The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-12-06
FINE. ARTS.
THE sHERwooD-HAnr COLLECTION.

THE sHERwOoD-HART COLLECTION.
"A private view given last evening. at the Ma
tional Academy of Design. of the pictures forming
the collections of Messrs John II. Sherwood and
Benjamin Hart, both well known collectors. which
will be public exhibition until the sale under
the direction of s. P. Avery. at Chickering Hail.
the evenings Of the 18th and 18th insts The large
gathering. as usual such occasions. composed
Of collectors artists dealers. lovers of art on gen.
eral principles and critics.
1t may be that the memory of the excellence of the
Spencer collection. sold last spring. has made us
difficult to please. but must confess that on
viewing the present we were considerably dis
appointed. True there many good pictures to
be found, but there are also many which medi-
OGRE or positively bad. Mr.. Sherwoods collection
comprises many works of our American painters;
some Scotch and English pictures Of little or in-
terest excellence. and among the paintings by
foreign hands several late purchases. which are,
with few notable exceptions. unimportant ex-
amples of men OF name. Among Mr.. Harris pic.
lures. which are chiefly foreign, may be found
number of early pictures by we'll known men Of
to-day. as we'll as more striking examples OF their
recent work.
which hung in the large south and smaller east
and west galleries Of the building, One Of the best
sonier~aA Halt at the cabsret"-which is strong in
it's effects OF light and shade. and contains finely
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figure. "Waiting for an Audience reminds one Of
Lesrel. not as strong man. but better known
by Troyon is called "The Ford" James
Drummond. R. s. a., is represented by
casional bits Of good painting and called Round
heads ana Cavaliers" and "Sir Walter Scott Mt the
Bric-aBrac Shop Of John Howell" His compatriot
and fellow Scottish academican. Gourlay Steel. has
been guilty OF Ave Of the most cllromolke and
artistically unnterest1ng animal pictures which we
havaq aan or n N Ia an
insignificant little Daz whose larger "Wood Scene"
also does not rebound to his credit. couple Of
interesting examples of Glaize show some very
Image Seller" and 'rhe Chinese Bazaar" Tho
but fair quality. dead for Ducat" is an excellent
rat and terrier story by J. Meln. Antonio Rotta's
study by villeaas is called Spanish Devotion"
Near 1t is an exceedingly clever and effective Ma.
aaSacs s hr hs nu ws1A
Wyant's October Landscape" is ono Of his best
works shrs g is represented by couple Of
Arab Caravan at Rest and John $, Sargent signs
clever but excessively impressionistic work. 'Ths
Two early examples of De Mites. one snf the
strongest painters Of to-day will be found Of inter-
little se suro pieoe
look at first sight to be scared turkeys are bounding
6r draw but heavy in COLOR There are three Of
winsow Homers effective and essentially American
scenes. S Of which Swapping the Whip Is the
sterling little picture larger example OF
his work 4 .wOatsr van Twillsr's First
Scene was painted in this country years ago. An
excellent little Kowalski is Hare Hunting
or the three Rcos much prefer the scene on the
Seine near Poissy Van Mieris .'Tarquin and Lucre.
tia" will be remembered as having formed part OF
Troyon snimitsbe in animal expression Is called
Cow and Dog" His "Pasturage-valley OF the
TONGUE" is superb stndy Two S9ld ssgsigreea
smaller work. different in style from the examples
we usually see. but fresh and charming. is The
| scene in the White Mountains is by no means Of
| his best Frmin Girard's "Arcadian Scene is ~
OF the two Van Marches, tho smaller, 'sPasturage
in the Landes." is much better than the more inn
Slave Market by Decamps. is very fine In color and
tone. but poor in its nudes An admirable little Vibert
D Ssia of Rosana while mastery in pars:no-
tably in the head of the dead woman--is very un-
. as in g @
group OF deliciously children The story
| H. cleverly told and the work is good in Henri
PILES Autumn pair OF old lovers talking over
| the might have been. Palmerolis "The Pretty
Model is SO charming that we pardon little laxity
painted. and might at hrst glance be credited to
Meissonier Not refined. certainly. but very we'll
vestigation." Charnays little 'Girl Picking
Fowers is dainty Bit 1t viii hardly be said that
an Oriental woman. really delicious ittle work is
Heilbuth's Promenade" An early and careful
Jacquet Is "The Lesson In Shooting. There 10 very
| clever drawing and much character in f. Barnard's
| rather hard "Going to the Dance IN Old
England There Is small Rousseau Of good
| quality. Cabanels large nude "Eve After the Ex.
| pulsion" does him moro credit than his present
| work. Pelouze. new light in French landscape
has 81 small study. and there are couple OF water
| colors by Fortuny. Several Guys show how ad-
mirabiy he could paint, he did not look at every
| thing In scientific aud studio light. In some
early works J. G. Brown is not seen to advantage
and recent example of r. Swain Clifford shows him
! at his best. Among the remaining painters rep
resented Oswald Achenbach, Baugnet. Boulan.
ger. Boutibonne. Chaplin. Clays. Dupre. Guess
jacques. Jazet. Geber Schenck, Stevens. vilegass
Zem, s. II. Clifford. James NJ. Hart j. B. Irving, W. +.
Richards, Scott E. NJ. Ward and Whittredge.