The New York herald., 1876-03-15

WOMEN ARTISTS AT THE CESTENsIAI.-MHEr-
mo AT THE RESIDENCE OF MRS. GRRATo-
REX.
meeting was held by the members of the Ladies'
Art Association this city yesterday afternoon
residence OF Mrs Eliza Greatorex, NO. ll5 East
Twenty-third street. for the purpose OF aid
ing women who wish TO send works OF
art to the Centennial and dcvising ways for
doing so. The association wish TO work
In unison with the LADIES' Centennial Union, which
meet at Chckerng Hall every week, and all works
Included the high be there II in
tended for the "Womcn's Pavilion" Paintings, sculp
turc &c If intended for this department. be so
designated and sent through the regular office, No 625
Broadway. Suggestions for ways of raising funds sc,
10 deray the expenses of those whose means not
equal to their talents made by Mrs H. r. Gray, the
President OF the Ladies Art Associations Miss Danleavy,
Mrs Despard, Mrs. Person Mrs. Dudley Doughty
and others An exhibition of loaned pictures will
open to-day Miss Gibbons gallery, Fifth ave-
nue. and Seventeenth street. a musical, dramatic and
social entertainment Will be given by Mrs. Doughty
about April Is and "A subscription list was opened by
Mrs Greatorex for the immediate OF those
IN want OF frames, &c TO which most o1 the ladies
present subscribed. suggestion was made that
the literary works of women of all countries
should be gathered together for this depart
ment but that not belonging TO the art de
MEL Union for consideration A poem read by a
Southern lady Henry Peters Crews picture, Tho
Birth OF the American Flag. " and the meeting ad
Journed until next Tuesday at the same place at four
o'clock when all interested IN the Women's Art De-
SALE OF HoLBERToN's PICTURES LAST RvEN-
NG-THE FOWLER GALLERY AND LIBRARY.
At the sale OF the paintings and studies of wakeman
Holberon Leavits last evening the prices ranged
from twenty five cents to s35 "On Star Island ~
Arthur Quartley, S52 5O "Lake Placid" George
M Corl $40 tho highest prices
paid for the works OF other artists
The sale Of Dr. P. Fowlers collection of paintings
lakes place this evening The place, and to-
morrow Friday and Saturday evenings his and
medical library will be sold In the art library are
several works, one being Fenelons "1cemaque, ~
in four royal folio volumes; copy of the BUdoni
edition, Win frehch text, anu iiustra'od win oOO
engravings, Autographs, fac-simile reproductions and
n number OF original drawings IN red chalk; british
Gallery OF Modern nctures' with fifty line engrav-
ings IN India paper proofs; Boyders ''seen-
cry and History OF the Thames" with seventy
ak colored engravings OF residences Sc,
four volumes royal quarto with 300 photographs OF
pictures by the old masters; George Catlns "llus-
lratons OF the Manners Customs. &c. OF the
drawings by the author; "Hercueneum aud Pom
peI! with 200 cngravngs, including the suppressed
Musee Secret, punished by Didot. Irvng's sketch
Book the artists edition, with l3O designs by Hunt
ingion, Gray, Leutze, Hart, Bellows, barley and
Britain by r. Ladge, with 240 portraits Steel pub
hshed 1888; Temple Of the MUSES., with sixty illus
traions by PSart published in 733 "Insccts OF North
America, oy Thomas say, copy CT INC
edition OF 1924 "rhea,rum seotin," by Cap.
taE John Slczcr n copy OF an edition OF
Rjo copies with copperplate engraurgs; Thor.
waldsen's works with S65 outline cngravings; "Mas-
torpeces Of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the
icTnational Exhibition OF 1862, with several hundred
Illustrations in gold and coors, Macaulay's 'Lays OF
Ancient Rome,N with ouOlne illustrations from the
antique by Scharf, published by Langinaps 1855;
Ihe only complete set the United States ul7
Tolumesl OF .Bbliotheque Classiquc Latina with
commentaries, &c, by \. T. Lemarc; Chauceris
Canterbury Tales. - published by Pickering;
.Ics MeISmorphoses dOvidc," with l2g en-.
cravings, published lSOS Retzchs illustrations
OF Schiller aud Shakespeare, three volumes, with loo
outline plates in each, published In 1872 set or
works illustrated by DOre. including "ldyls OF tho
King,n artist proof impressions; Don Qnixotc, y
'B6ic Old and Now Tcstamcns.' I'll Purgatoria,"
'l Iaradso' and ''L'Enfcr. with Italian text; Per
raulds Conles. French text; "Mythologie du Rhin'
and Wandering Jew;n Hogafth's works, $50 steel Gu
Cravings, and many others, valuable Tor rarity and
beauty. The library, with the exception Of the med
cal works will be sold tomorrow and Friday evenings
at Clinton Hall