New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-11-12
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vris+ler's partisans cannot complain that ne
Is suffering neglect in New-York just now
There has beer an exhibition Of his eIchlnsS aI
the Keppel Gallery. The GroIier CIuo IS no"
showing q remarkable collection OF MS Iale'
works. At the Wunderlich Gallery there are
now on view over a hundred Of his plates Illus
,-atirg the different phases Of his career as an
etcher from the krst French set down TO the
later English sketches. The effort has been 10
make really representative selections. and IN
each case to show given etching at its best.
The collection is rich in fine impressions, and It
contains. We may add, some interesting rarities.
The collection Of MI. Charles \. Pope, OF Bor-
deutown. which is shown, with additions OBJ
-a,ned elsewhere at the Fifth Avenue Art Gal
lAries Is q miscellaneous array Of furniture
rigs and so on. among which We have noticed
some attractive pieces. Conspicuous near the
entrance IS q trio OF cartoons, presumably drawn
for stained glass, by the late Sir Edward Burne-
Jones. More OF these are TO be included in an
other sale They are characteristic examples OF
the English artists careful method. and deserve
The attention OF collectors Of his drawings
Another sale OF furniture and other household
objects is presently to take place. at the Ameri-
can Art Galleries. Il viii include Colonial. Chip
Vendale Sheraton and other pieces, collected by
Mr John Jay Gilbert. OF Baltimore. Blue china,
mirrors, silver, glass and colored prints will
also be disposed OF. The exhibition opens next
Wednesday. and the sale begins on the after
noon CT November q.
The Comparative Exhibition Of Native and
Foreign Art" which is being arranged at the
Fine Arts Building under the auspices Of the
Society Of Art Collectors, for the benefit Of the
New-York Eye and Ear Infr-na-y viii open to
10 the public next Wednesday. There viii be
press view Monday afternoon and q formal
opening reception VIII be held on Tuesday even
ing. The show will consist Of one hundred Amer
lean and one hundred European paintings, the
native and foreign works being hung, SO far as
possible side by side. Few portraits will be in
GUIDED The collection has been formed with the
idea OF giving a fair. though necessarily in
complete, idea Of the art Of the last hundred
years.
The exhibition Of the Society of Illustrators IS
70 be held this season at The clubhouse Of The
srroilers. An opening reception is 10 be given
this afternoon, and there will be q smoker this
evening.
Circulars are out for the eightleth annual ev
hihition Of the National Academy Of Design. It
VII be opened at the Fine Arts Building on
saturday, December 81, and will close on Satur-
day January %. For the best American figure
composition painted in the United States by an
american citizen, without Limitation Of age the
Thomas B. Clarke prize of $500 will be awarded
he julius Hallgarten prizes Of $500, 500 and
sIV0 VIII be given, usual, for the three best
pictures n oil colors painted in the United
States by American citizens under thirty-fve
years Of age and the Thomas r Proctor prize
OF GOO VIII be awarded to the best portrait in
he show. The Inness gold medal, presented by
George -nness IT.. in memory Of his father, will
be awarded 10 the best landscape
Tie seventy-hrst exhibition OF the Boston Art
Club VIII be opened on January and will close
on February 4. no prizs are mentioned in the
circular, but Il is stated that at recent meet
Hg o. the club the following vote was adopted:
That the sum OF $1,000 be appropriated. which
nay be used under the authority Of the board Of
management, for the purchase OF one or more
works OF art from the seventy-frst exhibition"
NJ jacques Reich. OF No. 2 West Fourteenth
81, has sent US a copy OF the plate which he nas
etched from dagUerreotype OF Daniel Webster
IN the possession OF the Century Company The
portrait Is IN itself rather an imposing affair.
and the etcher has reproduced il OF Z generous
scale. which enhances its effect. The head is
modelled IN bold relief. Breadth and force ere
the qualities most noticeable in the plate It
has good tone where the costume is concerned
and in the background. The vitality Of the orig
ma portrait has been admirably preserved
This s. q soundly executed print which we
gladly commend 10 admirers OF the famous
statesman