New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-10-28
TO SHOW WOMEN'S PORTRAITS.
THE EXHIBITION TO OPEN THIS "hhh

IT WILL BE FOR THE BENEFIT OF. CHARITIES
INTEREST OF THE FASHIONABLE WORLD
The exhibition Of portraits Of women under the
management OF William A. Coffin, and unaer 'he
patronage Of about l25 women of New-forks lash
ionable society. promises to he a success III every
respect The date for the opening of the eXhio''ioh
is November /. and the 40 portraits ana as many
miniatures lent for the occasion will be on exhl-
hilton for more than three weeks in the rooms Of
the Academy Of Design. 1t will he the hrst eN-
hibition OF the kind ever given in this country nut
those who have it in charge are so familiar with
the methods employed in similar eXhipi'"h
held last year in the Grafton Galleries in London
that It Il hoped this first attempt Will prove AS
successful its English prototype.
The proceeds of the exhibition are to he devoted
to the benefit OF St Johns Guild and the Ortho-
paeic Hospital, and this fact has enlisted for the
enterprise the cooperation of great many people.
In point of size the exhibition Will not compare
with the Grafton affair, which drew from all the
great public we'll from nearly all the private
galleries in Europe II will be display of the
hest specimens Of portraiture in this country, the
collection Of which has been the work of many
months
In making the collection the committees were
confronted with the serious question: What con-
situtes desirable picture-the social staining Oh
the woman it represents, the artistic value OF
the work Of an artist of ACKNOWLEDGED standing the
question was easily determined. but in cases where
portraits were offered for exhibition whlch hd'
no higher claim than that Of society ana IN "hlch
the artistic ranked second the social the pictures
were promptly rejected
In speaking Of that side Of the exhibition Mr..
Coffin said that the views Of the projectors were
well EXPRESSED by a writer who said that the artists
who are among the projectors OF the exhibition re-
gret that the coming exhibition cannot be as
purely artistic as that OF the Paris Salon or OF the
Society OF American Artists ON the other hand,
they believe that the historic features Of the col
lection compensate in part the admission Of por-
traits bv artists whose work has ceased TO De
looked upon highly as 1t was early in the
century, and who have been succeeded by men Of
| greater skill
The artistic standard it seems. has been the first
conslderatlon while maintaining the social ana
historic tests" 1t never the intention OF the
| committee 20 exclude good portrait simply pe-
cause iis subject Was not In society
OF the American artists whose work may be seen
| nj the exhibition are Chase. Porter Kenyon Cox
Eastman Johnson. Sargent. Thaysr Beck"ith.
| Hunt MetcaIf Eaton. Butler and Dewing. one OF
the first portraits mele by SHTsrnt IN ms SI"t IT.?
gether with one OF Mrs. T. Mason T, "'iCn ,r
Isy scRefen and Mrs : Van Rensselaer, Criger
/ are the subjects OF Porters best Mrs. Pa on
iIr,,, Thaycr and Is " Chase shows three
IAN I.nrth portraits There are two good portraits
by Miss fdsSitt -, = ,.,-
There are pictures also painted in the days or our
! rranffitners and these are the works "IIcn III
some Instances possess more historical than ar'l9u
,,lua Thor. are pictures 10y topley. irUihhuII'
Ingnarn Inman and stuart. and the works 81 SoW'
! az M. European contemporaries. such as h"pp,
nor Kneller Sir Joshua Reynolds. 'r'uz' "n'
| pornncv \ portrait ~ Mr. \. j. 'assaS' ny
| Whistler i. among the notable specimens ,
c"ntcmporary French Is rePrss;s,ntHf a. by
! Cab,ncl Carolus Duran. BonnAt h"pll.' mr.,
iran Madrazo and L'fchvre ana o'heF "''-N"o"' Il
/ men. g., = r yvtlsor arc
| tho subjects Of Bonnats exhibits. Mr. * = ~
49,, cuttings uorirait by Lefcbyre Mrs. cornelius
Vanderbilt by Mairazo and another M,ir1]3 "
Miss Wilson and 8 portrait hy 'hartrah OF NIT.
Hamilton Fish webster. among the best IN me
French collection -. -, C,,r,ius
Duran: Mrs Elisha Dyer, ~. by Munzls: Mrs.
iloniino, Keith. Mrs J. Hobart warren ar, nu,l 6y
Gorlgiani. Mrs william 9. Whitnsy' 1y Al,,re
Mrs Richarl NJ Hunt hy william NJ Hunt Mr Mt
sncncer Trask. by Eastman Johnson MT H.
nv r. e Porter. Mrs Edward LauterhaGh ny
Toictti: Mrs Alolf IAdennnrg. 2y MS Ward
t,nrnef Sherwood. Mrs Reginald h"ishdw w aru,
bv Utr,iir. Mrs stanford White. by perwlns;
vlss stokes los Fills Roberts. ana a bas-I"nel OF
Mrs SCHUYLER Van Rensselaer,, by ~ Naui'hS
an IN. lav before the opening. the press Wow
rW tc heI The exhibition VIII be- open day ana
rvcring AMI except the opening day the az
mission Zee Will bc ~ cents.