The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-06-06
head OF Timothy Pickering, hut others at
1ripmted to him here arc lacking IN those
qualities which some day will place him
a VIZ the greatest names In Britisli

t,sh, OF Timothy Pickering, hut others at
,.oim.eu TO him here arc lacking III th3lsc
ay uailties which some day VIII place nm
art
Henry. 1nman Is another por!raitist who
f sJs,,e, n this eXhihition, Ills head 81
order from tho late Charles 2. Clnch. is
q PIECE e OF painting that comes very close
~ ns sh stMart portrait OF MN mamEau nc,
York ,portraitist was an admirable work.
man II The laying in Of Sg,GFs hnd n re-
Gated tho structure OF tho face building
up the portrait In a solid and. enduring
fashion without exaggeration or weak
OF Fitz-Greene i1alleck, the poet, and an
attractive full-length picture of n little
glfl n blue. the daughter Of the e., poet zoe
1Ialleek vas. unfoftuaaiely, there is no
example. here OF Jarves, who was one OF
Horny 1nman's rivals. 4 very capital
hG9sSs q Pssdp And Gn a 5afks09 mh IN
worked somewhat later. \ was taken
IN the m'ddlee age. while ether por,ran,,,s;
here, much Inferior in quality. show old
ed when near his end.
One OF the earliest portrait painters IN
the colonies was John Smbert; u portrait
It's flowing wig and imposing aspect in
the style OF Kneller than any artistic
beauty.
Likenesses. of Charles Wesley Peale and
his wife. daughter, and. Eranddaushter,
after originals BY himself, arc interesting
hecause Of his prominence IN American me n,tu
cimens OF tho work OF the first president
of the National Academy of Design, Col
onol Jonathan Trumbq,l the aide a.i !, d, dc
,na Of Wthn s Is sn att
OF Washington in Continental uniform
standing before his white charger, which
is held by an attendant. II IS the picture
limo engraving about 17Sg, and thus be-
Game known through prints TO thousai .iis'
in Europe, naturally curious to see ,, h tnr
colonist to loosen Englana's hold on
America. A bust portrait Of Mrs. Trum-
bull is painted with more than common.
ne9sey ana e5spnGSs sn porpsye s
Among the Manigualt family portraits IS
a full length Of n young man taken eeloIs
the Revolution by Allan Ramsay; "a sco oeI
lence. An old decorative timepiece. appair-
emily & French clock, Is placed SO consp,c-
uously on a table beside him that y cal,
properties" OF the painter: It must haze ,,
enjoyed some particular Importance II the
stter's eyes Possibly It was gift. or
It may be that the young Man nsaass,a pn
The bit of landscape to the right OF i,t this
figure Is uncommonly good. In az iikeli,
hood It was put in rather QUICKLY .anu
without much thought, and in consequence
the artist wrought 1t with free mana ana
"builded better than he knew"
This little exhibition, put together lroiil
loans off the walls OF rev peonie, rs
proof that retrospective loan eXhibits
might be made In New York with gre4t
ease and to great profit and advantage. II
is well for modern artists TO see what men
in their line were doing from hundred
to a hundred and fifty years ago. II ~
certainly not embarrassing to see nov r,'
Americans looked in those periods me
great interest taken Of late in genea a,oa.
makes retrospects moro timely than eyer.
Here we see specimens of Sully ana Iol-
fanny, men strongly affected by the SYKES YVES
of painters fashionable In England at their
time, and portraits OF an earlier period by
unknown hands. supposed to be the pro-
duct OF visitors to tho COLONIES. whose
hand,worll recalls the stitf poses ana
harsh coloring Of Lcly and kneiler. such
exhibitions are not calculated for popu-
larity, since they have no direct story 20
toll. and are only In some part attraclve
from the beauty OF the persons represent,
cd; but they appeal to connolsseurs ana
those to whom the history of American
art is of interest, and for that reason
seem to belong to the province or clup
OF artists and amateurs-NeW ioFk
Times.