New-York tribune., 1910-08-29
AN AMBASSADORS PRINTS
Soldiers of the American ReVolu-
tion-a Unique Collection.
London. August ~.

lean Ambassador. When the entrance
doors are passed there are busts u
Washington and Franklin. Paul Jones
and Lafayette, made by Greber after
Houdon and surmounting huted columns
In vioIette breche. In the corridor lead
ing TO the ambassador room are busts
of Chase, Blaine and Hamilton by
American sculptors. and these stand on
beautiful pedestaIs Of English alabaster
The walls OF the room are lined with
large prints of American WORTHLESS.
Abraham Lincoln. John Hay. Theodore
Roosevelt and President Taft among
them Seven busts of Roman emperorz.
reproduced from the antique and
mounted on pedestals Of colOred marble.
lead to unique collection Of prints con-
nected with the American Revolution:
and Julius Caesar, Augustus. Tfberius.
Marcus Aurelius. Hadrian. FcsDasian
and Constantine are in good company.
for Washington Greene, Franklin, Chat
ham. Fox. Burke. Pitt. jefferson. John
Adams and Hamilton are conspicuous
on the walls The historian Sir George
Trevelyan always feels al home in these
corridors. for before his eyes are nearly
all the great figures OF the American
Revolution.
In the library there are interesting
souvenirs of American history Among
these are a spirited oil painting Of the
sea fight between the Chesapeake and
the Shannon. which Mr.. Reid bought
from the descendants Of the family %
and a quaint picture talso in oil. and
with similar history of the passage of
the barrier-the "sunken chevaux-de-
frise' was the imposing title given te Il
by WashingtOn's ensineers-betveep
Fort Washington and Fort Lee after
the occupation of New York BIZ the
Howes. There is also large portrait Of
Washington by Charles William Peale--
the Maryland painter. who studied under
Copley and West and served in the Rev
oIutionary army. fighting in important
battles and rising to the rank Of colonel
He painted portraits OF Green and JET
ferson. from which the engravings n the
corridors were made. and also 70 rteen
pictures Of Washington This pertTait
reveals a strong and noble face younger
than Stuart's Father Of His Country
and resem bling the fine mezzotint after
TrumbuITs best work-the most char
acteristic Of the numerous ukenesses OF
Washington in Dorchester House. II
was discovered by daughter OF Cen
eral Robert E. Lee in the English COun-
try house in which il is known 10 have
been since about 1915. and it is now
among the ambassadors treasures, with
the added interest OF this connection
with il of 4 great t-g-anddaught
Of General Washington's wife
Like Colonel PeaIe. Colonel TrumbulI
was a student under West and a soldier
in the Revolutionary army He was one
OF Washington aids. served under
Gates in the Saratoga campaign and
spent seven years in Europe as Jays sec
retary in diplomatic missions His best
portrait Of Washington was painted in
17SO and passed into the possession OF
NJ de NeUfviIIe. This was engraved in
mezzotint by Valentine Green after
Yorktown. and a fine impression Of II IS
in this collection. 1t reveals the man OF
action, with high forehead. strong chin
and commanding features. who was ca
pa BILE of making the dash at the Hes
slams in Trenton and winning the fight
at Princeton, and also Of swearing
round1y at Charles Lee on Monmouth
field. This is a rare print. from one o'
the best Of Valentine Green's four hun
dred plates of all subjects. and he was
vlff
work was at its best There is also On
another wall a stipple engraving after
Trumbuu by Thomas Cheesenan. one OF
Bartolozzi's pupils. who reproduced
many of Romney's portraits and one Of
Hogarth's famous pictures. The Lady's
Last Stake" It is a battle portrait.
published in 1T9S. with Washingron's
horse held by an officer
The conventional Washington. by
Stuart. is here. with patriotic pose and
heroic mien. like Reynolds's celebrated
portrait of Lord Heathheld. the defender
of Gibraltar, in the National Gallery.
Gilbert Stuart returned 10 America IN
1888. after painting portraits OF Reynolds
and West, and made three pictures ot
Washington. One was destroyed as IN
satisfactory. another passed into the pos
session OF the LanSdowne family, anu
possibly is now owned by Lord Rose
berry. and the third is in the Boston
Atheneum. Many replicas were mace
by the painter and scattered over Amer
iCa The Lansdowne portrait. painted II
1871. was engraved in line by James
Heath and published here in 1900, but
the work was inferior 10 his engravinsS
of Nelson and Mrs. Siddons. This Is tas
print at Dorchester House mueh
rarer one is from the portrait or Wssn-
ington at Cambridge. Mass. IN Shi0H
there is dignity Of pose without 1orc7
of character; and another and oe'lA
likeness is a lithograph by RennEanos
Peale. in the ambassador room LIES
was Colonel PeaIes son. who studleo g.
in London and Paris. and made lro'"
Houdon's bust and his early recoH7
tions a portrait OF Washington wiz
Chief Justice Marshall pronounce"
best within his knowledge The ia1e
the lithograph is full of character anu
not unlike that I'm Valentine Green u
pressive mezzotint :.
There are companion pic'ui'
Washington and Lafayette. painted
I % rs,O,, a E~~ar,.b aeoou in the sew