Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-04-27
-4RT NOTES.


on a full-length life-size portrait of Martha
Washington,-the first of that kind it is said.
| ever painted Of her. The likeness adopted
Tor the picture is that by Gilbert Stuart,
WaShlngton's favOrlte artist, but which, it
Will oe remembered, showed only the face and
Dust. The dress is historically correct, both in
material and style, and the same may be said
OF the principal accessories, which are after
careful studies made at Mount Vernon. Aside
from its historical interest, the picture, with
It's pure pink and white colOrS against a back
f ground OF dark dark green and brown, is as beauti
1ul as lovely bouquet. Mr.. Andrews eX.
poets to sail for Europe in June, for stay of
SeVeral months. He will be accompanied by
his wife.
-Ihe auction sale of pictures by local artists,
to which reference was made in this column
last week, has been fixed for Tuesday and Wed
neSday evenings of next week. The catalogue
VIII contain nearly one hundred numbers,
| and includes contributions from Weyl, Fisher.
KWeuzee, Wnrre, pEd pklmdlebeIger, Turner, BaumgraS,
oe ON exhibition in the sales room, No. 5S3 18th
street. tCOrcOran Building), on and after Mon
day next, and we bespeak for them not only a
crltlcal examination by our art loving people,
but also large attendance of liberal buyers
| on the evening of the sale. The artists wish it
particularly understood that every picture
Will be offered in good faith, and sold to the
highest bidder, without reserve.
- Hard times are affecting general business
in England, as well as in this country; buS
there, as here, and even IN greater degree,
there are always very rich men enough to pay
high high prices for choice pictures, when such
collection, held in London on the 9th inst, oil
paintings by Turner brought the following
Psiees kome from the Mount ;Avenine"
Light" s2IiSoO; ANCIENT Italy, and its com ON
Moden ssg viSnns Campo
color drawings from 81 ,OOOto 5000 each. Other
large prices obtained at the same sale were as
f9lloWS:-SirJoslma Reynolds, portrait of Hon:
$3.50, and BOnningtOn's Fish Market and
Grand Canal, Venice 300 each. The total
amount realized at the sale was s356,575,-said
to be the largest sum ever produced by such
spall number of pictures.
MIR. Whistler, who prideS himself on being
regarded as one of the most original artists in
England,-One of the painters of the future, so
to Speak,-iS building house at Chelsea, just
out OF London, so very eccentric in shape,
hausted every form of entreaty in trying to in
duce the artist to modify the fantastic nature
OF his designs.n Just what the design is we
o Mr 9 nSg
Which come TO this country from time to time,
II Is cute safe to assume that he could get up
something something in that way which would be uncom-
monty OutTe and aggravating.
1T is pretty broadly limited by persons who
profess to know, or rather who claim to have
good grounds for Judging accurately, that the
late sale of the Latham collection of pictures
In New York was not a genuine one through
out. The allegation is to the effect that in
the real purchasers. that in others the pictures
dld not Drlng the prices reported, while in
others, where pictures were run up to a high
figure and knocked down, there was no sale at
all. The story does not sound reasonable: the
reputation of both Mr.. Latham and the auc-
tIoneers 1orbldS the belief that it is true. At
the same time, it must be admitted that in the
picture trade, as in the horse and liquor bust
ness, there are many things outsiders do not
understand
1t is pleasant to know that so eminent an
art critic as Mr.. Charles Blanc, who, by the
way, has recently been appointed to the only
chair OF aesthetics in France, is highly pleased
with BarthOldi's colossal statue of Liberty.
proposed to be placed IN New York harbOr.
NJ Blanc s authority in art matters is unQueS-
TONED, and when he says that the statue will
be noble work there can be little doubt Of it
I'D the minds of other people.
MIR. Poole returned this week from Flor
ida, where he has been for some time past.
Not having any orange plantations to dispose
OF, he is not greatly enamOred of that country
lie Will go to pooleSvlle at once to complete
make number of careful studies and sketches
| on and in the vicinity of Sugar Loaf, with
the intention IN MI OF painting large picture typi
He will probably spend the summer in the
| Piedmont country of Maryland, and may 90
| to Europe in the fall.
MIR. MOran's large new picture of Ponce
| de Leon in Florida, to which reference was
| made last week, is now on exhibition in the
| COrcOran Gallery 1t is we'll worthy the atten-
| uOn OF cOnnOiSSeurs and the public.
Mr.. Messer, who has been laid up at home
| for some days with an attack of fever, which
! at one time threatened to be a rather serious
affalr, is out again. and at his studio, but still
actively
| Notwithstanding the fact that there
were some remarkably fine pictures and
| great many strong names represented in the
| COttier collection which was sold in New York
| on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings of this
| week, and in the face of the extravagant Way
| i'll which the whole gallery was praised by the
| critics of that city, the prices brought were
| very low, as high class works of arc 60 nova
| days. The prOprietorS must have been greatly
| disgusted with the result, which footed up
| only $50, S21, although one hundred and thirty
| four pictures were sold. Twenty of the most
| important were withdrawn or passed includ-
| ing COrOt'S "Orpheus" and MOntcellis
Temple of JOy,"-the former failing to bring
| bid al the upset price of $4,000. The paint.
! mgs which brought over 1000 were the fol-
| lowing: COrOt'S Summer Morning." 22x32.
$3,O25; Millet's "Carding WOOL 1Sxl5, 81 75O:
| ROusseau'S Forest of FOntainebleau,' SIX
| l5%, 81, $50; ROybet's Return from the Chase"
| 36x27, s., 700: Mauve's " Pastures in Holand.n
| 3lX4S, $3.50; Jacques Maris's Sea Weed
GathererS," 1SX44, ST 200; COrOt'S "LandScape
with ROCkS,' l5X25. 81 .0N.