Evening star., 1898-03-31
ART LOAN EXHIBIT.
Large Collection Of Rare Treasures at
Old COrcOran Gallery.

Large Collection of Rare Treasures at
Old COrcOFnn Gallery.
A meeting of the executive committee of
the art loan collection was held yesterday
at the residence OF Mrs. A. C. Barney, the
chairman. Mr.. James NJ. Johnston presided
and Mrs. Harriet Blaine Beale acted as sec
retary. All the committees were heard
from as to the concluding details of the
work intrusted to them. Mr.. Fred C. Nc
Guire announced that insurance aggregat-
ing half million Of dollars had been placed
on the art treasures which would be ex-
hibited. No mere entries will be received
after today, excepting those already ar
ranged for.
The work of hanging the pictures and ar
ranging the exhibits is now under way at
the old Corcoran Gallery, Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and 18th street, where the exhibition
will be opened Easter Monday night. A
press view will be held Thursday evening,
April Z.
The committees have met with the great
est SUCCESS, not only in this city, but in
New York, Boston and Philadelphia, and
the exhibition will be the most valuable and
in many respects the most unique ever
gathered together in this or any other city.
The collection of fabrics, laces, fans and
miniatures will comprise almost priceless
treasures, not only in beautiful workman
ship, but of historical value and associa-
ton.
resentative Charles F. Sprague, Charles c.
Clever, Joseph Jefferson, Mrs. Sarah NJ.
Tiffany, Colonel Hopkins, Mrs. Warder,
Calderon Carlisle, George L. Bradley, DR..
l.. H. French, Mrs. John s. Ward, Thos. e.
Waggaman, Arnold Hague, Aulick Palmer,
Professor Graham Bell, Justice c. c. Mott,
Mrs. Arthur Brice. Robert Hinckley, James
M. Johnston, Ralph Cross Johnson, James
B. Mcclure, Mrs. Elizabeth Hobson, Thos.
Nelson Page, Parker Mann, Stilson Hutch
ins, Mrs. Gardiner Hubbard, Mrs. A. c.
Barney, Edwin l.. Morse. Mrs. Guy F.
Whiting. A. j. Parsons, Mrs. Philip Sheri-
dan, John R. Mclean.
The laces are loaned by Mrs. Thomas F.
Richardson, Mrs. Hit, Mrs. Morris. Mrs.
Rebeoca ]. Storrow, Mrs. Leigh French,
Mrs. Lucius Tuckcrman, Mrs. Mcguire.
Mrs. Hobson. Miss Williams, Mrs. Curry.
Mrs. Raeburn, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page,
Miss Maoomb, Mrs. John G. Ward and
Miss Louisa Morgan Of Washington; Mrs.
]. Pie,pont Morgan, Miss Louisa Morgan.
Miss Mary Parsons, Mrs VIM T. Blodgett,
MRS. Cadwalader Jones. Mrs. L. P. Morton,
Mrs. James H. Stebbins, Mrs. James u.
Prichot, Mrs. Richard NJ. Hunt of New
York; Mrs. George W. Wales and Mrs.
Charles J. White of Boston.
Prof. Thomas Wilson's lace collection,
which will be on exhibition. is very large
Mrs. Raebrom, Mrs. Thomas Nelson Page.
his tapestries, will also loan a collection of
laces.
The artists represented by portraits are:
Sir Joshua Reynolds, Sir Thomas Law
renee, Sir Henry Raeburn, Geo. Romney,
Thos. Gainsboroush William Hogarth,
Cornelius Vos, F. and R. Madrazo, A. Van.
dyke, John Trumbull. Benz. West Chaplin.
Gffrcrt Stuart, c. l.. Elliott, Sir Peter Lely,
Carolus Duran. Rembrandt Peal, ]. s. Cop
ley. Sir Godfrey Kneller, Opie, Jules ].
Lefebvre. F: Lenbach. Prince p front
"a Of No. r;a rk,,
Fromentin, E. Detaille, Trolliebert,, E.
Meissonier. H. w. Mesdag. ]. B. c. Corot,
N. Diaz, J. G. Vibert. Eugene Delacroix.
Francis Murphy, Thomas Girten, Gerard
Terburg, ]. B. Jongkina, Gustave Courbet.
Martin Rico, Jules Dupre, (the elder)
Breughel. J. J. Philip, E. Vedder, George
Morland. w. T. Richards, Gabriel Max. ].
L. Gercme Elizabeth Gardner. Jules Bre-
ton, David Cox, Saml. Prout. Eugene Isa-
hey, Gustave Dore, H. Herkomer. Henner,
DibGin, Lobrichon. VIM. Magrath. L. AL
varez, Rounaldson, Jean Berand. Albert
Herter, Artz, Nasmith Elizabeth Nourse.