New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-04-22
THE ROYAL ACADEMY.
SOME FEATURES OF THE OPENING DAY

fore the mixtures are sent to the Academy ana oros
venor Gallery exhibitions. This year show SUNDAY
was March o. and the English Journals haVo tneic-
fore reached us with full accounts Of the more In
terestIne nictures to DO seen at the Royal ACADEMY
exhibition.
The president of the Academy, SIR Frederick Leigh
ton has taken as his subject passage IN inc sA'n
book of the Had which Hector, parting rom Anro
macbe soretells the doom OF Troy and his spouso's
sad fate II is the fulment Of this prophecy which
Sir Frederick has painted platform OF "ni'o s.ono
leading to the spring crosses the picture rom Gnu %
end and along this groups OF girls bearing jars anu
water pots passing and repassing from tho FOUNTAIN
In the centre stands the mournful fgnre OF Andro-
mrche hooded and robed IN black Her pitcher Is
on tho ground at her feet she waits her turn ana
Mace at the fountain. The bright AFTERNOON sun
floods the picture, and all about her Is beauty anu
eav coIor and light and life. To the extreme lei1
groups Of girls In draperes OF delicate req ana orange
and mulberry, are bending over tho marble cage Oh
the fountain in the act of drawing water from below
Others are waiting idly by. mother with her ohld
on her lap looks at caressingy, while the father az
her side proudly bends over her. The eyes OF An
dromacbe arc sadly fxed upon this Isolated group
The left Of tho canvas is filed with crowds Oh oeau'
full girls troopIng to the fountain, or returning ron
II. only that here the draperes, always pright'
deal chiefly in blues and graysh puppies.
Mr.. Alma Tadema's painting Of banquet OF inc
Roman
as most elaborate r subject and Conscientious IN exc
c,,on At the table Of hon.r raised above the other
ssts the Fmp ,ror recllnss dressed In his pontinca
robes AZ High Priest Of the Sun, with snail golden
tiara surmountng his effeminate face besiuo MN 70
the hard cruel face of his mother, saems ana oe5on
her a corpuent, sensual Roman. Next come se'orai
beautiful girls their heads wreathed with chapi.s VI
roses and daisies and green Ivy leaves Inc .aoi "
1fled with fruit pomegranates, grapes ana hgS' 10
hind IT, between the pillars is glimpse OF the DUO
Alban hills and in front and below are the tables ana
couches OF the other banquete:s. Inc 'eiaiiun VI
veil above the gallery has just been oosened c''ne
down upon the guests an avalanche OF pun roS'
leaves, which half buries some of the figures Beau
tiful faces of emerge from the sea OF pc'aS'
Every kind of detail is prodgally lavlshed-no"ers'
gems, bronzes camel tc2zas and searabs' Inc
arsel Of the Emrerors banquet is only second to the
marvel that an artist should have chosen such SUD-
iect and painted it with much industry ana con-
science. ~,
Among Mr. Frank Hollis portraits, the ono whioh
will attract most notice is the halflength Oh III ou
man with hands resting red folio volume, winch
he holds upright The hands are large ana wen
scored with marks and wrinkles. They are the hands
Of man who uses them The dress IS loosely hitting
indeed rather clumsily made-black shooting coat
the neckie IS black and the collars are Moderate
The face Is almost In profile, the eye gtters ana inc
mouth IS firmly closed. You get the side VIC" VI
great and powerful head, the car OF unusual size iao
very far back wrinkles arched over the elevated
brows the hair sparse in quantity and grizzly IN Color
II IS of course Mr. Gladstone-s sombre picture fuh
NJ interest and character and curously contrasting
with Sir John MIllas's more ideazed portrait that
used to hang in Grosvenor House Mt Hoh mas also
painted the Prince OF Wales In kind OF naval UNIFORM
as Master Of the Trinity House, and portraits OF LORD
Spencer Sir william Jenner In HIS robes as president
Of tho College of Physicians, and Sir Andrew Ciarh'
who has succeeded TO the Office.
Mr. Burne-Jonrs has concentrated his strength on
the New Gallery the rival Of the Grosvenor where
he will exhibit two pictures which continue his series
Of the history of Perseus One Is the Discovery OF
Andromedan the other The Battle with the Dragon
The third picture represents the building Of the brazen
tower in which Danae was imprisoned.
The largest of Mr.. Faeds three pictures shows
heathcry moor, a loch in the background its water
whipped into foam by tho wind, old woman in the
foreground, a bundle her back resting beside tho
way Mr.. Faed has also painted cottage Interior,
a blacksmith at his morning meal supposed TO Do
listening meanwhile to a poem Of Burns read by his
wife.
Another naive genre Is furnished by Mr. Firth,
who has contrasted wealthy family whose carriage
is drawn up before toy shop with the children Of the
poor who are seeking cheap odds and ends at fish
mongers next door. Mr. Frith's second picture shows
two children on Christmas morning. asleep in bed,
the other making for the overlooking stockings.
Mr.. Orchardson has painted an elderly gentleman
seated at the resido, apparently lost In mourniui
revere Across the his daughter is seated at the
piano singing while a young man turns the leaves,
and her voice supposed have aroused sad memories
which cause the father to feel certain sense Of iso-
ation This is evidently fair example Of the story
telling, in which English artists delight, but Mr..
Orchardson whose work has occasionally been seen
here is painter we'll raconteur, and the &C
cossoreS in this picture described as painted with
remarkable skill
The landscape work Of Sir John Millais appears to
have attracted moro attention than his recent por-
traits. One landscape, Christmas Eve' has been
exhibited at the Mclean Gallery and another is to be
seen at the Academy.
Mr.. C. F. Walls has painted small allegorical
picture called DAWN and another called The Angel
| Of Death and Child"
Mr.. Breton Riviere shows picture of a warrior
cased In complete armor who lies in the sleep Of dealt
stretched the blue satin coverlet Of his bed "The
pallor Of death is the face, and tho figure all in
steel armor whose brightness takes the reflection oil
the blue coverlet which 1t lies, looks monumental
as a carving on Tomb Beside the bed the blood
hound of the knight keeps watch. On smaller can
vas Mr.. Rviero has painted tho Farewell Of Adonls
to VenusD
Mr. Petties TRAITOR shows a company OF warriors
and statesmen In much confusion over the discovery
Of a traitor who now lies the floor Of the council
CHAMBER MS legs cu NJ tno shhoS, MS ans straPPcu
at the elbows behind his back the hands stretched
deprecatngly upward. About him arc his late com
rades one burly old warrior In crimson, with see
breast plate over his velvet At the head Of the long
black table sits the gray headed soldier who hat
presided, clad In complete armor. cardinal in RED
robes stands The picture is described superb
in color. Mr. Pettie's second painting is a study Of
brawl in London street in the time of Queen Eliza
beth For the Grosvenor Gallery the artist has
painted Charles Wyndham, in David Garck,D at tn,
moment when the hero Of the play recognizes thu
young lady whose Illusion he has promised TO destroy
Mr. Edwin Long has taken for his subject the ancient
Egyptian custom OF sitting in judgment upon the dis
tnguIshed dead TO decide whether the mummy should
have SCRIPTURE in the Place Of Tombs, or be relegacd
to obscurity The assessors are seated In semi
circle one tier above another, each bearing the colder
| lotos in his hand young woman stands with hel
feet upon the circular ste ne OF TRUTH In the centre
! Of the hall and denounces the dead man Behind hel