The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-12

secondly, Jane, WIDOW Oh Johii Woir
the Earl died in Dublin in 1881. He
had issue, Maurice (who died young)'
John, who succeeded him and mar
ried the Hon. Diana Sackville, Lady
Anne Crosbie, Lady Theodosia Cros-
bic and Lady Arabella, who now con-
Germs us. She would be known as
Miss Arabella Crosbie until. when she
was FIVE, her father succeeded TO the
Barony of Branden. and as the Hon.
Arabella until her father was created
an Earl in 1875. After that date she
would have the courtesy title of Lady
Arabella Crosbie, and on her marriage
in February, 1888, she would be en-
titled the Hon. Lady Arabella ward.
The Hon. Edward Ward was the
Younger son OF Bernard Ward, created
Baron Bangor of Castle Ward in ITO
anad Viscount Bangor eleven years
later. The first Viscount married
Anne, widow of r. III. Magill, ana
daughter of John, first Earl OF Dorn-
ley already mentioned. The second
yiscount. adjudged lunatic before
1855. died unmarried in 1927. In con-
sequence the Bangor honors and es-
tates passed to his nephew. Edward
Southwell Ward. who, born 1850. was
the third but eldest surviving son OF
Lady Arabella Ward. From him the
pair of portraits passed to his grand
son. the fifth Viscount, who sent them
from Castle Ward to be exhibited at
the Royal Hibernian Academy In lsoz'
The one lefore us was also shown III
London in the following year, wheh
Il was engraved by Scott Bridgewater'
In March. 1917, the sixth Viscount'
the great-grandson Of Lady Arabella,
sold the portrait which lately passed,
| hut not directly, to Mr.. Widener.
Lady Arabella survived her HUSBAND
a year and passed away Nov. ~, 1919
at the age of f1fty-six, as the Ge'itie-
mars Md0dsine tells us: at Capei
Carig (sic) on her return from Ireland
Rt. Hon. Lady Arabella Ward, reHc'
of Hon. Edward Ward of Castle Ward,
Down. sister to the present Earl OIL
Glandore."
| In April, 1882, just one year before
Lady Arabella first appeared in Rom-
news studio, Emma Hart had sat LOT
the first time to "the man in CaVenolsi
Square" who, when our canvas was
first taken in hand, was VIGOROUSLY
under the Circe-like spells OF the
divine Emma" and his fame hrmis
established. This was the momen'
when Romney set himself to paint the
poetic Oscillations of English female
beauty which include Miss RodbarC
with her skye terrier, Lady Milney
Lady Rouse Boughton and many oth
ers. We may note that it had been in
| I,,t hn
picture with Lady Rouse Boughton
! but the idea was abandoned. some
thing of the kind may even have beef
. discussed regarding Lady Araoeha
! and her two infants. Before our can
I vas was sent home the magnificen
, portrait of Edmund Burke had beel
: achieved, and Romney and Alderman
Boydell were discussing proposals TO
. the i'll fated Shakespearian Gallery.
A By this acquisition Mr.. Widene
possesses five Romney portraits. Q
these the earliest is the civilian
I Petrie" of 1777. from which we sc
that our artist had still something t
= learn as a colorist when he settle
down in Cavendish Square. Even i
=, the Misses Mordaunt," painted thre
years late, the sentiment is a it'll
simpeing and the composition not SUI
= firciently harmonious. But the mas
terry of his brushwork on our canva
is again emphasized If we inspect tn
Mrs. Blair" of the same year. Flo
each is marked by elf-composure. an
=. the sense of line plays round the larg
: wide brimmed hat. Equally decisiv
:, in it's utterance Is the fifth Romne.
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stage of his maturity his color is pur
u and limpid. his design free, his brush
y work direct and simple. Indeed, tn
{ whole effect of our canvas is synthe
c ically pleasing in the consummat!o
y of the pictorial design, and that, aftt
II all. is what one looks for in any real
great picture. d.
10, Lady Arabella was the sister-in-la
OF the Hon. Diana Sackville, afterwar
10 Viscountess Crosbie and Counte:
a Glandore, whose portrait by ReynolC
It Is in the collection of Lord Gler
% conner.
l. John Chapman's eloquent tribute
d the late Stanford White in a recel
7 issue of Vanity Fair contained tn
l. interesting reference to his associates
v BY a strange freak of destiny Stal
y ford White was professionally linkt
e. to two other men of the opposite mel
lie tai type,-Mead and McKim. Mea
Is was a master builder, of whom bot
III White and McKim used to say that
,e was the scientific construction flu
nished by Mead which prevented the
,r creations from falling down. This wa
le no doubt, said in jest, but convey,
e true estimate of Mr.. Mead's value
le the firm.
is Charles f. McKim was an arts
lie who pursued his course with indefa
n igable idealism. Nothing defeated hi
n nor delayed him. He sought the bone
IF the structure, the intellect of his Graf
e. and he left behind him comparative
N few buildings, yet among them are
lie be found the masterpieces of our tim
III To one whose eyes are filled with Il
N ornamentation and facility of Amer
d can architecture, McKim's work lool
ir positively classic. 1t speaks from Il
n brains 1t Is the monument of inco
: ruptible character and of a tale
l. steadily developed in the teeth of Il
IN age and against the current of Il
st ages taste. Indeed, his work stan
fe in a place where the mere layma
I'd ought hardly to talk about it.
l. When Goethe was asked by some in