss and the graceuncss Of Tho
lines The face is tuil of pain and 10. some reason
perhaps to intensity the exprcssionthc classic stand
ard has been departed from. and the features
not even Egyptian in their outline, but OF de-
cidcdy Jewish cast The human heads which orna-
the of the chair obtrusive, and doract
from the dignity which the artist has succeeded In
gaining In tho figure A canopy OF Oriental bright
ness color has been placed over the statue, and
every afternoon about O'Clock plump little
woman whose complexion and features denote her
African origin may be darting beneath the cord
surrounding the statue, and with common varnish
brush tho dust removed from the surface OF tho
marble and the creviccs In the folds OF the drapery
where II may have settled, thcn piece Of crino-
olined muslin is quickly thrown 1t aud tucked in
all around. This bright and busy little creature
noue other than Edmona Lewis, tho sculptress and
proftqe OF Charlotte Cushman. \ letter written by
George Washington was shown 10 her day, and she
said rcvcrcnty Press 1t against my forehead /" MS
though the paper touched by the great could
retain the power OF his mind and its touch could help
her in the to which she gives her whole soul and
dcvotcs all the energy of her life.