National Republican. (Washington City (D.C.)) 1872-1888, 1882-01-03
ART NOTES,

Millais has been asked to paint the Princess
Mary, daughter of the Duke of Edinburgh.
Sketches in pencil and water color by the late
Bnyard Taylor are about to be exhibited III New
York.
Viola" an ideal portrait by Sir Frederick
leighton, Is being engraved in London before II
goes TO the United States.
"The Miracles of st. Benedict" by Rubens, was
sold at the Hotel Drouot for $4,000 to the Royal
Museum of Brussels.
The French government bought five pictures at
the sale of Courbets works, at the Hotel Drouot.
The announcement was received with cheers.
Another scientist to receive monument is Pro-
lessor Jakob Noggerath, the geolOgist who died in
1877. II stands over his tomb at Bonn, and is by
Nbert Kupper.
NJ. Clesinger has three statues of celebrated
8fench generals ready for the esplanade of the
Hotel des Invalides. They are Marceau, Hoche
kleber, and Desaix.
A collection Of old portraits of the Mathcr fam
ny ny Is SHOWN AZ Hartford. among them are the
hkenesses OF Increase and Cotton Mnther, the po-
tent clergymen OF early New England.
Painters In Paris who devote themselves mainly
10 animals have formed separate society of an
imalists." Here is chance for the esprit GdtiOis
TO show Itself In making broad fun.
Mr.. Frank Duveneck's exhibition in Boston has
fallen rather fiat, If the comments of the local
press go for anything. 1t is possible that he will
make Cincinnati his headquarters for the winter.
Paris is to have duplicate Of the statue Of Pal
issy, the potter by Barrias 1t will stand in front
OF the chapel that gave the signal for the slaughter
OF Professionals on ST. Bartholomew's Day.
A new club in Boston, something like the Tile
Club Of New York, is about to illustrate for Hough-
ton, Miflin & Co. tho poems of SIR. Il. b. Aldrfch
editor Of the Atlantic. 1t is called the Paint aud
Clay Club.
The committee appointed by the Connecticut
Legislature 70 report on u statueto Governor Buck
ingh1am for the state Capitol have reduced the
Thompson, and Warner.
Ezekiel, a talented young Jewish statuary now
in Rome at work on statues for the Corcoran Art
Gallery, has sent to Cincinnati Il bronze bust of
EpnOZl. his great DlilOSDuhipnl rOrnlipiOuist Tho
order came from the osterman Lodge.
Miss Dora Wheeler, of New York, takes both
first and second prize in the competition for
Prnngs Christmas cards The votes of artists and
the votes of the general public were taken, and in
both cases the first prize went to the same card
The Salmagundi Exhibition did not find very
great favor at the hands OF the critics but thepub-
lie has recognized its value in the way that artists
90 not scorn-by buying literally. One reason
for this Is the fact that exhibition of the year
contains so many small sketches unpopular prices.
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