New-York tribune., 1907-12-15
ART TREASURE FOUND
4 Reynolds Rescued from a Cellar
At the Theatres.
Especial by French Cable to The Tribune.l

copyright 1907 by The Tribune Assocla'ioh'I
London Dec. 1.-THE director of the Nalioia'
Gallery has rescued Reynoldss Holy Fanny
from the cellars where it had been neglected
for thirty years, and has succeeded IN reS'oiinS
it to its original state 1t had suffered from
the messy topdressing supplied by previous i0
storers and this bituminous varnish has peeh
carefuIIv removed and the largest cracks have
been filled II is now a masterpiece once more
with evidence that Sir Joshua was still great
colorst when he painted IL, four years BEFORE MS
death There are twenty-five subject pct
ures and portraits in the Reynolds room. WIN d
few Wilson landscapes to fill out the spaces
The Hogarth room has been greatly improved oy
rehanging and splendid landscape room mas
been provided by grouping the Gainsboroughs
Constables and Cromes with the Gainsoorough
portraits on the fourth wall of the academy.
The winter show will include a special exhlol-
ton of Hooks work and collections of Flemlsh
and other masters Many owners of art treas
ures are reluctant to lend pictures, because the
critics take advantage of the opportunity Io'
discrediting unauthentic works.
The death of George McCuoch. the Aus
tralian millionaire leaves the fate of ono of the
finest collections of modern art uncertain II
includes two American works. Whstlers val
paraiso Nocturne'' and Abbeys Duke or
Gloucester and Lady Anne"
The new agreement between England and
France, carrying the entente into tax collecting
for death duties, will affect the art collections
in both countries.
Nine Tetrazzlni after being fairly mobbed
by enthusiasts IN her final concerts at Covent
Garden. is doing her Christmas shopping before
going 10 Milan for q holiday OF three weeks.
She will be the established favorte here after
her return from America. and will restore
temporarily the supremacy Of Verdi and the
old fashioned opera over Wagner IN drawing
power.
The theatres are preparing for the holidays.
the Duke OF Yorks leading the way with the
revival of Peter PAN" with Pauline Chase and
Hllda Trevelyan in the cast. Hall Gaines
Christian" transferred from the Lyceum TO
the Shaftesbury. is proving a roneymaker with
the critics and the stalls against II. The NATL
nee performance Of new plays is taken up by
the New Theatre, where Alexandra Won Herder' 8
Tenth Of August Is the first number.
Tho Mauretania to-day and the Kronprinz
Wilhelm tomorrow will carry an immense num-
ber OF American passengers for the Christmas
holidays. There scene OF great animation
at Euston when the special trains were made
up for the Mauretania, which had been pulled
of the sand barely in time for sailing The
American Ambassador departing with his wife,
son ana uaush'er, was III pelAeSt HeditAi hii'
was surrounded with friends, Mrs. and Miss
Carter Lord Strathcona and A. ]. Drexel
among them. Lady Duff Gordon was also In
the train, and s. W. Gambrill the retiring
treasurer OF the Pilgrims Society who received
the final greetings OF his colleagues. ]. Ridgeley
Carter entirely discredits the sensational rumor
that Mr. Bryce viii be recalled from America.
where he is persona grata.
There Is no lack of weekend topics with the
railway combination of the Great Northern and
the Great Central reduced TO n profit sharing
partnership, rivers in flood. exciting murder
trial in court and Robert Caldwell summarily
dropped from the Druce case; but the most
significant is the breakdown OF Lord Kevins
health. His condition is critical, with little
hope of recovery. AS simple as child he had
perhaps the greatest mind in the kingdom.
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