Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-08-13

A corresnondcnt Of the Picd1ne Of New
Orleans is responsible for tire following
revelation Of the WAYS of caricaturlsts as
lecturers In the illustrations of his lee
lures by the drawing of rapid caricatures
ON the stage. Mr.. Mast il said 20 resort 10
one Of those helpful but by no means ne
ultimate tricks which every artist who at
iempfs tins sort of lightning sketch
business before audiences finds it neces-
sarv 10 make use of. No man, however
practical and expert. can be sufficiently
sure Of his nerve and skill under such
circumstances az 10 rely wholly upon
them. and thus he is compelled to
resort to some little harmless decep-
ton. The important lines in cartoons so
executed Mr.. Mast has picked out before
hand with pin-holes invisible TO the spec
tators. and by these his chalk Is guided.
Others lightly sketch their outlines with "A
solution Of gum arabic, which IS made Wis
ible 10 the artistic by the reflection OF the
glare of the fOOtlights. The most common
way. however Is 10 do the tracing with a
mixture of sOapsuds and Canada balsam,
with a drop or two Of some fixed oil. This
leaves an invisible but sticky line. When
the artist goes To work before the audience
be holds i'm his hands "a rag on which the
crayon dust has been rubbed. TINS dust
catches on the outline and really makes
Allf iiihi n AitttN ID Nlli'tl'-4'N''
the stick of crayOn held IN the fingers"
The "old mastern described by the Won
drr-working graver Of Timothy Cole tor
the August Century Is Fra Angelica. full-
page illustrations include the Christ In
throned," painted IN that wonderful cathe-
dral which scars above the rock on which
Orvieto is built, and watches the tOmbs OF
Ttruscan pagans on the surrounding bills.
More typical Of Fra AngelcO's sweet, teml-
nine genius Is the full-page detail from
The Last Judgment" IN the Academy at
Florence, showing IN angel gently en-
braciug monk. 4 third full-page Is the
exquisite "AnnunciatiOn" in the old mon
asterv Of San Marco. The virgin sits on
a rough wooden bench at one end or
archtd and cOlumned clOisters. lawn
with flowers, picket fence. and garden
are seen behind the messenger angel. or
the series in this building, which has been
turned into museum, Mr.: Cole says
The delicate freshness and GOODNESS OF
the tints blend softly and tremendously
tOgether-pure, simple colors laid III some
times with fine pencillings. The
wings of the angels are enlivened with
tints Of green, yellow, violet, &c, con-
trasted harmonlously.'
The Ahea071m notes that another of
Wren's churches in London has been con-
demned. It Is that of ST. Edmund the
King, in Lombard street. the interior OF
which Is only sixty feet by forty, but lts
tower and picturesque spire are familiar
landmark A memorial TO spare the tower
has been getting signatures. Here was
buried when the present edlhce was not,
but one destroyed in the great fire, one of
the first English writers on architecture
His monument bore an inscription calling
John Shute
min that soughtin science sight to pub
llsh pruienily
Among the rest VI things, me Nhlch Nc put III
That ancient practice aud profound, that bright
Of architecture"
Sbute was painter-stainer and architect
who IN 1850 was sent To- Italy 10y John Dud-
lev. Earl Of Warwick, to study. He pub
lished THE First and Chiefe Groundes Of
Architecture
The features Of the poetess Sappho have
perhaps been discovered in q Mosaic re-
Gently unearthed at Sparta. The greater
part Of a Mosaic floor Of private house III
fa'r preservation contains a square with
woman'e bust labelled SapphO. The head IS
crowned with wreath and the face Is
handsome. Other portraits were in the
same Mosaic, but. unfortunately. that
which was labelled Alkebeades lacks the
portrait itself. If these lkenesses were
close copies OF portraits we have ~ last the
lineamcnts Of the great songstress OF Les
hos. but must deplOre the loss Of that OF
the darling and detestation of the Athe-
mans, the man whose beauty brought upon
Socrates the charge Of Inconsistency, II
Plato IS 10 be believed.
Taste in High Life" painting by
HOgarth, was recently sold IN London for
SLIPS. This picture was commission from
Miss Edwardes in l742. and the painter fol-
lowed his patroness's orders rather than
his own invention. Hogarth would not
permit il to be engraved, but j. Phillips
bribed the owners servants and made re-
production. Though $500 was paid for IL,
only SO was realized for 1t on the sale
afI er Miss Edwardes's death. The son of
the buyer showed il in 1874. aud in 1913 it
was the property of Mr.. Robert Gwilt. The
beau is Lord Portmore, the young woman
a notorious lady Of the age, and DesnOyer,
the dancing master, Is In the background.
The pictures from the Secretan sale
which come 20 New York include the
Dutch Interior 10y PETER de Hooghe,
supposed 20 belong 10 Mr.. Henry G.. Mar
quand q drawing of a man by Meissonier.
a shepherd Leading His Flock" by
Trovon; The Hut of the Charcoal Burn
ers -" and 1.-THE Farm in the Woods" by
Theodore Rousseau; Bowl-Players in the
Meats of Antibes,n by Meissonier; ION
the Alert" and Arab Horsemen," by
Fromentin, and "Tiger Surprised by a
Serpent by Delaeroix. Others will doubt
less prove. like the Angelus," TO eventu-
ally fall to the omniverous American.
A prehistoric mound opened near Sparta.
in the south Of Greece, has yielded the un-
rihed tomb of some great lady Of remote
antiquity. Two golden and one silver cup,
adorned with cattle, men, and trees: a
small tsh in gold. vases and other articles
vered bronze, with amethyst heads. and
tooth and ear-pieks are among the spoils.
There is a necklace Of ninety amethysts,
and another of thirty sardonyxes and
agates. These stones have men, oxen, and
birds enerased on them.