The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-16
PAINTINGS, LACES,
TAPESTRIES ON VIEW
The F. A. G. Hood, Due d'Avaray
and Other Collections 10
BE Sold.
GALLERIES LIKE MUSEUM

considerable that when the entire c.f.,.,
lishmcnt Is given over to AT dispIt.. ,.
at present, the exhibition is one " ,p,,.
scum magnitude
In the first gallery tho Hood ,ol.c.,..,
OF paintings is installed I'm tho n,,..
gallery above are the rare tapcstrc. ..l
laces Of the Due dAyaray ~ Paris. ara in
adjoining rooms are the antique furn...rc
Of Mrs Albert Tucker, the Chimes. ami
Japanese bronzes of Charles II Cram,
and a supplementary collection " Mrs
Emile de L. Ilavemeyer. or these col,ec.
lions the Hood and the Due d.Avsrav
have special interest In that both AR. 10
be sold because OF the war In Eurupe
The Hood collection, the chief glor, a,
which Is its group OF portraits by English
masters, WAS formed by the late r \ q
Hood OF England and is now sold by hi,
son. That IL is A sale reluctantly enisrAd
into by the owners may be presumed rro,,
the fact that a number OF the canvases ar.
portraits of ancestors OF the Hoods,
To pick the popular favorites among
paintings OF such even merit Is dlniculi
particularly as a number OF the work,
have the advantage OF an association vsi,h
the saying OF celebrity. such az IN.
Honorable Mrs. Busher by Sir U.prv
Raeburn. which Robert Louis Stevenson
admired at some length. For intrinsic
charm, however. the Portrait Of John
Quincy, Jr.," by John Opie outmatohes n
II portrays a bright faced boy amusin,
himself by playing upon tho nute lie Is
pictured as seated at the base of great
tree, and book and a roll Of music he
beside him on the bank The outdoor
quality Is not overly insisted upon; II is
the painters sympathy with the hand
some, hearty. good nRtured youth that
makes the picture. II was once exhibited
at the British Institution as The Littls
Flute Player"
OF the Mrs. Bushel," when exhibited IN
Edinburgh, Stevenson wrote: There ar.
some capital old women, such as III.
anonymous "Old Lady with Large Cap"
Mrs Bushell done In the same frank.
perspicacious spirit as the very best of
his men. He could look into their ewes
without trouble, and he was not withheld
by any bashful sentmentalism from rccog.
nizlng what he saw there and putting II
down upon canvas"
The portrait Is achieved indeed with re-
markable drectness. and the delneaiion
OF an old lady who had lived apart from
life, but yet who knew life, is completely
sympathetic The hands and book upon
which they rest are remarkable as real
ism.
Examples OF the work of the American
Gilbert Stuart are lnfrequont in auctions,
and the present one is OF John VILE,
Hood, one OF the ancestors of tho pre-
ent owner OF the picture. The subject
was Rear Admiral OF the Red Vice
Admiral OF the Coasts Of Devunshir, t'I
Cornwall and Lord Warden of the stan
narics.' lie appears to have been scrl-
Gus man. as befitted the holder Of so many
titles, and the portrait is In Stuarts care
full style.
The Sir Joshua Reynolds is Of hi1r.
self. in the prime of life. with rudy
cheeks and curling locks OF hair cuqurt-
tishly arranged. He gets al the force
into the characterization that Sir Joshua
was known TO have possessed. The "Nrs
Quincy that Sir George Hayter has
painted is "A fair and typical English
lady only less astute than Raeburns Ms
Bushel in that she has not yet lived 20
long. A more romantic figure Is the "1eY-
ME Cameron" by Allen Ramsay. CO.'S
TUNED simply, elegantly and quantity. She
is arch and handsome, quite worthy ~
the affection which she is said to have
long retained % the young pretender,
Charles Edward Stuart.
Shakespeare Nursed by the Tragic and
Comic Muses. by the Rev. Matthew Will
lam Peters. is less allegory than portrait
The more pleasing OF the two graceful
young women who attempt in diettants
fashion TO beguile the infant Shakespeare
mas IN Idct Deen ldenllneu as Mary lSa-
bella, youngest daughter OF the fourth
Duke of Beaufort Among the other no.
table canvases in the Hood collection may
be mentioned Diane 1T 'ndymon." nv
Coypel. which the Marquis Of HEREFORD
founder OF the famous Wallace collection
OF London, wished to acquire for his Paris
mansion three Venetian scenes by Cana
letto, a decorative portrait OF young
woman by the Flemish artist Pau!us Van
Somer the Countess OF Craven by Francis
Cotes, a handsome Lutte Player by
Jacob de Wray. and Thomas de Keysers
portrait OF the first Earl Of Sandwich.
II may he said without fear OF contra
diction that no such collections of antique
laces and tapestries as these owned by the
Due d'Avaray of Paris have ever been
offered here at auction before.
There are several pieces OF tapestry in
| the collection that are Ell suite, hut ths
! set Of four Renaissance Brussels tapestries
! lis Of special Importance These are large
| pieces, in excellent preservation, with the
| original borders and bearing the sigma
lures of the makers. The subjects arc
taken from the Punic wars, thus giving
full sweep o. the old fondness OF tapestry
designers for stirring subjects with plenty
Of violent action and with spears and
banners to break the sky line pic
turesquely. The artists OF the present
| tapestries were especially fine draughi'-
| llltll, anu Nlt NolOib INV oubNhtN ~ ''''r'
arc harmonious. A set OF Ave antique
French panels OF royal Aubusson weave
portray pastoral scenes. Two panels ~
royal Beauvals silk and worsted wssNe
are In especially rich and pleasing color
| The themes were suggested by tales OF
the Grecian philosophers, and Plato him.
self appears in one OF them surronude1
| by six OF his disciples. A Characterls'c
specimen of old Beauvais IL seventeen'n
century weaving, the design OF which
portrays In Raphaelesque fashion mo
| "rriomphe de Ia Danse."
| The laces include many that wer" mas
| for royalty and that were used nv ne'
sonages OF history. An imperial gold laca
| skirt In the D'Avaray collection WAS mdoH
in the factory OF Arras for tho Empress
| Marie Louise, and the corsage that N's
worn with the skirt IL now in tho Louvre
The design IL OF vertical fern leaf stripes
with small rows of Napoleon bees
A late sixteenth century eNampN Z"
| Renaissance. a 'gros point dc Nen'S'
hedspread shows heavily padded moral
details In double relief held together WIN
needle made "bridess The collection M
| cludes "A great variety Of styles IN Shapes
available fnr many uses although as mos,
OF the lace is distinctly OF the museum
variety Il is To he hoped they Will NOT %"
used too enthusiastically by their ne"
owners.
In addition to laces the p'Avaray co
lection include hand painted fans sh"H'
| ..NN F.FrlAH