The sun., 1899-04-30
realized close on f100 under the hammer. but
II now sells for much less.

INK 10 inc aTlSIOCThJlC beCJ VI tuo o'phoih'ih'
OF which a small colony is to be found In Am
sterdam. Driven from Spain and Portugal by
the Inquisition. they sought refuge In the free
provinces OF tho Netherlands. which received
the wealthy eNiles with open arms IL was
OF these families that Henriquez de Castro
constituted himself the historian. At his own
expense he restored the marble tombs In the
Portuguese cemetery at Ouderkerk. on tho
Amstel. OF his ancestors and OF the ancestors
Of those with whom ho was connected At tho
same time he collected manuscripts. books.
medals and objects Of art bearing mainly upon
the subject which he had made his own. and
the collection thus formed is now to be dis
perscd at sale commencing on the 28th inst.
and lasting fourteen days.
An air of eXquisitcness and connoisscurship
dominates even the jewelry. The diamonds
belong mainly to the Louis XIV. period, in an
tiquc mounts and are rieiHe roche and Of ire
proachablo finish. There are two necklaces.
one formed OF 125. the other OF 10 matched
pearls. There are jowrllcd watches. gold and
silver snuff boxes and bonbonnieres. There
are over sixty lots OF heavy silver plate, and
there is II quantity OF old Spanish lace that
may almost be described as invaluable.
A quantity OF very rare porcelain. mainly
saxony, is calculated to take two days in the
selling. The medals OF which there are eX-
actly BOO will take day. and their dates run
from 1884 Ia medal Of John Beukelsz Of Lei
den. King OF the Anabaptists) and 1545 Ia sa
tirical medal OF the Pope) to 1870 Ia satrical
medal on Napoleon I'LL and 1884 tthe centc
nary Of Sir Moses Monteforel. There Ia also
complete collection OF the coins Of the Neither
lands Of all times, including the coinaGes OF
the several distinct provinces.
There Is one subject which in the chat OF the
studOs r " Wherayer En- lish artista gather TO-
gether. like King Charless head in Mr.. Dicks
manuscript. Is bound to turn up. This is the
question Of Sir w. b. Richmond and his deco
ration OF st. Pauls Cathedral. When. some
years ago. after large sum had been collected
from the public in order fttingly to complete
Sir Christopher Wren's great work by adding
'oored interior decoration to the walls and
dome he had perforce left blank. the work was
placed by the Dean and Chapter, acting on the
advice OF a so-called Decoration Committee in
the hands OF Mr.. W. b. Richmond. as he then
was. the son OF well-known Academlcian.
and himself an Associate ofthe Academy. Why
this choice was made was puzzle to the out
side world. Richmond was we'll known as a
portrait painter OF some talent. but as a deco
rative designer he had had not the least eNpe-
rience. But he was man OF pleasing and en-
gaging manners and favorite in society
The work was intrusted to him for one rea-
son or another and for these past few years he
has been engaged upon it without the least at
tention being paid to him or his work by the
genar.l nuhii, OcrosIonoIv n is trra n s,rsv
artist would ord hi, nav down 70 tho Cotbe.
draI ,,,onoo nt tha r,oooi, dosi,ns ,rhiob
formed the chief ,oat,,ra ~ ths schame in the
ohair md shaLin[, hJo ho,d ooraubet sodIy
would rejoin his fellows at the other end Of
town and confde to them his private opinion
that " Billy Richmond's mosaics were all
wrnry" SIN ths nuhlIc remained unwitting
and min rformad n, What wss going on II wns
Ia,, for :, No,r yorL ,yr,tor NJ Samua, uora
nb, arrival in Ionaon soma months 900 70
.tuJv FnoIish art and srcbitecture 70 start
nhat hns Jeve,onsd into a nrettv onarrsI
m EaL "a tba T;n,os nrbiishad n Iattar ,ro,,
NJ Uow, which without much oirornIo,,,
,ion l,,I,ra5 tb.t St p,rrs ,ros bain, r,i,o1
and tho a.cor,tivs work shoud ha otonnad ~
ao wi.hnrt aoir,, in.a tha ,no.tton -, 49,
n,nsnios Mr Hove conaned himsaIf to tbo too,
that tho stonnwork jnclud,ng nlain snrf,ooo
main arohas and mouldinga was haing naintod
in n most unsntis,nctorv fashion Inv the deco-
rotor may sov here that IT afterwarI tnrnsd
ont that In order to supplv n surfaoa tor ut.
chaon stercillad not,ornino some Of tbs erist-
inc mouIjings vera heing actually cmt awnv
rri,ioisIro tbo .nt,rs schoma NJ uouro aaI5
mot ignor,pca y, .trory dacor.,ivo nrat.
lama st,n,nsd n, evarv datau2 Faob thnuob,
tho artist hns claimod to dep,ct ia ,norred hy
tha uathod h. uses Tbe artist of 81 pouIs
Jaoora,ior o,r,ot drow In his hond, 80
hunon ogur. 10 sh,neIess an ohioot ,yitbo,,t
,nrn, So far Mr. Howe A .bort tir,a o,tor
word nm eyer strongnr Iatter and annaoI 10 ~,
,ulIc onnaora5 from, tho nan NJ Lord Wamvss
and tban tina corrasnordanoa hocoroa ,or.. ~,
Ioss General
IN tha sid, ~ Sir William picbrord onroora,