New-York tribune., 1909-03-07
BROOKLYN NEWS
GOSSIP OF THE BOROUGH
4 Gainsb0rough Presented to the
Brooklyn Museum.

Mrs Caroline c. HoaSiard has presented 70 the
Brooklyn Museum a Thomas GainsoorouEh, enu1ied
The Gypsy Fncanpment-' The canvas IS 4iSS7
inches AfEernon Graves mentions rnezzotiut copy
Of his r,tctllre which was done in Gains5oroughs
lifetime and produced it in the wcEk On cams
borough which was published by his nrm III iS'e.
The picture is also recorded as having oeeh soIo
Al Crizte's in 1854 among the works Of the Gains
toFouzf Dupont sale. The Gypsy Encau1p1neft
represents a bold foreground landscape, with the
figures CT a young mother with q nursing chl-d d
hey carrying faEgots, youth stTetcheo d luiI
length and d donkey. GainsborouEh was lover oi
nature and, vyueu child. spent whole days IN the
fields and woods sketching trees and bits OF seen
cry It IS said roveveT. that in the eighteen years
1nat he ezhibto5 Ia the Royal Academy ne sent
only six landscapes but after his death there Were
nfty-six sold Al the auction i VIII pe feca-leu
that The Tribune noted p few days ago that lAe
directors Of The F-ookIyn Institute OF Arts ana
Sciences bought for the museum al a COST oi s-oe0
aghty-t1ree- water Coiors done by sargent III ms
summer vacations while travelling III various paIlS
r inc world Il is said that these pictures, WIch
xfl h. i,41r in +be museum in q short time under
1he direction Professor Goodyear the curator q
the arts. VIII give the institution IoTenles, I"NS
among the collectors OF water colors-
" T. Rather has presented the Chldran's Mu-
seUln. which is a branch CT the Brooklyn Museum
wiki what IS said 10 be an exceptionally me 'IS'
proof portrait engEaving OF George Nas---ilH' 'oi'
COPIED from the original painting by CIlloeI1 0'eN
art which -s in the Boston Museum Of Fine Arts
Tire portrait Is surrounded by an arllstc eOhNe'i
tional design. al the SOP Of which the American
Eagle pecclzs on a shield O. the Union and Two
American flags Below the portrait is a immature
-errr1-,e-5c, of --IyashineIon Crossing the Dela-
ware. 17-6-' from the familiar painting oy L
Tentze. now a. the Metropolitan Museum OF AZ
few weeks aEo TIE Chdren's Museum received
from friend q portrait Of Benjamin rankin II
IS reported that the attendance Of children Fl Ihe
lectures on Washington delivered on Washington 5
Birthday was the record for te institution Alto
gether s75 children attended tie seven lectures
When the lecture room vas opened at u Q CLOCK
in she morning 1sl youngsters were IN line outside
rhe door The museum has added TO its historical
collection number Of photographs OF houses DAT
ing from TIE latter part Of the seventeenth cen
ru-y- OF these houses are Of interest because
of rre famous persons and events connected with
them They also illustrate the different types Of
a-chitec11re employed IN various sections OF The
s-runtrv in the period covered. The pictures are
f--iaues chiaTiE TO be- Of in the instruction OF
sses in United States history. Five states and
zS sections Of the country provide the photographs
sfi icb ulInber twenty-five OF the number, thirteen
sr- y buildings Of Massachusetts,. Practically all
.1 t-ese have recognized places in our early his
Iors-
Tire otla- day q Young lawyer appeared before
Ise.lcs DIckey. ia The supreme Court to plead
f- ir~r casa. Justice Diekey Is noted for his Wit
aaI his reputation may have had something TO do
arl what followed The young fellow was ap-
,.-.llu- f1r member OF partnership who alleged
had been badly used by Lls associate After
sfc jury had been selected the young man opened
-s- side with these words:
-Yo1r honor. my poor client then he stopped
lie looked 1t ais papers and began again:
Your honor. nay poor CLIENT The pause came
gain all6 Some Uttered The Court looked on
-rsnly-
Your honor" the new lawyer began once more
with an evident effort. my poor clzent'- but the
effort was 700 much for him, and he once more
broke of abruptly
But -he CoJ,rr was getting tired
Go on. counsellor said his honor. so far. the
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