New-York tribune., 1895-12-22

c,ded N have the Governors private office fttingy
decorated Once decided upon the responsibility lor
the execution OF the Commissions order was piacea
upon Mr.. Bonne, and he advertised for artists
drawings Among the many designs submitted were
those OF William E. Pedrick and these were chosen
by the Commission the most artistic The con-
tract for the painting was awarded 10 a. u Mar
gerum.
Mr. Pedr1ck has State reputation as a painter OF
historical subjects. He was pupil OF Thomas How
enden at the PENNSYLVANIA Academy of Fine Arts
He painted the large historical sketch representing
the entrance OF the Continental Army INTO Trenton
which is conspicuousy hung in the main corridor
OF the State House and which arrests the attention
OF every visitor The large oil portrait OF the late
Governor Leon Albeit. which has a prominent posi-
ion on the wall in the executive chamber, Is also
from Mr. Pedrick's brush and he is now engaged
in painting the portraits Of several statesmen which
will be hung in the Rotunda Art Gallery Of the
State House He IS personally experimenting the
work IN the Governors room. and when completed
the ceiling will present an exam pc Of his best deco
ra.ye skill.
After seeing a corner OF the ceiling in the Gov
e-nors room completed. the State House Commis-
sion decided 10 decorate the walls Of the corridor
leading from the main corridor to the Assembly
chamber These walls have never had more than
white coat OF lime since the wins was erected:
n ne 1;oyernor;s room is the Introduction into the
design OF the four official seals used different
gsrods by the STAT hs %as a0He uP1% Prref and
Francis 3 Lee, the later d welknown ar ehaeo osls'
who has made special study of the state s
heraldrv These seals. which are shown in the ac-
companying illustration Will prominently adorn the
ceiling al the corners and sides OF the ROOM
They represent the four historical periods cf New
Jersey from the granting Of the lands in 1910 by
King Charles II to Lord John Berkeley and sly
George Carteret the time when II became one OF
the original thirteen States OF the Union IN IUo =
Mr. Lee discovered IN his studies that the seal OF
New Jersey az present In use Is not that adopted
by the committee appointed by the Legislature OF
f17S who were charged with the duty or designing
q great seal The Original specifications dld not can
FOR ,he motto Liberty and Prosperity nor ala tneN
call for the Earl's helmet. These are latter-day
thoughts The painting on the ceiling OF the
Governors room represents the seals as Originally
adopted by the committee of the Legislature OF l'b
OF the other seals in the design two are those OF
the lord proprietors OF the colony when the state
was divided and known the Eastern and western
Provinces of New-Jersey. Eastern Jersey shows q
shield divided in two parts. the upper half bearing
q human arm issuing from q cloud and hoIdlns a
pair Of balances Between two ears or Indian corn
n the lower part is a sheaf OF wheat The seal or
-he Western Province compass from whlch
pal- OF balances is suspended. and beneath these a
terrace tree is seen. The third is that used by
Governor Livingston while Pierre Du Sumetre was
engaged making the Great Seal OF the State This
bore the Livingston arms.
Although the work going on at the state House
is necessarily slow owing to It's being done In the
most artistic style and without the use or stencils
NJ Margeriim, the contractor, has promised GUS
iodan Bonne that his men will be out OF the way by
January g. 1896.