Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-13
ART NOTES.

At Concord. n. H., the project of
statue to President Pierce is discussed. 1t
is to stand in State House Park.
An exhibition of Old Masters at Birm-
ingham, England, has just closed with
record of $4,000 attendances. The Sum
day openings were patronized by crowds
of workingmen.
Joseph Parnell is preparing for the
Macmillians a treatise on pen drawing
and draughtsmanship, with illustrations
after many English and foreign artists. 1t
will be in quarto.
The third and last volume of Bradleys
Dictionary of Miniaturists, Iliuminators,
Calligraphers, and Copyists" has appeared
in London with Bernard Quaritch. 1t con-
tains more than l 200 names OF scribes and
workmen in the small fields of the arts.
The Art Association of Montreal sent an
agent to England to solicit paintings and
sculptures from leading artists. The ex-
hibition in December will contain
goodly number of works by Leighton.
Poynter, Alma Tadema, Watts and others.
Seven portraits of Carolus Linnaus, the
botanist, have been discovered by the
President of the Linnaan Society of Lon
don, which now owns a great many articles
belonging to the famous Swede, besides
several likenesSes. One of them is given
as frontispiece to the October number of
the Popular Science Monthly
Rev. J. Shortt and T. C. Smith are
collecting materials for "The History
of Ribchester Its Antiquities and Church
Recordf" They will enter as fully as pos
sible into the Roman remains, which prove
that the old city on the Ribble was an i'm
portant place during the occupation of
South Britain by the Romans.
The younger brood of sculptors in Eng
land, among whom are few men of prom
ise. intend to form an organization and as
sert their right to be seen and noticed like
the painters. The impulse TO this is said
to be snub unwittingly administered from
France. No invitation TO exhibit at the
Universal was sent TO the sculptors of Al
bion.
A beautiful white marble bust of Mrs.
Cleveland, upon pedestal of black and
white MARBLE is at present occupying
corner of ex-Marshal Wilson's drawing
room in Washington. 1t was left in his
charge when Mr.. Cleveland went to New
York. The bust is life size, and is the
work of G.. Scanki, Genoa, and bears date
1886. 1t was made from impressions
taken when as Miss Folsom she travelled
in Europe
In the archaeological Journal, published
at Oxford, E. I. Werner shows the size
and extent Of the Great Wall of China,
the very existence of which has been
called in question recently, owing to
Marco Polos silence regarding it. Cap
tain Parish, who went to China with Lord
Mccartney in 1898, gave most elaborate
descriptions. The ancient books of China
also describe it. Mr.. Werner writes as an
eye witness of its tremendous bulk and
solidity. Several walls appear to have
been built on different sites and allowed
to go to ruin at different epochs
The latest fad among the women is a
scheme to get up a monument TO Isabella,
Queen of Spain, who was largely instru-
mental in getting Christopher Columbus
fitted out for his exploring expedition,
which resulted in the discovery of this
great and glorious country. BY all means
let the ladies erect a monument to the fair
Queen if they want to; but it viii strike
the average thinker that some sort of
memorial TO Columbus himself would be
more appropriate in every way. However,
Judging by past experience, there is little
danger either of Columbus or his royal
patron getting monument.