New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-01-23
TUNNELS ~LIBER" 4TTHE G9oLIEH CLUE

The excellent work OF the GrOler Club is continued in
an exhibition OF Turner'S Li5er studisrun, which will
be ouen ia afternoons and evenings or ts week at
No. 81 MadsnD-ave. This exhibition presents the
seventy published plates Of the Liber and nearly
all the unpublished plates represented by reprints or
photographs There first states OF all the mezhonts
and the one IuA tint OF tie Lber and IN
these accompanied by TIE preliminary etchings
giving tnc leading OF the compositions There
also examples OF later stIes with al engravers
proof Dy Turner aud pue penc drawing The
COLLECTION is remarkable for completeness ami 1t is no
less klble quality. FIRST states are prover3-
iay dear To- cennolsseul "u hrst states and the best
impressions not dI~dy Synonymous. In iAs case
urshp and love " qudllll are bOth grdlhcd
AS these Impressions are clear AMI sharp and
their anu GuluesS sEow thdt most OF them were
taken plates mad not begun to SHOW signs OF
deterioration. There possibly some ex ;epions but
the ilorit tai collection must be recorded as some
thing eXccp iOu Every amateur Of prints KNOWS lhe
rari OF Il complete set Vi uhe impressions 81 the
LIber" Turner himself made up the earlier sets VITA
out Lus any distinction between proofs and PRINT
anu his inclusion Of inferior as well as good im
pressiOus ised the dlhcdtles which English col
leciOrs bewaed even duriag tne artists hieIlme lie
formation o. nne set has always Oeel matter OF Ill
divdua knowledge and discrimination, Out thOse VINO
know sUnetiIng VI tue collection OF MI Howard Mans
field surprised to ind IN THIS exhibition an
other Illustration Of his entire competence III matters
lent oy rIO.cssor Charles EllOt Notion.
The cao ue OF tue exhibition proyifes some useiui
information lcgarding execution and publication OF
these t4-i.,NiAgs, and there a bIblOSrapAy or the
LdOrr points the Nay To "a thorough study OF
this great WORK, nearly cOinUlete summary oil
Turner's mind genius" 1t may not he easy to ac-
cent rrcncA estnlt OF the eeHilgs done W Turner
a. rV 4u1 selIDrdudt," IhOse WHO lament tue h
posUIIt, obtaining the original MONOCHROME draw
ings l Console themselves WIKI NJ Chesnedus opinion
that turner's eugraviugs in tueiI powerful execution ana
admirable OF gut sulpass the Original stuies
OF Lac sa1c suuiccts t"C NduOn-4 UdLeIy.
Turner'S Jmcct, dd Skies hls stlOuS utIA-
DrAccs, Dls lcndcllH5 u tcA
turc. ills Itclu- lctUild value O architecture
not accuracy III drd"lIs anu Vhe
Ills sources painter % IdHd
al illustrated III tncsc eASfdNIASS IL ""s
In llt.ion 10 SLOW Ills Il power, ana there never
Wa. anu perhaps never Viii be sucn an eAulullOn vi
geulAs Ia cue direction IuCrr Is Inc Otnei s4e
the usAOutS U. 1uTuS ATTEMPT u enforce d CVin-
between his olaJOratc drawings ucsisheu ~
Landscape and the sActcnrs % tldu"t
Intenied 10 ait ldehtncdtlOhi
VIII MS eAriyers Ul rctUucnlng OF plates wien
obviously COMMERCIAL; Dut Il l. Tuner Inc artist
aud nOt urier Is presented u Us III Ihe
collection Dy Mr. MdDsncu. some u lhesc uitI%o-
luts. IKE tue Mer e. Gace, 10y turner nhscil, ne
beautlul subway Moss" tine Little DcvlIs BRUCE
and tue spcnIlI UUtuard nave become almost IS
familiar as certain exauples of kelnUrandts work aud
a. Citations turner's greatest cUIoSists All hdl
10 do Is 10 uIIect attention 10 lhc cAccLeA'
qualify OF this collection, Wlcu - Ost ciedDIe 10 Inc
collector aud IL another way 10 the GrOller CUP