New-York tribune., 1908-01-19
PORTRAIT OF cADWaLADER wASABURN
BY William M. Chase.

B7aamcanp Gallery and the RuysdaeI will have
been purchased for England, their owners have
not sent them to Burlington House. There are
eight of the kann pictures on exhibition among
the italian prinitives and the Dutch and Flem-
ish paintings but they are not superior TO works
Of their own class from the English country
houses There are wings from two triptychs by
Gerard David rortraying the bearing OF the
cross. the CrucifXiOu. the Resurrection and the
Annunciation: there is a small Calvary vaguely
attributed to Jan Provost: there is spirited and
almost dramatic Alteration of the Magi by Quen-
tin Aatsyo remarkable for realism and fine color.
and there is a triptvch by HERR Met de Bles,
illustrating the same subject. from the Duveen
collection These are matched in interest by
works in the first gallery from the private col
lect!ons Of Sir " Cuthhert Quilter, Ernest G.
Pretvnan. Vernon Watney, Fairfax Murray.
Major G. I. Holford and the Earl Of Plymouth.
The large circular Rotticeli from Fairfax Muir
rav's Colection-the Virgin and Child. with the
little St John holding cross-is the most beau-
tfful work among all these primitives. and will
have the largest group Of visitors around ii In
the second room there is good Ruysdael, with
q broad stretch Of bleaching grounds near
HARLEM and there is a better Paul Potter-the
.Farrier's shop" with men, horses and dogs
and 2 distant landscape: but these works from
the Kann collection are surrounded and riValied
nv R,rysdaeIs Nouvermans. CuTps, Teniers,
FJobbeYnas and other Dutch and Flemish mas
ters from the Duke Of Wellingtons. Lord RID
tlesdale'e Otto Belts. Major Holford's and other
houses The remaining kann is brilliant por-
+-aft of Jean Simeon Chardin. by Fragonard.
and near by the Greuze. A Girl with a Ca
nary" from Mrs. Beresfords collection, is not
superior TO It.
The resources OF the English country houses
e-e adenuetelv illustrated in the Hogarth room
the hest feature of the exhibition This is a
collection of thirty works, Of which nearly
twenty have not been exhibited There are por-
traits groups. theatrical scenes and interiors
representing every phase Of the painters art
The masterpiece is THE Graham Family from
the Earl Of Normanton's collection WIN louI
fru length figures Of children 1t is beautiful
in color and fairly tlrobs with vivacitN, one el'i
to7ding 2 baby by the arm and another dancing
r,errilv and a boy playing on music poN-
Another group is the "Walpoe Family Win
Sir Robert. Lady walpoe and their five chill
d-en standing or seated around a tea tapie-
.aTbe Wolaston Family" is an INTERIOR WIN
sixteen men and women around tea ana caiI
+ables Another group, lent by the Duke OF
r1e,.one1,;re rer,resents the grounds at ems
u,ic, with the four children Of the fourth duke
a. n,az, around a swing-a charming picture.
.r,ong tbe theatrical groups the most NlFaclouS
&c .-Tne Green Room, Drury Lane Win Ray
r.bearsing Romeo in the garden scene "eI'''
So n1aers- and larger canvases portray te MS
NIGHT performance Of GAYS 'Beggaf 'pei"
- s,.,o from Drvden's Conquest Of Mex
leo as performed bv children Val n
Fair lent by the Duke OF Newcastle anu
.panclaer =, by Mary. Countess Of leicester are
a,,r,t,Ia illustrations Of holiday recreailoils'
snd the faded Life School in - MaT'iH
Lane" is one of the treasures OF me AS''''II''
whose own art school took me Pia'e W ~
garth's classes Among the PORTRAITS uhe "'oS'
Fa-o,ra+;r, &c from Lord Iansdowne's collection
Peg Wellington in pink and blue anu pe
ing lace and exceedingly saucy ana 'riniHl''ai''
I'D Communion uieces are Lavinla Fentoh' az
,rss. and singer. the first Lord Holland uul'
and yroodenv and Sarah Nalcomb a murueiei
with compressed lips and hard features O"'
without suggestion OF malicious NiHuS'N
ness This varied collection Of hoBai''0
flied out bv portraits by Zoffany. hnap'oh a."
Jonathan Richardson and by e'alfS'''i oue,'
Pitt Family" painted about the 'i'e -
removal from Ipswich 10 bath-
The commanding places in the largest gallefS
ara taken by Mrs Sanders's version OF ne
lssu,,,r,ion 4" bv Murilio. and the Duke OF hich-
nlond's Van Dyck's magnificent hlhs O"-'
and His Famiy'-one of four IN tile hiiI9NY
with the best at Windsor-and eftch - A'i-N'N
by q pair Of Claudes. Lord Jersey anu Ni'N
Hclford's Worthy of the dignity OF coIhl"
ship with these great WorkS are NiiS' =,
HaWker's Rembrandt. a man WIN s'l' ~
hat and jewelled collar MI fle'' i,'e--
Charles V" by Titan; the Duke OF N'fthuin-
beriand's strong Tintorftto. man IN dafk' iui
trimmed robe and Rubens's Queen Esther BE
fore Ahasuc,rs" and a portrait The EnghSh
masters worthily fill one-hah the wan space
Rornney is seen in his most romantic styIe III
the portraits Of the Earl and Countess OF west
morland lent by LORD Jersey ana IN the i"I
length Of Miss Rodbard, in white sauh WIZ
touches Of blue and gold, from -Ar- IL 80,
lec,,oY ,ry,oro a,a several Gainsboroughs. Will
lam Pi,t and the FIRST Lord Douglas among
them: and there is one Indifferent HoPphef
Mrs. O'IIara in black. with curtain ana Ia'.d
scape and a dozen Sir Joshuas are huns
together The portrait Of Lady Elizabeth her-
bert and her son is painted in his gram sly Ie
but il has suffered from bituminous Varhisles
and has lost much Of its beauty OF coioF' ihe