Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1878-05-30
THE PICTURE SALE.


Inc sOilectfOn at Masonic Hall.
This evening the art sale at Masonic
Hall will take place under the auspices
of George A. Davis, and the chance is
afforded those of our residents whose
taste and culture are of such an order
as to lead them to aspire to the posses
sion OF artistic gems, to adorn their
homes with paintings that possess real
merit. Bric-a-brac objects of vertu
and pictures, are as essential to the
beautifying of a home as costly furni-
ture, and it Is a very barren apartment
that depends entirely upon the latter
for It's attractIveness. A gem of a
painting, from the easel of some repu-
table artist, be it ever so modest, is a
source of genuine qualification. One
can select a bit of landscape, a breezy
woodland, a quiet stream or ripping
rapid, the possession of which is a par
tlal compensation for the desolate as
pect OF nature out OF doors. Its study
reveals new beauties, and transports
one III imagination to the sceHet that the
artist has conveyed 10 canvas. We no.
ticed a gentleman in the hail yester-
day, who passed by the landscapes,
interiors;, genre sketches and other
paintings until his eye lit upon asport-
ing scene, wild fowl shooting on the
Chesapeake, or some other favored 10
cality. Then be was all enthusiasm.
1t appealed to his W happy experI
ences. Imagine the painting occupy
ing a place i'll his living room. How,
every time his eye rested on the
sketch, he would bubble over with
"reminiscences OF delightful days spent
in the marshes, pleasant memories of
wonderful shots, sagacious dogs, guns
| whose destr uctive qualities could not
be excelled, and everything that cen
tributes to render those, to him, red
letter days enjoyable. Surely the pie
ture that would call up such remem
brances is well worth a handsome
| price, and would be money well in-
vested. Take a New England scene.
1t would have an effect upon one who
made his advent into the world among
the granite hills of that region, as it
did yesterday upon a worthy gentle
man who halls from Maine. Hecouid
see nothing to admire in the collection
until he glanced at a woodland sketch,
transferred from the AndroScoggln,
the Passamaquoddy or the Penob>cot.
Then he gazed, and his mind went
back to boyish days, when nature her
self revealed these beauties to INN,
as he played aud sported on the
banks of the stream aud was a care
less happy youth. Who can tell the
rush OF memories, the Thoughts, re
grets and longings that filled his soul
No lA taxrna tIaf ~ Vt1 AfFA
ing influences was worth a thousand
sermons, and no description, no book
could ave appealed so forciby to him..
1t was a hollow preiense of his, when
he turned away with the moisture
dlmming his sight, to pretend that the
light effected his eyes. We will not re
veal the name nor title of the painting
for fear some other Down Easter will
step in and purchase, but we will pre-
diet that it will be a lively bidder who
takes the prize away from him.
We have attempted to demonstrate
that it Is not the intrinsic value at
tached TO these paintings that make
them valuable. The cost OF the gilt
frame, the price of the anvss the days
work expended in painting them, nor
the fact that they were painted by this
or that distinguished artist, is not to be
considered. If it pleases you, appeals
to your taste, and you covet lie for that
reason, that is the picture for you to
buy. 1t will be a source of pleasure to
you, and we'll worth every dollar that
you pay for it. Visit the gallery to-
day, study The collection. and attend
the sale this evening with a purpose of
purchasing these selections that fulfill,
10 you, the above suggestions.