Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-18
THE GOVERNORS RECEPTION.
The CorcOran Gallery.

At the annual meeting of the board of
trustees OF the Corcoran Gallery, held on Mon
day evening, all the old officers were unani-
mously reelected, the several committees as
they stood were reappointed for the ensuing
year. and the usual annual reports were read
That OF the curator of the Gallery presented
many facts of interest to the public For ex-
ample, 1t showed the total cost value OF the art
contents of the Gallery to be 1925, 412 divided
as follows: Oil paintings and water colors
$3.50, 7Ol; marbles, .29, Sal; casts, 1854;
bronzes. S9,513; porcelains. cloisonnes and
electrotypes, Sl1,o33; pedestals, cases, &C.,
$4,000.
The amount expended for works of art dur
ing the year was S46,777
The whole number of visitors to the galleries
during the year 1889 was los. 999 Of whom
l2,7l5 paid admission fees and 90. 234 entered
on free days. The largest number of free WIS.,
itors on any single day was March 5,wheu / OO7
persons were present. The largest number on a
pay day was March 6, when l,68S were regis
tered. The smallest pay attendance was ON the
I'd OF July. when only 81 paid the required adj
mission Fee and the smallest free day WAS the
10Th day OF that month, when there were l67
visitors.
The Art School in the new annex which has
been placed under the supervision of the com
nlttee on works of art. commenced operations
with the new year with the most encouraging
prospects. An entirely new and full eouip-
ment OF casts, easels. ETC., has been procured
Tor II, and already about hundred pupils us
| many as can well be accommodated have been
! enrolled, with an average daily attendance of
over fifty. These are divided into four classes
viz: elementary, intermediate, antique and
life, and lessons are given both in the morn
ing and afternoon. The school will be az
heretofore, under charge OF Mr. Z. F. Andrews
with Miss Minnegerode as assistant. Singu-
larry enough. the classes at present are almos,
wholly made up of young ladies. only one
young man so far having entered the school.
A complete electric light outfit is now being
placed III all parts of the building, and thai
| method of illumination will hereafter be sub
sututed for gas, which not only gave insufficient
| anu unsatisfactory light but was found to also
seriously injure the oil paintings. As soon a.
the new means of lighting the gallery can bt
| applied successfully 1t will be opened free tc
the public one evening IN each week during the
remainder OF the winter season. Of these ex
| hioltlons due notice will be given.
The Gallery has recently received and /,
now putting IN place fine plaster cast OF the
famous ideal statue in heroic size of King Ar
thur, which is one of the group of figures sur
rounding the splendid monument of Maximil
| IAN 1. IN the hofkirche at Innsbruck erected
IN the 10th century. 1t is attributed to, but MOI
| positively known to be, by Peter Visscher and
Is one OF the finest existing pieces OF renais
sance sculpture. No cast of il was ever made
| until the order went for it from the Gallery
| The new acquisition is to be placed in the hal
| OF renaissance casts, to which il will make 4
| most attractive addition
The business growing out Of the emigran
| transportation from Castle Garden was IN,
principal subject before the trunk line meetins
yesterday. After long discussion the entirs
matter was turned over to the clearing hous,
for control and management
Henry Gibson, solicitor of the city OF Roa
noke, Va, died IN Richmond suddenly in
hack last night of apoplexy
George Penley, book keeper of the Kentuck,
lumber company, headquarters at Burnside. 1
| . defaulter and fugitive.