The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-02-22
Propagate Insinuations as to
Authenticity of Morgan's
Great Collection.
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authorities Of the Victoria and
Albert Museum. in London. and also
on the part of the English ar; world
End general public. in conmectto:, with
for exhibition III the Metropolitan Art
Museum In New York. the art treas
o uae' valued a. between si".0pc.-
years past have been loaned hY HIN
to the great institution at south
kcnsinGton. 1t tx alleged. not only
many OF the pieces Of Mr.. Morgan's
loan collection in the i.ot.iou Guseum
arc of doubtful authenticity hHd IL
is suggested that now that !; is pos
sihlc 10 do SO. without ANY breach in
the etiquette OF hospltality.' .hc gan
uine should be sifted from the spur
ious The museum authorities luu-
mat that not long ago ihey were alb
solutciy Obliged TO withdraw from en-
hibition 81 panel Of fifteenth century
tapestry. owing TO the discovery mat
IL was II clever modern forgery.
Even making allowance for pieces
about which there could be any pos
sibility OF doubt. the collection Of
art treasures that are beyond all Uuos-
:iste valu" TO any III private hanus,
and tia, having accepted this collec
ton Tor Years on loan from Nj. Nor
Sau, the Victoria and Albert Museum
authorities and English art experts
should now proceed to propaSat" in
situations concerning its authenticity
.
also impoltc. II they believed amy
OF the pieces of tho collie sion To be
spurious they had no business 20 place
them, on exhibitions: not for weeks,
but for years together. in an inSt-
tuition which formerly, ut ans rate.
was regarded as the lea iing ara mus
cum Of the world and the standard for
all others. The Metropolitan Museum
! OF Art In New York has It's cellars
! full of objects bequeathcI. donated
ana In some instances leaned to the
museum but whtcn are withheld from
exhibition becansA of doubts of their
authenticity. To such an extent - this
the case that for an. MT treasure to
, metropolitan Museum is regarded as
Ii guarantee OF its ganuinenesa. When
the authorities OF the Victoria and
Albert Museum. in London east doubts
on the authenticity OF any Of Mr.. :Ior-
! snn's collection which they have mad
on loan there they virtually admit
that they have failed TO maintain the
high standard which form ,riy pre-
vailed there In such matters, and
which now exists at the metropolitan
Art Museum in New York. AMI that
in placing on exhibition as genuine OBJ
jects of art which they believed to be
spurious they have been guilty OF n
thoroughly discreditablc transaction
| If. on the other hand. the treu sures so
generously loaned are genuine then
their reflections on its authenticity ar.
as ungrateful and as unEcncrous as
! Their strange insinua;ions that Mr..
| Morgan has no claims 10 their graft
tude. because by their acceptance OF
! his loan exhibition they had given
Tn sir official stamp of approval and tho
nall mark % the Victoria and Albert
tionable genuineness.
While nothing has been permitted TO
| appear about the matter in the Au-
strian newspapers, the all absorbing
| topic of converse ton at Vienna Is the
! separation of .archuukc Charles Fran
! els. the second heir to the throne, from
his young wife whom nc only married
at the end of last October. Before the
end OF the year, that is 10 say, just
about the time when under ordinary
circumstances the honeymoon would
commence TO wane. it suffered a com
7 leaving her husband 10 return alone
to her mother, at Schwarzau. in Lower
Austria. which is the home of her
childhood. and where her brothers and
sisters live. There she has remained
ever since. without taking any part in
the gaictcs OF the winter SEASON at
Vienna, and without putting in any
appearance in the Austrian capital
Her husband. the archdukc, mas not
i been near Schwarzau. and few days
ago II was officially announced that
he is learing Austria this next week
to undertake n tour of the world. Wis
iting India China. japan. Australia,
and Northern and Southern America
in turn, before returning home full
y
accompany him. and this goes TO show
! that the marriage has not turned out
as happily as anticipated and that IL
! 1t Is to be saved from ultimate ship
wreck prolonged separation OF the
/ young people Is indispcnAa hle.e
| The archduchess Is a daughter OF
/ the last SOW ercign Duke OF Parma,
whose dominionS We're taken from him
I and Incorporated into the Kingdom of
( Italy when he was boy of five She
7 is Princess of the Parma branch OF
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most entirely ut Schwarzau, With hAr
mother and brother and sisters, until
her marriage, and knew little or moth
! ing OF the outer world Moreover. IL
the truth were known. she was a good
deal spoilt by everybody at Schwarzau.
and suffered. like most of the menu
bers Of her branch of the Bourbon
| family. from particularly high strung
/ nerves
The affair is the source Of general
regret at Vienna. not only on account
! OF the young people themselves, whose
| wedding was so gay and so full of
| promise. regarded cvcrywhere as d
| love match, but also on account OF tn.
venerable Emperor. whose life has
been 50 extraordinarily full OF family
tragedies and sorrows. He had al
ways hoped that young Archdulse
| Charles Francis would wed his grand
daughter. Archduch.ss Elizabeth. the
eldest child OF hts younger daughter
! land since the murder OF the Empress
his constant compar.on), Archduchess
Valerie. But when he saw that his
granddaughter and second heir had Civ
| On ms heart elsewhere, namely to
Princess Iita OF Bourbon. lie conceal "a
| his disappointment and showed him
| self wonderfully kind and generous 10
| the young couple,
Since there seems a possibility OF
their union remaining without issue, 1t
may be pointed out that next TO
| Charles Francis in the line OF sue
| c.ssior to the throne comes his only
brother. the now seventeen year-old
| Archduke MaSimiiian. After him
| would have come his uncle, the ex-
| Archduke Ferdinand Charles had he
not. with the permission OF the En-
peror; rellnGuished just before Christ
| mas his rights OF succession and his
prerogatves and status as IA prince or
the blood and become an ordinary
citizen, under the namo of Ferdinand