New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-01-21

With fine painting of the white dress embroid-
cred with gold. the pearl headdress and plume
and the black edged ruffies Captain Holford,s
Princess Balbi." with fan embroidered man
tie and lace ruff. energies with difficulty from
the dark background; Lord Battersea's ''yiteI-
lescm Is strong character study of chief of
the Jesuits, with crude treatment of color; and
Mr.. George Saltngs Prince dAngri" is an
even feebler work
Il -Arger group OF portraits and religious sub
jects represents the maturity of the painters
powers after his return from Italy to Antwerp.
Among these Mrs. Culling Hanbury's "Snyders
With Wife and Child" is a splendid examine of
Van Dycks art. and Lord Brounlows Lady and
Child" is brilliant work of the same period
the child's face and right hand fairly quivering
with vitality. Lord Clarendon's Cardinal Fer
dlnand' is the embodiment of prncely dignity
and highbred simplicity, and Captain Holford's
Able Scaglia" is remarkable for clearness d.
rectness and strength of method The Duke of
Grafton's picturesque portrait of the painter
comes within the range of the same period, and
there are strong character studies in the or
ganist, Liberti," and Mallery, the engraver
There are several portraits of women which are
to be classed with these mature works. Among
them is the Windsor Castle portrait OF Beatrice
de Cusance," with its harmonious blends Of col
or; Lord Iveagh's Princess of Phalsburg" in
black and white with fine foil in a negro page
dressed in red Lord Hopetoun's 'Infanta Isa-
bella Clara Eugenia," in the gray habit of the
order of St. Clara, and the Marques of Lo-
thian's spirited portrait of THE Duchesse de
Croy"
Nearly all the religious art exhibited at Bur
lington House was painted during this brilliant
third period in Belgium. 1t includes the Duke of
Buccleuchs Holy Family" Captain HoIcord's
st. Martin Dividing His Cloak" Lord Norman
tons Miracle of st. Benedict" Lady De Roth
schids Virgin and Child" Lord Methuen's BE
trayal of Christ" the Queens and the Duke of
Westminster's Marriage of st. Catherine" Sir
Francis Cooks Betrayal of Christ and the
Duke of Newcastle's "Rinaldo and Armina" in
which Rubens's influence and methods are
strongly marked in the grouping and soft, har-
monious coloring. These religious pieces. can be
rivalled in Continental galleries, but not the
splendid series of portraits which Van Dyck
painted in the fulness Of his power during his
closing years in England. The finest examples
have been selected from palace, castle and coun-
try house, and they have been set in splendid
array upon the walls Of six spacious galleries.
1t is unique exhibition of the art of portraiture,
and is remarkable for it's fine variety of subject
and treatment.
AS one ranges through these at Bur-
lington House he sees the Vanity Fair of Charles
I before the shadow of a scaffold had fallen upon
It. The Earl of Arundel, who invited Van Dyck
to come to England, is near the entrance with
courtly smile and lace ruff to introduce the Wis
itor to all the worthless and bellies of his day.
Opposite is Queen Henrietta Maria in wide black
hat and lace collar over blue satin gown and
by her side is her famous dwarf in red, Sir
Godfrey Hudson playing with monkey. Mrs.
Kirk the Queens bedchamber woman, stands
near IN brilliantly painted amber gown. and in
a corner the Princess Mary. who is to marry the
Prince of Orange, clasps her hands with childish
innocence. Sir Samuel Montagu, grim in his
armor looks on, and Viscount Stafford and the
Marques of Huntly stand at their ease in their
Court fnery unconscious of the fate that awaits
misunderstanding on the block. In cuirass and
crimson dress, with white sleeves and gloved
hand. stands the Earl of Pembroke, with long,
fair hair falling his shoulders, perfect in
pose and fascinating in charm.
In the adjoining galleries the men and women
of distinction who surrounded the light hearted
monarch are living again with all the affecta-
lions of fashion and ali the graces of courtly
manners. The King and the Queen are among
them painted many times. and their children are
prettily grouped with their spaniels as in the
famous picture from Windsor Castle. Arch
bishop Laud is arrayed in his robes near Wis
count Falkland, soldier and statesman and the
stately Duchess of Richmond smiles upon her
dwarf in red. The Lord High Treasurer stares
vacantly across the room at the Earl of Bristol,
who is destined to be impeached for advising the
seizure of the five members, and the famous
Earl of STAFFORD in armor is fonding big dog.
In black cloak, doublet, hose and lace collar
stands Sir Charles Cavendish, destined TO defeat
at Marstoon Moor and to dukedom after the
Restoration All the Court favorites and the
great mobiles of the reign are at this royal revel
of art and among them is the painters English
wife. masquerading as Herminia in Clorinda's
armor, with a mischievous Cupid behind her.
A unique figure among this company of cava-
Tiers and princes is Puritan who has come all
the way from the splendid gallery of the Her
mitage in ST. Petersburg, with the Cars per-
mission. It is Lord Wharton, the most uncom-
promising of the Parliamentary partisans. He
is dressed in green doublet as a shepherd and
holds like David, a staff in his hand while an
amber mantle is flung over his shoulders The
Puritan who despised the pomp and glory of
Vanity Fair has entered the Royal Academy
under the patronage of the Car OF All the Rus
sias and the place of honor is assigned to him
where he can stand enthroned under canopy
apart from the swarm of princes, favorites and
reigning beauties. Well does the gentle shep-
herd deserve this distinction, for he is perfectly
posed and is pulsating with vitality to the
fingers ends. L. N +.
MORE WATER WANTED IN THE BRONX.
A delegation Of residents of the upper end of the
Borough of The Bronx called on the Mayor yester-
dav and asked him to his influence to procure
for the people of that section more adequate