New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1918-12-08
srrghtly beach notes by Jean N. Oil
yer. The rest is crude. negligible stuff.

Srrlghtly beach notes by Jean N. Oil
yer. The rest is crude, negligible stuff.
The Municipal Art Society has de
cidod That the fountain which it has
erected in the greensboro Bridge Mar
kct shall be made a memorial to the
late AIRS Evangelinc Wlbour Blash-
tleld- She was one of the organizers
OF the society, its first woman director,
the originator of the fountain project
and the member to whose activities its
successful completion is due. The cen
trail feature OF the fountain is a mosaic
panel designed by her husband, the
mural painter. Edwin +. Blash6ed.
The formal presentation to the city
Will take place at an early date
A collection of furniture and similar
objects Of unusual merit may be seen
at Clarke's rooms, whore it is to be
sold In five sessions. beginning next
Tuesday afternoon. It's attractivcncss
IS due perhaps to the fact that it is not
collection Of any formal character,
but rather the gradual accumulation
that belongs to All old home. The
owner, MIR. II. f. Hooper, states in the
catalogue that he brought the 557
pieces to this country in 1915 from the
ancient manor house of Chevcrells, in
lived As Mr.. Karl Frcund has ar
ranged them at Clarkc's they sugges.
Just the atmosphere Of such an historic
environments. The exhibition is redo
lent OF Elizabethan and later England
Il is made up Of furniture that is both
authentic and beautiful "poriodp things
OF Unmls takahle charm. In and out
among these pieces there flows a kind
of stream Of smaller obiects-old china,
giass and silver; bcguiling samplers,
simple eighteenth century mirrors,
caudelabra wine coolers, all manner Of
lomcly treasure. There are some fine
Oriental rugs TO round out the show
Bat j is the furniture that viii invite
the kccnost competition pieces Of
Ihirpondalc and the like which have a
most ingratiating quality.
Among the sales announced by the
American Art Galleries, 20 take place
early IN the coming year, are two
which should prove of UNUSUAL inter
est to collectors Of our native school.
The first viii dispense about fifty can
vases, mostly portraits, brought to-
gethcr by Mr.. Thomas b. Clarke This
group represents the work of Ameri
can painters from the Colonial period
20 tho middle Of the nineteenth
y |.
in addition to their artistic interest,
have the charm of presenting historic
personalities. There arc five portraits
of Washingt on painted by Gilbert
stuart, &. ". Pealc. {. T. Polk and
Rembrandt Pcale and amongst the
cthor statesmen portrayed arc Presi-
dents Jackson md Grant, Henry Clav.
Daniel Webster and Edwin NJ. Stanton.
Poe and John Howard Payne arc also
among the sitters commcmOrated
We are glad TO hear that there will
toe an addition of Mr.. Clarkes cata-
Icgue. containing reproductions i~
photogravure of all Of his paintings.
cur carrier artists are becoming moro
End moro the objects of critical r.
search. and Il record of this kind will
be przcd by students of Coplcy Van
oerlYn Morse. Smibcrt, Trumbull,
''uilN. lnman, Harding and the rest.
the second of these collections is
taat' formed by the late William II.
Payne, one OF Now Norks old print
merchants and collectors OF paintings.
Chronologically this body of Amer
con pictures leads off with Asher r.
l)urand, president of the National
Academy OF Design, noted in other
DAY. Certain Important pioneers.
such as lnness, WYant. Winslow
Homcr and John La Fargo, arc also
represented. For the rest. this colec-
ton is strong in later -Tryon.
MurnhN Chase, Carlson, Mowbrav
Church, Blum. Dewey and others. The
Clarke and Payne pictures win be
hown together at the American Art
Galleries immediately after Christmas
Ihey viii be sold in January at the