Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-01

knows her Copley we'll, and pr'z's HIM a,
she should. who In New York UNDERSTOOD
What he was until the fine double portrait
| mo. 1907 in this exhibition was shown!
It represents Ralph lizard and his wiie,
the GOOD patriots who a5audeued their
lovely English home TO come back ana
fight the labor when the rev repuoilc
was in its natal throes 1t is the first pict-
ure Copley painted after be went ab''ao'
and shows the yOurg people IN Rome an
tioue statues standing near them, ana Tue
Coliseum looming in the background. Yet
the sincerity of their naive enthusiast OF
the pai tei's redeems the composition irom
all trace OF sffectstioD, and nothing could
he more simple, direct, adequate, and man.
ly than the way TIE two figures are
nsinted. Their descendants must be
GOOD patriots, too. TO have allowed so pre-
c;ous a relic to come all the way from
Charleston to New York. The LADY, by
the wsv was New Yorker herself, Alice
De Lancey, niece Of James De Lancey, ore
Of the colonial Lieutepant-Governcrs or the
State.
Another good Stuart (No 112) shows
John Jay IN THE BLACK AND SCARLET
ROBES
of the Chief Justice, stu hetter one
stephen Van Rensselaer, (No. 1861, ara ar
other Young Philip Schuyler, son OF tns
General mo. 1872 The General nlmsejl
ia po1trayed by Trumbull NO. 1897. while
John Adams and his wife, in their Gld age,
show Stuart in good vein again Nos o.
and 53) Morse of the telegraph also
shows us Adams in pretty good piece OF
work (No. 81 J, and Lafay eite IN very Dig
AID pretentious ard Amazingly BAD one
| mo. 1861 John Jaw shows for she second
time in good composite canvas,
the head by Stuart, the figure ny
Trumbull (No. 113), Otis and Soliy'
painters not well known IN New YORK.
and Inmsn, who ought TO be better Known
than he 10, also appear in good examples,
and there are Morrises by Trumbull well
well worth examination. Nor should the
four Fran klins be overlooked. The best
perhaps ia the specialized head by c. W.
Peale no. 92) Bnt the pale colored pas
tel NO S9) in blue coat, by Duplessis,
ia interesting. and still more so the more
vigorous one No. 90) that Is probably to
he attributed 10 the same hand. Some CT
the older portraits of unknown origin
are extremely attractive because
simple. almost aIchnic, in method,
vet excellent as lkenesses Of def
mite Municipalities AnG two canvasses
on the staircase Should not be forgotten.
Oae is portrait of Mrs. Bryant by Koel-
Ter. aud another is called portrait CT
Ms. Barton By Copley. But In the latter
case the attribuiiou IS patiently 'Frong
Copley never painted Ike this, nor did the
ladies in his time dress like this. 1t is he
dress OF Lely's period, and the picture IS
quite eoad enough and characteristic
enough 20 be a Ley. o; course some OF
the or rats are rad from the pictorial
point of vie Y, and some represent person.
ages VIII, sra not very interesting IN the
eyes of retTospaction; bEt tEere is scarcely
one on the wall which, either historically
or pictorially, hes not strong claim to
notice, which both attractions often join
10 give a work ex raordinary value.
1t is impossible here to speak Of the
MULTITUDE OF MINOR RELICS
which crowd the walls and cases. There
are clothes and swords and military trap
pings. some beautiful ss wei precious bg
assGcistion. There is cracked ctiea 10 &c.
light the aDtiquary's eye, sid there are
autographs TO make collector Wild with
envy; snuff boxes ard j-welry, furniture
and bric-a -brac, emblo'deries d1ne b. Mrs.
Washington ard M n another famous lsdy;
aud, as pr-t!y a thirg IS The rooms con
tain, a silver compase with dial pate at
tached, brought from France BY Frank
lin "a a present for Washing o.. The
many cases filed with ,ilverware
gill. doubtless, most strongly at
tract the feminine eyes; sAd some
of il is heautifdl erough 70 delight
the conroisseur in e1t curiosity lor its
beautiful workmanship IS typographical
bird's-eye vlew Of the Philipsbarg battle
field, drawn by some Frenchmsn; snd 3
curiosity for it atrocious bsdSsss is .
landscape sketch by KoscluskO TINS lit
tie sketch of 81. Vernon made by Wash
inglon for biz architects goidaloe bss
bsen seen before, but it is worth seeing
again; and there is letter relating 70
similer suhject, which proves orcs more
what judicious soul WIS his. Writing
to Thornton with regard 10 the house he
proposed to build IN the nsw Federal
cApitsl," Washington names Ger ain fes-
lures which he would like it to have, bat
adds 'if this is not iECo0 gruous with the
rules Of Architecture How many clients
OF TO day put words like these in letters OF
this kind?
Finally, as ii is the bounden duty of ali
good Americans just now to explain any
virtues Of the Pner Pdtrie which m9y
charce to impress them, We will add that
a careful stacy of al he letters il tie c,l-
lection shows that noas Ct his great con-
temporaries wrote 30 good a hRrd His
script is model; as logibls as print, as
dieDifed as his own cieva', yet bold, per-
sonsl, and free, with no hint cf the school
mseter or faint Of the caligrapher IN it,
clear decision. lie. rot tie IDLE urcbin
longer plead as his excuse the imagined
feet tb9. "All great men wrote badly"