Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-05-03

"The Farmers Protest." by Bruett, OF
Dusseldorf, illustrating the following
story: a number OF gentlemen meet at
government law Office in Prussia aud
are interviewed" by the farmer through
whose land they have laid out a railroad,
for a settlement Of the account. While
the expression of each individual face
would delight disciple Of Lava
ter, nothing could be better than
that of the President Of the viii
lage, who thinks that the road should
not run tnrOugh the acre and a half, on
which his old hunt was born and had re-
sided for years. The extreme amusement
evlnced by the assistant engineer at this
simplicity forms striking contrast with
the face Of the old gentleman in the fore
ground, who realizes that it will cost him
some additional thousands as the result
of the suit"
Space will not permit a description OF
all the pictures, a nj hardly a mention of
their titles. The Wild boar brought TO
BAY" by Guido Y. Matte, OF Munich, a
beautiful specimen of zugel art.
"A dock Of sheep grazing" fine land
scape by Carl Oesterly, OF Hamburger.
"A Fjord IN Norway" another large
picture by Braith; "A study Of sheep from
nature. Portraits OF Gen. LawtOn and
Gen. jackson by Director Brandt. Very
truthful representations OF the two gen.
tlemen whose faces are so well known in
savannah.
In addition the director has also placed
on the walls, reproductions in color, after
Carl Werner, Of pictures OF the Nile; the
AcrOpols, OF Athens, and ''Hildehrandts
Travels Around the World" There Is
also n fine, full-length portrait of Mrs.
Brandt, by her husband. The sheen and tolds
nf the black satin robe, the delicate flesh
color OF the face, together with the lie
like exp essiOn OF the eyes, are singularly
true to nature.
There are also five picture portraits OF
eX-PresidenS Davis, Gen. Robert h. Lee,
"StOnewaP' jackson Gen. Joseph Il.
tombstone and Gen. BeauGegsrd, by
NJ. Gdillaume.
This small collection of pictures is Ger
tainly not yet what one might expect in
in picture gallery, but Is susceptible OF
being made by the people OF Savannah
themselves, in a few years, most I'm pOr-
tant feature OF the city.
THE INTERIOR OF THE GALLERY,
The gallery is pronounced by compe-
tent judges "a work of art in Itself. As
one passes through the anita, witaIts fine-
ly prOportioned bronze columns aud pi-
lasters, the perfect proportions of the
room are, at once, peroepuble. 1t is an
Octagon 81 feet, 6 inches, by 81 feet,
/ lAGuGS, ana % leeJ IN nelgub. from the
/ floor to the glass ceiling, the raiters al a
/ rich bronze color, with gilded monldings
and drops, the classic open work with lbs
cllded rosettes, forming a ventilator Of
/ SOME 40 feet in length by feet wide,
/ constituting a frieze on the ceiling; a
! coTnice Of feet in depth. with its bronze
tintin&, and a gilded laurel wreath il
inches wide, modelled in high relief, by
the director, enciroling the entire
ceiling Of the Gallery. Beneath this
is the frieze of the eig6t large decorations,
/ BY Director SchraudOlph; between these
/ decorations may be observed eight addi-
tional panels, which it is contemplated 10
d by canvases to be painted by the
director, in accordance with his desi IN as
shown in a small picture in the gallery.
The unting around the decorations is n
pale bronze with bronze molding, and
makes rich setting. The color of the
wall below the friezA and against which
the paintings are placed is a red tint,
harmOniAng with the tone OF the colOring
1 above. m
/ The wainscotipg isJ OF a mahogany
tint. and The stropgesf color in the room
melts into the red wall and that into the
golden hue above, imparting sense OF
height to the structure. The floor is OF
native Georgia pine.