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torical collection. AS an instance Of
the liberal policy prevailing we may
cite from the curator's report on ten
years Of development the following pas
sage:
In the summer % 1909 the sum of $4,000
(one-half set aside by the Library, the
remainder privately contributed) was made
available for the purchase of prints, ana
was used in the acquisition OF about 1,J00
prints selected by Mr. JunlUs 5. Morgan,
mostly by minor or unfamiliar artists.
but all repaying study. Mr.. Morgan de
cided not to attempt to procure the most
famous prints G;embrandts say, or
DurcrsJ. which would soon have exhaust
ed available funds. The purchase In
cluded examples by various masters OF
Germany. the Lowlands. France and
italy. of the 18th and 18th centuries nota-
bly, 'AldeRrever (36 Prints. Altdorfer G5l
Bcham tJ6), DUrer (S), Pencz 8), Cranach
(3U. Schongauer %, NJ. II. 90, Ostade Q9)
Goltzius CO, Leyden QO). Bakhuisen Q2),
Bosse %, Lutma 20, Waterlo %, Callot
GlW, Delaunt 800, Melen q, Holar $500.
Marc Antonio Railmondi 40, Mantegna
"a. Rosa (6OJ, Du Jardin QO, Luyderhoef
(D, Tcniers C2). Berghem 90, Dusart %,
Nicoleto da Modena %, Jan Van der
HoCke I'D, Van Meckenen C2.
other purchases have since been
made, and it is confidently expected
that with the nucleus already assured
the formation of one Of the best public
collections in the world is inevitable.
Collectors have only TO realize, the
splendid start made by the library to
strengthen it with gifts Of engravings
and etchings and OF money for the
purchase Of prints. In the mean time
they should not be allowed to remain
under the delusion that the library is
only interested in modern art. They
may go there now to enjoy the early
masters Of England, Germany, France,
Italy and the Low Countries.
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Good Master Norman, If he il was who
made .the plate. believed in economic
ing labor for, barring the head, this IS
a copy Of the portrait of Sir William de
Ia More in Guillim's "Heraldy," pub
lished in London in 1679l Plate after
plate here presented revives before the
attentive observer similar eccentric in
cidents in the iconographic history OF
Washington. We may study, more
over, to ends both edifying and anus
ing, the strange notifications suffered
by the great mans physiognomy as the
chronological sequence wears on and
he looks out at us as though through
wells fabricated from different points of
view by artists of different tempera-
ments, Of varying aptitude. The ardent
foreigner, working at long distance IN
France, or England, or Spain, was not
deferred by his obvious handicaps from
paying his pictorial tribute to the demi-
god Of liberty. Abroad, as In his own
country, Washington's essential traits
persist, but often they are overlaid by
fearful and wonderful characteristics.
One recalls the story of the modein
French artist who was asked to paint
the portrait OF a dead man he had
never seen, and. in the absence or even
the dimmest photograph, good hu-
noredly consented to work from de-
scriptions provided by all the members
of a large family. When the canvas
was finished the grateful widow, ac-
companied by some seven or eight chill
dren, came to look at it. The mourn
ers stood in a row and gazed long at
the masters handiwork. Finally, after
collecting the approving glances Of the
rest, the eldest son spoke up and said:
Yes, il is indeed our poor father; but
how changed" One feels like that
about Washington at the Library's eX-
hibition.
But this is not to say that the bulk
Of the plates are misrepresentation In
fact, the broad impression Of the col
lection is extraordinarily vivid and
convincing, richly significant Of the
true Washington, caught in his famil-
lar walk and demeanor. 1t is curious,
and in a certain subtle way very i'm
pressive, 10 see how that remarkable
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
The Print Room at the Public
Library.

While this collection Of Washing
toniana IS redirecting public attention
to the Print Room at the Library, we
may venture with only the more time
Illness to correct an erroneous idea OF
the departments activities which has
recently been advanced. In connection
with certain developments in Boston,
TO which some reference is made below,
1t has been recalled that when DR..
Bode was writing his observations on
art in America he touched upon the
matter of prints, commenting the Bos-
ton Museum for having made a good
beginning in the systematic assembling
of them and saying that "the New
York Library collects only modern en-
with him in his friendly appreciation
of what has been done In Boston, and
at the same time energetically dissent
from his view of what has been going
on in New York. 1t Is true that our
Print Room is rich in modern works,
having had enviable good fortune in
this regard When the late Samuel p.
Avery presented his collection of about
$4,000 pieces he conferred upon the city
a gift OF immeasurable value. The stu
dent of such moderns as Whistler,
Haden and Meryon may follow his re-
searches at the Library under excep-
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
A G. cd Move at the Boston
Museum.

The current number Of the Bulletin
issued by the Boston Museum OF Fine
Arts contains an interesting announce
ment made with reference to the print
department. 1t appears that friends
Of that department have been seeking
to develop its influence and to bring II
into closer relation with the fine arts
department of Harvard University. An
endowment fund has been raised, and
Mr.. FitzRoy Darlington, who has been
a partner in the firm Of Frederick KEEP
pei & Co., in this city, for the last If
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scapes, of course, are numerous, and
never have they been more attractive.
They - in all keys Of color and in
every , Elm of sentiment. We find
Nature charmingly romanticized In the
Italian night subjects of Mr.. Charles
w. Eaton and the softly glowing syi-
van scenes of Mr.. W. c. Emerson. Or
we find her portrayed with more
direct touch and sparkling with
brighter light in the studies by Mr..
E. H. Garrett, Mr. H. V. Swope, Mr..
c. X. Chattertoi, Mr.. Paul Shurtlef
and Mr. +. Campbell. Scores of these
landscapes have the merit Of being
good portraits of places, and now and
then we come upon an artist whose
work out Of doors discloses not only
truth but some beauty of color. There
IS. for example, a little sketch of
church in Greece, by Miss Paula Him
melsbach, which in its quality of tone
is a gem. There are, by the way,
other notes of travel which may not
have the same exquisiteness in color,
but happily engage attention through
their clever picturesqueness. Particu-
larly to be mentioned in this category
are the scenes from old France painted
by Miss Jane Peterson and Miss Har-
riette Bowdoin.
The makers Of portraits are in good
form. Mr.. W. Sergeant Kendall sends
some of the best heads he has ever
drawn, portraits we'll composed, done
with a sure, firm touch, and endued
with a fine simplicity. His contribu-
tions are the most distinguished of
their kind in the show. There is
crisply drawn profile by Mr.. A. p.
Button. Girl in Black Hat" and in
freer, warmer vein we note girl in
blue by Mr.. r. F. Maynard and a girl
with cat by Mr. Arthur Becher.
With these designs, which carry us
from portraiture pure and simple to
the more impersonal studies of the fig
ure, we would appreciatively cite a
studio interior by Mr.. A. l. Keller and
the vivid sketch Of a woman out Of
doors by Mr. f. NJ. Ashe. Mr.. w. r.
Leigh's water color Of an Indian type
is creditably done, but the figure is too
stiffly posed The drawing by Mr.. w.
r. Kline of two voters discussing poll
tics has it's humorous value. Finally,
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tional advantages. The nineteen cent
ury French school Is amazingly Weil
represented. But 1t is absurd to as
sumo that because the Library mas
been thus enriched through the gener-
osity Of Mr.. Avery and other connois-
seurs Of modern art it has in any way
restricted the scope Of its Print Room.
The truth is that the whole purpose
of the latter has been, since 1T founda-
tion i'm 1899 to illustrate the subject IN
the fullest possible manner, and the de-
gree of it's growth has been determined
only by questions of time and money,
The department is young, but II has
already made substantial progress, and
there is every reason to believe that Its
future Is more than secure. Several
private collections are destined to be
left to the Print Room, and even now
it has effective sympathlzers who are
watchful Of its interests. Further
more, the efforts of these supporters
have all along been directed toward the
building up of a comprehensive his
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teen years, has been appointed curator.
1t will be part Of his duty to deliver
every year at Harvard a course OF lect-
ures on prints. He will also continue
to edit The Print Collectors Quar-
terly," which will be taken over from
Keppel & Co. and published by the
museum. We may note in passing tnat
the October issue Of this periodical
Just to hand, we'll sustains the high
standard fixed by Mr.. Darlington at
the outset. 1t opens with a charming
paper by Mr.. Arthur NJ. Hind on Some
Early italian Engravers," and among
the other contributions there is capi-
tai study by Mr.. II. ]. Wickenden Of
Corots etchings. The Quarterly has
abundantly justified itself. and Mr..
Darlington will doubtless make 1t only
the more attractive and effective In his
new post. The appreciation he has al
ready won and a hearty measure OF
good will may be expected to follow
him In his work at the Boston Museum.
Apropos OF "The Print Collectors
Quarterly" Mr.. Darlington has had
the excellent idea Of selecting from 1t
some fifteen or twenty essays and
making them into a book which the
Century Company has published under
the title OF prints and Their Makers"
II Is a handsome octave, lavlshly Illus
trated with well made reproductions.
Prints old and modern are traversed.
Durers woodcuts. the early Italian
engravers, Rembrandt's landscape
etchings and Piranesi are treated, and
space is also given to such men as
Haden, Meryon, Lepere, Fortuny and
Zorn. The makers of engravings and
etchings occupy the bulk of the book.
but we note as one Of the best pieces
here printed a delightful sketch by
Mr.. Louis r. Metcalfe OF the Abbe de
Wilton, a seventeenth century French
collector. a sketch happily including
notes on divers other amateurs Of the
past. This is an entertaining and in
structive compendium, and 1t is to be
hoped that others like ii will, by and
by. be drawn from the same source.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
Water COIorS Portraits OF
Observation-Disclosures.

The New York Water Color Club has
just opened at the Fine Arts Building
its twenty-third annual exhibition.
Since its foundation this society has
not made a better show. The two
rooms it occupies are generously, but
not too generously, filed and the pict-
ures are well hung. 1t is pleasant to
observe, too, that while. as usual the
pastellist, the miniaturist and the illus
traitor have been made welcome, the
water colorist dominates. There are
not any Of those spaces on the walls
which suggest, as has sometimes been
suggested in the past, that other
craftsmen have been called upon to
"help out"
This exhibition is delightful because
1t is full of fresh impressions, skilfully
and cleverly set down. The land
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Francesca Bartolozzi as Seen in
His Drawings.

Francesca Bartolozzi is a minor but
perennially attractive figure in the his
tory OF prints. This clever Florentine
born I'm 1925, and swiftly coming tc
, his artistic maturity, had in his blood
the light, graceful genius Of the
eighteenth century. Trained as an en-
graver ir a Venetian studio, he re-
mained untouched by the decadent in
iuences In his environment, whole
heartedly responding, instead, to all
that was dainty and charming around
him. In his young manhood he
worked, too, in Rome, but the time was
late for the monuments of the grand
style to exercise any serious pressure
upon him. Classical examples served
only to confirm his natura. taste for a
certain suavity in form. Also 1t did
something to save him from that eX-
cessive triviality which, among the
engravers who were later to be his
colleagues in England, resulted now in
saccharine and now in merely insipid
designs. Bartolozzi, when he came TO
London to be engraver to George III
and to serve, besides, an eager fash
ionable public, knew very well how to
produce the print that would suit the
atmosphere OF frothy elegance in
miady's boudoir. But at bottom he
knew how TO draw. and for this rea-
son, to say nothing OF his really excel
lent taste, he was taken seriously then
and is taken seriously to-day.
Some fine evidences Of what was
soundest in his art may be seen at the
Hodgkins Gallery, where there Is an
exhibition of eighteen of his original
drawings. One alone Of these delicate
black and whites, delicately enhanced
by the use of red chalk, would stamp
him as, in his modest way, a master,
This Is the superb portrait Of Lord
Chancellor Loughborough." 1t is a
work Of craftsmanship both exquisite
and strong. The virie, intellectual face
is portrayed with so fine a touch that
the style of the piece seems for a mo-
ment incongruous, but as it Is studied
this head looms more and more con-
vincingly Sainst the simple back
ground. You see presently that in this
instance, at any rate, Bartolozzl is fine
without weakness. There are one or
two other good masculine subjects, a
vigorous nude and capital portrait of
the artist himself, For the rest the
exhibition is made up OF those por-
traits Of women and those sprighty
allegorical subjects, embodying figures
OF bewitching nymphs and lovable lit
tie amorini, which have done most to
establish his fame the world over.
They are very gay, very decorative.
very winning, these biithe souvenirs OF
time when society was bent solely
upon amusing itself. But their endur-
ing interest Is traceable TO the solid
virtues Of the really instructed and
polished craftsman, and the man whose
conception of the human figure, IL not
at all original or powerful, was al
ways in some vague and pleasing way
sustained by his sympathy for antique
sculpture. 1t Is an agreeable sensation
to encounter, once in while. the
gentle art and personality of Barto-
lozzi. r. C.
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there are some graceful fairy subjects
by Miss F. B. Comstock and Miss Eliz-
abeth H. Ingham. All through the eX-
hibition capital things are cropping
out, like the drawing of elephants by
Z. Mars, like the roses and the dead
duck by Miss Schwartz. The show as
a whole seems cheerfully to welcome
the visitor, and as he examines it in
detail he is not disappointed. Alto
gether. the Water Color Club is to be
congratulated.
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man imposed upon all those who por-
trayed him, whether they saw him face
to face or MT, his simple dignity, his
benignly maieStic spirit. The same
manly stateliness;. the same nobility,
comes out IN all the different types
which we owe to Peale. Trumbull,
Stuart and the rest. Mr.. Weitenkampf
has very judiciously arranged the show
so that the student may quickly learn
the points that differentiate cone type
from another. Some Of the prints are
exposed in notably good impressions.
They all make a, strong appeal, both to
those who are interested in art and TO
those whose sympathies are primarily
for the historical motive. IT is an ex-
hibition that ought to be uncorhmonly
popular.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03

The label Made in Germany has
been affixed to such a multitude Of
things that we ought not perhaps, to
be surprised if some fine day we find
it sported by this or that popular ar
tist. At all events, the machinery TO
this end has been set in motion. The
Berlin correspondent of the London
STANDARD" sends to his paper this ad-
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03

The American Art Association, pre-
pairing for the forthcoming season OF
auction sales, has been enlarging and
improving it's familiar galleries on
Madison Square. The entrance to the
building has been moved little to the
west and now gives passage TO
domed hall of marble. A handsome
staircase ascends to the gallery, and
elevators have also been provided.
New exits have been added, by the
way, a fact bearing pleasantly upon
the convenience Of visitors on crowded
days. The general scheme Of decora-
ton and OF lighting which has long OBJ
tanned at this place is still preserved,
with the difference that an indirect
system of lighting has wisely been in
troduced I'm the room devoted to sales.
The space for exhibition purposes Is
very large, amounting 70 more than
twenty-seven thousand square feet
About a quarter Of a mile of line
space" is at the disposal Of the man.
agement. The date OF the opening sale
this season has not yet been an
nounced. It will be awaited with in
terest, for in it's greatly improved quar-
ters the Art Association will doubtless
bring forward some important collec-
tions.
This firm has been in existence since
1888, and there have passed through
its hands works Of art, books and other
objects worth more than S2j,OOO,ooO.
It is stated that at some Of its exhibi-
tions seven thousand persons have
entered the galleries in a day. From
thirty thousand to fifty thousand per-
sons have visited the galleries in a
week. From a list of the more inn
portant sales we take these names
dates and figures, abundantly sug-
gestive to the student of art collecting
in the United States:
Beriah Wall and j. A. Brown.
paintings, 1886 ................,.. SlZS,ooi oo
A, r. Stewart, paintings, works o-o -
of art and library lSSI....'....; o'o'V'S y
" paintings m 1880 .....'.....:....... lcS,2s6 Oo
scripts and Oriental art, 1881. 275,SlO 75
r. Austen Robertson, OF the
American Art Association, sale
in partition to settle the estate
OF Mr.. Robertson, 1892 .......... 46l,ln %
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David II. King. jr., paintings
and furniture. 1905 .............. 2l8.914Og
Heber II. Bishop estate, paint
ings, jades, etc, 1906 ............ i12.0l9 Is
Joseph Jefferson estate paint
ings, 1896 ......................... 229,l35 90
II. s. Henry, twenty-nine Bar
bizon paintings, 1871 ........... 35280OO
Stanford White estate. paint
ings and art objects 1901 ..... 269 265 50
Henry Graves estate, Oriental
porcelains and paintings, 1859. 39i, ,i55 20
John T. Martin estate, paintings,
1919 ............................ $l ,555 o.
Henry w. Poor. furniture,
tapestries, etc, 1863 ............. 17l,3i5 %
Cyrus j. Lawrence estate, paint
ings, Barge bronzes etc. 1910. $3.50 80
II. 5. Henry estate, twenty
paintings, 1919 .................... s55 75J "
Charles 7. Yerkes estate, paint
ings, tapestries, rugs, books,
etc. 1910 ...........................2 2,2C7sG6 10
Robert Roe estate, paintings,
rare prints and art objects.
i1al ........................ bUNSJJ "
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03

An amusing essay might be written
on this list, bringing out fluctuations
in taste and in values. The figures in
vite reflection, too, on the portentous
These millions. be it remembered, rep
resent, after all, but a drop in the
bucket
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
vertisement, clipped from German art
periodical:

To all who wish to learn the art OF
pajnting-accomplished artist in eight or
ten days-this you may become by using
my newly discovered method. The fee is
flOO. No more Of the time-waSting. cNpen-
sive study which so often Is quite without
success. / guarantee that all pupils,
even those without talent, shall DE aDle
at the end of a few days TO paint
highly artistic canvas from life, as well
as other subjects, which would Joe ac-
cepted by and would obtain considerable
success in any art exhibition. NO ll,a
is involved as | am willing 10 return lIe
fee il my undertaking is not laithiun.
carried out. In from five 20 ten days INV
pupils are able to consider themselves
fully trained artists.
They have been telling in Paris
pretty story about Rodin and the Hotel
Biron. where his occupation of extern
sive quarters recently provoked some
controversy. A gentleman presented
himself at the door, only to be told by
the concierge that he could not enter.
and why not?" the visitor politely
asked Because NJ. Rodin does not
wish il. He has forbidden me to allow
any one to enter" But" exclaimed
the astonished caller, 81 am NJ. GUS
thau, Minister of Public Instruction
"Ah." said the concierge. Very we'll
Enter il you will. But there are dogs
here. and if you do not know them you
will suffer" Whereupon NJ. Guisthau,
who did not have the honor Of being
known to the dogs Of NJ. Rodin, was
Obliged to beat a retreat.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03

The fourth biennial exhibition OF con-
temporary American oil paintings
which is in preparation at the Corcoran
Gallery of Art, in Washington, viii!
open to the public on December IL anc
will close on January 26. The usual
prizes offered by the Hon. William A.
Clark are announced. Mr.. Carl Mel
chers has been appointed chairman OF
the Jury which will select the paintings,
hang them and award the prizes. His
colleagues are Messrs. Ben Foster, w.
Elmer Schofeld, Frank w. Benson and
Richard NJ. Brooke. The director or
the gallery, Mr.. f. B. MCGUIRE, Will
also serve as q member Of the hanging
committee. The prospectus contains
the interesting information that the
three exhibitions which have been held
at the Corcoran Gallery were attended
by 10000 persons. Seventy-three
pictures were sold, aggregating Sl36-
40. Twenty eight of these works
were purchased for the permanent COL
lection of the Corcoran Gallery.
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03

During Thanksgiving week the Buff
falo Fine Arts Academy will celebrate
it's fiftieth anniversary. For this golden
Jubilee a Greek pageant will be given
on two evenings, probably November
26 and 27, in the Sculpture Court OF
the Albright Art Gallery. 1t will be
arranged by Mr.. Joseph Lindon Smith,
of Boston,
New-York tribune., 1912-11-03
MISCELLANY
Episodes of Interest in This
Country and Abroad.

At the Katz Gallery there opens to-
morrow an exhibition OF etchings by
the English artist Frank Brangwyn.
The Theodore B. Starr gallery Is filled
with sculptures by Ell Harvey.
There is an exhibition at the City
Club of pictures by American figure
painters. Among those represented are
Charles w. Hawthorne, George Luks,
Robert Henri, Arthur B. Davies, Fred
erick Frieseke and Ivan Olinsky.
The exhibition Of Swedish, Norwe-
gian and Danish art which has been in
preparation by the American-Scandi-
navian Foundation will open in New
York on December 10. 1t will contain
$50 paintings. These will be shown
later at Buffalo, Toledo, Chicago and
Boston.
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Sale, Notes and combination Notes and
Bills of Sale, Land Lease and other
blank forms used by planters and farm
ers, for sale by The Commonwealth.
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