New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1911-02-26
London. February 1.


-. ,,skes collecting respectable. ana
the willingness to share with the
~, Mr.. Morgan is conspicuous IN
80 Of that. but other instances are
.-.oranle in England most OF all
rr~l,sbnnan who has a fine place or
=. gallery throws il open 70 the pub
=. ssa rule. once or twice a week, ana
~, ,ybuc tramps through: and sets as
r. good from it as It knows how. lie
- hat ana from time to time strips
.cslls 10 lend to the yearly Winter
.D.s.,,t,op al the Royal Academy, which
-. late Lord Leighton originated. But
,sn think OF no other than Mt. Morgan
-. eenerosities OF this kind beneht
-, bsn,ispheres. South Eensington. IN
,,.5on and the Metropolitan Museum
-. New York are his debtors IN IKE
s.r-Aa His gifts are many and his
mans are almost gifts.
there we're discontented critics VINO
.sss - complain that Mr.. Morgan iei'
:. r,anv Of lbs art possessions in Eng
I'D 4 late Secretary Of the Treasury
~ Shaw. was one of them. He SAID
,,ror-an. why don't you bring your
,i,.urss and miniatures and the rest 10
america. where the American people can
have look at them
r can't afford TO-"
well. I knew Won we're a poor man.
~. didn't know you were 50 poor as
I'll that
M shaw. how much DO you suppose
,,,,r 6uties on my collection would
srount 20 if they passed through the
N4v York custom House
~ don't lznow-perhaps 100000 or
100000"
a. least s6.0oo0ooi'
80 the Secretary Of the Treasury
6-onped that subject. How much the
-soert alteration in the tariff on antiques
r,,,b, diminish these official extoruo4s
n not know. but the reduction must
80 rsrgA II is a moment which tempts
ore -, saw something about the effect or
me present New York Collectors admin
,st-stion on European opinion, but
rsss IN Nor 90 I see wig Ar. Morgan
NAV not be allowed 10 have art treasures
soout him in his London home as well as
a. New York. unless IL should occur TO
NJ. Loeb to exact fine on the pictures
their possessor does not import.
Thev say III. Morgan has put up the
-,rfoe Of pictures in Europe. They said
.be same thing Of the Rothschilds when
lord Rothschud and Baron Ferdinand
went into the market for Gainsooroughs
s1a Sir Joshuas Quite truly. Mr. Al
fred P6thschlt has done much the same
+hne for Patsvs and Lancrets, as Sir
Richard Wallace did before him for
t;reuzes and Fragonards and many other
masters Tring Park and Waddesdon
srd Halton. and the prices at Christie's.
compared with the prices thirty years
ago. are the best evidences Of these com
rerng influences. Mr.. Morgan has done
his share He has been. perhaps the
boldes- and most persistent Of them all.
A Psris dealer if he is in the mood, viii
tefyou that no very long time ago he
rarted with three pictures 20 Mr.. Nor
gan At Mr.. Morgan's own price. There
had been negotiations. Then. one pleas
ant morning. the American walked into
the F-enchman's shop.
7 viii take those three pictures. /
will mol buy any one OF them separately.
7 viii pay you 100000 for the three,
snd they are TO be packed and sent 70
London q: once. Good morning"
The story. 1 dare say, Ike other stories.
gains something in the telling, since it IS
ths dealer who tells it. lie hesitated, he
rays he had not sold the pictures 1Ir
Morgan had bought them. The dealer
had neither accepted nor refused. No
payment had been made. But in the
course Of the next few days the pictures
we're delivered al Princes Gate.
Mr. Morgan Is not the type OF collector
who collects slowly and singly and tastes
IS he goes along- Not like sauvagest,
Who on a Civil Service salary Of $3.50 a
year lett when he died works Of art
vsIued al 100000 now in the Louvre.
n which he bequeathed them al half
Price Nc-, on the other hand, Ike
Chauchard, who seems 20 have made his
ric-ure buying a means OF advertising
bis shop. He has his own ideas and
methods. he is Morgan and nobody
else His range is perhaps wider than
anybody's else IN pictures and many
Other art works the late Sir Richard
Wallace may have rivaued him. Hert-
ford House to-day contains, / suppose.
the most miscellaneous private collec-
lion in Europe; everything first rate in
It's kind. even including armor. But Of
SIr. Morgan this may be said. lie has;
One Of the finest private collections Of
pictures in the world. and beyond ques-
ton fine than any other American
owners
The finest collection Of miniatures.
The fnest collection Of glass.
The finest collection Of such porcelain
Is he cares for.
The finest collection Of modern au-
thors' manuscripts.
And the finest private library in the
world. Of which the manuscripts are
part
Il there was an exception 10 this last
e-aremert, II was the late DUO d'Au-
males library. in the Domaine Of Chan
lilly. But that is no longer private. for
u IL now dedicated to public uses. In
his lifetime the duke would show It 20
anybody who seemed interested In rare
and beautiful books But he had his
Own way Of showing f. lie stood by
you The books were IN glass cases
locked. If you asked TO sec a particular