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Uusss ne 8o1o opoulocte9 ana buttons re-
lieving the dark uniform are quietly trested,
conflicting In no way with the interest Of
the head. This Is excellently drawn and
beautifully painted, admirably understood
and expressed.
OF the six Sargent portraits II Ia the only
one with which you cannot somewhat easily
find fault. That Of Mr.. Dewitt Is rather
poor In interest, save as a likeness OF Mr..
Dewitt standing In front OF cleverly
sketched ship model.
j. j. Shannon's exhibits are also por-
traits, four In number, and there Is not
much to be said concerning them, save
that they are sufficiently characteristic OF
their painter, and presumably OF their
subjects The subjects are Miss Gladys
Raphael; Lorna and, Dorothy, daughters
OF Howard Bell; Sir William Emerson. and
Martin Harvey, the actor.
The last named Is represented In the role
Of Sydney Carton, adapted, Of course. from
Dickens's tale Of Two Cities."> He has a
curious resemblance in this portrait to Sir
Henry Irving, In whose Lyceum company
he was for long This work was much
admired at the private view.
Charles H. Frse, one OF the newest
associates, sends some good portraits. He
is a very capable painter, who sometimes
attempts. and not without success. the
grand style in portraiture. The original
of his Diana Of the Uplands,' young
woman In a gray mantle holding two grey
hounds in leash on wind-swept common.
Is, as many people recognized at the private
view, the artists wife,
Mouat Loudan has a very charmin 6 and
decorative fancy portrait OF girl before a
mirror, trying on a long pearl necklace.
A casket of jewels and some purple ar em-
ones complete the picture. which Is called
mirror, mirror on the wall, Am I most
beautiful of all?"
A large portrait group presents the four
dau ghters OF w. Glen Walker of Fort orth,
Tex. Three are standing and one Is seated.
and all wear evening dress.
The picture con veys much In the way
Of youth, good looks. good humor. spon-
taneity 1t is after the manner OF Sargent,
but painted by John da Costa, an artist
who may frequently be found upon the
Cornish coast, where there are two or three
artistic colonies.
Near this group, in the chief gallery.
hangs Sholto j. Douglass full length OF
Mrs. Russell. snake charmer. New YORK
CITY. She wears the kind Of costume which
mere men might call Mauresque, and round
her neck, by way OF boa, boa constructor.
Maybe IL is some other kind OF snake 1t
is, at any rate, a large and fearsome snake,
and in the background other serpents
wait their turn, with demonstrations OF
impatience.
Prof. Herkomer, R. A., has portraits OF
the Earl OF Shrewsbury and Talbot, the
Lord Chief Baron OF Ireland, Sir Neville
Lubbock and the Right Hon. Joseph Cham
berlain, with, Of course, his eyeglaes and
his orchid. The presentment Of Mr.. Cham
berlain has much Of the alertnees which is
characteristic of him 1t is ais o better work
than Herkomer has been showing lately.
Charles Wertheimer has had himself
painted by William Orpen, a serious young
artist who has much individuality. AS
yet he is known only to limited public,
but his name is one to be remembered.
A portrait group much noticed Is from
the brush Of the Hon. John Collier. brother
of Lord Monkswell. chairman Of the London
County Council. In this one GEES Mrs.
Kendall, Ellen Terry and Beerbohm Tree
rs characters in .The Merry Wives OF
Windsor This painter's work is always
a little heavy. He sends also portrait OF
Prof. Ray Lankeiter.
Harrington Mann has an attractive
little painting Of Lord Ashley. child.
and among others who contribute portraits
Of interest are Orchardson, Solomon, Harris
! Brown. Ernest Breun. George Lambert
| Marianne Stokes and Sophie Pemberton-
There are. Of course, some enormous
portrait groups, such as one commemorat-
4 II 2v-ak parlSo vnA -
OF the Australian Commonwealth by the
Prince Of Wales in 1901. 1t was painted
by Tom Roberts and presented BY the
| Commonwealth Government to King Ed
| ward, and is now exhibited by royal COM
| mand.
Also by royal command the Italian
sculptor Pietro Canonica, whose work
was specially mentioned in THE SON last
| year, has executed busts in marble OF hing
! Edward, Queen Alexandra and Princess
] Victoria. Those Of the Queen and the
Princess are in many ways very good,
sensitive and delicate In modelling. Ad-
ditiona expression has been gained by
the simple eypediant Of darkening the
pupils Of the eyes.
George Trampton, r. A., sends dtgni-
| fed bust Of the late Marquis OF Salisbury,
and F. W. Pomeroy has represented the
late DR.. Temple, Archbishop OF Csnter-
bury, kneeling in the attitude OF prayer.
Altogether, In the various media. there
are possibly two score Of portraits which
are really interesting in some way. Hun
dreds are of no interest save to their pro-
ducers and their subjects, and maybe
their subjects friends and enemies. And
lust a few are very poor indeed, grotesque
| In their incompetence. So on the whole
| there Ia slight improvement in the average.
HAnCESg 0F THE DESERT.