The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-12-14
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ACADEMY az DeaIpn With a specinl view for
which t,ckets viii ha ao,d nj the door at the
nrlce az al apcbJ On Thursday and following
DAYS Il will be open from 10 Am. to 10 p. NJ.
tsundnys 2 to Top, M until Jan. II. The price
OF, n ticket will be so cents. This is the third
portrait show given in New York. They havo
eli been held In the galleries Of the Academy.
The hrst wasin ber and December, 1894.
and was known ms the Portraits, OF Women
The second was held at about the same
time In 1895. and pictures Of men and
Of children were admitted. In the OK.
hibition this year the same conditions prevail.
The p1ontso of the frat two Q exhibitions, amount.
ing TO about $4,000 for the Portraits OF
Women and about $4,000 for the show the
following yeAr. were divided between the
Orthopndic Hospitnl md st. Johns Guild.
The latter institution has ceased to be u benz
~efciary. The charity to be benefited by the
present exhibition ia an excellent one. and IL
is TO be hoped that the show may Re a great
financial success.
The exhibition is given under the manage
ment OF the following committees: The Ladies'
Committee-Mrs. John Hobart Warren. Mrs.
Charles D.. Alexander. Mrs. II. Fulton Cutting.
Mrs. Edmund L. Baylies. Mrs. M. Dwight Col
lier. Miss de Forest, and Miss Whitney: the
Artists Committee-MeAsrs. J. Carroll Beck
with, William M. Chase, Edwin II. Blashneld.
Benjamin @. Porter. and Francis athrop. and
the Executive Committee-Messrs. Charles 7.
Barney. Edward Hamilton Bell. Edward A.
Smith. Prescott Hall Butler. James l. Breese.
Robert Waller. Jr. and Stanford White. II 10
proposed TO give teas in tho afternoons. rs atthe
two former exhibitions. The dates. Of these
will no doubt be announced from time to time
as they are settled upon.
The portraits in the exhibition include works
by American. French. British. Italian. Spanish.
Belgian, and swedish modern painters. Tho
west gallery Is entirely given over to. q loan
collection OF portraits by artists OF the ancient
schools. including q number OF works by the
early English masters. The large south gal
lery contains no portraits by foreign painters.
the entire wall space being given to Americans.
The portraits by foreign artists nre placed in
the north and east galleries and in the corri-
dor. and there IL q sprinklinR throughout Of
native works. The Artists Committee had
charge OF the hanging. although Mr.. Lethrop
was occupied only with the old masters gal
lery. TIL work has been we'll done and addi-
tional interest is given to the show by the
adoption by the committee of the group sys-
tenn whereby. in 30 far as 1t was possible. tho
works OF painters contributing three or moro
c~anvases are placed together.
The centre OF the wall Of the south gallery,
commonly called the place OF honor" at Acad-
emy exhibitions. is held by Mr.. Porter's por-
trait Of Mrs. Harry Payne whitney. The east
end centre Is Mr.. Beckwith's portrait OF Mrs.
Beckwlth. At the west end is o large picture
of a lady with a little girl. "Dorothea and Fran
cesca. y by Miss Cecilia Beaux. The two centres
on the north wall are Portrait OF a Lady" by
Eastman johnson. and Portrait " by John 8.
Sargent, which shows a lady and her daughter.
A place is reserved on the tight OF this for Mr..
Sargent's celebrated portrait OF wertheimer.
the London art dealer. which attracted so
much notice at the last exhibition OF the
Royal Academy. but up to last evening
IL had not yet been received from the Gus
tom House. Other pictures in prominent
places IN the south gallery arc Mrs. John Law
renee. by William Thorne: Mrs. Lincklaen, by
Harper Pennington Mrs. Robert NJ. Morse, by
Robert Gordon Hardie DR.. Rainsford. by Alfred
Q. Collins: "Mathilde-Baronne de R." by AL
bert Herter; Miss H. by Frank Fowler MRS.
b.. by j. W. Alexander; THE Woman in
white" by ]. Men. whistler; Portrait OF a
Lady" by T. W. Dewing; Mrs. Mowbray and
Mrs. Graves, by II. Siddons Mowbray; J. Henry
Harper, by William NJ. Chase; Mrs. Royal Phelps
Carroll. by Harper Pennington: Henry l.. HiR-
gibson, by Mrs. Henry Whitman; Thomas G.
Appleton, by Frederic T. vinton Calvin 8. Brice.
by Sargent; Mr.. and Mrs. L. NJ. Wiles. by Irving
II. Wiles, and Mrs. P. X" by Frank W. Benson,
In the east gallery the centres OF panels and
prominent positions are held by DaRnan- Bou-
yeret's I" Woman In Costume" and George r.
Baker. by the same artist: Mrs. Oscar L.. Rich
ard. by Emile Wautcrs: Mrs. George b.. Ely, by
William NJ. Chase Miss Chanler, by William
Sergeant Kendall; Mrs. William r., THOMPSON
and William r. Thompson. by Benjamin-Con-
slant Edward d. Adams. by Frank Holl: Will
liam A. Duer and Abram 8. Hewitt. by Bonnat:
Miss Cora Randolph. by William II. HYDE: Miss
de Forest, by Julian Story Mrs. Henry w. Poor
and Portrait of a Child" by Boldini. and DR..
William n. Draper. by Alfred o. Collins.
Many OF the best of the foreign works are in
the north gallery. The most prominently
placed pictures here Are Mrs. John Sloane.
Portrait of a LADY," and Miss Morton, BY
Carolus- Duran: Mrs. Truax, by Ger6me: Mrs.
| ClarenceH Mackay. by T2obald Cbartran: Miss
Lem Morton, nv Edward Hughes: ]. pierpont
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