The sun., 1898-02-17
IwrnIoAr ART eA11Hs1zs.
Enh,bttioa ef the Dans Coliectiou ef OFienta
Ceranies sna Pictures The william ~
Fuller Collection OF Early EnEiish ant
Rnrhtrors RatntfnGr.

Exh,n,tton of the Dana Collection ef Oriental
Cerarsros snd Pictures - The william y.
Fuiicr Collection or Early EnEifsh ana
Barbiron Paintingr.
An exhibition Of surpassing interest opens to-
day at tho American Art Galleries, East
Twenty.third street, and will continue to Thurs
day, Feb. "a 1t consists Of the largo and splen-
did collection of Eastern ceramics and other
objects Of art belonging to the estate of
the late Charles A. Dana. seven pictures BY
Corot, Millet, Rousseau. Daubigny, Zlem,
Jacauo, and Courbet belonging to tho same
estate and tho noted collection of pictures
by carly English and Barbizon masters owned
by Mr.. william II. Fuller. Both collections
will be sold at auction, the sale OF the ceramics
beginning In the galleries on tho afternoon OF
Feb. "a and continuing Friday and Saturday,
Feb. % and 90. The pictures at ChickerinR
Hall on tho evening of Friday, Feb. 20. Tho
Dana pictures will be sold Immediately after
tho conclusion Of the sale of the Fuller collec-
tion.
Tho famous Dana collection of Oriental cora
mics including among It's 5S5 numbers many
pieces that are known to collectors both In
Europe and at home as unique, and embracing In
its wido variety specimens of all the most cele
brated Chinese porcelains Of the Ming and tho
Tsing dynasties. IL arranged In cases and cabi-
nets in the main gallery on the first floor and In
tho two smaller galleries upstairs. On the west
wall of the main gallery the Dana pictures are
hung, and on o pedestal near tho centre OF this
room II placed 1ne bronze group by Baryc,
"Jaguar Dsvouring Hare" Tho Fuller
pictures, thirty-seven in number, are hung
in the large gallery upstairs. In the centre OF
tho wall at the west end hangs 1.-THE Blue Boy.
by Gainsborough. q celebrated canvas about
which much has been written, as Tho Blue
Boy" in tho Duke of Westminster's collection
has long been q famous work, and has been sew
eral times publicly exhibited, and the picture In
Mr.. Fuller's collection has not been SO well
known. He purchased it last year only from
Mr.. Martin II. Colnaghi in London. It was ex-
hiblted by tho Messrs. HoRartn in 1870. and
since that time. at least, the existence OF sec
ond "Blue Boy" by Gainsborough has been gen.
orally known to amateurs and critics in both
hemispheres. In the centre OF the south wall
arc the Rousseau masterpiece, Tho Charcoal
Burners Hut" and the fine Troyon, "Cows
In Pasture" Others of the most noted pictures
are "The Lock-" by Constable; Portrait of
Lady Inness of Norfolk" by Gainsborough;
Portrait of Mrs. Knapp" by Sir Joshua Rey-
nolds; Apple Blossoms" and Tho CliR at VII
lerville," by Dsubgny; "The Open Sea-" by
Jules Dupre; Pool at Fontainebleau," by Diaz,
and yarmouth Beach," by John Crome tOld
Crome). There arc six Constables. eight Gains.
boroughs, three Sir Joshuas. three Jules Dupr6s,
three Daubignys. five Michels and two Rous-
seaus in the collection. and examples Of Richard
Wilson, John Sell Cotman, and Thomas Barker.
The Corot in the Dana collection 10 tho cole
brated and beautiful LA Danse des Amours,"
which attracted 20 much attention at the Barye
exhibition in 1890, and tho Millet is "The
Turkey Herder," well known ono OF tho
finest works Of the great poet painter OF Barbi-
zon. 1t was also shown at the Barge exhibition,
and was considered one Of tho stars in that
famous assemblage of masterpieces. Tho cata-
logue of the ceramics gives descriptive notica
under each number. and the Dana pictures in
the same book are described in q catalogue
raisonn6. Tho catalogue of tho Fuller collec-
tion includes Introductory note and
description of the pictures by the well.known
artist Francis D. Millet, and an edition dc luxe
limited to $50 copies is Issued with fine photo
gravure reproductions Of all Of the pictures. A
monograph by Mr.. Fuller on "Gainsborough's
Blue Boy" gives an exhaustive and convincing
history of the picture and the facts connected
with its ownership at various times. Tho ex.
hibit of these splendid collections constitutes an
event Of the greatest Importance in tho world
of art and the beauty and rarity of
tho ceramics, combined with tho very
high quality of the pictures. quite o
number being well known as belonging In the
lists OF masterpieces of their famous painters.
will no doubt call out as much interest as tho
exhibition of the Stewart collection last month.
1t will appeal to wider range of taste among
amateurs OF the fine arts. and the fact that two
such events of extraordinary interest follow
each other in a single season attest tho ever.
increasing Importance OF New York as o great
exhibition centre and market for the flne arts.