Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-02-28
ART NOTES.

Boston has new Water Color Society," of
which Ross Turner, formerly of this city, is one
of the founders and leading members.
The trustees of Cornell University have
given commission to Mr.. w. w. Story for a
statue OF Mr.. Ezra Cornell. the founder and mu.
n11cent patron of that institution.
Mr.. F. L. Montague who has spent several
months past in New England, has returned to
the city, and re-opened his studio in the Y. NJ
Z. A. building, on New York avenue.
1t Is said that the Pennsylvania Academy
of Fine Arts is running behind hand financially
at the rate of $4,000 year. The statement may,
however, well be doubted, and it Is to be hoped
that 1T is not true.
The statue of Gen. F. p. Blair, designed by
W. W. Gardner, of st. Louis, has been cast in
bronze at Cincinnati, and it is expected that it
Will be placed In position in Forrest Park, st.
Louis, in few days
Mr.. McGrath is represented by three num-
bers in the water color exhibition in the New
York Academy of Design, and Mr.. Paris by
three. These, we believe are the only Wash.
lngton artists who sent over drawings.
Mr.. E. H. Miller, of this city. sent number
Of examples of his work in that line to the ex-
hibition of the Etching Club, now open in New
York, which were readily sold as most Of his
etchings are, at the prices named in the cata-
logue.
Mr.. George w. Childs has just presented to
the Academy of Fine Arts, in Philadelphia, q
collection of drawings originally belonging to
Benjamin West and some of them by his own
hand. The collection numbers fifty-seyen
pieces, and includes crayon and pen sketches.
Statues of the Rev. Thomas Hooker, the
leader of the colony at Hartford, Conn.,, and of
Judge Oliver Ellsworth, Chief Justice of the Su.
preme Court during Washington's administra-
ton, are proposed for the capitol of Connecticut
at Hartford. Both projects are zealously urged
- New York paper prints the absurd story
that "Mr. Archer is to get $40, 900 from the gov
ernment for his portrait of ex-Secretary Blaine I"
The price actually paid for the portrait In cues.
ton, which is intended for the Department of
State, is $500, and that is considered by com.
petent judges very high figure for it.
Art circles in New York are on the tip-toe
of expectation In regard to painting which,
rumor says, will soon be exhibited there. It Is
said to be nothing less than an original Raphael.
taken from Naples museum in November and
shipped from Paris In December to New York
The story Is that duty was paid on it at a yalu-
alton of 100000.
Considerable mystery seems to surround
Rembrandt's painting of "The Glider" which.
1t was said, was bought some time ago to come
to this country. 1t is now definitely set.
tied however, that 1t has arrived in New York.
that 1t Is in the hands Of Mr.. Schaus the we'll.
known importer and dealer, and that it is for
probably like to know what you would be Will
Ing to give.
In view Of what was promised in advance
touching the design being prepared by Mr..
Francis Lathrop for the cover Of CusseVs Fam
fly Magazine, the observing patrons of that
periodical must be both surprised and disap-
pointed now that 1t has appeared. The draw
Ing, which seems to be O. weak imitation OF one
OF Vedder's poorest conceptions, represents a
bad case Of bow-legged washerwoman with
outspread wings, the supporting capacity of
which, on actual test, would not be Sufficient to
ensure the safety OF the buxom wench in jump
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fence.
- Recognizing the fact that New Hampshire
has never had statue of Daniel Webster. her
most famous son, Mr.. Benjamin T. Cheney.
native Of that state, but now citizen of Boston.
has determined that this want shall no longer
exist. Accordingly, on his own account, he has
contracted with Thomas Ball, the SCULPTOR
now residing in Florence, to execute a statue il,
honor of the great statesman, which is to be
presented to the state when finished It Is to
be placed on q suitable pedestal, resting on q
permanent granite foundation, in the yard of
the state house at Concord, and it is expected
that 1t will be ready to be formally unveiled in
November next. The price to be paid Mr.. Bali
is $4,000, and it is thought that the expense of
will swell the aggregate amount nearly one-half
more than that sum.
1T is now announced that the sale of the
Seney collection Of paintings viii take place In
New York on the evenings of March 81 and
April 1 and 2, prior to which time they will be
on exhibition at the galleries of tho American
Art Association for two weeks. This collection
contains an unusually large number pf high
class modern works Of art, and In that respect
the sale will be the most important that has
ever taken place in this country, though on aC-
count Of the depression in business and strin-
gency in money affairs at the present time, it
at the John Taylor Johnston sale, which occur
red In 1915. That collection contained three
hundred and twentyfhree numbers, and
brought $500 49,. Several Of the most import
ant works in the Corcoran Gallery came nom
that collection, including Church's Niagara and
Napoleon.