Waterbury Democrat., 1901-05-03
JOB LOT OF WORKS.
That Now on Exhibition in the London
 Royal Academy.

New York, May 3.-A special to the Tribune from London says: The Royal Academy contains two great and six minor Sargents and q job lot of 1,S15 miscellaneous works, includ- ing water colors and architectural drawings. 1t is not great academy, but Mir Sargent redeems it from the reproach of conventional medtocrity. His most important work is the DOT traits of the daughters of MT Worrhei- mer, in which the two figures, one i'll dark red and the other in white satin, are thrown into the foreground, while the air space in the room behind them is indicated with marvellous technique. One has her arm around the other, and is fairly carrying her along, while so intense is the expression of health and vitality that both seem to be walk ing out of the picture frame. Both are in evening dress, with arms per fectly modelled, and one holds an open fan, painted with amazing deXterity. The brush work and technique of this picture exceed in boldness anything MT Sargent has recently done. The other great Sargent is a half-length portrait of Mrs Charles Russell The face is not beautiful, but it is weird in it's expression of weariness, sad ness and intensity of longing. 1t will haunt the memories of those who see it. The face and figure are brought out in the background with a sim plicity of method worth of Valasquez, and are lighted so as to show fever ish glow on the cheeks and pallor in the neck and clinched hands. The whole costume, with touches of dull pink, is painted with softness and re- finement.
 The other Sargents are Mrs CaZalet and two children, with a red and black color scheme; a portrait group of Sir Charles Sitwell, wife and three chill dren, and portraits of Professor By water, Sir Charles Tenant and c. s. Loch. MT Sargent also has a unique sculptured crucifx.
 Benjamin Constants portrait of Queen Victoria in the chair of state in the House of Lords is unreal, sug- gesting an interior painted with the atrical effects of light and the-soyer- eign added as an afterthought. She never sat for it. and the story is true that she found fault with the quality of the color blue in the scarf and sent the painter a piece of ribbon to show him how the historic garter should be painted.
 MT shannon has six portriats, in- cluding an exquisite one of his daught- CT, and flower girl with baby, which is the best work painted by him in a long tme.
 Alma Tadema has portrait and a fine study of flower painting and of the beauty of marble surfaces.
 Edwin A. Abbeys Knights Tenn p.ars'' is one of his best works. Alfred Parsons Alfred East and MT Water low have the best landscapes. Lucy Kemp welch has spirited picture, sI.ord Dundona1d's dash into Lady smith, with the horses admirably painted. Two pictures of the. funeral pageant of the Queen at Portsmouth and in the streets of London are in effective. Stanhepe Forbes. Macbeth and Luke Fildes are not at their pest, and among the veterans Frank ntex- see. Wm o. Orchardson and even Geo. F. Watts. are below their level Onslow Ford's memorial work for Manchester is warning to sculptofs not to put Queen Victoria on throne in the hall.