New-York tribune., 1910-08-29

a;so of Thomas Jenerson as Secretary
90 state and the other. an original cor
-5eca+e of membership in the Society OF
:he Cincinnati. bearing besides the sig
-st,,re of Washington. the first Presi-
dent thaz of Knox as secretary.
.,,,onp Wasi1ington's generals Greene
e.o,,rias rhe first place in a full length
Colonel Peale. which was redrawn in
ro,so,, by Stothard and admirably en-
,-o,.A5 II, nezzotint by Valentine Green.
published in 1sS3, it was so rare that
c;r George TreveIyan saw il at Dorches-
-s~ House for the first time. and since
10 had made a hero of Greene in his
american Revolution he was pleased
with the strength. nobility and serenity
Of the face. There is a mezzotint OF
14o-atio Gates with his hand on a
manuscript and there is also a French
7,-frr Of him. both published about the
time Of Burgoyne's surrender A mez-
-atint Of Putnam from q picture painted
hv I Wilkinson after Bunker Hill gives
G vivid impression of a rough rider who
dared TO lead wherever any dared TO
follow" There is a better meZzotint
Of David Wooster. who fought in the
French war. commanded the American
forces in the operations against Quebec
after Mont tgou1ery's death. and was NOR
tally wounded in repeIling Tryon's in-
--asion of Connecticut. There are line
enr-avincs Of Lincoln. who received
~o-nwaIlis's sword at Yorktown after
himself slI~rendering At Charleston. OF
Marion. the Huguenot cavalry leader
and Indian fighter: of MifTiin. the Quaker
rnljtician and quartermaster general
4rho could always rally patriots and OBJ
tain recruits: Of Mad Anthony Wayne.
as T-rln7hun and Herring painted him
end Prrld- honme. the Dutch eusraTer,
-eu-aduced him. and OF Reed. frank ana
hold in criticism OF Washington, yet
never 6isloyal TO his chief There are
sfiprfes OF Pinckney in the form of
1oookplate engraved by Tiebout, and OF
Knox from Herring's portrait in Faneuil
Han. OF warm hearted. loose tong7ied
sullivan. with his sunny Irish face, there
: French line engraving
A-7oIdfs ma srerfuI courage and energy
fascinated Fnglishmen when his ser
vices were not appreciated in America
after The march 10 Quebec in Tnidwin-
-e- The running fight with Sir Guy
~s-lercn's feet of Talcour Island and
ire Saratoga campaign. A fine mezzo-
rtn- printed as early as 1875 shows him
a his best before his career was tainted
with treason. and near by is his victim
poor. hapIess Andre. There is an equal
l. rare -nezzotint Of Charles Lee, the
s1sszertns English officer in American
Uniform. who never concealed his con-
tempt for Washington and his provincial
associates This was engraved from
tomknson's painting and printed as
early as 1T75, before he was taken
--isorter in his dressing room at cross
-oadsl tavern or condemned for his
cowafdice at Monmouth. There are
p-ints Of both his captors. quantity
d-awA nthograph of Earl Harcourt,
colonel OF Light Dragons, with his
prisoner. and mezzotints OF Reynolds's
portraits Of TarIeton. engraved by John
Raphael Smith and : W Reynolds
the larger one a soft and harmonious i'm
preston with subtle suggestions Of valor
and cruelty in the face.
Among the naval commanders is Com
rrodore Hopkins, z-ho captured the forts
a Nassau with feet OF seven ships
and took Two prizes on his homeward
4orase but Vho subsequently dtsap-
7oiured expectation and was dismissed
h Congress for incapacity- He makes
? brave show. with drawn sword, in
rare uezzotint. dated JIG, but does not
rival in lighting qualities John Pau
Jones- VINO is seen in another print, Win
the battle for sea power actually IN
urog~ess. There is 2 pair Of French en-
cravings of Count d'Estaing and Count
d. era zse. with Sablet and Miller as
PAINTERS and Gaucher and Birrel as en-
Ersrers. To these IS added q rare mez-
zotint Of Earl Howe, drawn and en-
g-aved by killingbeck- This was "Biach
Dick" who smiled whenever there was
q chance for fight with the trench'
but sailed for America with heavy
heart after z-airIv deavoring to avert
war bv negotiating with Franklin and
LORD Dartmouth. Futile as peace
maker II his conference with Jonn Ad-
ans and Franklin. he survived the EeF-
olgtion in America and Won glorious
laurels b-- relieving Gibraltar in ltS-
and dest-oying a French feet in li94-
He is seen in another mezzotint OF d
group Of naval viCtOTs with St vincent
CamperdUwn and Nelson.
Prominent among the soldiers Of the
Revolution in this collection Of prints
are the three commanders against whom
. The endurance and sagacity of Washlns-
ton were pitted. Sir William Howe.
drawn and engraved by the dissolute
Irish artist Richard Purcell, who chose
/ % work under the name Of CoroUt,
/ shows signs Of irresolution in his sol
/ dierlv face As stalwart 4 Wing as ms
/ brother. Lord Howe he obeyed the
/ Kings command after declaring that
/ the Americans never could be conquered
/ and brave as he was he took warning
from Bunker Hi and wasted oppor-
tunities for victory through his sluggish
ness and UnwilIingness to expose MS
raen 70 deadly fire from rifenen benlnd
/ tut7enchuenrs Sir Henry Clinton por-
t-at was painted by Smart. and there
] are Two versions Of Il in the collection
one Z French print and the other bet
Ter one 10y BartolOz-i, the italian en-
graEer. who was famous for truthful
less and naturaIness in his reproduc-