The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-04-21

Edward V. Valentine.
the late William j. Hubbard and Ed
ward Petacolas. who We're both early
teen sketches OF the we'll known
French artist Thomas Couture.
The NirEIniu Room.
rms room contains AN Interesting
collection of antiques, whose associa-
tons are distinctively Nirglnian. Views
of Richmond III early days and choice
manuscripts, bearing the autographs
81 John Randolph OF Roanoke, Thomas
SullS, James Monroe, William ii. Cabcll.
Thomas Mann Randolph. Littlcton w.
Tazewell, Generals Washington, Leo
and 'Stonewall" jackson, and the
manuscript of Doctor Bagby's Canal
"reminiscences arc In frames and
cases on the walls of this room.
y table from Red Inl," the home
Of Patrick Henry, pianofortcs iron.
Prcstwould," the Skipwith home and
fredericksburg portable melodcon
and Il chair from Mt. Vernon add great
charm to this little room.
Two cases in the Virginia Room arc
m'ina with beautiful specimens OF
Bohemian glass, Canton and French
china and wcdgcwood
This was formerly the dining room
In the mansion, and tnkces its present
name from piece OF Brusso's tapestry
made by Francois van den Hecke early
In the seventeenth century. whish
covers the west wall. The tapestry.
the gilt Of Edward V. Valentine, and
probably the largest ever brought to
this country, represents an ancient
Jewish temple at the moment OF OF
fcrlng the sacrifice.
Most of the rare paintings in the
museum are gathered in this room.
Thomas and Robert Sully. HUBBARD.
Elder, Contura, Pctacolas and llowIar nd
are well represented, and many land
ScapeS painted by the late William
Winston Valentine hang on the north
wall
One OF the interesting features OF
this old house is % curved door which
leads from the narrow hallway 10 the
old buffers pantry This little room
Is now used for files OF old Richmond
papers the few Confederate relics
which the museum owns. some inter-
esting pieces Of Old pewter, ana the
china which was Tor many years used
~ tile Richmond Randolph Lodge, A.,
e. & y. NJ
In Two cases on either side OF the
arch in this hallway are specimens
Of Egyptian and Assyrian seals, Ro-
nan lamps, Etruscan vases CYPRUS
'iass, pieces OF an Egyptian and Peru
fdil mummy, Mexican iiSurcS ana Il
Hatcr vessel from the Hnacas
On the walls OF this hallway ara
displayed an interesting collection ui
clubs, spears, etc, from the solomon
Islands. an early Seventeenth century
tapestry. collections Of autograph let.
ters, and practically Il complete set
Of the issues of Confederate stamps
In small room opening onto this
hallway is tile cast OF Il, V. Valentines
feculnbDnt figure General
The Department of hrchacology
This collection consists Of many
thousands of specimens of Indian I'M.
PIGMENTS and the contents of several
mounds. principally from Eastern and
Western Virginia and Western North
Carolina.
On the walls of the rooms given to
this department hang twenty-thrcc
modern pen-und ink drawings OF The
engravings which originally appeared
as Illustrations TO Thomas IIav'ot's "a
lirie.e ana i.ric Report OF the New
Found Land in Virginia" III Do Brys
Collection OF Voyages" published In
1880. These drawings (many sizes
larger than the original cngravinss)
well illustrate the life of the Indians
in the neighborhood of Roanoke Is land,
where Ralcigh's colony attempted a
setu nent. John White, who accom-
panied these colonists in 1885. made
the water colors from which De Bry
made his cngruvings; so these draw
inSs stand MS contemporanc0us evil
dencc of the dress, customs, manners
ana method of building towns OF tie
natives.
Many objects of interest from British
Columbia, collected by the late Edward
p. Valentine and presented to the mu-
scum, have been arranged over tho
cases and OH the walls Of Rooms and
OF this department. This collect ion
includes totcms, masks, hshinG- tackle,
etc.
Cases in these rooms contain almost
numberiess specimens CT pipes, So
called ceremonial stones or axes. re-
mains from various mounds, pieces Of
pottery from virEinin. North Carolina
and Arkansas. and OF the Iuni and
Pueblo IndiaraJ Irish implements OF the
stone Asu OF interest as showing
marked similarity 10 implements IN
use among the AmercaG Indians when
the Gurorchns hrst arrived carved
head of sandstone, uncarthcd Oh the
. &.