The Portland daily press., 1884-11-13
THE EXHIBITION OF ETcH1NGs.
Some Choice Works i'm the Chase Collec-
zion.

The PRESS, Monday, called attention to the
valuable and interesting collection of etchings
from the wel-known establishment of j.
.stman Chase of Boston, now on free exhi-
bition at Mr.. Stubbs' art store in Congress
square. While large number of these etch-
iugs, which embrace the work of the artists
best known in Europe and America adorn the
walls of the gallery, the portfolios are filled
with many more. The interest attaching to
these etchings cannot be overestimated. Few
OF the people most interested in art would be
able to purchase picture painted by Nun
kscsy but reproduction by the etcher of any
OF his works CT uld come within their means.
The original etchings are also very fine and
have all the delicacy of treatment and the
tenderness of feeling on the one hand, and
the breadth and strength on the other, that
mark the work of many of the best painters
in oils
Among those on exhibition are PHARMACISTS
S'Nero's Aqueduct" in which the immensity of
the old ruin, the texture of the stonework
the fineness Of the grasses and moses growing
in the crevices, and the gradual diminishing
OF the perspective are wrought with marvel
lous exactness. Slocum's IA Pleasant, Shady
Lane" is full of country charm and senti-
ment. The perspective here is admirably
managed, the shadows are thrown with great
fidelity to nature. John Fullward, the new
English etcher, has work, "The Belated
Traveller" that is full of sentiment The
sun is just sinking in the west as traveller in
the very beginning of the cleaning, crosses
moor. The spectator is impressed at once
with the tender feeling so appropriate to time
and place. AS the impression is on parch
ment great transparency is given to the at
mosphere and the effect of the sheen of the rays
of the setting sun reflected from the pools in
the foreground viii strike the eye at glance.
In contrast with this etching is another by the
same artist entitled "Ths bayfield," in which
the Effect of blazing sun in summer on the
field is aptly illustrated.
Everybody is familiar with Millet's
"Gleaners' and all will remember the striking
characteristics of that painter, one of which is
the fidelity with which he reproduces the
points illustrative of the labor exacted from
the continental women. The women in the
"Gleaners" are not only strongly drawn but
the position Of the hands as shey CLEAN shows
bHO AAohuCL III WDlSu OuSy WT6eb u lIFlUR from
the soil, and Dammon has etched so we'll tha 4
he has caught all the spirit and truth of the
original. Mar By stands an excellent photo
graph of the artist taken from a portrait
painted by himself.
There are spots in America which would have
delighted Dickens as scenes in which to place
characters in one of his novels. Such spot Is
''The Plough Inn" by Pennell, taken some-
where near Philadelphia; it's odd buildings,
queer bridges, and quaint styles of architect
ufe remind one of the anti-Revolutionary
period. Close by the Pennell picture is an ad
mifable reproduction OF Walters celebrated
painting inspired by Hoods lines on Home:
There no trace of home
From parapet to BASEMENT"
the picture representing the facade Of an old
mansion which has been abandoned, and
about whose oaken portals the timid deer
play while their leader gazes, evidently In
surprise, at the figure Of the -visaged
man who, long ranger in foreign lands,
has now returned to fnd drearness and de-
serton where once reignsd happy family.
The stonework of the m snsion, the sculptured
knocker, the Fl ures of the deer, and the gen.
eral loneliness and unhappiness of the heir,
are all portrayed with much strength and
feeling. Milpaugh, an American artist, in an
"Evening on the Delaware" exhibits peace
ful, quiet scene. full of beauty.
The might Tramps" by Koepping, from
MuDkacsy's IS picture, is very strong and vigor-
oue The figure of the soldier in the fore
ground, the careless abandon of the arms and
hands, the expressions on the faces of the
women looking on, makes this one of the best
eichings 10 the collection. For delcacy of treat
ment there is nothing that can exceed Appian's
"Ihe Pond" The foliage is clearer drawn
and more delicate than could be done with a
pen, and the tone and sentiment is admirable.
The solitude expressed is relieved by the
figure of the stork, the one feature of life to be
found in the etching. Willard Ball, the En-
glish etcher, is represented among other works
by quaint old bridge, with the tide in the
river running ont and barges and scows
awaiting the turn Of the tide.