Imperial Valley press., 1914-02-14

"Ildl Is biit taNNOi
According to many it is that anger
at the American people for assailing
his fathers memory at the same time
as demanding the gift Of $5O,000,0O0 in
things beautiful to look at.
According to others it is his anger
at the city of New York in the ILL.,
housing of the collections and dilatori-
ness in erecting further museum build
ings. It is notorious that the elder
Morgan was displeased at the city
fathers sloth. But would the latter
have let this influence himself to such
an extent as to despise the proposed
gifts themselves?
1t must be concluded that the elder
Morgan intended his enormous collec-
tions for the American people. 1t is
inconceivable that he collected, stead
ily and eagerly all the years of his
manhood without some object in view.
1t is inconceivable that he expected
his son to sell these lovingly assem-
bled objects He would not have wish
ed to burden his sons life with the
care and bother of them all. 1t is the
obvious answer that he meant these
things for his country.
And truly a wonderful heritage it
is which Mr.. Morgan left, whether to
his son or to the American people. The
greatest collectors of Europe have left
behind them stores which are shabby
in the art sense when compared with
the almost limitless collections of Mr..
Morgan. This colossal hoard was not
collected hastily. 1t is not the product
simply OF lavish expenditure.
Mr.. Morgan was ever discriminat-
ing buyer seeking the best and get
ting it regardless of the cost. He was
a genuine lover of art and a, close stu
dent of its history.
The agents who at his bidding ram
sacked Europe year after year in
search of its rare and beautiful things
operated under the direction of the
master mind.
The part of the Morgan collection
which has attracted widest attention
is the immense treasure of beauti-
full things that was originally dis
played in the Victoria and Albert Mu-
scum in South Kensington, London. 1t
is now housed in the Metropolitan mu-
scum of art, much of it still unpacked.
The collection contains almost price
less canvases of Gainsborough, Rey-
nolds, Turner, Romney, Rasburn, Con-
stable, Van Dyck, Rembrant, Rubens,
Raphael, Millet, Troyon, Baugenet,
Villeges Y Cordero. Nollier, Pater Du-
man and many other masters.
Particularly rich is the great col
lection in tapestries, bronzes and sill
yer, Greek antiques, jeweled minia-
lures, porcelains, ancient jewelry and
wonderful books and manuscripts.
Some of the costliest and finest fea-
lures of the Morgan collection at the
Metropolitan museum of art are
grouped in the following list, with
their known prices, which eloquently
attest their worth.
Raphael's "The Madonna of
of st. Anthony of Padua. $ 100000
Seventy pieces of Herr
Guttmann collection of old
German silver. 100000
Four Fragonard Panels. -. 100000
The two Hoentschel collec-
tions ............ 5000, 900
Collection of GA miniatures 100000
The Kahn collection of art
subjects ....... ......... 5,5OOOOO
Perry collection of antique
Chinese porcelain ........ 100000
Herr MarfePs (of Berlin)
collection of hand worked
watches .......... ..... 500, 900
Mazarin tapestry ..... $4,000
Collection of 18th century
Strozzi marbles & bronzes 100000
Two portraits of Franz Hale 100000
One red Hawthorne vase 3. 100000
One jeweled miniature. ..... 10000
French sculpture, Houdon's
Bought Kiss" and "Given
Kiss" ...... ............ 100000
Gold plaques, representing
David on Throne. from the
Church of Cyprus, during
the first century ...., 10000
18th century silver reliquary
representing murder Of
Thomas A. Beckett ...... 10000
Gold necklace from Cy-
prus, first century ....... $4,000
Two silver kantharli two
handled cups), sacred to
Bacchus Greek antiquities $4,000
Famous silver enameled
silver shrine of Lachten-
thai, Germany ........ 10000
One Gobelin tapestry 49,. $4,000
Set of Turkish rugs....... 100000