The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1891-12-23
ART And The ARTISTS.
The Christmas Cards and the
Christmas Magazines.
EGYPTIAN GODS TO ORDER.
Birmingham Makes Them and Sends
Them to Cairo for Donkey Boys to
Sell to Travellers.

j. G.. Brown, whose rosy-cheeked
newsboys end bootblacks are famous the
world over, is to have an auction sale OF
every picture on his handsome 1877 in
number-at the Ortgies Gallery, begin
ming on the Goth of next month. Mr..
Brown is at once very lucky and a
most unlucky man. He is desperately
weary of painting newsboys and boot
blacks, but they sell faster than he can
put brush to canvas and when he at
tempts to vary his style or subjects the
pictures hang on his hands. The sale
he is planning is Of figure pictures clever
in style and execution but that would
hardly be recognized as Browns.
The December number of the Art
Journal contains Stanley Berkeleys
picture, "For God and the King" done
into etching by A. p Masse. 1t repre-
sents a retreat Of cavaliers before Crom-
wells roundheads, the centre of the pic
ture being occupied by one of the sturdy
Puritans, who is in the act of dragging
the royal standard bearer from his sad
.sdle, the beaten soldier holding the flag
above his head with both arms and
looking up at it as in a last salute. A
modern country home at Pownall is IL
lustrated, and the pictures are full of
useful suggestion for artists and archi-
tects. Leaussheimer's picture of nun
sewing a robe for an effigy of the vir-
gin, recent art work in metal, quaint
corners of Canterbury, a Persian carpet,
sketches and pictures by Kaulbach,
Mark Antonie's "Vision of st. Helena"
and a number of cuts from holiday
books are other pictorial inclusions in
the number. The literary contents per-
tain in the issue, strictly to the picture.
The attempt to kill Russell Sage was
depicted in the Illustrated american last
week, together with the launch of the
New York, the American institute show
and the play of the "Lost Paradise"
The portraits include those of girl
named Mitchell, who is to marry
French title, Adelaide Arthur, Henri
eta Maria, Cardinal Manning, Bishop
Kendrick and Charles L.
The Christmas cards published by
Prang of Boston range from grave to
gay and lively to severe, but are for the
better part fitting to the season. There
are humorous skits that will give pleas
ure to the children calendars that are
ornate with flowers and pretty faces, to
be put on the table or In the pocket a
family record, with appropriate verses
and sentiments booklets on "No Sect
in Heaven" "A Tennis Set" and other
matters Ida Waugh's arch face of a
child, called "a Little Rogue; Mar
garet Deland's "Clouds Of Sunshine y;
"A Days Fishing" bound in the form of
a basket The Old Farm Gate" with
cover in gate shape, and the usual floral
cards.
Alexander Pope, the animal painter.
of Boston, was nearly torn to pieces by
a tiger while sketching lions in the win
ter quarters at Barnum's circus, in
Bridgeport.
Frederick Keppel has written a new
lecture on his personal acquaintance
with celebrated etchers.
Wesley Webber, who has moved from
Boston to New York, is Maine man
who served in the volunteer army dur
ing the war. Among his earlier pictures
is one that represents the shelling of
Fredericksburg.
Childe Hassam has been culling land
scape subjects from the old battle
ground of Lexington. A brilliant young
man is Mr.. Hassam, an uncommon col
orist and an almost humorous eccentric.
Henry w. Ranges, who has spent two
or three summers in travel and study in
Holland, is to write on that country
and its people for future number of one
of the big magazines.
A manufactory of Egyptian gods has
been started in Birmingham England
The products are sold by donkey boys
in Cairo and near the pyramids. It also
turns out bullets and buttons for sale at
Waterloo,
The winters art lithograph company
of Chicago has published general view
of the World Fair buildings as the West
erners hope they will look if they sue
ceed in getting up the World Fair.