Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-01-07
ART NOTES

Mr.. j. Q. A. Ward viii model an
equestrian statue Of General Philip II.
Sheridan
A new club. for artists only, is pro-
i iected in London. 1t is to be at Chelsea,
near Carlyle's old residence. and will
have exhibition rooms near by. Tie
committee TO arrange the premises con-
sists- of Whistler, Jacomb Hood. Fred
Brown Christie. and Lee.
The Peabody Institute, at Baltimore.
/ has received from Miss + Garrsts a
large painting with figures the size of
life representing Christ carried To tho
sepulchre. II was the intention of John
w. Garrett to give this picture to the
institute, and his daughter is now carry
ing out his purpose.
John Leslie Breck, a disciple of the
| impressionist Monet. is showing at the
/ St Botolph Club. in Boston, half a hum
dred paintings, in which pinks. reds,
and puppies hold high carnival One
picture shows the garden of Monet,
with that artists daughter in a scarlet
jacket seated beside her father in the
act of painting.
| The attempt has been made in London
to enlist an architect. two sculptors,
painter. and two designers in the plans
for church. 1t is for a Mr. Seeding
and stands near Sloane street. The
architect is Armstead, the sculptors are
/ Thorney Croft and Alfred Gilbert; the
painter is Burne Jones. and the design
ers are William Morris and Conrad
Dessler. The results from this meeting
of artists in one design will be awaited
with curiosity.
Washington furnishes an excellent
field for studies Of various types OF "our
brother in black. and some OF the
artists at the capital have not been slow
in taking advantage of the opportunities
at hand. One of Them Mr.. James
! Henry Moser, has recently been ex-
hibiting a number of water color
sketches of negro boys of the street
| gamin type so familiar to Washington
ians. which have attracted good deal
of attention. Some of the sketches
have been reproduced by l. Prang
& Co, the Boston art publishers, SO
that residents of other cities will be
able to enjoy Mr. Moser's pictures as well
as his neighbors in Washington.
The Messrs. Ticknor, of B ,ston, win
bring out magnificent work on the
! Renaissance architecture of England,
in six parts, folio, with 81 plates in each
part The buildings and details chosen
belong to the period 1560-1630, which is
one particularly interesting to Ameri-
cans, as at that time their ancestors
were, with few exceptions, still ia
! Europe. A critical and historical text
is supplied by j. Alfred Gotch and w
Talbot Brown. Each part will cost IS
to subscribers, and SO to nonsubscribers
Small sketches of windows, baIustrades.
| panels, Bosses corhels, and SO forth, are
scattered through the text
The shaft to commemorate the landing
/ of Leonard Calvert on the soil Of Mary
land, for which the legislature Of that
State appropriated S2, 600 last summer,
will stand on a small knoll near the old
wharf at ST. Mary's City. The null
berry tree under which, according TO
the legend, Calvert and his companions
| gathered, was standing on this knoll
until a few years ago. The tree suf-
fered so much from relic hunters
that the inhabitants of St Mary's cut
it down and placed the trunk in the
church. The shaft is of Vermont
granite. standing "a feet above a brick
foundation. 1t will bear two medall-
ions carrying the coat of arms of Mary
land, and the chief inscription reads:
"In Memory Of Leonard Calvert, First
Governor of Maryland, this Monument
is Erected by the State of Maryland