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The alxteenth autumn exhibition OF the Ne
tional Academy OF Design will open to the pub
lie on Monday morning next The "private
Wow " takos place to-day, tho galleries being
omen from o A. NJ. to 10 +. M. Tho exhibition
contains 431 works in painting and sculpture
and will remain open until Dec IL.
Tho central place on tho south wall OF the
sontb Gallery, commonly called "tho place Of
honor" is given to Edgar NJ. Wards excellent
interior with n figure OF an old man, THE Tax.
idermjst" No. 200. 1t Is hnnkod by n cattle
piece souvenir of Capo Cod, No. 272, by VIM
= Howe and a landscape. Near Sheffield,
Mass, !" No. 26s. by II. Bolton Jones. Nearby
nre Frank Fowler's " Portrait" No. 263; j. Car
roll Beckwith's Portrait Study" No. 273, and
Thomas Moran's "Moonrise, Cheoggia, Venice"
N 2o4. othor prominent centres of panels and
good places on the line in this gallery occupied
by william Hart's "The Storm is Coming, No.
sos; Louis Moellers important genro compost
tion Undecided. mo. 231; A. T. Bricher's Near
Deep Cove Grand Mannn, Low Tide" No. $685.
William Morgans Admiration" No. $780, +. X.
NJ Rehns "Tumbling Waves" No. 22o; Francis
G. Jones's The Secret" No. 25d; J. b. Bristols
"Ncar Great Darlington, Mass.," No. 227; J.
H. Dolph's (Cat and Kittens) Tho Waste Bas-
kot," No. 236; It. s. Church's 1.-THE Reverio."
No. PAL; Walter l. Palmer's Tho End OF the
Shower" No. 24s; Frank Russell GREEN'S "Sun.
lit Pastures" No. $50; George H. Smillie's
Autumn Sunset" N. 277; J. g. Browns
Ready to Shine" No. 27s; J. Francis Muir
phys RAIN" No. 1882; John 8. Sargent's "Por.
trait OF tho Artist Claude Monet" No. 1885,
Robert O. Minors Autumn Morning." No.
294; A. r. Tait's "Guarding tho Flock" No.
800; Carleton wiGginss "a Sheep Stable" No.
3o5; ]. G. Nicolrs "Study from Nature" No.
33s, and r. M. Shurtleff's "Cloudy Skies" No.
313.
In tho North Gallery the centre of the most inn
portant panel is held by "One Summer Day"
| No. "a, n landscape with figures of boys, by O.
| Morgan McIhenny. In tho middle Of the east
| wall is Edward Gays largo landscape. "Eldo-
| rado." Other centres and prominent places are
| given to Flower Stand. Paris" No. 130, by l.
| L. Van Gorder; Moonrise" No. 63. by William
A. Coffin; "village Street in Holland" No. ia,
| by H. G. williamson; " First Tinge of Autumn"
No 80. by F. De Haven; dreamy Summer"
| No. 75. by Benjamin Eggleston; EARLY Morn
ing" No. 129, by r. G. Minor; "The River,
| Pcacelale, r. L." No. 1874. by r. w. Van Bos-
kerck. and "Sand Dunes" No. 80, by Frederick
II. Clark.
The East Gallery contains Gilbert Gaul's "Ex-
| change Of Prisoners" No. 1862, an episode in In
dian warfare; charming decorative figure
| study, June" No. 1872. by Robert Blum
Charles c. Curran's profile head of a young wo-
man, "Silver Naples" No. 1s9 under tho Apple
| Tree No. 2o2. by Henry Mosler: Spring" No.
153. by Lyell Carr" &c insulting the Chart" No.
| 147. by l.. G. Earle, and Long Island" No. 21O.
| by Bruce Crane In the corridor notable pic
lures are Robert Hinckleys Portrait" No. / |;
| A. L. Van Lear's Wilton Meadows" No. g.;
Carlo ]. Blenners "Antonette." No. Ii; Will
| liam j. Whittemore's Portrait" No. 40; w.
Merritt Posts. "Novcmhcr," No. 81, and Percy
Moran's Good News" No. As. The greater
part of the West Gallery is taken up by the sculp.
ture. but few pictures hung in tho south
end Of the room Among these are
"The Golden Horn" No. 352. by Leon.
ard Ochtman; Tho Fog Bell. Maine Coast"
| No. 351. by George Wharton Edwards, and
| "Mountains Of the Deoss Scardo, Upper India, -
| No. 362. by Lockwood dc Forest. The sculpture
comprises ffty-nine numbers. nn unusually
large display, and is contributed in great part
by two artists. Charles Calvcrly. who has
twenty-cight exhibits, and J. Scott Hartley who
has eleven. Many Of these are portrait busts
and medallions. Among the other important
pieces are large figure, "The Spirit of Re-
search" No. 429, by Fernando Miranda; "Ths
First Test" No. 4Os. by Ralph Goddard: "On
the Alert, No. 4l3. by Prince Paul Troubctzkoy,
and The Ball Player" by Edward Wilson.