, 1877-06-30
AHT-Nt)'1'EH

II said TINT Queen hinry II. Imported the
Lore for porcelain from the Hague Into England.
shc Gllc,l hcr rooms at 1Iampton-Court Palace
with blue porcelain, which il sti'l preserved
there.
sir. Henry Weeks, the English aculrtor, died
Ma5 9s ut thc age Of 10 years. Ills chfef work
!. the monument TO Shelley and tis second wife,
Siafy Wollstonssroit 00lwin, IN Cf,ristet'nrc!!',
~ shclcys ashes lie buried IN Rvtnc, ntld Mary
Shelley was inferred at Boarnen,ottt,, few
miles from ChrlAtchurch.
Miss Thompson. who latd t1e foundation OF
her fame u an artist BY the exhibition in 1874 Of
sinse itch Executed three IN ,n',';.ry paintnn,, nas
which hare cqua,cl tho first In merit. The fur
pictures arc nun tugethcr In the r,,oms of The
Flnc.hrt Society IN i.ondpn The one recently
cr'nan," and IL thus described by tic AcaIen,y:
The .esne T. the sond that curved down tho TO-
called nome 1tdge 10 The camn of the second Di.
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ra rp"ks; ;;. 'ntsfmxea ssa wi'h fog no.t ansleat.
Tho aeSus acc sn5 tG hhy s9e
priate, and. 70 far y Tho conditions permit, Ids
4nate'y varied; on these. however. W necit nut
kind. with lc.. aelion md grin nensIty that, liz
,Qnasre !itns' and lc;s feryor of aenl.nhsttact
s'r sn - the T. ,. new peass
artlst.likG treatment. AMI even .upcsof Ia in.
prsssisc gronpins,-tbe forward .swerstny lfno of
acEree; Hhie the faculty of pictorial exesusioi. @
has, We think. reached hero higher development
H. than L. any rrss!eus wStk oi t. snshy:; M!s.
and, what IL butter, dcserscd-a succcss.
The Portfolio for Juno has tho accustomed
attractions n,Nl teachings for art-ioyerr. 'rhc
frat picture Is On etching by FrancoI, Flameng
fssa OF sns # { The Il S9'syS f ysaI .sl # tc1v Ta
-ts tizc being sixteen tncllts by twelve and d
half; ind represents a young girl leaning ulUt
? RCD cushion, holltn: Al, apple carclctsly In ier
Its oa h1%6 laF le!ng an 1hioas I'D sr 9rs
17asj, and tic.l In 1906. lie studied mostly In
Paris, and 'ls simple, natural styte was I'M
nprtecl3ted l' his DAY; but, since lie death, III.
works hare become highly rrzcd Tor thelr
tluts. In tho ctehine contained In tic
!orffotto tho expression Of the original Is carc-
fully prcecrrcd, and tho eirl looks out wlstiuIly
graphical ekctch Of 0rcuxc is followed iy tic
usual nrtcls concerning Albert Ducrcr and hls
e1porarlfs,-lreatlng,t th!s tiE,c, u Dueret't
ltlenu, Inc ltAllaf1t s'1cUpD uG HArliarl. One OF
the engraylngs Of Barbarl, lloIy Family with
It. Paul, ~ Elycn BY tho hclIoaravuru process
THIS IL followed by review, with Illustrations,
Of SQutcrfs Peru. Next Is m etching BY At,,Il.
grin Of i portrait by I.cty Of the Princess Mary
Of England, daughter Of James IT,; after
wards QUEEN Mary II. She was beaa-
ttfuf and engaging ellt.l, AMI in this
picture 10 represented, at al0ut IL years pf oge
as Diana, with bow and arrow, crescent ulWHl
her forehead, md hound following, Tic
painter, Iely, was native Of West pilalIn, and
Prince William Of Orange. lie was employed
ny Charles l., BY Cromwell. and by C1lartcs H.,
-bctng kntGhlcd by the lattcr tnoilarcl,+ flu Ii
known br the great number rather than by tho
great vulue Ut hts purtraits. Tho ,Iiorffolk,
describes the new Hrosyenor Gallery, In Honri
street,. LotAlon, as belnG qu!ta the patadisc uf
gtNtl pictures. There tho paintlngs arc hung with
the Utmost carc aiI tastc.-those uf any ul,e
artist tetuE plaeetf togethcr,-nuu the effect Of
the light atd surroundings carefully studied.
The pict1Eca aro exceptionally good; ulauv OF
them arc loaned, scarcely mnTo tlla,l half being
tor sale. Tie gallery, with It's furnishings aud
decorations, In Qutg patrtcian.-thc walls Ut the
different rooms being hung with figured GRIM
sou silk, tile iczc painted Ia dcltratc asacsoIc
the pslaatcrs and ccItIng colurc'l and gildcd and
the doorways drapc!l With handsome curtains.
Marble tables and persiAn rugs, clcgat,t cllara
an3 colicl,cs, pottery and chin, and groups nf
plants. thstafu1ty arranged, help 10 sdosn tho
apartments.