The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-02-14

Ten decorative panels in oil by
Angelica Kaufman have been placed
on view in the galleries Of Kari J..
Freund for the benefit Of the American
Ambulance Hospital of Paris.
These panels. which recount the
story Of Telcmachus, were obtained by
Mr.. Freund last summer from Rath-
farnham Castle. near Dublin. They
were executed in l772 for Lord Ely.
who was then cmhelllshing his fine old
country sea-. Examples of the work
Of Angelica Kaufman are rare in this
country and decorations by her will
have a particular interest. To show
them to the best advantage Georgian
room has been constructed for them
and the panels are seen in the frieza
probably to much better advantage
than in their original setting i'm the
castle, where they Were placed Hat in
the ceiling
Mr.. Freund purchased the paintings
from the priests Of the jesuit order
vino few years age uutaired possess
sion Of the castle and who are now
occupying II as college The deco
rations. which were In the banquet hall.
were Objectionable to the priests. II
was first thought they were painted
on plast ter and the Jcsuits called in
an artist to alter the pictures and
give them a religious aspect. The
artist found that they were painted
ON canvas and could be removed \
large Overmantel. also the work of
Angelica Kaufman, proved actually
10 have been painted on the walls and
was changed by the artist TO meet
the views of the priests
These decorations were painted By
Angelica Kauffmann on the trip ia
ireland which she made to help forget
the tragic incident Of her marriage Ia
the bogus Swedish nobleman, Count
Frederick de Horn. who already had a
wife and who turned out to be an inn
poster who had a career Of crime in
many European cities. She had many
commissions from noble patrons in
ireland. among them being the Vice
roy. She became a faVurte at the gay
Niceregal court Of Dublin and the FIRE.
qucnt guest Of Lord and Lady Ely, the
occupants of Rathfarnham. The beau
tiful Dolly Monroe was a niece OF
Lady Ely. and the artist painted her
portrait several times While a guest
of the family she executed the Tele-
machus series for the banquet han o!
the castle.
Twenty years later this SAM
banquet han became a stable for cattle
because during the troubled times tina,
bcfell Ireland in 1898 Rathfarnham
Castle was tenanted by dairyman
who used it as half residence, hall
barn
The cd castle, now Jesuit college
has had an eventful history. The
original fortress that occupied the site
was built i'm the time of King John 10
bc buffer between Dublin city and
the men from the mountains, so much
dreaded 10y the burgesses. The older
fortress gave place TO the present
structure In Tudor times, being built
by Archbishop Lotus, founder of the
LOTUS and Ely families that occupied
1t for generations. The Archbishop
was the first provost Of Trinity Col
lege, During the English civil wal
the castle reverted to its old character
of military fortress and was pro.
V.sioned and held for parliament. The
Kings troops, however, took IT, FOL
several years it remained in the storm
centre and had to maintain a constant
state of siege
The last notable figure to live in tn,
castle was chief Justice Blackburne
who prosecuted William Smith
O'1rien.