New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-16
THE ALBERT MEMORIAL.
,v,,rpv To THE MONUMENT.
FROM IN, london Dd'ly, Ne'', o, nep''


frg" saomewhat alarming reports of the con-
vague "uu Albert Memorial at South kensing'oh
have lately been in circulation. ms ~ Lon Majesty
c,e all but the statue handed over TO hTI ',s
T,Iv 1872 so that it has had sometm.E wv
IN sye wears exposure atmosphere which is gfn
orally allowed to be an SE"S certainly has mar
yeous capability of dcposulhg SOC. ~ 'u tbo4 this
them IL Is not very surprising tncre'oIe; e",'o
clohorotc monument with its exquisite Whi,o inh nv
onln,nre sbonld for some time past have shown inc
need for skiliul aud thorough cleansing tn', ,h
good bit of workmanship anywhere III lonuV rc arc
cnSht Ia be IT, for there is nothing, SO lar as We ~
aware that can approach II in Costumes III loo' T
NAV he remembered Parliament Nctcd sun ="
fh0 600 for this work in addition " to"uVo VII LII
80 s,hscrihrd for the purpose aud Mr. John kelS,
the contractor undertook its erection at inc co' PN
of the labor -, ,,o,,or The
weather has TO some scarcely pcIccpole ucE'or ~
iurcd some of the mosaic work IN the upp'' P "i.
monument These mosaics are ~ GUT M,,ano near
ecuted hy Mcssrs SalNat ~ Co.. oi M"'no, LII
V.nice from designs by Mcssrs. clayton anu pti'
The tvpanum onoh side OF the h9hu''Sn, " In
lv n Nsurc rcprcscnting one or other ot the M'S III
~ ,Sni,ls beneath aic ideal figures practising THESE
art M which the most ilu-riouS representatives, az"
carved In white marble in the podium below. N ,Ln.
have been expected in the course oi years ,h' M
Re- bsd some little effect on what are really pictures
wrought ont in small fragments OF glass; p,l' ,nu iJ
chief is nothing very serious anu can eae'l W. ,Io
The only other dCtrimcnt time mas Wl""E,, ~,
nnuumcnt 4. the weather staining of the marnc ScHl
tnro. which form 40 large and prominent portion VI
A. At each corner at the foot OF the steps oaung up
a. mo ponn,ncnt uroucr is m aegoral group repre-,
,cn,ng one Of the principal divisions of the globe ana
one of which hy the way. received its finishing touch
at inc hands If the sculptor only short time since
This was the American group. IN which Ighe I'PIc-
.cu,inr the New World. is mounted on hsoh ohaiE
ng through thc prairie grass 1t was pat h l"S'Hn
under some pressure of time ANA the norm I" Wv
bison was not quite finished until, short Time S'n'';
Mr. John Dcll the sculptor to whom TN, group Wv"
been entrusted gave II itS last touches hS'"'
thcsr fonr corner groups there are the olo.icl,fo
,cniptnrcs of the podium or stNlohatc forming !no
Lasc of tho canopy beneath which iS the statue o Wv
Prince There are 100 figures here icpi''en'lnR a.
We have said the nctua earthly lcadcrs IN those arts
of pantne sculpture architecture. poetry ana mu',c
that have been iaca2cd in the tympona and spandr'@
aboye The iuin-norc less sootN even III tllS "lu
localitv has made channels among these h'1tu'
figures as of course il has stained The pure "in'c-
ness of the stone in sngulaiy capricl"lN lasr'on
The trckling Of the raiu-wster down The loctdu "I
the figure of Lull the musician of the Court oil louS
XIV has intensified the wrinkles 10 a degree "hiSn
,oicht almost have justified his being Icc9acd to the
ROYAL Kitchen as it Is said lie actually was on Ic
count OF his unpTcposscsslng appearance Vn lir
figure of Guido dArcZzp, musical monk, l1e run
has wrought ont particularly ghaStlN chcct' JoSq"n
DIES Pres has a shocking black eye owing to INC pas
sage of water round the eycba and Homer looks as
though he had given up poetry. and had become
coal merchant in a small way OF business