Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1898-07-09

all the public rooms of the library will be
thrown open on the evenings of the 18th
and 18th, though there will be no service
In the reading room. In October, when
the building is to be opened regularly at
night the reading room will be the only
part accessible
The department of graphic arts at the
Congressional Library becomes more inter
estihg every day, as new additions are
made to the exhibition of etchings and
engravings The display is being arranged
with a view to showing good specimens
f1om all the famous schools. and the work
Is being placed in chronological order to
facilitate study. Since the fine set of orig
inal wood ergravings by Albert Durer
were placed in the cases in the southwest
pavilion many new works have been on
view, and when entirely completed the
collection viii be extremely valuable to
the student and interesting even to the
most casual observer. Among the new ex-
hibits is a case containing Italian engrav-
IL gs of the sixteenth century which in
cludes two examples of Marc Antonio Raj
,nondi and Agostino Caracci's engraving
of the CrucifiXion after Tintoretto, who is
reported to have said that the reproduction
was greater than the original painting
Passing to the work of the seventeenth
century. We find two remarkable etchings
by Salvador Rosa, his Fall of the Giants"
being especially fine in action and in the
manner in which the artist has rendered
the emotion, which marks the faces In
strong contrast to this freely handled sub
ject are the more formal etchings. printed
in red ink, by Carlo Cesio and Pietro Ber-
/, ettino. A mastery little subject by Guido
REM is also shown with the specimens be-
longing to this epoch, and the work of the
following century next claims our atten-
ton. Among the examples of this period
are the delicately executed ''Clytie." by
Bartoozzi, four engravings by Raphael
Morghen, and Volpato's engraving of Tin
toretto's celebrated painting, THE Mar
rfage at Cana" The only specimen of nine
teenth century engraving is by Felice Ju-
liani, and with that the Italian work ends.
the rest of the display being given over
TO examples that show the skill of the
Flemish and the Dutch in handling the
burin and the etchers needle. There are
a good many prints still to be added to
this section of the collection, but it already
includes some of Vostermans clever handi
work and some very representative speci-
mems from Bolswert's hand engravings of
paintings by RubenS Jakob Jordaens and
others. Prints bearing the signatures of
Suyderhoef and Hendrick Snyers are ex-
hibited, and some notably good examples
by Goitzius are also shown.
Prince Troubetzkoy closed his studio in
the Corcoran building on the LIST. and left
for his home at Castle Hill, Va. He eX-
poets to be there through the warm
weather and though his plans are a trifie
indefinite, he will probably return to Wash
ingtOn in the autumn. The most import
ant work finished previous to his departure
was a striking canvas, presenting, in
pleasing group arrangement, Hkenesses OF
the Misses Seckendorf.
Mr.. S. Jerome Uhl has moved his studio
to the building on the northwest corner of
Pennsylvania avenue and 18th street and
is now busy getting settled in his new quar-
tiers. He has in his studio the large por-
trait of Hon. John Sherman which he
painted for the State Department, and
which he completed just before the ex-Sec-
rotary started on his trip to Alaska Mr.
uhi has given to this portrait some of the
best work in his power, and it is full of
character. He has represented Mr. Sher-
man as seated beside his desk, with his
hands dropping idly over the ends of the
arms of his chair. The attitude of the fig
ure Is rather expressive of physical feeble
ness, but the face is instinct with vitality
and is painted with force that makes the
portrait seem almost alive. Without los
ing the naturally pale complexion of his
oitItI- tile dTtlSt mas painted the head with
a liberal use of color, and it is soundly
drawn and well modelled. Mr. UhI is now
at work upon a head of Dr. Richardson
and when the first opportunity presents it
self he will commence a portrait of Cen
Leonard H Colby. who left the city for
Chickamauga Park about a week ago.
Max Weyl is hoping TO get out of the civ
some time next week to revisit the Warm
Springs in Virginia, where he intends "a
work nearly all summer. A charming even
ing subject which he has been gaped
upon in his studio is painted from A study
made III that locality last year 1t presents
TO view stretch of rolling country divided
INTO an irregular checkerwork of fields and
dotted with white farm houses partly hid
den among the little clumps of trees which
always surround these comfortable dwell
lngs- The landscape is iow-toned hut rich
III color and seems wrapped in the stiffness
ana peace of evening, with the nal Iurnin
Gus sky overhead. in harmony with the
quiet calm of this rustic scene Another
evening motive which Mr.. WeyI has beep
paiitihg reVea the glowing tints which are
more characteristic of his work than ire
subdued scheme of color in the first csnN
vas The flaming yellow glow of sunset r.
partly smothered by the loose gray cloud
masses winch lie along the western horizon
but breaks through here and there oni,.
10 repeat Its splendor on the placid surface
or the water which lies in the middle dis
lance. ~
Mr.. Ambrose Macneil, a Scottish artist
or some reputc, has been In Wash
ington for some time and expects to locate
here permanently. In his studio in tbo
NorInandie he is now busy with a largo
marine view which he is painting for Con-
gresham Hopkins of Illinois,
The portrait If Miss Townsend which
Miss Juliet Thompson finished a short time
ago Is considered one of the best things
that have come from her hand. nartl, ON
account of the simplicity and freedom of
the handling and partly on account of the
admirable likeness which she obtained
by few telling strokes But it is
far from being the most carefully stud
led thing that she has done; in fact
its charm lies largely in the sketchy STYLE
in which ii is executed. Miss Thompson's
recently completed portrait of Mrs. Nc
Mrrtrie Is handled in a more conventional
way. but coinmends itself to the observer
in great many points. The flesh tints are
true and lfe-like, and the face. which IS
alive lie