The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-05-13
The Loaa Exhibition.

The formal opening of the Loan EXhi-
bitiOn in aid of the Building Fund of the
Honolulu Library and Reading Room, took
place on Monday last at 1880 II. NJ. 1t was
found desirable, i'll order to allow every one
the opportunity who wished to be present
at the opening, and also to permit of the
arrangement of exhibits received at the
last moment, to select the evening for this
At the appointed time there
was a fair attendance of visitors, amongst
whom was His Majesty the King, attended
by Colonel Iaukea. His Majesty's Minis
tiers were also present. Mr.. ). B. Dole, on
behalf of the Trustees, read II clever and
thoughtful address, at the close OF which
he declared the exhibition open. The
entrance to the exhibition is from
pies the ground floor apartments of
two of the divisions of Mr.. Camp
BELLS large building. Til apartments are
connected by two archways, so as virtually
to form one large room. We cannot give
to-day any detailed account of its contents.
The official catalogue of the exhibits eX-
tends to 10 pages, and there are, we believe,
a number of interesting articles in the eX-
hibition which were sent too late to be
ca~talogued. The surprisingly large collec-
ton of paintings and engravings, many of
them of much value, is the first thing
that attracts attention on entering the
room. Almost the whole space of both
divisions of the apartment above a
certain line is covered with these works
of art. AS the building was not de-
signed for an art gallery the light dur
ing the day time hardly does justice
to some parts of the collection. There is
more than a days work for anyone who
loves the art in the examination of these
pictures. Among them are a number of they
works of local amateurs Mrs. \. +. Judd,
! Mrs. McGrew, Mrs. Atberton, Mrs. II. >.
Spaulding, Mrs. 5. b. Dole, Mrs. Tichnor,
RS. Damon, Miss Annie Parke, Miss Isen-
berg, Miss Helen Whitney; Mr.. r. Coving-
ton, Mr.. y. II. k and Captain Jack
son. There are also a number of pictures
by artists whom we claim as belonging to
US at present, although their stay may not
| be permanent. Foremost among these, We
must praise Mr.. FurneauX. His last picture
"A coast view looking north from near the
| jetty, at Hilo. (No. 81 is to our mind, one.
of the best pictures he has painted here
No. IS, moonlight, Waiolama, is also a
pleasing picture. Mr.. w. a. Coulter, of.
whose marine pictures several are to be
found at the exhibition is a more recent az
rival amongst us. His large painting, No.
| 81, "A scene on the coast of California"
has had a prominent position accorded to
il. No. 90, ga scene on the Danish Coast
pIeases us better. OF Mrs. T.. b. Mitchell's
\ paintings there are several in the Exhibit
tiOn-her panel paintings have been uni
versally admired. OF the productions of
foreign artists and the copies from the pic
lures of famous masters, we have not space
6, II, Pc, 81, ~, So, So and III, as worthy of
study. The last ns%antioned, ga scene on
the Sierras," is a SNking picture. We
may also mention a picture not in the cata-
logue, 1.-THE L. 5. Ship Columbus off Cape
Henry" as a work of much merit.
On the right hand side of the en-
trance is the Natural History collection,
prominent amongst which are Il splendid
tiger skin, belonging to II. II. III. Princess
Liliuokalani and a well preserved head of
a walrus. A choice collection of Hawaiian
ferns adorns the walls and on the tables are
named collections of Hawaiian insects and
shells which possess scientific value besides
being interesting as exhibits. y wall
case contains some really fine shells and
the specimens of coral are numerous, and
some of them very fine. Two cases on the
Eva side of the room contain stuffed birds;
one the choicer species from among our
own birds, and the other Australian
forms, many of them very beautiful. The
centre and the makai side of this room
contain quite a large collection of stat
uary, brOnZes, medallions, large Vases
and other ceramic ware, candelabra,
clocks etc. Some of the articles exhibited in
this department are very handsome and
the collection as a whole, is one of thG.most
striking features of the Exhibition.
On the Eva side of this part oil
the room is the collection of gems and
4 jewelry. Here CONSPICUOUS are the insig-
mia of the various orders that have
been conferred on King Kalakaua, objects
as Interesting as they are handsome. In
the same case are two splendid bracelets
lent for exhibition by Queen Emma. One
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"A portrait of the donor. The display of jew
elry from other sources is not very extern
sive, but nevertheless forms an attractive
exhibit, and would nave been more SO il
suitable cases for its display had been avail
, able. \ majority of these exhibits are
rather curious than strikingly handsome.
Madame Koechlin's diamonds in sprays
and cOrOnet, q ruby and diamond ring
: given to Mr.. a. L. Atkinson by the present
, Emperor of Russia and "a set of cairn gorum
jewelry with heavy gold necklace form
- exceptions to- this rule. If they could he
- n properly the less conspicuous articles
es1od oily the canoes are of greater interest
as eXfIs~ thanthese mere snowy articles.
Close a choice collection o.
laces' some %>am of rare beauty. Mr.
Cartwright's nuhTS<> tic collection adioins
This would suffice as m pE1ect matter of :
bulky volume if the inciG2.-Y and charac
ters of historic interest whiy.S.,she coin
upon. dBeU
III the inner room a collection of tba ~
, IactuIes OF Japan and China first attrocfS
, attehtloh' bronzcs, and chinawaIa fr0n,
the same countries are to he found boro 1911
-, also IN the department already snotoln "r
where they are grouped with the eiD,;I.Ul
l productions of other lands. \ nun,bana
= musical Instruments collected nv HI Hr.
Jesty the King, in India, adioin the I'LL
OF ia anese ware. a large part of Tho 49,,
Is devoted to the Archaeological division -
; the exhibition. Here are the objects yybicI