New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-07
PORTRAITS OF COLUMBUS.
THE STATE LIBRARIAN DISCUSSES THE PER-
soNAL APPEARANCE OF THE DIscovERER-

THE STATE LIBRARIAN DISCUSSES THE PER
soSAL APPEARANCE OF THE DIsCovERER
Albany. oct. (special.-state Librarian George
Rogers Howell read paper before the Albany lhSu-
tute this evening on The Portraits Of Columbus III
which he said, among other things
Imagine the difficulties before an artist were ne re-
quiEed to make portrait p sn 1e' se ali that
mas been left to the world by ms eOtsHpor"il9s NJ
scrblng the form and features Of Columbus ana Ihat
~ ysr Ilrfle aud give Ii to thousand artists. How
many of these thousand PORTRAITS would 50 resemble
each other as to be taken for the same lndivldaL
pemanbering that single shaded line about the eyes
or single dab Of the brush about the corners 81 me
month nay change the entire expression OF the FACE
he Hon That represents the soul, the real man
back OF the face itself, who would venture an answer
Here ali that we know from books Of the personal
appearance Of the discOyerer Gonzalo tefhaaeL 10
OvedO. born in 141s, was about hesn yeass yc
lie was subsequently appointed director Of the mines IN
Santo Domingo when the spaaTa1 were ntsd VII
PlumnuS, anu IL was Of GOOD stature and appearance.
eyes bright ana the otheF parts Of his face In good
proportion hair decidedly red aud his face mghcoIJed
H5 SON Ferdinand in his life Of the dlscoverer says
80 ri anuearance: TIL. Adnlra! Was well
formed above the medium height, face long, without
being either TOO full t0J thin, the oheek BONES soAe
what nigh, the nose aqlihh, ie e}fs ~ s IN me fy
IN his youth his hair sandy I" b!oHuJ y Out dIter
thirty il was white; IN eating ana drlnSng ana n
adjoining hi. body he w9s very node3t 4nd eon~g.
Antonio de Herrera, though born In 1922 YET Waos9
diligence and eNactneSs make him uustWCrV VIZ
ness says Christopher Columlu, was taiI "a oIeS
f,ce long and of striking appearance tautOFiznao tle
nose aouline the eye, blue, eoupleNlO Hsht anu IA
cHned to become rudy and OF high color the DetrI
and hair when he was young were red but after@9iu
IN account of his troubles turned gray ne was auaoe
and pleasant, fluent In speech ana even eoduenI'
That Is an. II good King Ferdinand mad Only De
Thought himself as good loke, to have gwen nm
PASSPORT TO Prester John or tl' Emperor o. Cathay' w
should lave haa orS anu ig6t comniexIo9 blIe
appearance. tan Ran OF Ssn L.; 49, % nan
eyes and sandy hair iOu c0ud s-lect ScurS ol l1ll
een,iv IN rhe Neu-YOrk Lege aure, no two OF whom
sbalI haye q family resemblance HOW shal brFecI
ASnes' ~ @ IL there was still extan portrait OF
coI1Th1s painted in his lifetime, te world was not
tou IN hone that enc might some time come 70 lSht.
In tG sxieentb century Paoio Gloylo Paulas Joyius
rr au wien before 1910 had become famous Tor the
Inc and number OF the collection. The presumption
marble and a. he had portraits OF lespuSnhs anu
Magellan, Ne lad also one 81 tOiumohs: ms Ply
middle of the sixteenth century; Co'm2 tns grsu
nike OF Tuscany. commissioned CristOian9 del AN
for the Forentne GaieTy Amohs ,t pOats11 ,i
his gallery that of Columbus ana u Is atriOI'
a. cstaf4uo II it Is the Work Of this painter thcl
- +. rood reason 70 think we have somewhere q
c"ov or AZ original painted in the lifetime Of the AZ
cove or, and 40 som5 re son 70 x is t We gr II la
yre IN tle knoW ledge Of the world that TINS very
portrait IS SUI IN th3 SANE E ner oseb n Fos5a
| ~ rea,onabIr demonstrated Nis fact ana the az
! t,snfeffv The uuTtrdis NN q lttlt NV4NiAf@
| Ne hone soon 70 have in the state Library. Nmt
,pesklig Of tid, ! may add that IN a. tr3l ~
ledersou while the American Minister ~ tHrl,, lau
c9Uv nj the Florentnc Columbus mHae iOf hnl,ol
winch after h, death onnd u way INTO 'hs TWINS VI
| me lla .sachasetts Historical society. 49, .
| knowing The flesh interest that VIII nc aVascN
In everything pertaining 10 Columbus lS sas rgsSS nav 81 y,
Ihftou Al ('hicago r. i $685. ] have MADE esnuS ~
lie nretrlts III this lIustgiops man that are SHOWN
To be In existance We paye t ltst dg, ~ ' y,
c,ch ON - We may reckon twenty-slX dineIeht
| nortralts. besides othcrs mol yet oataiued How