The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1892-10-20
Art Notes.

Art Notes.
Mr.. Henry Irving, the actor. having
announced that he will issue volume
of his addresses, now informs the
public that the volume will be illustra
ted by a portrait of himself prepared by
Whistler.
A literary and artistic congress now in
session at Milan, Italy, has decided that
the right of reproductio does not pass
to the buyer of picture. 1t asks that
the forging of an artists signature be
made penal offense.
The Art Students League of Buffalo
has secured the money for two scholars
ships of $500 for pupils who wish to come
to New York to work in the art schools.
The scholarships will do something to-
ward paying the way of the pupils.
The site of the Chateau of VaucouIeurs
in the chapel of which Joan of Arc pray
ed before going against the English, has
been purchased by the Bishop of Yer
dun. He will erect on the site of the
chateau basilllca in honor of the Maid
of Orleans.
The print.department of the Boston
Museum of the Fine Arts is holding an
exhibition of carbon photographs. en>
cravings, and etchings, as well as seven
copies in oil by F. P. Vinton, after the
works of Frans Halls the elder and
younger and Velasquez -
The director of the United States
Mint is about to ask Mr.. Augustus st.
Gaudens for designs and models in plas-
ter for the medals to be struck for the
Worlds Fair. Will H. Low is to be ask
design for this purpose was submitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury some
time ago.
The Sharp Art School, under the su>
perintendence of Mr.. John S. Sharp,
opens for the season at 744 Broadway.
The evening life classes continue, with
Thursday evening reserved for the
sketch class. For persons employed
during the week, a Sunday morning life
class for painting from the nude has
been arranged.
A friend, disciple and follower of Will
liam Blake, the engraver, Edward Cal
vert, is to be recalled by biography
written by son and illustrated with
thirty plates and other pic lures. He
was born in 1899 in Devonshire, and be-
came associated with Blake about 1924.
His first manner was very Blakeau, and
his later works strongly classical.
The Emperor Francis Joseph of Aus
tria has restored the stained glass panes
in the German Pilgrims house of the
Campo Santo at Rome The old win
dows were shattered by the explosion oil
the powder magazine Two large win-
dows were ordered at the imperial glass
painting establishment in Innsbruck and
are shown in Vienna. One is descent
from the Gross" and the othe the "Meet>
ing with the Virgin Mary after the Res.
direction"
A collection of antiquities in the way
of sculpture, pottery. and painting found
by Mr.. Flinders Petrie in Egypt under
the mound called Tel-el-Amarna, is
shown in London. Their finder consid.
ers them of the reign of King Kheuna
ten, about 1400 B. c., although they
have very modern look of realism in
the treatment of natural objects, as well
as great originality. A singular resem
blance to the relics and paintings found
at Mykenai by Schliemanu has been
noted.
T. B. Walker of Minneapolis has
bought his torical painting by e. Schu
esseIe, native of Alsatia, but American
by adoption. It was painted about 1858
ond represents General jackson before
Judge Hall at New Orleans, in 1914, after
the famous battle. jackson was sum-
lnoned into court by Judge Hall for hav-
ing violated the laws of Louisiana after
he had declared martial law in New Or
leans. There are thirty six figures, in
PENDANT, Edward Livingstone, Colonel
Gabriel Slaughter, Colonel Wade Hamp-
ton and other men of the day. The
General is attended by his aides and
followed by crowd of admirers, furious
to think that the conqueror of the ia
nous battle should be made to appear
before the court as culprit. The Judge
wears official robes of red, and the Gen
eral is in civilian dress. The picture
was a commission from Philadelphia
named Heidenburg, who collected a
large number of letters from partici-
pants in the scene, and these letters were
sold with the picture. Mr.. Walker may
Public Library of Minneapolis.