The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-20
DELANEY ELECTED MEMBER OF THE FRENCH

ACADEMY OF FINE AITs.
Jules Ellie Delaney, distinguished French
painter has been elected succeed the late Alex
andre Jean Baptiste Hesss in the section of Fine
Arts of the French Institute M. Bonnat his
principal opponent. polling seventeen votes TO NJ
Deauney's eighteen. NJ. Delaney was born at
Nantes is pupil of II. Flandrn and De Lamothe and
is in his hfty-second year. He took the Prix de
Rome in 1856 with his .Retour de Tobie." Benjamin
Ulmapn being of his principal competitors.
He received medal of the third class at the Salon OF
1859. of the second that of 1868; nedalled
again in 1865 of the second class at the Unver
sal Exposition of 1857 and the Legion of Honor and
a medal of the first class at the Universal Exposition
of 1878. together with the button Of officer OF the
Legion Among his principal exhibited works at
the Salon "The Communion OF the Apostles"
QS65): 1.-The Pest at Rome" (lS69) both in
the Luxembourg; "The Death of Nessus"
Qs70); .Diana' QS72)-a fine work; DAVID ls74l;
'Ixion Cast Into Hadss $780, and portraits in 1871
1878 aud 1879. At the Universal Exposition of 1878
he was represented by twelve paintings, OF which
eight were 1ava
anu 'Ixion Hurled to He'll" His portraits espe-
cally remarkable for their vigor OF handling. solid
painting their clear outlines, and an intensity OF
lite which has led some to compare them with the
work OF Holbein.
THE sHERwooo-HARr coLLEcTIoN-cHAT AFTER
THE SALE.
The sale of the Sherwood-Hart collection, which
took place at Chckering Hall on Wednesday and
fair total. There very many bargains had. and
some Of the prices ridicuously low. but again.
number Of pictures sold very well. Mr.. Sherwood
lost considerable money his Scotch, English and
American pictures for which he had paid the artists
very liberal prices. Mr.. Harris sixty real
lied nearly half Of the amount paid for the 1875 lots
Experts thought the sale would reach nearly
100000 The owners expected much more, but
what they paid on the average does not represent
actual values. and therefore the total Of
SIT 1888 be called fair result. Still the
not BIO said to be in any way success, for though
the owners valued their works too highly thcy did
not bring on he whole good market prices. great
greater importance and value than any sale III this
country, excepting Mr.. John Taylor Johnston's,'
and to infer in the catalogue tho same thing, by
saying that the sale would be 'second (only) in
try" Picture buyers and others who saw the coli
lection disappointed and recalled those Of
Messrs. Clsghorn, Blodgett Latham. Cottier and
Spencer. the latter Of which showed the results
for $50 725 was obtained for seventy-one canvases-
q greater sum for less than half the number OF
pictures. Or
One thing must be said, and it is greatly to the
credit OF Messrs. Sherwood and Hart, their sale
fur one. Every picture was sold for just what IL
would bring, and there were no pictures limited or
bought ill., Especially is this to Mr.. Sherwood's
honor, for he lost good deal Of money by sticking
the published announcements and protesting
none OF his pictures. 1t Mr.. Robert Goelet who
purchased the large Van Marcke Cattle Near Bor-
deaux," and not his brother Ogden. The Cabanel.
Eve After the Expulsion" and the Al idrazo "a
Spanish Dance were secured by Mr.. II. L. Douse-
man. Of st. Louis. instead of by his friend. Mr.. Il.
to Mr.. c. y: Smith in the account Of the rst nights
sale belong to Mr.. Whitney. s u