New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-21
LONDON NOT QUITE EMPTY.
NOTABLE PEOPLE CONSULT ABOUT THE
BRITISH SCHOOL AT ATHENS.

RICH ENoIIsHMEN GIVE A LITTLE HELP-LARGE
PRICES AT THE HUTH sALE-THE MALCOLM
COLLECTION GOES TO THE MUSEUM.
London July 10,
They say that London has been emptying very
rapidly during the past week; and II 49, OF COURSE
true that all the politicians and their hench"'e"
have been hurryng away to defend their seats
or to attack those OF others. There were stl now
ever. enough people left to make fine show at
the evening parties and enough eminences' thoueh
not political eminences. to ill the banqueting nan
at ST. James's Palace when yesterday the Prince
OF Wales called them together to take couhsei
about the British School OF Archaeology a'
Athens The Prince was in the chair anu Mo
nephew the Duke OF Sparta. sat py MS siue'
while the list Of speakers included the Archps"op
Of Canterbury Sir Frederick leighton professor
Jebb and Mr.. Egerton. our Minister a' A'"e"'
who has always taken warm and very service
able interest in the school,
This institution has been in existence for nine
years but I grieve to confess that 1t mas not re-
ceived the encouragement which 1t has always
deserved or which would place 1t. as wor'Nhs
organ on equal terms with the schools estab-
lished in Athens by the United States. by France
and by Germany In England we can depend In
enthusiasm of rich individuals or communities
such as those who with you seem to take pa
triotc pleasure In equippng American expedi-
tions in the realm of discovery and research. IL
ia So far satisfactory that Sir William Harcourt
lust before he left the Treasury, consented 10
make a grant of $500 year for five years toward
the expenses Of the school; and few rich men
have given their hundreds and their ffties. so that
for that period at least the school n ay look for-
ward to enjoying modest endowment oh'or'u-
nately, the colleges at Oxford and Cambridge
from which its natural support woIlc ne eN-
pected to f1ow are starved by the agricultural
depression which is becoming worse and worse,
the present phenomenally dry summer being
fatal to the root crops and therefore to the
chances Of the good prices for cattle.
The colleges are great landlords. and, like other
landlords they cannot get their rents; nay. being
colleges. they think 1t inconsistent with their
character to press for them; so that the fellow
ships have in many cases fallen to about one
fourth Of their nominal value. The effects OF this
are far-reachng, but at present l mention only
one of them, the cutting off OF an important
source OF supply from the school at Athens We
envy YOU your millionaires with taste for learn
ing; until we can discover one for ourselves. we
shall never, fear excavate an Olympia or find
q Hermee.
THE HUTH COLLECTION SOLD.
This subject borders upon art. and the mention
of art ieade me TO speak again OF sale which
has been attracting some interest during these
last few days. 1t was that OF the pictures
and drawings OF the late Mr.. Charles Frederick
Huth one Of family Of anglicized Germans who
Q generation ago. stood very near the top OF the
tree In the city Of London. and who still occupy
np hQU o hQQn
numerous members Of the family given to COL
lecting art treasures. The most famous possession
IL in the HUH library. which lately descended to
a member OF the younger generation. while the
celebrated portrait of Sir Thomas More, by Hol-
bein. belongs either to the owner Of the library
or TO another brother. Mr.. Lewis HUH is rich in
Oriental china and in other possessions while Mr.
Charles HUH, who died lately at his big house
In Kensington Palace Gardens. was large buyer
OF early English pictures, drawings and engrav-
ings.
All these have Just come to the hammer. and
have fetched considerable prices, the Morlands
having reached exceptional figures considering
that one or two Of them were not In very good
condition. and the one picture by Constable easily
beating the record. This was picture which
Constable simply called "A View on the Stour."
but which is probably known to many Of your
readers from the title. 1.-The Young Waltonans,
which David Lucas. apparently on his own author
ity, attached to the engraving Mr.. HUH bought
this large and important picture more than thirty
years ago from the late Mr.. Tiffin, the dealer In
the Strand, at the price Of 5000. which in those
days was about the normal figure for Constable
OF this Importance He was very proud of 1t and
Of his foresight In securing II. and though he
was one Of the most silent Of men, he was fond
hfc do o1do f
pairing it with Mr. Henry vaughan's famous Hay
VAIN" since given by that gentleman to the Ma
tional Gallery. We all know what pride collectors
take in their pictures. and 1t Is not surprising
that Mr. HUH would even back his own posses
sion against the Hay Vain" ITSELF though
neither then nor now would 1t be easy to find
any one to agree with him in that opinion.
On Saturday the picture was the occasion Of
desperate struggle between England. as repre-
scented by Messrs. Agnew. and America, as repre-
sented by your fellow-townsman, Mr.. Blakeslee.
who is said to have had practically unlimited
commission. but who naturally thought that he
would not be doing justice to his client II he
pushed matters beyond the bounds OF reason.
The hammer fell to Messrs. Agnew at the extraor-
binary price Of $500 guineas. and believe that
the picture has already passed into a London col
lection.
This week We are TO see the dispersal or rev
very good pictures from various collections, in
GLIDING three which remained unsod at the
famous Clever Manor sale in 1876 one OF the
earliest OF the saee In which the prices Of Dutch
pictures reached the standard to which We are
accustomed to-day. One OF them Is a noble cea-
piece by Ruysdael. and among the pictures from
other sources IL that extreme rarity, winter
scene by Hobbema.
THE MUSEUMS GREAT ACQUISITION.
The British Museum has Just made noble ac
QUESTION, and the officials OF the Print Depart
ment are very proud and happy. They have pur-
chased. by special grant of the Treasury, the
whole Of the magnificent collection Of drawings,