The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-03-09
ART IN THE GALLERIES.

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ono Of the interesting exhibitions of
the winter Ia the collection Of antique
historical lamps and other lighting de-
vice. which DIR. c. A. Quincy Norton Of
Hartford, Conn. has placed on view In
the galleries of the Mcrwin Sales Com
pany. l6 East Fortieth street. preparatory
TO the auction Tomorrow afternoon and
evening
The collection includes many ancient
lamps found In Japanese. Egyptian. Baby
lOnian, Roman and Cretan ruins. There
are strange whale oil lamps. lamps o! tho
medieval night watchmen. Il majolica
lamp In the figure OF a woman and much
pewter. glass. silver plate and bronze. The
lamps. however. TO which DR.. Norton at
taches most interest are those that have
historical associations. such as the lamps
and candlesticks that come from the Con-
federats white house in Richmond. Va. :
the lamp used by Daniel Webster. those
from the home of Whittier and above all
The lamp that was used by Harriet Bcecher
stowe at the time that she was writing
Uncle Toms Cabin"
The latest number of the magazine
N erscan Art IN Bron.e and Iron, Is
sucd by John Williams. Inc. Of New
York. Is devoted wholly to work Of Daniel
Chester French. whose career has beHn
no long and honorable that he may Justly
be called the dean of American souiptors.
Most OF MIR Frenchs works are excel
ently reprcduced including examples OF
statues. which placed AT distant points
are not familiar TO students OF hs style.
Among these are the bronze Memory"
on the Marshall Field monument the
Meyer monument in Kansas City the Lin
coin monument In Lincoln. Mob. the Ogle-
thorpe bronze in Savannah. The mast
,.-v. -. All.
tails for MIR. French's bronze doors for
the Boston Library.
The present group" exhibition In the
MacDowell gallery, los West Fifty-ffth
street. IL exclusively Of the work Of
women artists. n dozen OF whom contrib
ute seventy-one pictures. The two who
carry OF the honors are Jane Peterson
and Adelaide Deming.
Miss Demings winter IN New Eng
land" Ia an attractive subject. painted in
good color. and will probably be the most
admired picture in tho group"
Mrs. watrous should be commended for
the vein Of allecory that runs throughout
her contributions and Miss Marea stone
for the decorativeness of her Blue Pools
OF Tivoli."
There Is to be seen In the Avery Archi-
tectural Library OF Columbia University
AN exhibition " pageant material
pageant dramas. posters, folders. inufdc
models and photographs contributed by
various pageant artists who We're present
ut the recent conference OF pageantry at
Columbia University. Much the larger
part OF the exhibit In from the pageant
library Of William Chauncey Langdon.
master OF the pageants OF Thetford. st.
Johnsbury Vt. Meriden, n. H. and
h.. IL. al
lection OF pageant material there is any
where This exhibit 10 therefore not only
the first OF it's kind but also the most re-
markably representative. For instance, of
the thirty English pageants twenty-six are
here represented from Mr.. 'Langdon's IL
brary.
The death Of Sir John Tenr.el vas
naturally bound 20 call forth one OF
those little memorial shows which have
become AN established custom at the print
room OF the New York Public Library.
In tine stuart Gallery Groom 3l6) the
visitor may take n rapid review ~
Tenniers career through a number OF his
cartoons and illustrations.
OK his Purch cartoons there are shown
among other. his first Is51), the famous
one showing the British lion springirg
AZ tho Indian tiger I,57). a number OF
his iniIn.tabe hits at Disraeli and Glad
stone. the noted Dropping the Pilot
William ii. watching B!smarck's de-
purtureJ and SOME of the Lincoln carl
catures. as well az the design In which
he and Tom Taylor made their amende
honorable, published on the death OF the
martyr President.
strong note OF forceful seriousn ess
runs through al! his work. but Tennlel
could De quantity humorous, as may be
seen IN various title pages FOR Punch
here shown. \ similar vein Is apparent
also In his delightful drawings 70.
through the Looking Glass" which offer
what - many are the accepted concep-
ti1us OF the walrus. the chess King. the
halter and the March hare and tn. rest
of the company.
other books illustrated by HIM are
shown here, including his one venture
into Dickens Land. the Haunted Man.
Clearly only Il very small selection Of
his work can be shown. his $500 cartoons
are contained in the librarys file OF
ranch. and his book illustrations may be
studied at leisure by those Interested
There is added. as always, literature
on the subject. BY his colleague. Linley
Sambourne he Is depicted as The Black
! and White knight" and there is a drol
sketch OF him by the late +. q. Atwood.
The little snow takes place IN this
gallery while the memorial exhibits o,
/ the work OF John Leech. his predecessor,
on Punch. are still on both there aud Al
the Grolier Club.