Evening star., 1877-12-17
-fR NOTES.

constituting the Loan Collection now on eNhl-
hitiOn at Vernon Row are to be returned 20
their respective owners this week. This viii
neceSSltate the close of the exhibition on
thursday evening next. the 3ith inst. Those
VINO nave not Yet enjoyed visit To the gal
leTy. and who wish to avail themselves OF this
opportunity TO see some OF the choicest pie
lures IN the city, viii therefore have bar iItle
more time IN which To do SO; and the chance
should not be lost Up To this time We are
glad 10 learn. the attendance has been qui;e
as ,arge as was expected, and il il keeps mp rs
well To the end the anticipations Of the CLUB in
that regard VIII I've fully realized. From the
nature of the exhibition ii was MOI tnou.ht
that II would draw the general public. - 20
speak but on this point the Club has been
aSfeeably surprised. The attendance. bo,h in
numbers and character, has been Suca as %
show not only wide interest i'm the objects of
the association but also a very gratifying an
pteclatlon OF its efforts 10 elevate the standard
oi popular taste.
- Now that the supply of ginger jars and
SeltZer water bottles must he about eN
hausted, in the rage for pottery decoration.
we beg To direct attention 10 the immense
stock ot Arnold Ink bottles lying around loose
These should not be overlooked i'm the search
after the Beautiful. with big b. In form
they fairly reach the standard of EaStakism
with the additional advantage of being re-
markably strong. They ought, therefore. TO
pe utlilzed. Besides : furnishing. jus, too
sweet for anything they would thus be kept
out OF the hands of unScrupulouS StationerS
who we fear, do not hesitate 10 refill them
With a spurious fluid. and in this WAY impoSa
alike upon the original Jacobs and an limo
cent and confding public. Ii i not often that
hIgh art and commercial integrity can be- 80
Wen served al 2 single stroke as in the way
above suggested
AT Galt's jewelry store may be seen
couple of water colorS. just received from the
easel OF Mr.. Ross Turner. who is still prose
cutting his art studies at Munich They both
show quite an advance on any work Mr.. Turner
mas Yet done, and are great improvement on
the pair of oil paintings lie sent over some time
ago. Not only are the drawings under notice
very gratifying as results already achieved,
but they give much more pleasure to his
friends in what they promise for the future
We may add. furthermore. that they abund-
antly justify The position heretofore taken in
these cOlumns-that water cOiorS are Mr.. Tur-
ner's forte. We do not remember anything he
has done in oil 50 meritoriOuS as these two
drawings.
1t is understood that ma lority of the best
French artists will send their exhibition pieces
TO the Salon, as usual, next year, instead of ID
the Universal Exposition al Paris which one
would naturally suppose would be taken ad-
vantage OF by them. They hold, however, and
doubtless correctly, that file work has much
less chance OF ma king favorable impression
If exhibited in such a vast affair than ii shown
under more favorable circumstances in place
oil narrower limits devoted exclusively to art
They maintain too, that the publicity thus ob-
tanned VIII be nearly As great, since every art
lover who goes to Paris to see the Exposition
VIII be certain 10 visit the .S1l0n also
The most remarkable exhibitor i'm the
Pi'>'ht NAHibittDil VI lDc DpCitlN OI DfltiSH
Al fists is, according to so high an authority as
Mr.. w. NJ. Rosetti, a lady,-Miss Meyer, by
name. Her principal picture, which is called
Her Royal HighnesS Birthday is intended
to represent scene described in Miss Bur
ney'S Memoirs. Ii shows the royal family
George III, Queen Charlotte, and and the little
PTincess.-aSSembled on the terrace II Wind
sOr Castle, with number of personages of the
cOurt-h0usehold grouped around. The paint
ing and general management Of the picture
are pronounced broad and extremely able.
The vessel bringing the granite pedestal
intended for Browns equestrian statue often.
Greene, to be placed i'm Stanton Sd.;are inter.
section of Massachusetts and nrarvland ava
nueS and & and 5th str,,-.rs northeast. came
Safeiy INTO port last Inursday after a longand
rOueh passage from Quincy of some twenty
hIe Gays. Ihe pedestal viii be put in position
at once, and the bronze figures viii be shipped
from the foundry at Philadelphia without de.
lay and ii is expected that the whole will be
put up and completed within the next ten days.
Whatever else may be claimed for the two
rival braggart cities of the west, they are not
likely to impress the public very favorably as
patrons OF art. AT recent attempted sale of
high-class paintings in St Louis only eighteen
pictures were bought out of one hundred and
twenty put up the first evening and only four
teen out OF the second nights Offering of
eighty: and i'm these eases, as one might sup
pose, the prices obtained were very low. A
like effort i'm Chicago resulted even more dis
astrOusly, il is Sad,-SO badly. in fact, that the
particulars have not been made known.
Our readers and citizens generally viii be
sorry to hear that Wards equestrian statue of
| Gen. Thomas, intended for the NJ and nth
streets circle, is not likely to be completed and
! put i'm it. place for nearly year yet. Consd-
ering this probability, an inquiry is likely TO
| arise as to the necessity for dismantling the
| beautiful spot intended to receive it so long
| before the statuary is ready. 1t might as well
have been left i'm its original attractive condi-
| tlon until some time next summer.
Last Mondays Graphic contained wretch
| ed picture of the Minute Man, the noble
piece of statuary placed on the battlefield of
| Lexington two years ago, on the centennial
| anniversary of the first battle of the RevOlu-
| tiOn. This spirited figure. it will be remem-
| bered, was the work of Mr. ID. G.. French of
| this city, An excellent model of if, reduced
i'm size, by the artist himself, may be seen at
| BarlOw's.
| The first night exhibition of the season at
theCOrcOran Gallery-lastT Thursday evening
was not very largely attended, owing, no
doubt, to the fact that insufficient notice of the
results may be expected i'm the future, when
| the fact of evening exhibitions is once i'm
pressed on the popular mind.
| 1t is suggestive and gratifying fact that
| at The Myers & Hedian sale of paintings, which
| took place i'm Baltimore last week, pictures by
| American artists were more i'm demand and
| brought better prices as rule than those by
| foreigners.
-BOughtOn's picture, civilian the Testy,"
| recently added to the treasures i'm the COrcOran
Gallery, is to be engraved for the Art JouTssal.
| The eng craving, we are told is now under way,
| and promises to be an unusually fine one.
|
| AFTER OsMAN PASHA'S SURRENDER.-When
| Osman Pasha was presented to the Grand
| Duke Nicholas after his surrender they shook
hands, and the Duke congratulated him and
| said, T. congratulate you on your defence of
Plevna. Il is one of the most splendid feats i'm