New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-28
EMR PRIME ON THE STAND.
ru.r HE KNOWS ABOUT CYPRIoTE ART.
.v,.,Rs NECESSARY AND CERTAIN REsroRArioNs
JTSTIP1hBIE.


Tho Feuardent- di- CesnOla libel case was con-
.d Yesterday in the United States District court The
- termination OF William Braman had proceeded for
.sOrt time when he complained of illness He was e1-
.nsed until tomorrow morning aud Mr.. Primo was
Sed TO the stand. His testimony on direct e1amina
ton was as follows: 49,
am director ON The Journal Of Commerce and inter
Ia IN thai nronerty fancy am the same Mr.. Prime
shom various witnesses in this case have inehuone
see in libel suits was edtor-ln-chef of The Journal
OF Commerce for eight years since my REIN % tnSV
Nv chief study has the history Of art incdn o.
course that OF ancient art lbesan tne sSuS nv
o,ogy thirty years ago, perhaps more enbsequess nt
stndies became moro general. More Ieoeh1 ny
have gwen much a as iS aeasSn in the cesnoa
collection have written book on Poteres' sI9Jsdd e
which 9as S s Ae SnS and T6e6e. found
Teaf deal at Alexandria am collector OF poteiies
Inn @aa' III 6r sa" Cesncla collection. The British
Museum and the Berlin CT IN, MI tbs se Student had
no adequate opportunity the study OF art as
in Cyprus until after the With General al
Cesnoa begun with correspondence which n$d WIN
him While was at Jerusalem NY personal sc9G9nt INIT
lection arrived in this country Inc Ceshoa Goecuon
and hsiae periods and the period It rejects the
naucnce OF Egyptian art TO large extent ana u hcnes
tven me knowledge as to repairs and RESERVATIONS re-
Ssr ishe Joining together OF fragments OF the same OBJECT
h tbeoretic decoration or theoretic comes in
As theory is necessary 70 arrive a. nf
tLat theory INVOLVES restoration . -
Mr. Choate-Have you heard the new gospel OF ht
whereof Mr. Glider announced himself as an apostle;
that ancient objects should be LETT as tound ana sh"d
h The T,InessI have 1t is contrary the established
usage of the of the world so lar as know IL
lines Of an object or reasonable ground for beey-
Ing what they II is proper TO f out creyces a. IN
rokcn pottery connect lines OF decoration IL an
object broken while IN my possession snon bian o
fVirr
lose to the public its instructive quality: The
;pSs have peen accumulated by the trustees and the
members of the Museum and have Deeh NANNY pau Ior
~ ne bnldig ina the PARK and an appropriation 900
from public funds the trustees open tLelr Muun 40
e se week The $4,000 does not maintain the Museum
or approximate TO its mainenance Inc trustees con
e. building was leased pending ine ere tbcra
Of the Park building and the exhibition , tnSre
poration of the two Cesnola collections and
the %Sya to s p p The S Museum Collections was
menced. About 1900 folio pages OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF
Is TO be published by OsgOod Co.. OF Boston. The let
tTpes win be supplied ~ or Sep6n and mTss It Is
advancing satisfactorily, but such work cannot pos
sibly be completed under SIX OF eEt , IN the Ces1oa
collections and afford all possible information respecting
' The 'I first CesnOis collection purchased by
Mr.. Johnston and was ,,u not q, SIIs7s y
devoted to 1t very earnestly and shortly became
alarmed at the rate at which decomposition OF
exposure the passing my hand over the surface would
carry away dust, and saw that in the conse Oh uhg
fractured roses would become round protuDeranoes;
noticed two varieties OF encrustatOn-ha composed OF
soil mingled with carbonate Of lime deposit anu Tue e
carbonate OF lime deposit The encrlstat0ns were IRON
opeeighth onefourh Of an an inch thick Inc Wh0le
appearance of the collection In the PARK Duiluhg Is uue
partly shOud say, TO washing and parity 10 tue sohs
light in which II now stands - $500. l.,
General al Cesnola was engaged by Mr., Johnston, In
Fourteenthst classify the collection Russell oturges
the general superintendent ne odrcTp i "
repaired badly by Gchlen ana GeeFdt III NeoloI
was indignant when he saw II. on his return rom
Cyprus. superintendent the arrangement al the re-
pair the Park building. The instructions 70 inc
reparers were that all the work done in Fourteecthst
shonld be- undone and new repairs made. | re1nember
using the words that they would be for eternity Ihose
instructions were modified lhaye recently learned
that several objects were put exhibition in the eond
tion In which they were left by Gehen Ihey proDany
Were Pu' ,h mo anenng of the MUSEUM which occurred
month previous TO the time that had peen war
present during conversations between Mr. Ballard and
General d Cesn0la in which proposed repairs were as
cussed General d Cesnolas instructions were posluEe
that no reservations should he made believed IN res
torations a certain extent. aud protested NO NOUN
cation Of these lnstructions was ever au9 ~
OF the wash used arrest dsntegraton IL was ahoed
srer two months experiment. The repair OF Cypriote
stone was an entirely question and no one had any
experience In II which would have unlshed Pecedeh
Consider the repairs In the Hercules and No 80 "a
proper essential IL is proper TO do what y
to make stand up You cannot hahg IL up vi lay
1t on a shelf when you wish 10 exhibit IT,
Mr. Prime then detailed the proceedings Of the nVes-
eating committee substantially they were gwen by
President Barnard and Chief Justice DAILY He was asked
II he had ever entered into conspiracy with GeDeai I'll
CesnOa to suppress the truth before the committee MT
Bangs said the statement that any such charge hs
been made was wickedly untrue. The charge was, that
the investigation farce.
Mr. Choate-Did you make any wful misstatements, as
charged by Mr.. Feuardenti
Mr. Bangs-There is such testimony.
The testimony was then read and Mr.. Prime sad NO.
made no misststements."