The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-23
ART EXHIBIT.
Mrs. Newcomb's Residence
Filled With Paintings
and Society Tues
day Evening.
THE MAN WHO CONQUERED DEWEY
Likenesses Of Those Present
Look Down on Their Own
ers-Dr Brett's Record.

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Mrs. Willis Newcomb's loan exhibition
of art, held at her residence, No. s2
Montgomery street, Tuesday evening,
came off a decided success. The walls
of both drawing room and parlor were
literally covered with prize paintings
from ceiling to floor. There were pie
lures of all sizes, shapes and studies,
from landscapes and fancy heads to local
portraits of prominent citizens, as for in
stance a four OF five foot canvas labeled
THE man who conquered Dewey by
Mr.. Henry Harrison. and portraying with
exquisite exactness no less a person than
Major Pangborn.
Next this hung a speaking likeness of
cuted by Mrs. Newcomb herself, and
further on another likeness, by the same
artist, of Miss Marion Blake, which, as
that young lady was present. was imme-
diately recognized even by a stranger.
On the right hand side of Miss Blake,
palette in hand, as though ready to strike
off on W. the face of any or all on
lockers, was a life size Likeness of Mr..
Henry Harrison, painted and loaned by
himself.
Miss Minnie Nelson also Ioaned to the
exhibition a number of excellent minia-
ture portraits, her own works, while
another feature was a life size tapestry
painting of the madonna and child, painted
and loaned by Mrs. S. e. Browne. Miss
Natalie Sfocomb contributed from her
clever pen, two excellent copies of Glib
sons famous sketches American
Beauty and 1.-THE Night Before Her
Wedding, Mrs. Charles Calvin Stimets
contributed several excellent water colors,
as did Mrs. Horace C. Wait. Mrs. Louis
r. Dressler, Mrs. William McKelvey and
Mrs. Haywood Bowly also loaned samples
of their own execution.
Mrs. Newcomb also had several samples
of her w work, two of the best of which
| were, aside from the Dewey portrait all
ready mentioned, a study of an old wom-
an, taken from life, and a tapestry paint
ing, 1.-The Advent of Cupid" The study
of the old woman is especially good. Here
Mrs. Newcomb has caught the serene,
far away expression of content sometimes
found on the faces of those who have
lived their three score years and ten,
even where, as in the artists picture,
| poverty is all the world can offer. The
picture has won honors, together with
the Dewey likeness. both in New York
and other parts of the globe where both
have been on exhibition.
Among other contributors who loaned
many valuable pictures by famous mas
tiers, were Major q. K. Pangborn, Mrs.
Henry Niese, Mr.. Frank Cairns, Mrs.
Cornelius Brett, Mr.. George Blake, DR..
Peter J. Koonz and Mrs. William A.
Durrie. But perhaps the most interest
ing feature of the entire collection was a
set of pictures portraying the Rev. Cor
nelfus Brett in various stages Of baby
hood, boyhood, youth and manhood, the
story of a pious life without words, in
twelve photographs and paintings, from
two years of age up.
Musical art was also represented cur
ing the evening by Miss Virginia Cover
of Winchester, Va. who has just returned
from Vienna where she has been studying
under the tutorshipo Leschetizky. Seated
at the piano amid the speaking Hkenesses
of fame and fancy. with the touch of the
true artist, which in a moment commands
without the asking, silence, she por-
trayed another speaking art, music, Ill
the angua of Mendelssohn, Beethoven
and Chopin, her sister. Miss Annie cover
who has been studying art abroad, turn
ing the leaves of the various selections.
This art exhibition was the outcome OF
a plan to raise money for the Bergen
Reformed Church, wherein each LADY in
the Aid Society pledged herself to raise
twentv-ffve dollars. Naturally something
Of an artistic nature was expected from
Mrs. Newcomb. She had a fine coiieetioh
of pictures of her own, and at the suS-
gestfon of several friends decided to hold
an exhibit on a small scale. Then so
MANY people came forward with offers OF
nict,1res from some of the choicest selec-
tions in the city, that the plan grew to
the large proportions of Tuesday evening,
when over one hundred persons vislteo
No. S12 Montgomery street
& During the evening refreshments were
served and coffee poured by Mrs. William
Durrie. The young ladies who assisted
Mrs Newcomb in receiving her guests and
explaining the pictures Were:-Misses
Edith Tower. Agnes Roe, Marion Blake
and Emma Hartwell.
Among those present were:-Mrs. John
! Toffey. Mrs. Cornelius Brett, Major and
Mrs. Pangborn, Mr.. and Mrs. H. ". Nlese,
Mrs. Harry Day, Mrs. Eliza Day, MISS
M. garlowe. Mrs. Peter Van Wrinkle, Mrs.
oliver Hazard Perry, Mrs. William Durfie,
Mrs. G. G. Stimets, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
erick eymou of Orange Mr.. Oscar
Erdal of Columbia College, Hon. John 5.
seymour of New York, Miss Nettie Cook
of Syracuse, n. Y; Mr.. Phillip Brett,
Mr.. Ernest Slocomb, Mrs. v. r. Schenck,
Mrs. Percy, Mrs. O. McCabe, DR.. and
Mrs. Coe. Mrs. P. H.. Green, Mrs. Jennie
Van Wrinkle, Mrs. c. Drescher. Mr.. and
Mrs. Daniel Van Wrinkle, Mrs. Merrill
Miss Coffin, Mr.. and Mrs. William Nc
| Kelvey. Mrs. Alexander Campbell, Mr..
Clarence Durrie, Mr.. Younglove, Mr..
Tower, Miss Edith Tower, Miss Agnes
Roe. Miss Marion Blake, Miss Emma
Hartwell.
HE Point Of View.
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