Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-14

1741 and displayed from his youth singu-
lar cleverness and versatility. He is said
TO nave been able to make harness. a
clock or silver molding, and tradition
has 1t that he stuffed birds. extracted and
repaired teeth and gave popular lectures
before he turned his attention to art and
went to London to study under BENJAMIN
West. At the outbreak of the revolution
he joined the army and commanded a
company at the battles of Germantown,
Trenton. Princeton and Monmouth. He
had. therefore, singular opportunity to
make studies Of Washington, and it is be-
lieved that he painted more portraits of
the general from life than any other art
list.
Peale's portraits of Washington are not
uniformly successful. The type given in
the portrait at the National Museum now
is, however. an interesting one. Between it
and the "Father-of- Country" type.
set forth by Gilbert Stuart, there is great
divergence. Washington here is shown in
the prime Of life. dignified. alert and COM
manding-a definite personality
AS has already been said. there are other
renditions Of this same composition, nota-
bly, one in the Metropolitan Museum. New
ington. One is at Shirley on the James
river. There is one in the Palais at Yer
Sailes. The Earl Of Albemarle owns a
copy which was captured on the high seas
and one hangs at Quiddenham Hail. Eng
land. There Is one in Independence Hall.
Philadelphia. which was brought to this
country not long ago from Spain. Thomas
Mexican of the same city owns one, and
there is another in the Capitol. The last
was included in the list of art objects be-
longing to the National Institute which in
1862 were turned over to the Smithsonian
Institution. In some strange way this
wandered to France In the early days OF
the republic. and when it was brought
back to America was purchased by
Charles B. Calvert for 500 In 1882.
however, after the picture had belonged
to the nation for twenty years. Congress
appropriated 5000 to satisfy a claim
brought by Titan Peale, a son of the
painter. 1t was at that time that the pic
ture was transferred to the Capitol where
it now hangs.
Il 4
A MONG the artists represented in the
"a forty-third annual exhibition of-the
American Water ColCr Society, which is
now in progress in New York, are James
Henry Moser. Miss Bertha E. Perrie.
Everett L. Warner and Miss Elizabeth
Muhlhofer, all of whom are members
of the washington Water Color Club.
Mr.. MOser is represented by three paint
ings, all cloud effects in the mountains
Miss Perrie shows four of her studies
made abroad last summer and exhibited
in January in this city. Mr.. Warner
sends five recent works and Miss Muhl-
hofer one, q study of jonquils. This is an
exceptionally fine exhibition with repre-
sentative work from a majority. of the
foremost water colorists. Works by Sar-
gent and Winslow Homer have been
borrowed from. collectors: a large group
of paintings by the late James D. Smillie
is shown. and quite number by Angus
tus John. an English artist OF ability, If
eccentricity. The prize given annually by
William Il. Evans was awarded to a
wood interior, June" by. r. NJ. Shurt-
left. who is represented in both the Cor
corcan Gallery of Art and the National
Gallery.