The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-04-15
THE CENTENNIAL.
Some Of the Portraits and Relies that VIII
he Seen.

This week will mark the opening of
the first insialment Of the Washington
Centennial Celebration. On Thursday
the Loan Exh bition Of historical por-
traits and relics in the Metropolitan
Opera House will be thrown open 20 the
public. The collections TO be seen there
are of a decidedly interesting character,
comprising the rarest souvenirs OF Rev
olutiOnary times, and portraits OF near
IL every famous man In the country
history. Coming a few days before the
more active parts of the celebration, this
exhibition is intended to prepare the way
for the stirring scenes that are TO follow.
The exhibits are coming in rapidly,
and the pictures aud relics in the city
have been collected In the assembly
rooms. The cases, which are excellent
and handsome ones, have been loaned in
great part by the Metropolitan Museum,
are in place in the galleries. The
subcommittee on Catalogue has been
at work for three days, and has lis work
well advanced The contributors have
not, by any means. complied, as rule,
with the request TO mark pictures accn-
rately, but no seriOas trouble has grown
out Of that as a system Of duplicate lists
was established which prevents mistakes
The collection Of old plate is now
partly arranged in the case, and on Fri
day "A hanging committee and "A commit
tee on arrangement of relics began the
actual work Of arranging the exhibition
The rooms are guarded day and night,
and nothing has been lost, although the
receiDts have been extremely large, and
have arrived in masses that were diiii-
cult 10 handle.
4 good many portraits and relics have
been sent from the South, and from dee /
scendants Of Washington and conncc
fions of The Washington family have !
been obtained some valuable portraits /
and relies.
Besides all the wellknown pOrrailsoi /
Washington there is one of Alexander /
Hamilton by Trumbull, from the Cham .
Der Of Commerce. Gilbert Stuart's pOr- .
trait of Rufus King, owned by John A. .
King: the portraits of John Adams and /
Mrs John Adams 10y Gilbert Stuart. f
from Charles Francis Adams, of Boston. +
who also contributes portraits of T
George Washington and Mrs. Wash
ingt0n by Savage, and the interesting
portrait Of Jefferson painted by Matthew
Brown in Paris; portrait Of Chancellor
Livingston, sent from John Henry Liv-
ingstOn, OF ClermOnt; portraits of cen
eral Philip Schuyler and Mrs. Schuyler
lent by George L. Schuyler; a portrait
of Warrington, by Gilbert Stuart. from
Mira j. Y. J.. Pruyn of Albany lloudon
busts of WASHINGTON from llamll-
ton Fish and A. ; Hewitt; the Cerracchi
brst of Alexander Hamilton from Mr
Hewitt; also the Gilbert Stuart Vaughan
portrait OF Washington from Mrs. Jo-
seph Harrison. Philadelphia. portraits of
James Monroe bv Nanderlyn, aud James
Madison by the elder lnman, from
Mrs. Gouyerneur, of Washington. "a
portrait of Washington by Rem
brandt Peale from Henry Chauncey, or
Garden CITY; portrait of Samuel Liver.
more by Trumbull from the State of New
Hampshire; "A portrait OF George Wash
inglOD by Stuart from Chauncey
VI. Depcw: Eggbert Benson by
Stuart stephen Van Rensselaer, by
Stuart from John Jay. the original
Cclracchi bust of Washington from the
C0rcOran Gallery, which formerly be-
longed TO Gouyerneur kembie, OF Gold F.
Spring. portraits of Elias Boudin0t by
Waldo, and Richard Narlck By lnman,
from the American Bible Society, and
many others
There are also many beautiful minia-
lures, among them being the james
Peale " Nashngton. loaned by the arti.-
lery corps, the Washington Grays, of
a miniature of Louis WI,
presented by him TO Franklin, painted
by Sicardy from James May Duane of
Philadelphia, and the missing Ramage
miniature mentioned in Mr. Harts arti-
Gle I'm the April Centayy and which came
10 light in Peekskil. the portrait by
Sully of Patrick Henry, sent by William
Writ Henry, of Richmond, and the
Gilbert Stuart portrait of Nellie Gusts.
which belongs io Edwin Lewis, United
States Minister 10 Portugal His brother.
Col. Daingerfeld Lewis, OF Audley, Va. +
loaned his family relics, which are many
and valuable, for the exhibition, but was
unwilling 10 lend this portrait without
permit from his brother He was tele-
yraphed Tor permission, which he imme-
diately granted by cable.