The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-05-06
ART TREASURES ADDED
 TO NATIONAL GALLERY

the engravings are paintings by foreign artists-Interior' by Veer Nicer, en- graved at the time of the Hudson Full . ton exhibition, and Boy With Sword
 by Manet.
 "All of these engravings are in them selves works of art, the engraver prov
 ing himself a master of technique and yet yielding his own personality to that
 of the painters whose works he inter- prets. . It is not difficult to distinguish
 between an engraving by Henry Wolf and Timothy Cole, but neither is it diff ficult in the works of either of these engravers to identify the distinguishing
 characteristics of the several painters
 whose pictures they reproduce. There Is something not only very artistic, but
 very sympathetic in a good wood en- graving.
 "The thirty or more works by other engravers have not as yet been put on
 view. They embrace engravings by Will liam B. Closson, who Is now better known
 as a painter than as an engraver; by
 F. H. Wellington, Timothy Cole, s. G..
 Putnam, Elbridge Kingsley, Caroline A. Powell and others, all of whom were ex- tremely proficient.
 "The National Gallery collections have been rehung since the walls of the mu-
 scum building have been tinted, and some mionr changes have been made in ar engagement The Evans collection still occupies, however. the main gallery, the three south and the one northeast gall lery; the Harriet Lane Johnston collec- tion occupies the northwest gallery, and in the north galleries are loan collec- tions. one of Moran's paintings of the
 ships of the navy, and the other of works by the great masters of Europe. The lat ter is- most notable collection-a superb
 group of masterpieces matched only in the great galleries of Europe. Only eleven paintings occupy the walls, but these are worthy of a pilgrimage. To the right of the door hangs a portrait of Mrs. Tow ry, by Sir Thomas Lawrence, and to the
 left portrait of the Duchess of Ancas- ter by Sir Joshua Reynolds, both of which
 are amazingly beautiful. On the north wall hangs a portrait of Archibald Sllir- ving, a gray-haired Scotch gentleman of
 the old school, painted by Henry Rae
 burn, which deserved to rank with the great portraits of the world. On the west
 wall are portraits of men by George
 Romney and Nicholas Mass, very diff ferent in style, and yet with something in common. The Macs portrait is espe-
 cially convincing strong realistic and inn pressively vital. On the south wall, side by side, hangs a portrait of lady by Hogarth, painted with frank directness, and a Madonna and Child by Govaert
  There are also in this collection a land scape by Richard Wilson, which Is rem dered in rich browns and golden tints, woodland scene by David Cox, painted with characteristic Liberalism, View in Rome by Guardi, winch more than rewards protracted study. and an inter- estng marine by Clarkson Stanfield. For | one who knows and loves great works | of art this little gallery will prove an | inexhaustibe source of delight. With l such pictures one can never become too well acquainted.
 l It is also interesting to note that T. | B. Walker of Minneapolis, the we'll | known art connoisseur, has lent to the | National Gallery the large painting by Benjamin West entitled "The Raising of | the Daughter of Jairus,' which he re- | gently purchased in New York This canvas, which measures 10x16 feet, is cer- l tain to attract much attention during it's exhibition in Washington.