Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1878-07-26
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OF THT rEoC ADEBo-- AEMoB. AIMS AND RI
GALA or MrN FAMOUS IN HISTORY TIN
SWORD AND MAIL OF cHAEIs VIM ABMoR
PRESENTED by QuErN ISABELLA TO Christie
rHn co1rMuus-1HE F1EsT Pianos INLs
PROM scASuINAyIAN FOLK LnE.
Especial Correspondence oi THr rnGSi1.l
PANS. July 18th, ls7s
The retrospective art gallery Of the palace
Of the Trocadero is At last open to the visitor.
1t is a collection Of about POO 0oo exhibits
such ~ have never been seen. in so great pro
fusion. on our side the water, and will not he
seen for q thousand years, or until the tele-
phone. steam engine, sewing machine and
Gattliug gun shall have taken their places
among the curious relics Of a remote ciyiliza-
ton A visitor from America. unless be has
some special object in view. had better waste
no time waiting until his turn comes 20 enter
the crowded left wing Of the palace, but turn
to the right, traverse the portico Of the rotun-
da and proceed to the right wing. On his
way he will from the arcade. admire the
splendid panorama spread out before him,
aud stop FOR a moment in tn central balcony
TO look down upon the artificial cascades.
However hot the weather. the air is freAEeued
here by the dense spray thrown high in air
by the fountains On the first floor Of the
left wing, a Spanish retrospective exhibition
was innugurated last week 10y Don Francisco
d. Bourbon. the husband Of Donna Isabella
The staircase leading 10 it is hung with an
uque carpets manufactured il the Low Coun-
tries. and what is now French Flanders. for
Philip the Handsome. Of Austria, brother-in-
law of Cathariue Of Arragou for Charles the
Fifth. and Philip the Second. IL the lobby
10 the right there is an photographic collec-
ton showing the styles and costumes Of cy-
cry province Of Spain. Facing them are the
fresco pictures Of Goya transferred from the
walls of IL house in Madrid. and brought TO
the TrocAd,ro TO be exhibited and perhaps
sold. Goya was Il contemporary Of Vatican.
But what a difference Of style He was one
of the most audacious colorists that ever
lived and was imbucd with the spirit Of the
coming revolution. When Victor Hugo was
"a boy at Madrid Goya died there at the age
Of 90. The Spanish painter was the precur-
sor Of the Romantic school. which, however,
knew nothing about him until Theophile
Gautier made uu artistic Aploution across the
/ Pyrenees.
Two dummies clad IN the hrmor Of tho six
teeuth century guard the door Of this Span
ISL museum. They are the commencement
Of a series Of armors eNquisitely wrought in
steel and Ia the precious metals Charles the
Fifth in the coat Of mail which he wore on
| the day Of his victorious entrance into Tunis,
7 Sc. 8. l.
/ a Flemish horse with cross Of Arab blood.
/ and covered. Ike his rider. with steel plates
/ in repouNN, workmanship. His charger Is ell
/ evated on a square pedestal, and Is modelled
/ from ancient medals and pictures. At the
/ corners of the pedestal are the efhgies of four
mailed Warrior. One is the Duke Of AlyA.
I His aunor, which can Ice seen at the Troca-
/ dero, was sold to a French Jew for 200 600
} frames by the brother-in-lsw Of the Empress
Eugsnie to pay gambling debt of his wife
. Tn, second coat Of mail is Of dainascened met
/ al and was pres, nted 10 Christopher Colun-
! bus los Isabella Of Castillo. Boabdirs silver
I caslue. the sword Of Charles the Fifth. the
arms Of John of Austria and Fernando Cortes
/ are also il this collection. We again come to
, a series Of tapestries; they are Flemish, and
B were made in the seventee nth century. when
! yandyke and Rubens painted for the weavers
/ Of Burg,s and Brussels Those interested in
| pottery should look well at the Spanish
/ Arab ceramics, one Of which is a vase Of great
size, enaInelled il the style Of the one taken
/ from the Alhainbra- An antique Portuguese
/ bed, the property Of the Due de Santos, is
/ perhaps the most valuable Of any Of the Won
derful things exhibited il this wing. for Ra-
( phael designed the pictorial medallions and
ornaments decorating it. Among the musical
/ instruments there i one made by h. Christie
J phori. the inventor Of the instrument. for a
/ Spanish Queen. She had employed ,the leg
end says Christopher to quiet the melan-
choly spirit that troubled her royal husband
/ To reproduce the musical effects Of the Italian
| choruses be taxed his ingenuity and mechan-
/ zeal genius. The piano forte rewArded.the
/ Queen patronage and the inventor labor
! We have now reached the end of the gal
| lery from which We descend by a flight of
steps TO the photographic exhibition Of the
! Scandinavian peoples. We find here skulls,
skeletons Runic inscriptions, and interiors Of
huts houses and tents, with cnstumed figures
a. large as life representing the inhabitants
/ by IA series Of striking tableaux, such a. were
exhibited IL the swedish and Norw egian de-
partmeut. at Philadelphia. a Fair Day at
Mora embraces great variety of men. WON
en-, girls and children Of remote province.
where simple ways prevail, and patriarchal
customs arr kept mp. The Clild's Last Bed
is composed from picture Of Lnndgrin.
The scene is in Delacarlia. A mother is plac-
ing baby she la, just lost in "A coffin. An
other child is sitting near il it, cot, wonder
ing what it is all about, while godfather and
godmother, with neighbors aud relations Of
the little departed, are standing near A girl
of seven or eight years who probably mind
ed" il often, runs forward to place d rattle
and some other toys in the coffin. An Of
fer of Marriage" is also taken from a painting
! Of Lundgrin. c. A =.