New-York tribune., 1912-01-27
ART TREASURES COMING
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ment Of duty, while other works of art
such as bronzcs, marbles, pottery, an
| tiquities, objects Of art of an orna-
mental character or educational value
more than one hundred years old are
also exempt He thought that most OF
Mr.. Morgan's possessions would come
| in one Of these two classes, not small
part Of them having been gathered by
! Mr.. Morgan's father. according TO what
| he had learned at the conference.
! To guard as much as possible against
! breakage, the Collector went on, the
/ routine work of inspection would be
gone through with on the other side,
! Custom House seal would be placed on
each case, and the cases would remain
unopened until It came time to unpack
! them in the storehouse Of the museum.
| This process, which has never before
| been carried out IN dealing with collec-
! tions of any SIZE will obviate the neCes-
! sity Of Carting the delicate treasures to
the Public Stores, and of there subject
ing them TO the usual handling incident
upon unpacking and packing again.
Special Appraiser Goes Abroad.
The inspection in London will be in
tho hands OF an assistant appraiser Of
the art department of the Custom
House, who sailed on the Olympic sew
eral days ago and will be under the
direction Of Lorenzo Champ confidential
agent of the Treasury Department in
Europe.
No one could lie found I'm this city
yesterday who coul tell what pieces Mr..
Morgan would choose TO send over first
nor, indeed what the extent of his Euro
pcan collections are DR.. Robinson de-
| sired to lay at rest the popular impress
| sion that he had collections of various
sorts scattered all about England and
| the Continent.
| "SuCn an impression has grown up"
he SAID, because Mr.. Morgan has often
/ forwarded his pur, bases TO Paris. But
so far as know none of them has stayed
| there. II was nei-ly his custom to nod
| the!a there a while until he determined
Wheeler they should go TO England or
! America. Outside Of his South Kensng-
| ton collections and the collections at his
! London house, he has none of any I'M
rortance on that side Of the water"
me Metropolitdus director did not
! seem grieVed however at the tn ought
! that these two were the only additions
! the museIm was 10 have In the near fut-
ure from Mr. Morgan. The famous col
| lection OF miniatures alone he snid.
would have been an acquisition worthy
Of general rejoicing 1t is said TO BE- one
| of the most complete collections In ex-
! istence, and published estimates place its
value at over S5,0co,O00.
Gainsborough in Collection.
This collection. together with the
greater part of the paintings, are in
Mr.. Morgan's own home. There was
some doubt expressed yesterday as to
whether the house would be touched but
]. P Morgan, jr.. said last night that he
knew of no intention on the part OF his
| father to pass 1t by.
'I can't say one way or the other"
| Mr.. Morgan remarked. Il only know
that my father intends to bring over the
larger part Of his collections. and there
is no reason TO suppose that he will con-
fine himself TO those in the museums"
Among the paintings which adorn the
Morgan walls opposite Hyde ParE is
Gainsborough's Duchess Of Devonshire."
II the duchess comes TO this county 1t
will not be her first trip across the ocean.
though she will come in better company
doubtless than she came last time She
first came over in the false bottom Of a
trunk belonging 10 Adam Worth, head OF
a gang of notorious thieves. who stole
her for the purpose of raising bail when
! one of his associates was in trouble with
the London police, in 1876. Unable 10
dispose Of the picture IN the big capital,
he brought IL to this country and kept II
until Pat Sheedy, the gambler, backed
by a squad of private detectives, per-
suaded MIN to return 1t to its owners.
Paintings by Rembrandt, Rubens, Van
Dyck and a host Of lesser artists are In
the collection in the London house. Two
Of Mr.. Morgan's pictures adorn the walls
of the National Gallery in London. one
Of them being a Madonna by Raphael.
Most Of his other treasures are In the
Victoria and Albert Museum. They In
clude practically unrivalled collections Of
tewelry bronzes, enamels, ivories, porce-
lains, Italian majolica and tapestries of
great value. Their withdrawal will
leave gap Of between thirty and forty
cases in the museums galleries and
large areas of bare walls. TIL, Jewels
alone are valued at nearly S2OO0OOO
With all this nothing has been said of
Mr.. Morgan's enormous collection Of
| hoota and manuscripts n large nunber