New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-03-13

Tr pcturrs studies and sketches NJ the late George
Lcayitt Art Gallery, No Sl7 Broadway preparatory to
the public ar winch Will take place Wednesday even
ing March 10. THIS collection embraces all the works
left by Mr. Baker, and consists chiefly OF ideal heads.
hafeugth figures, and few portraits There are also
a lands,apes and genre Wciutes' win several
studies. Among the most noticeable and interesting
pictures aIe the Monks Head the Italan Water
tarr,r" showing a swarthy lace with DARK luminous
ewes; Revcrirs" which unfinished; The Fur Boa"
a portrait aud several studies OF Italian peasants
Among the other studies are "A spy ana Anne Page
aud ender viii among TIE portraits one OF the ate
j. f. Kensett aud copy Of Copiey portrait o. MISS
Adams the daughter OF john ADAMS are interesting
Inc exhibition Of paintings bY Il iwaIi Gay a. Town
send IL Eyanss Art Rooms, No. lO7 ,st twenty
thtrdst., closed yesterday mas Deen successu Doth
IN tue attendance aud the sales. About twenty pictures
nr,mtment ARE Elstrheser Creek" Down the Lane"
Gram the Uplands," Cattle by the stream" The
bronx" Arlington" and "sprekers BASIN" pub
me safe Of the remaining pictures will be held next Fri
My G Giy viii be represented by 'ine Old Efae" a
with trees and sheep gazing IN field IN the
There some interesting American paintings in
Moure's Art Rooms al Broadway ard Twentythr,-st.
Noticeable among them arc TWO landscapes by A. II.
Wyaut The subjects are similar III character, represent
Ing svampy moors with srdey pools, white small trees
rocks relieve somewhat che baTFenness
~ the scene, and overhead are gray lowering clouds
Eastman johnson in charming ltt9 painting mas de-
cted Cosete fOrlnrn heroine OF Victor HugOs Les
Msrrabes" IA adarkhalred woman her mead leaning gu
her hand and her ace ul OF tragic intensity In con-
frIp her nusrgoyS Meadow with cattle" forms the
by no means mover theme Of large painting hy William
Hart ucar which Is smoothly painted marine by H. T.
Smith.
The recent exhibition of designs for Christmas cards.
if attended with Pleasures certainly not without ITS
palus. At least such ia the opinion OF Mr. Moore VINO
vas much to his subsequent regret, charge OF the
affair. over thousand designs we're sent In, or which
500 were exhibited, aud only four obtained przts IL
naturally followed nearly all The contest were
disappointed aud one man they lose up aud ell upon
Nj. Moore. As the awards were announced
began letters asking him to be kind enough
To tell me why my design failed 10 get "A Drlzo";
ito please say IN what my card was dehcion"; " TO
write me a criticism my caro-; " TO tell ne how my
card ougnt to be- modified" ana To please write me-
what use 1 can pat my design to- Together with all
these letters there was immense amount OF care
needed to Keep the different designs distlnct.And 500
safely returned all Of which proved de-
cIdedly haraSsins
II May-uuy and Midsummer cards were introduced
and became fashionable. BtatiOners and art dealers
windows would blossom all the year round Chrlstmas
Gnu New Years cards give way TO valentines, which
hardly disappeared before their places are taken
by Easter cards The custom OF sending dainty Easter
remembrances, comparatively novel as IL Is
here seems gaining IN popularity every
year, Rnd taslo. directed by the demand