The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-06-15

Hyde Park House Is famillaI ~ -
IN England. and when last season L..'s
Naylor-Neyland returned TO society al'es
her period OF mourning for her husO@i.o
the event was signaIized By a cisiief ~
her mansion which was attended py tHe
King.T
Lady Naylor-LeyIand has town res
idence house which Hon the eNter-
for or from within. it is no ex2ggeF2tioh
to say. is absolutely paiatial
Albert Gate seems a centre 10 when
bottle the gentle Lendoner and cotohiai
and provincial visitors fock, and Is"
private buildings are more familiar 70 al
than is HYDE Park House from the eN-
terror. The great central porch ~lth us
conservatory above. iuts out into the
semi-circular approach ard lends state
illness and dignity 10 the huge gray man
sion.
But from the outside no one could
dream Of the beauties within The WIN
dovs are most jeaIously curtained. and
but few guests of Lady Naylor-Leyland
know to their fun extent the art treas
ures which the house contains Many
separate works of art have found their
way TO loan collections. at the Burlington
Fine Art Club and other exhibitions, Tor
Sir Herberts name used TO figure proIHi-
nently in the cataIougues of such collec-
tons
That his widow win still lend various
works Of art should the occasion arise
is not to be doubted. for she is not selfish
in her love of the beautiful. and is only
to glad TO give those who really appre-
| ciate works Of art the opportunity 70 see
hers.
The house is entered by lofty outer
hall OF marble over the iifre-place is
set wonderful panel of Della Robbia
faience-an altar piece presumably. All
around are bas-rel:efs in marble and in
bronze and fine statues.
A short fight of marble steps fanked
by enormous crouching lions leads up
to the central hall, which is open to the
roof of the house and lighted therefrom.
/ From the cenertamfz &&&&
From the centre of this hadn arisese
From the centre OF this han arises the
great staircase. The staircase is. in the
! opinion of experts. rivaTed by only two
| in England. those at Dorchester and
| Chesterfield Houses, and by one on the
continent at the Grand Opera House
in Paris.
! The stairway is of wonderfully veined
white marble; balustrade of finely
wrought bronze, with hand rails of burn
ished brass. Half way up is arble
landing where the stairway branches to
right and left and leads to arbIe-paved
gallery above.
Standing thus halfway and looking up,
1 one sees a balcony surrounding each
| story to the roof. Ascending the stairs
to the first floor one faces vestibule
whiah leads into the conservatory. so
prominent feature over the great porch.
| Statuary takes a foremost part in the
interior of beautifying of Hyde Park
House and in this conservatory are many
exquisite groups in marble and terra-cot-
ia.
In the vestibule hangs a. fine piece of
tapestry by Kopt-one of the choice few
who really understood the craft. the
proper placing and value of each thread
BY walking around the gallery toward
the Rose du Barry drawing-room, fine
view of the three large pictures hanging
on the wall across the staircase is OBJ
tanned.
On the left is picture which is world
renowned, Guinta di Pisanos "Crucifix-
ion,'' One would hardly call it a work
of art; it is more a curiosity of art. It
is a monochrome imitation of bas-relief
and little more. Dated 1243. it was paint
ed more than half century before
Giotto was working. and two hundred
years before Raphael was born.
On the right is Madonna and Child
painted by Murillo in his middle period
The two figures stand on clouds; the
child. a boy, of perhaps ten years, stands
apart from the Madonna, gazing with
pathetic eyes on the world below. The
Madonna is a dignified Spanish type.
Another picture is a portrait study by
Ferdinand Bol contemporary of Rem
brandt) The centre picture is also by
Murillo. ''The Flight Into Egypt An
other famous picture is Sohiaverra's
wise Men
The picture gallery opens from the mar
bic hall, as do the four drawing-rooms.
The first. the Rose Room is chiefly re-
markable for its charming scheme Of col
or. and. must it be said, for the one
really bad feature in the whole house,
the fireplace and the overmantel. One
wonders how such fireplace could have
found a home in otherwise so perfect a
room.
The room boasts not a single picture,
the white-panelled walls. with their
dainty gilded carving, being very wisely
left TO show their own beauty Tire room
is innocent. too, of dust-traps. Of modern
useless and inartistic fripperiss which
spoil so many OF our best houses. In
stead We see a wealth of china. OF por-
celain. OF carved ivory and jewclled toys
The largest group of ola Chalsea ever
made in a single piece IS here-a pieta.
with figures of the Madonna and dead
Christ modelled on base OF bleu de roi.
with panels Of scenes from the entom5-
ment. An enameiIed GOLD necklace and
pendant OF CelIina work set With pearls
is in a glazed table full of other Ga Itai-
ian jewelry. This pendant was shown
at the new gallery IL 1851
\ collection Of Augsbers Erotesaue Jew
81 work. which was most greatly priced
bv Sir Herbert Navlor- -Neyland- stands
on little table This Is remarkable not
so much fo~ the rarity OF the work. OF for
its intrinsic value. as for the fac- that
50 manx curious pieces could Be brought
together.
The uniqueness OF the work Is the uze
10 which r7issharcfr pearls have been pzt
70 form the structural part q some de-
signs, wrought in metal Izd precious -c-1-
erals For instance. there IS q portrait
of Grsusiai as a clown. the loose kuielE-
erbockers being formed OF pearls and tSle
rest ~ gold ard silver
one of tha two portraits are n. This
4 roorn-tle present little aarcnef and his
brother. tas Eirz ard Queen fEifts frora
their rna5estIesl and one or rwo other
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