The sun., 1908-02-27
THE MANSFIELD SALE.


paper might be written on actors taste In
art. Some ono who has the smiable curl
osity OF Mr.. Pepys and the sweet human
ity OF Charles Lamb. such a one-and he
ia not to our knowledge on the gl5be at the
present moment--oould point out without
undue emphasis that given the actors
temperament. his selection would follow
inevitably. The dyer's hand. you know.
The late Richard Mansfield. despite his
crowded. vivid career, still found timO TO
collect pictures, engravings. old arrnor and
objects Of art. His temperament was even
in private life Of the histrionic. nay, the
heroic type. As he i'll brooked coutradio-
ton and took other peoples advice with
more than the usual quantity Of salt. il may
be easily imagined that in art he would in
dulgO his own. no one elses. predilections-
You can appraise his judgnentsa ut the Amer
loan Art Galleries. Madison Square South.
this week. 1t is a heterogeneous gather
ing. 1t is eminently an actors collection.
The main attraction for the public will lie
In the fact that these things we're once
precious in the eyes Of Richard Mansfield.
With this pious idea the various objects TO
be sold may appear in a different light.
Americans are a souvenir hunting nation.
As might be guessed the pictures largely
consist OF male heads-the engravings are
Hogarth's principally. Action and a def
mite subject the actor always demands. His
favor in the matter of oils incllnes to his
toric heads and the countenancss Of TRACE
dians or comedians. Among tho forty odd
pictures many are ascribed to that popular
old painter from eternity. Unknown This
is well. There is Turner. little picture,
5H by 81, Of the Dogana, Venice. 1t has
an excellent Turneresque quality. Two
fruit and vegetable pieces by Mignon are
attractive. There is also a small George
Inness. Who is Oravinsl1yp He has here
the head Of a woman. And Constantin
Netscher? He was the son Of the famous
Kaspar Netscher. But as n painter there
is "a slight difference. A Richard Parkes
Bennington is always good to look upon
even though 1t is not a masterpiece. Young
Fisherman is signed with the painters
initials. Verboeckhoven figures in the list.
Also a painting of interest is the Hotel
BOurgoyne in Moliere's Time" by an early
French artist. Van Loo, George Romney,
Echardt. n rare visitor in our galleries;
Sir Peter Lely. The Duke of Marlborough
in Armor'; William Dobson, Hogarth's
portrait of himself; Largilliere, Sir Thomas
Lawrence to Mansfield May lS, 1905,
by the nephew Of the sitter CMr. Kirby
shrewdly points out that IL might be a
Romney. but il il a Iawrence); a portrait
OF Nine, Malibran which ought to be Of
worth to musical folk, a school Of POuTbus,
Sir Godfrey Kneller, Allan Ramsay, John
Riley and GainsborOugh Dupont are to be
found in the catalogue. The latter named
ia a DOrtrait of David Garrick
The black and whites are chiefly Hogarths,
the familiar sets. Not remarkable states
That comical "Finis. or the Bathos." is TO
be found, Hogarth in his most extravagant
and scathing humors. There are theatrical
portraits. play bills autograph letters and
an ancient map published in 1910 showing
King Richards battle-ground. Also some
etchings by Houdard printed in colors.
We suspect that the storm centre Of the
sale will he the prints and the numerous
art objects Monday and Tuesday after
moons and Tuesday evening. March and 3,
the entire collection will be sold to the
highest bidder.
In the kraushaar galleries, 200 Fifth
avenue. near Twenty ninth street. YOU NAV
see one Of Dagnan- -Bouveret's new ipor-
traits. The subject is Mrs. Robert Stanford
VI NAA@S WY AZ 10 uOJ Ollly all huUArADle
likeness but a brilliant specimen of Dagnan's
very snowy art. Need we add that there
Is more devotion TO surfaces than TO psy-
chology? The still life. that is, the fabrics
OF the lady's gown. the white effectively re-
heved by black, the flowers and the Jewels
and the curtains at the window, is all set
forth with signal success. Near by hangs
another Dagnan, one OF his familiar pretty
Oriental models heads.
Following the Paul CornOyer exhibition
at the Powell Art Gallery. 9s3 Sixth ave-
nue., near Eifty-sixth street. is a collection
Of GeorgeH. Shorey, consisting mostly of
scenes in child life." There are thirty-
five Of these notations full Of humor and
sympathy. Several are capital studies Of
the tender bodies Of little boys and girls.
1t is hardly necessary to enumerate the
various designs treated by the skilled
draughtsman, that is MIR. Shorey. If YOU
like babies 60 to the Powell gallery. Mr.
Jerome Myers invites art lovers to view
some recent paintings by Edward Adam
Kramer at l42 West Twenty-third street
until March during afternoons only.
At the Durand-Ruel galleries, 10 Rue La
fitte. Paris. there is an exhibition Of the
landscapes of Gustave Loisseau. This
pdVsdgiste ought to be better known in
America.