The morning times., 1897-01-19
MOVING THE ART GALLERY
The New COrcOran Palace Is Re-
ceiving Its Treasures.
STATUARY NOW IN PLACE
Some Odd Scenes and Incidents in
Carrying Apollos and Venuses
Across the Street-Slight DAM
ages to the Casts Which Are
Readily Repaired.

The new Corcoran Art Gallery is already
a place of interest for the treasures of
statuary | t contains, as well as for its wn
beauty of architecture. No pictures have
yet been hung there.
The work OF removing the collection from
the old home, opposite the north front OF
the War Department, over the intervening
two blocks TO the ne W place at Seventeenth
street and New York avenue, progresses
steadily. number of the most valua bic
pieces were taken over this morning, and
others will be added this afternoon The
removal will be completed, it is expected,
within two months probably by inaugura-
tiOn day.
A big express wagon is used for the
transfer of most of the works and the
boxes of books, some OF which are now
going over. A few of the finer and lighter
pieces can be carried over more safely by
hand.
An unusual sight this morning was the
Apollo Belyedere in all the perfection OF
his physical proportions, standing on an
ordinary mattress with broad blue and
brown stripes of ticking, while taking his
journey out the noble long corridor on the
fswest side of the new gallery to his probable
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corner.
Following him came knight of the
middle ages, armed cap-a-pie, ready for
battle except an open visor. He was
pushed along by four stout workmen.
The places OF many of the most important
works have already been determined upon.
Powers Greek Slave" has the center
of the small room at the extreme southeast
originals of the collection. About it are
Rinehart's "Endymion," Canovas' ma
poleon,' and other fine marbles.
The splendid figure of the Man of
Destiny, which has occupied the place of
honor at the head OF the grand staircase
in the old gallery, under the title The
| Last Days of tile First Napoleon holds
similar position at the head or the stairs
| in the ne W. Half way up stands a heroic
| figure OF Caesar, manuscript in hand
| In the south side of the main gallery
| on the first floor the center is held by
| The Wrestlers'' OF Cephissodotus OF
| Rhodes, and the dying Gladiator Of
| Cteslaus of Pergamus. About these are
| two copies of the - Disc Thro wer,'' of dif-
| ferent dates, the Meeager Of the Vat
lean, Jason of the Louvre, PTaxitelcs
| Hermes with the infant Dionysos at the
| southeast corner, and Silenus with the
| boy Dionysos in the southwest corner.
| The extreme southwest corner room
| already contains with the Deserted
| Anadre' and the Hunting Diana" all the
| models of Venus in the collection. This
/ Includes the .Nenus Anadyonene,' that
OF Melos, of the Capitol, at the Bath, and
/ the ''Crouching Venus of the Medicean
/ collection
| Some disorder is inevitable and some
| trifling breakages in moving so great
| a olection In the southeast corner stands
| among the busts of great Americans the
| pedestal which bears the closing words
| o, Senator Bakers reply to Brec ckjnridge
| in the Titanic days of 1861, with Its
| capital gone Nearby is the capital on
! another pedestal 1t bears the word
| BAKER but carries miniature woman'S
i figure.
| In the first large room at the right OF
| the New York avenue entrance is the
| o!ossal statue OF Hamilton. 1t has been
| cut in two between the second and third
| button from the bottom Of the wafstCoat,
and several pieces have been Clipped off.
Also the little finger of the right hand
| has been knocked off and lies beside the
| right foot. Considerable work will be
| necessary TO restore the piece to Its
| original perfcctness. This can be done,
| however, without the slightest perm anent
| oss. A mum ber of the other statues have
| been cut in two, and an Italian workman
| who knows nothing of their artistic merit
| or names is busy restoring parts chlpped
OFF in transit. None of the marbles, SO
far as observed in hasty review, have
| been all harmed,
With the Hamilto statue are two figures
OF Clytie one of Apollo and one of Mercury,
a head of the Son of Scio's Rocky Isle, y
who first woke the Epic muse, and many
| others awaiting their final bestowal III
the grand new halls.