The sun., 1892-02-14
"A arsroRr OF MExsor1yrs
Ths froGress OF the Art from siewea q
Ceustns Illustrated at wupaeYiiohsa.

Tss fros-e.. OF the Art FROM siege. ..
Ceastns Illustrates at wupaer1ich's.
Aromarkably Interesting and quito unusua
collection OF mezzotint engravings In now on
view at Wunderlich's gallery at SjS Broadw
" covers tho progress Of this flne art from the
time Of Ludwig Won Slogen. tho amateur dis
coverer OF tho process In 1912, to Cousins
who died In 1887. This collection begins
with the portrait Of Amelia Elizabeth.
Dowagor LandRravine OF Hesse. a reproduce
don OF the first mezzotlnt known to have
been euerayod. which Is from the private col.
lection ofMr. H. +. sewell. and Includes plates
engraved by Prince Rupert. tho oldest perhaps
being the Hoad Of an Executionor." In fact,
the Invention OF tho art was at ono time
ascribed TO him. and. at any rate. he Improved
tho method OF engraving In mezzotnt.
but tho plates from his hnnd are rare
and croatly valued. There is fine portrait OF
Prince Rupert engraved by W. Valiant some
time before 1877.
It wns in tho time OF Sir Joshua Reynolds
that McArdell. Fisher. Watson. Green. and
othors developed the art OF mezzotint engrav-
ing In its highest form. and there are hero
many plates OF great del!cacy produced Of that
period.
Among the subjects aro many portraits OF
noted persons associated with tho history Of
tho enrly stage. men Of arms. and mon and
wonen-vn!innt. learned. and bcautiful-of
the court and society of II century or moro nCo.
Thcro IL. for instance. a ilne plate OF
Mira Jordan. aftcr Hoppnor: Gnrrick as
Richard ILL.,. after N Dance: Richard
Cumberland. the draniatist. by Valentine
sayd eHS ctnS sare Ss
sick ana Mrs. Colley cibTor%' as as joSaer M and and
lSs lRa sSarasiS9 alter z;S1Py Mss ofdSn %
W Thomas Park. utter j. Hoppner;
wv I,ssts;; ~ james Ward. after the portrait
There is nm unknown 2, NO p71,ezsotint Of tho eigh-
y q ts s paw 5Ss Yhsh
az; 6. Schnnek's pluto Of Major. Con. M james
GsS hDra ss p.;sr f5 FSsm isr 6yef
Then among the statesmen Of renown. there
Ts pG so Of Sc Jpn H.NSI! %k BY s
Iisnry Graitan: attsT J. TanssS;;. ofhsr Neii.
esting arc Samuel johnson. after hoy
sssf Utter sssSss11ass D055i5S; 5SSs; b2Sghs bhe
.itss H2nse; H WllIsr MS rsiihhGFns: r. s. pIate
81 iS EsSsrd SSisoa:: s!ter sm
@ SssS ssris p9r,sait I p j. ih j.. j; ssh%sl'
sss @ oo9s ssSs. prines If Tsins sns
tshs sSsy I,sr ssr h|y y ons.han ~ Spills pills
uy I1%Sss EoSst. Wht Wi,sSs ssysis,aA asr sis ae
q the other portraits thnt CLAIM, attention
FSsgsl lv teay y,b.tn blsn after Sir
:nsrsyins Of AIarCars:: Lady Binsham after
rntsSs 0y one @nsStfGs tGs two meszatns s
done by Gsorge l.srtne in the s,iNteenth
large plate Utter eynoiss ,Hn painting u5ft of the
HMstb9frSufn rrpnmi ara c2antsss q
Lady Mary W ioss !es Gauot opoHaeh eynSrs nftsr
y Smith ifoa Macy: .Qs Queen 2f Engand by Jasob
Se hfSf iDSSir; nAn atar 'aE SnoSd1
piqqant portrait, and very many others
I. large plate that must attract attention for
wrsSss ssn 81 snfinEss FhossSpher @
foftsna Teer n utsr sG rotess
H.bs srsns vsrv PLATE : SHd %1rd hue Ilisrss
.n s6is cosnpsts col ole lection an S integestins ias
Nor4s1t ntssrSr Of Church." by j NJ W. Turner
pisrk able iruit and fower pieces. and several
imaginative subjects reproduced from old |
Foreign. and Ancrican Painsinss ut siio's.
In the collection Of pictures now on Wow at
the Stlo Art Gallery ut AZ Liberty street. are IL
number OF pictures benrlng distinguished sig
natures. but not all Of them are worthy ex-
amples Of tho PAINTERS they represent. Some
OF them. however. uro interesting. and. rs n
whole. the collection is one worth inspecting.
The greater art OF the l10 paintings is a con-
sigrmont by Charles T. Lansing. as executor
Of m estate. to be closed at auction. and in ad-
ditiol aro two large and showy pictures by Al
bert Bierstndt. and painting by Roestel.
shd belonging to Henry Clews. called
Forward. March," There is large picture
by Rosa Bonheur that must attract attention
by its name and siZe called Deer Drinking
At Sunset" Some Of the smaller pictures in
the collection arc more interesting. There is
Berne-Bellecour. for instance. which. while
large for this painter. has his characteristics:
Vibert pot at all In his customary style:
very interesting pen and ink in Sepa by Mes
sionier; q Van Mnrche. quite eommonrlace: a
sds ri the, King" and an attractive Ideal
atgpsti,.s pstHrs yy tKoxask s called ,
t%as R G is rauto n
vague and misty manner Just now ponn!nr in
ha sarss H. y ths yoSas
girls Ienres1nted. rem very clever picture is that
gives a distinct note Of color e the picture.
ana both IN coior and composition 1t Is agree-
able and graceful. A. Groileron. "On the Look
ont" l. highly finished. ard Walter BLACK
!nRR Going to ainrket" is. Il cliarulnR pic
turo OF girl iE u boat crossing the Venetian
lagoon.
There IL a Cnrot in the collection called.
hPraGtoristically. ' 4 Gray Morning." but it
j. hardly a satisfactory example Of the work
SSi this master. The Approach Of Night" by
bruce Crane. is mora satisfactory. Among
tho other Artists Represented in the collection
Pc ~ y Dny. flCra:" !" David Coe. "A Morning
}aA sTah Beers. Iienner. Troyon. .Moroau
Si'Esr & cIs ven BFnmGn: mn Hrim: Carlton. Wiggins
GsHals A, c. Rowland. ). ii. Dolpi,. and Harry
bEnon The pictures arc to ne, shown until
s rGar Thep rason ,n9y VIII h s9d GSdrsyy by
A. Barker. Tho sale will Le concluded on
Friday.
The Prnng Collection.
The interesting Prans collection OF oil
paintings aud water-coior drawings. which
has boon on view at the American Art Galle-