The herald., 1898-02-18
ART LOAN EXHIBITION
Original War Sketches-Reproduc-
tions From Noted Illustrators

| An interesting art loan exhibition opened
last night at the Y. M. c.. A. parlors and
will remain open until the end of the week
There Is no admission charge. and except
for the pictures on the north wall nothing
is for sale. There are date palm branches
pepper boughs and berries and sprigs OF
evergreen over doors and windows, and
above some of the pictures, and there is
very much of interest to be seen among
| them.
| The pictures on the north wall are fifty
reproductions of original sketches by such
well-known artists and illustrators as e
A. Abbey, A. B. Frost, Charles Dana Glib
son, Robert Blum, B. West Clinedinst
Frank Fowler. William Hamilton Gibson
Will II. Low. Albert Lynch, Howard Pyle,
| Frank o. Small, w. T. Smedley, w. l..
Taylor, Alice Barber Stephens, T. de
Thulstrup c. D. Weldon and Irving r.
Wiles. They are all characteristic exam
pies OF the various artists they represent,
and are to be sold at very low figure for
the purpose of raising money to equip the
architectural and drawing department of
the Y. M. C. A.
Part Of the south wall is covered with
oils, water colors, pen and ink sketches
and wash drawings. loaned from the school
of art and design through the courtesy of
Mr.. and Mrs. Macleod. The rest of the
wall is occupied with a loan exhibit by
water colors, that are in charge of Thorn
ton Fitzhugh.
Down the center of the room, however is
the most interesting exhibit of ALL 1t, too.
Is loaned by its owner John r. Chaplin
and is made up of a collection Of the
original sketches. made on the spot, by the
staff of artists sent by Harpers' Weekly
to the battlefelds during the war Of the
rebellion.
Mr.. Chaplin occupied an editorial chair
with the Harpers at the outbreak of the
war, and with the wisdom born of ex-
per1ence, he saved the sketches as they
were used, and now rightly considers them
invaluable. They are signed by A. w. r.
Waud. w. s. L. -Jewett and Theodore r.
Davis. Some of them were done by means
of telescope, and in many ways they are
very convincing "reminiscences of the hor-
rors of thirty odd years ago
The first of these sketches that was sent
back bears date Of March, 1861, and repre-
sents Camp Las Moras, near Fort Clark,
Texas, following the surrender of General
Twiggs Others represent Mcclellan taking
leave of the Army OF the Potomac after
Antietam and Burnside taking command;
the seashore at Folly Island, s. c., with
glimpse of the blockading fleet Off Charles
ton; the rebels under Stuart leaving Cham
bersburg just previous to Gettysburg; the
landing of McLellan's army at Hampton
and marching to Yorktown: a series of
three Yorktown fortifications; Gloucester
point, opposite Yorktown, and the rebel
fort across the peninsula, in all Of which
every minutest detail is either represented
or suggested. These are but a few of
large number, that will be intensely in
teresting to the young people who are
studying the war and to the older ones
who remember the reproductions from
these very sketches In Harpers' so many
years ago.
In addition to these sketches are some
photographs from some spirited paintings
from Mr.. Chapin's brush, which are en-
titled Mcclellan Taking Leave of the
Army" Sheridan at Five Forks" 'Dis-
patches to the Front" and Away For the
Enemy's Guns" The exhibition will be
open all day today and tomorrow there
will be an open reception this evening and
another tomorrow evening, when the ex-
hibit closes.