New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-09-12

ent, the natural painting of hair. is IL
! lCstrated in the Dryden.>
The meZzotint OF Charles II at Dor
F. chester House resembles closely the nor
traits by Sir Peter Leir and those are
not unlike Mrs. Beale's and John Green
MUS The King Is in arInor. with dark
perfwig and swarttly complexion. wrin-
kled and sensual face and neckerchief
loosely tied. The print of James IL was
made by John Verlsolte. a Dutch mezzo-
tint engraver. who died IN 1898. II bears
cate 1eS", at the opening Of the short.
disastrous reign. The King is in armor
and enormous wig. and locks like his
brother. Charles H. The painter was
. Sir Godfrey kneIler, who painted hair
and hands with laborious care, but was
as unsuccessful as Van Dyck. LEY.
Dobson, Faithorne and Riley in convert
/ ing him into an heroic figure. Grinling
! Gibbons was more ma guanimous than
the painters, for his statue OF the King
near the new Admiralty has dignity and
power
The print OF William III on q prancing
horse is a mezzotint of superior quality
fer II is q proof before letter by 5.
Lens after Jan Wyck's portrait-an i'm
preston OF remarkable freshness and
clarity. The field rlarshars baton is in
his hand and a jaunty feather waves
from his hat; and the white horse is
full OF action. There are two portraits
ot William III by Jan Wyck at the Ma
tional Portrait Gallery. and another
work from the same dextrous hand is
at kensington Palace-the great Duke
OF Marlborough. At the palace there are
also two portraits Of the King by KneI-
Ter, with one in armor by Missing; and
there are several by Dutch painters at
The Hague. In addition to Lenss en-
craving. the Ambassador has large
mezzotint of William III with sword.
hat and feather. This was made by
Jacob Cole, an Amsterdam artist, equal
~ expert in the use of grayer and
scraper, whose gallery Of sovereigns in
cluded Charles AI Of Sweden, Charles
III Of Spain, King Frederick Of Poland
and Mailonaet "
Queen Mary II makes a brave show
in g brilliant mezzotint in which the
lights and darks are effectively nlassed-
Her costume is elegant and grsceful:
her neck Respondent with pearls, and
her glossy dark hair sets of her smiling
face and regular features. The painter
was Van Ger Vaart, q Dutch artist. who
reached England in 1914, worked under
V-issing's instruction and made many
portraits The initials, u s" indicate
Jean Simon as the engraveT. He vas
French artist. whe initiated John Smiths
delicate ulezzotints and became an ex-
pert workman. IN addition TO Milton,
Eliza beth and Mary II in the Anbassa,-
doris collection, he engraved Van Dycks
and knellers by the score, Charles 1.
William III, Anne and George I i2eing
among his subjects There is a strong
family resemblance between the faces
Of Mary and Anne in the prints at Dor
chester House, The uezzotint OF Queen
Anne, after one OF kneller's portraits,
is q brilliant Bit OF work by John Smith.
an engraver pre-erninent for skill and
delicacy Of shading. She was rot fond
Of jewels and dnery. but wore a small
crown when sitting for a portrait, and
invariably displayed 4 shapely neck and
beautiful hand
One Of the most dashing prints Of the
collection represents the great Duke OF
Marlborough. with armor. sword and
field nlarshars baton, q big wig and a
face hardened and stinened with inf1ex-
ible determination while the battle is
raging around him. The painter was
ADRIAN Van der VERT, Of Rotterdam,
who had made z close study OF Italian
masters and acquired q brilliant II
rather formal style OF craftsmanship.
The eugraver was also Dutchnan--
PETER van Gunst, an expert line en-
graver. who reproduced many of Van
Dyck's finest portraits. He engraved
excellent plates Of Charles !. Queen Hen
-ietta Maria. William III. Mary II, !
Queen Anne and George I; but this one
o. the fighting Duke Of Marlborough was
the most spirited among them.
Lord Chesterfields portrait was paint
ed By William Hoare, Allan Ramsay and
other painters: but inconparaoIy the !
best was Gainsborough's bearing date /!
1867 when the artist was living at Bath /
ard drew ali celebrities into his studio. !
The portrait was presented 10 the second |
Earl Stauhope, and has remained among
the family heirloon,s. Il was painted q
few years before Lord Chesterfelds /
death. when he was over seventy. i /
book III hts hand dfscloses the title "Ci- I
zero de Senectute'; the star and ribbon /
OF the Garter are OF his breast; his face I
has d cynical expression, and his pose /
and carriage denote good breeding and !
elegance. Lord Chesterfield was the /
chief jester Of Bath, Is he had been at !
Whites, ana he was q famous figure in /
society, winning heavily at cards, ex-
changing sarcasns with Beau Nash and /
the pious Countess Of Huntington. nurs-
ing his govt and condenning with fine /
irony his political Anniversaries. Gains |
borough caught the spirit Of the djplo- /
mat and man Of the world and Edward |
Bel faithfully reproduced the work in |
mezzotint. / N f
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