The New York herald., 1879-07-14
rolume OF the punleation. from january to june Of


The Catalan monthly published in this city. called
La Llam,ssera often gives reproductions OF admira-
BILE drawings and engravings It's elegantly artistic
memorial number to Fortuny will not be forgotten.
The July number now before us, appears with new
title head The full page cuts are good impression
OF u plate reproducing the steel engraving of
Bertra nd's pathetic "Orphelia" and of fine draw
! The August midsummer holiday number OF
Scrbners Magazine will contain finely illustrated
| article on Whistler, by w. c. Brownell The en-
cravings will include reproductions of the pictures,
the arrangement i'll Black and White" the Sym
phony in White. No. Ill.," .'The White Girl and 'At
the Piano" ana. OF the etchings 'Joe.' Thames
Warehouses" "Riault the Engraver. and 'vaux hall
Bridge. There will also be some more of Marsh s
The Paris Municipal Council paid NJ. Ferrari 200
francs tor his group "a Gladiator Playing With
one of the public squares.
The statue OF Sir John Gray. erected in Sack Vile
street. Dublin by public subscription. was unveiled
on the Gath ult.
Sir Frederick Leighton got 5000 guineas for his
"Eli1ah il the Wilderness"
D. Edgar Boehms group which is being executed
on commission from the Queen. for monument
to the Princess Alice for the Frogmore Mausoleum
Is said by The academy to promise well The Prin-
cess lies in sleep, with her head pillow sup
ported by little angels and embracing her child. who
lies at her side. resting her head on her mothers
breast.
Spanish papers say that the hill which the Al
hambra stands has lately shown signs OF land slip,
and that portions have actually fallen.
Adolph Husgar's bronze statue OF Joseph Eo,os
the Hungarian statesman. poet and philosopher, was
recently unveiled at Pesth.
The Greek Archaeological Society have decided to
restore the famous Lion of Cheronala.
number OF water colors and sketches. by Turner
have been placed in room in the English National
Gallery on permanent exhibition.
An important discovery has been made, on the
site OF the ancient Sybaris of two "laminctte' OF
gold with Greek inscriptions.
The statue of the late Prince Consort. which is to
be unveiled by the Prince OF Wales the 22d inst
at Grimsby. weighs three tons, aud was cast in
Berlin.
Henner's "L'Eglogue" and Lefebries "Dane Sur
prise Bain." now in the Salon, have been bought
to go to England.
The following prices are the principal ones OBJ
Copley Felding's Lake vemachar." 125 guineas;
the sames Head of Loeb Lomond,' 263 guineas;
Samuel Prout's "The Fish Market. Rome" 126
guineas; the same's Interior OF Chartres Cathe-
dral. Gao las. Paintings:-J. NJ. w. Turner's
COLOGNE" 400 guineas; Copiey Fieldings Conway
CASTLE" 230 guipeas and II plates and etchngs in
various states, portrait of the artist Turner).
| At another sale of water colors the following
| prices obtained Walkers .'The Rainbow" !"
| 230 guineas; the sames "The Music Lesson" $50
guineas; Copley Fielding's Distant View OF Arun-
| Park 1875 guineas; Alma Tademas Egyptian
Chess Players. 125 guineas and Sir John Gilbert's
Guy Fawkes Brought Before James L." 270
| guineas.
About three hundred pictures by English
artists, insured at 100000. go to the sgd
ney Exhibition. The other European contributions
! will reach in number 500. Among the English
artists represented are Sir Frederick Leighton Mr..
| Calderon, Mr.. Elmore Mr.. Ansdell, Sir j. Gilbert
| Mr.. Prinsep, Mr.. Watts. Mr.. Poole. Mr.. Alma Ia
| dema. Mr.. John Brett Mr.. Horsley. Mr.. Armitage,
| Mr.. Sidney Cooper, Mr.. Cooke, Mr. Storey, Mr..
Crpp. Mr. Lehman, Miss Montalba Mr.. Chevaier
and Mr. Haag. Mr.. Woolner whose statue of Cap
tain Cook overlooks Sydney Harbor, has sent two
three pieces Of sculpture, and Mr.. f. NJ. Barry Mr..
I G. Barry, Mr.. Wyatt and Mr.. Severn contribute
architectural drawings.
The Salon closes on the 3oth inst. at six P. NJ.
| One thousand six hundred artists have promised
over three thousand works for the Munich Interna-
| national Art Exhibition.
An interesting collection of ancient bronzes and
works i'll ivory exhibition in the galleries
| of the Burlington Fine Arts Club. The principal
private collectors who have loaned objects the
Duke of Westminster, Sir Francis Goldsmid, Sir w.
Drake the Rev. Montagu Taylor and Messrs. Drury
Fortnum, W. Sailing. G. Field, p c. Hardwick Bow
! yer and T. Cheney. There about five hundred
works, ranging from the early days of original
Greek art to the beginning of the eighteenth century,
Camille Muller, OF Treport, on the coast of France,
is young painter Of eighteen years of age, and en-
tirely self-taught His works thought worthy to
be hung in the gallery with those of artists OF
the Austrian school now exhibition at the Conti-
mental galleries. in London. OF his nine pictures
one is portrait of his father, two landscapes
| and the rest of still life.
Diaz is said to have given his young friend Renoir
the best lesson he probably received in his life,
| in the following words:-"A painter who respects
| himself should never touch brush without having
| his model before his eyes,"
| Lord Ronald Cover has furnished statuettes of
LORD Beaconsfeld and Mr.. Gladstone the former in
| court costume and the latter telling trees.