New-York tribune., 1910-10-03
NATIONAL MEMORIALS
Honors to Painters-Mulberries
A Royal Proxy.
London. September II.

there are many evidences OF national
neglect and ingratitude. Holman
Punt's ashes are scarcely cold in the
crypt Of st. Paul's Cathedral before his
friends are suggesting a monument for
him. although the revised version Of his
most famous work, "The Light OF ths
World" is already there owing TO thu
public spirit and generosity of his
friend. Sir Charles Booth How can
they be censured for premature zeal
when the grave OF his devoted friend.
Millais. cl6se to his own, IL barely
marked by an Insignificant memorial
Fame did not spring into the arena
with startling suddenness. like a circus
clown, when the ardent spirits OF the
Pre- -Raplaeiite Brotherhood were strUE-
Cling for recognition Slowly and ardu-
ously they Isbored in life. and in death
they were overlooked and neglected
Rossettrs grave IS in Birchingto1
churchysrd near Margate. under an un-
ostentetious tomb designed b. Ford
MADDOX Brown and with an ePttaph By
his brother. ". " Rossetti. which II
now 0cIui. 0-tARAA~ a 49, ~-------
grave IN the Painters Conner escapes
observation. like the resting places ot
Lawrence. Landseer. Opie and West
F1axmsn's statue Of Reynolds IS in thu
north transept Of ST. PauIs, with
medallion portrait Of Michael Angelo on
the truncated column. and there is 3
statue OF Turner in the south transept.
More grandiose than either is Brooks
recumbent bronze figure OF Leighton,
upon a sarcophagus tomb in one OF the
aisles. These are exceptions to the Eng
Hsh rule that old masters are known by
their works and that their glory is not
revealed by marble or bronze When
Van Dyck died at Blackfriars there was
a. burial in the churchyard OF ST. PauFs
and monument was erected there; but
both grave and stonevork were lost IN
the havoc wrought by the great fire OF
1866.
Hogarth's grave. with what Austin
Dobson describes as "a tea-caddyIiSs
tomb" IS IN Chiswick churchyard. near
the old red brick Georgian villa where
Cary, the translator Of Dante. lived after
him. Garrick wrote the epitaph and
stonemasons carried out a crude design
of mask and laurel leaves. nauIstick.
palette and pencils, and this memorial
i'm an out-of-the-vay suburb OF the
metropolis suffices for one whom Whist
Ter described as the great master of
English painting. GainsboroUgh's neg
Iected grave Is IN Kew ChuTchyard, and
since his birth nearly two centuries havs
been rounded out before measures have
been taken for erecting a statue Of him
in Sudbury. Constable, another master
of Landscape. was buried in Hampstead
churchyard with equal simplicity, and 50
was Old Crone at St. Georges, Nor
wich.
If PAINTERS are left TO reveal their own
greatness Ia their works they have a
happier lot than philosophers or heroic
soldiers to whom national galleries DO
not offer posthumous appreciation and
fame. An unknown sculptor designed
an efIgy OF Bacon for the monument IN
the parish church of ancient NeruIam'
but how many generations have passed
before the benchers Of Gray's Inn hive
considered it a patriotic duty 20 honor
the greatest name on their lists by erect
ing another one among the gardens and
quadrangles which he loved: THIS
neglect has occurred when there weTs
few authentic Hkenesses OF the phiiOs-
opher in the galleries and print collec-
tions.
Wolfe was more fortunate IN COM
manding remembrance on canvas, tor
West. ROmney and Penny painted th5
heroic death scene. and there were sew
eraI early portraits Of him for preserva-
ton at Squerries Court. the National
Portrait Gallery and the Royal United
Service Institution. Yet 100 years havs
passed since his death at Quebec with
out the erection of a statue Of this hero
Of the empire anywhere in England
His birthplace IN Kent, Westerham. -
TO have at last a spirited figure OF this
imperial warrior by the opening Of ar
other year, for Mr.. DerWent Wood las
completed the model for casting IN
bronze, and impaired splendid action 20
il by the uplifted sword National
, neglect would have been even more pro-
tracted if Lord Roberts had not headed
/ the memorial committee.
/ Mulberry trees have been left To stand
| as sentinels guarding historic memories
! one still makes a great spread of foli-
age in a hollow of the meadow at Gro
| ton. in suffolk. where the old WinthrOD
/ farm has recently been aUctioned off,
/ 1t is the only relic Of the quiet garden
where father and son talked earnestly
about the evil tendencies in the Old
World and the promise Of civic develop
ment on religious lines in the New
World. and decided 10 emi migrate to bos-
| ton Bay.
That tree / succeeded in fnding IN ths
course Of a holiday walk not lonS ago.
and also another old mulberry. equally
! fauous-the one outside the ancient
/ ,-icarare house in StowmarNet. where
| Milton used TO visit his tutor. Dr. Youns-
Both trees have 10 be propped up ar'er
three centuries OF existence; but they-
have abundance Of life IN them. and
have fruit for vintage. The Hogartn
mulberry tree. at Chiswick. has sur
/ vived the hawthorn and everything elsa
in the painters garden. and. while Seri-
ousIy amputated and upheld by crutcheS'
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