New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-01-28
GILBERT STUARTS GRAVE +.
MOVEMENT TO FIND AND MARK IT.

SOME DOUBT AS TO WHERE IT Is-THE FAMOUS
PAINTERS POVERTY IN HIS LAST YEARS.
AT recent meeting Of the Council Of the Fine
Arts Federation Of New-York the following
resolution passed:
Whereas, 1t has come TO the knowledge o. your
,ngu!shed American painter. Gilbert stuart re-
mains at this day unmarked save by the humip s
is buried: be IT, therefore.
end Ea snp e take A r the Of
mark Tyer the grave 8 oer hereby in
structed to take action to this end and report 10
the Council Of the Federation.
Regarding this resolution. J. Carroll Beck
with. chairman of the Committee on Painting
OF the Fine Arts Federation. said yesterday:
In November last a letter was published in
a New-York paper stating that the grave OF Gil-
bert Stuart was without mark other than
number in the cemetery. The letter was signed
Albert NJ Moran, of Indianapolis. | wrote 10
this gentleman and received a reply 10 the
effect tina, Gilbert Stuart was buried In or near
Boston. Mr. Morlan was unable to give me a
more exact location AID he added that lie u'u
not believe there were any descendants OF MI
Stuart whom II would be necessary TO consult
Having ascertaned this. | offered resolution
at the last meeting Of the Council. Of the Fine
Arts Federation authorizing the Committee OH
Painting 70 ascertain If the grave Of Gilbert
stuart was without mark. and If so. TO take
steps TO collect a sufficient sum TO have proper
monument erected. | am endeavorng 10 locate
this grave and invite the aid OF all VINO can
give Information on the subject Wnen the IN
formation is obtained. the committee VIII sen"
out a circular to the public and to art ana MS
torica institutions. asking for subscriptions ioi
the erection Of a monument
Thomas w Wood. president OF the Natonai
Academy Of Design said he did not think Gil
bcrt Stuar- had been buried in any out-ol-'nt
way place whcrs his body could not De iouu'
1t true, however. that stuart was u''l"Sn
ionable toward the end Of his life He Was no.
in vogue 80 much In previous years AZ ina.
time Chester Harding. one o. the ola poruai'
painters left Boston for England, declining 10
fill eighty commissions. While Stuar, nu ~, ~
commissions and was In poverty. MT. Woou
thought however. that Jane stuart IlipeI'
Siuarts daughter. had written a he o. nsf
father which mentioned the place Of his huriai;
4 search al the Astor Library resulted IN nhd-
ing a bool, 10y George G. Mason. published III
1873 entitled THE Life and Works Of Gilbert
stuart" This Biography It is stated In the
preface. was written at the request OF 'ans
Stuart he only surviving meripe' VI '''
Stuarts family.
This book contains the following reference to
Ciilberis Stuarts burial-place: The remains
Of Gibor, Stuart were deposited in the cemetery
ON BOSTON Common A gentleman who was
present told Miss stuart that he had maze
note OF the number OF the vault. but uniortu-
nately. he put il away and could not ma H.
Could the spot have been Identified, gentle
man distinguished for his hberaiity and KIND
ness Of heart would hav" had the remains re-
moved 10 Rhode Island and placed in the family
burial plot ,
The birthplace and carly home OF Gllper'
Stuart according to this book. was an old-fash-
toned. gambrel- roosed and low-portalled house
hv tn side ~ tiny stream at the head Of
Pciacuamsrou Pond In Management county
Ehad. Island IL was born on December B.
1850 and died on July p. 1898.
At IN. same meeting OF the Fine Arts Fedora
tlon n resolution was passed recommending TO
the favorable consideration or American paint
ar4 and scuiptors the invitation 10 the artists
% tn. United States, received through the Con-
-ui-G.ueral al Berlin. 10 participate IN the eX-
ADDITION 10 be held In that city this year.