The sun., 1910-06-07
NOTABLE LACE COLLECTION
METROPOLITAN NUSEUM HAS
VALUABLE NEW SPECIMENS.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS \. heofn llonaa
Twenty .slN American PnlntinGs.
A large number of acquisitions. inolud-
Ing valuable objects Of art. paintings
and textiles. were announced yesterday
by acting Director Edward Robinson at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art. who also
told Of plans for future exhibitions of an
educational character
One Of the most important Of the new
acoessiOns is q rare collection Of European
laOes dating from the sixteenth n the
nineteenth century and known as the
Henrietta Seligman lace collection.
numbering about one hundred and twenty
four pieoes. a bequest Of Mrs Jesse Selig-
man. Other important examples In this
department include two pieces Of Italian
cut work, sixteenth and seventeenth cen
tiiries, gift from Mrs Robert " De FOr-
est: q length of point d'AnSleterre. from
Miss Anna Fairohild; Sh interesting net
work cover and an unusually isss bead
bag from Mrs Edward Luckemeyer;
several valuable examples Of old English
and Irish laoes and three samplers from
Miss Margaret Taylor Johnston; four and
specimens Of Eng ish. French and Italian
laosa from Miss Elizabeth Fitch Others
who have contributed % this department
are Mrs James Boorman Johnston. Mrs.
Charles Lutyens and Miss Julia Chester
Wells.
The museum has recently received a a
gift from Miss Helen Miller Gould the
Aurch collection of Egyptian antiquities
"A large and well known collection
formed by the late Dr. Chaunoey Muroh
during his residence at Luxor. Egypt.
where for about twenty-five years he
directed the work of the American Presby-
terian Mission. This collection is said
70 he particularly strong in seal cylinders.
soarabs and amulsts. figures Of deities.
, rings necklaces and other forms of orna-
ment in such material Rs gold. amethyst.
beryl. carnelian. blue Elaze and lapis-
laEuh. A. soon AZ it can he classified and
arranged the collection will be shown In
the room of New Acoessions. pending the
compile ton u the installation of the entire
Egyptian collection in the new Fifth ave-
nue. wing
Whistler's famous portrait of Sir Henry
Irving a. he appeared in the character u
Phihp ~ Of Spain in Tennyson's play
Queen Mary acquired 10y purchase is
now on view In the room Of New Acces-
sions. The portrait. which represents Sir
Henry standing full length Is stvled An
arrangement inNblack and white. No. =
The museum has also purchased out u a
general fund figure pieoe. The Letter.
hy Thomas W DewIng. an American ar
list and a member of The Society ~ Ten
A gift from Mrs Francis Lynde Stets0n Is
a portrait Of James 7 Brady by Joseph
Ames of the American school
An altar piecO ~ n Madonna and Child
wish nnErls and fotIr saints. attributed
90 Tsfdeo Gnddi. has been purchased.
and the genrr work The Daughters
Return hv Rohcrt Ma-Cameron. b.
Rift from Mrs. Benjamin s Guinness.
0eorge 4 Hearn. who has recently
given the museum twelve American
! paintinRs. has nov placed az a loan IN
Gallery 70 a collection q twenty-'ty PIC
turrs bv American artists Thesa PIC
I tures include surf and Wind George
I " Bogrrt -ROuen' George " Bogert.
/ surf. Emil CarlseD. when One Ia Old.
/ William NJ. Chase; The Valley and the
. NIIuf NAItHH ~ AfAhlHs nltFfV lA~-
. tura LOUIS = Daszar. The SoTcarass.
r " Diving Ia MarCollarie. E. Rugrr
/ pouoh0. landsCapa X swain clifford
/ -Sceua 100 Norway Mary Hearn Grrlms
q -Nrw England Farmhouse 4 e.. How
/ land. -First Snow. Cragsmoor.- George
; lnnesz -Nsil Counter Miss . Sparhawk
Jones. -Harpst 4 Jonger- Frosty
Morning r " kOsi. An Old Time
Melody Frank y MiIiet, October After-
noon J. Francis Murphy, -MOonl ghl.
leonard OchtmAn. sylvia William VI
Paxton. IN" Kasha Algiers William
Sarfarn Marjorie. J } shannon lake
Como. Henry r Smell. -Sheltnr Island .
Irving X Miies, Mohawk Nallcy 4 u
WANT
This hst Il Canva-ses makes tho total
number II eighty -~even pictures by
American artists now in the museum
acquired through the Hearn fund - gifts
or iDa1s
FROM Mrs Abraham ansing II Albany
'Hn museum has received a collection
Il historical Staf1rdshire blue printed
ware consisting II thirty seven examples
decor8trd with various designs II such
iey"nts a. The opening II The Eri" Canal
aud the completion of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad
The museum has iust received AZ a gift
from Mrs. Russell Sage nine Nava 10
blankets and two other pieces from the
Southwest bronze plaque II William
n WEIGH. by Victor ~ BrenneT. h a gift
from John l. Cadwalader. and a bronze
medallion 0f the Tercentenary ~ Qusbec
by Henri Dubois IL gift II the NationA
Rattlefelds Commission n Quebec.
Several large exhibitions are heina
planned hy the museum. which will con.
tinlIe its policy of holding art displays oI
an important character. 20 be nationa
in scope a. well a. Of local interest. Ths
first exhibition will he a loan collection
of rugs. which will be placed on view "a
November l. 20 continue FOR about ter
weeks II will be confirmed TO a limited
number ~ fine specimens dating from
the fifteenth 90 the eighteenth centuries
4 special loan exhibition n arms and
aFmor will follow. opening on February
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