Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-03-01
The Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Loan Exhi
bition netted profit Of Sl3.7 81.

The Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Loan Exhi-
bition Melted profit of Sl3.792 81.
The late Thomas Cole received 81, 500
for his five large paintings on ''The
Course of Empire" more than forty years
ago. The price was then considered as
tonishing.
Three specimens of the well.known
terra Gotta ware of Tanagrs have recently
been added to the British Museum, and
they are said to be remarkably beautiful
specimens. They are statuettes of draped
or partially draped female figures, one be-
ing Ariadne sleeping on rock.-lCleve-
land Herald.
The exhibition of Thomas B. Clsrke's
collection, for the benefit of the Academy
prize fund, leaves a surplus of about 5000
from admission fees. This, with the
amounts subscribed during the exhibition,
carries the fund up to $1,000. The names
of the subscribers are not TO be made
known until the fund is completed.
The old town OF Chester, which forms
one of the most popular English places OF
pilgrimage for foreigners, is to have a mu-
scum to accommodate the Natural Science
Society, the Archie illogical Society, and
the School of Arts. The Duke of West
minister, who draws enormous revenues
frem parts of London, makes gift of the
land and contributes $4,000 to the build
ing fund.
Mr.. Tilden's library in his Gramercy
park residence is, beyond doubt, one of the
finest collections of rare and valuable books
in this country. Among other choice
volumes the ex Governor recently obtained
from the sale of an old Southern library is
an elephant folio of Audubon's birds,
the plates unbound and carefully preserved
"A most important feature, as many OF the
full.sheet illustrations in other copies have
been ruined in binding. The work referred
to was sold by the author on subscription
at 81 900 copy.
great gusto in the studios. True or not, it
is studied from the life. Mr.. Firth once
had little girl for model, and wishing
to give her an intelligent expression, he
entered into conversation thus: "Have
you been sitting to anyone lately?" Eyes,
sir, to Mr.. Cope" ANYONE else % 'Mr.
Horseley" "Ah! Horseley. Anyone
else % u sat to Mr.. Whistler yesterday"
"What did he say ?" "He asked me if 1
had been sitting to anyone lately, and
told him to Mr.. Cope" What did he
say to that ?" He asked me who else,
and 1 said to Mr.. Horseley," What did
he say then p "He asked me who else,
and l said l had been sitting to you, sir. ="
"WelI, and what did he say then ?" He
said, What - crew ?"
The large painting of "The Holy Fam
lily -" by Raphael, mentioned by Pilking ton
in his "Vlew of the Present State of
Derbyshire," 1879, which for many years
has been lost sight of, is now under inspec-
ton at the National Gallery. 1t was ac-
CURED in Italy by Nathaniel, first Lord
Scarsdale, before he built Keddleston Hall,
about 100 years ago, and was presented by
the second Lord Scarsdale TO his daughter,
the Hon. Mary Elizabeth Curzon, on her
marriage with John Beaumont, in 1925.
On Mr.. Beaumont's death, his widow,
having devoted herself to religious pur-
suits, sold the collection of pictures,
articles of virtu, etc., and expended the
proceeds in charitable objects. The sale
took place in Barrow Hall in August, 1884,
when George Tate, c, E., acquired the
painting for $500, after he had taken the
opinion Of the leading connoisseurs of the
day, amoLg whom was the well-known
Farrar of Bond street. The opinion OF
eminent artists who have carefully exam.
ined the work is that it is replica by
Giulio Romano, the favorite pupil of
Raphael, in his happiest mode of coloring.
-TSt. James Gazette.