Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-06-28

ment week. many new treasures nave
| been added this year The most va'u-
| a BILE gift is a marble head OF An
toninus Plus, probably dated from N"
lifetime Of the Emperor. Battered.
bruised and dcfaced. it is yet beauti-
full and majestic. This notable bust
which stands on a pedestal Of pure
white marble directly facing the en-
trance of the Sculpture Hall Is one OF
group of very valuable statuary
pieces donated by Edward p. Warren.
including besides the bust, a relief in
marble of the Alexandria era, Her
cues Asleep: an alabaster 18th CEN
fury head Of Christ. and an AsSyrian
bas-relief bearing portrait Of AS
surnaZir- pal. This hangs on the wall
close beside the bust of Antoninus-
Other more familiar statues in the
hall are Tie Dying Callahan. the
Venus Of Milo, Emperor Augustus, the
iermcs and the Artemis, side by side,
with the Laokoon group and Niohr
and her children. New collector Of
Egyptian antique. given by the Hon.
james =. PaXter, who secured them
through Castor Masptro, include
=
another Of a hawk. and several minor
| objects, is also of great interest.
James A. Roberts, loyal alumnus
Of the class Of 1870 and a New York
lawyer, donated this year a magnif
cent oil painting, a modern Russian
picture, by Alexis Harlamoff. 1t
represents two girls, evidently sisters,
one carrying the other in her arms.
| The flesh tints, the exquisite needle
| work on the blouScs, the pose and
the colorings arc all intensely natural
in execution, and the picture is a
valuable addition to the many on the
| walls. Miss Vcturia Mason and Miss
| s. NJ. Wells nave made very valuable
additions To the large collection of
coins. and others have added their
contributions to this department. Low
ers Of Shakespeare will reEcl in the
| collection of the barley Gallery III
ShakcSpearian illustrations, given by
Mrs. Annie l.. Cummings. And all
| will delight in the rcnuVatinG work
which has been done during the year
upon the frames of many of the pic
| lures, especially in the Bowdoin gal
| l.ry, and tho tasteful Encouragement
| Of many of the exhibits. TO the groups
| If curious and individual collections
in the Boyd gallery, there have been
large additions this year, the largest
| being to the alro ady large George
| Warren Hammond collection. 1t in
| cludcS 60 pieces of Mexican pottery,
| collections of precious and S"Inl-
| precious stones, a great number of
! coins, and quantities of photographs of
foreign places and buildings. Oppo
site the entrance to the Walker room
| is q grouping that brings to mind the
| generosity Of the Walker sisters. who
| made this building possible. There is
| the handsome bronze baS-relief of
| ThyophiluS Walker, in whose memory
| the building Waa erected who died in
| Waltham, Mass, in 1890; on either
| side are the portraits of Miss Harriet
| Sarah Walker AMI Miss Mary SOPHIA
| Walker. hi; nicceS who caused the
| building to he constructed: and a
beautiful Corct landscape ami y Con-
stanL Troyon, which never fail to hold
the observers attention. In the gal
| lcry perhaps mono of the picture; and
groupings are more generally sought
| out than the "Councii Of War;" by
| Koekkoek, the famous Belgian painter.
| The wonderful old carved cabinet be-
| low it is of never-failing interest. No
| one leaves the Walker Art building
| without half-hour in the Bowdon
| Gallery, where is the BowdOin COlleC-
tion the nucleus given a century ago
and front which this entire exhibit has
sprung. The collection of ancient
furniture in this room has also been
enlarged Of late. During the cole &c
| iIIs.t h.II --iri Il
the R"wdoin Art galleries. ana that
number will be augmented to fully
12.00b by the end of Commencement
| week