The sun., 1919-06-29

that a fully priced edition Of the cata-
logue, giving the name of the pur-
chaser Of each lot, was subsequently
printed. We may note that by the
New York Museum Of Art alone were
purchased four Constables, one Crome.
one GaInsborough, two Turner's, one
De Koninck and one Greuze! one
would naturally assume that at that
date those pictures were added to the
Metropolitan Museum Of Art, whose
first catalogue. of paintings seems to
have been issued during the same year
as the elliott sale. Yet there Is to-day
no trace Of such paintings in the cata-
logue of the museum. Perhaps the
sale was not ratified for some reason
or other and thus the Metropolitan's
early loss is Worcester's tardy gain.
In any case, we may note that Tur-
ner's Oil painting of Kilgarran Castle,
then stated to have been bought by
the New York Museum Of Art for
t2,S35 (and considered a very moder-
ate price for this noble example") was
twenty-five years later in the Bis
choffsheim collection in London.
Like many lovers of pictures, elliott
collector also of musical instruments.
In this respect he resembled Gains
borough, although neither of them was
a practical musician. Consequently
after the pictures had been dis
posed Of for f164,501 the fine
old Italian musical instruments,
including violins and violon-
cellos by Stradivarius, Guarnerius and
other celebrated makers, to the num-
Der of 1853, changed hands for f4,195.
We know OF Gainsborough's vagaries
OF coveting and making music with
the instruments he acquired, although
he never knew his notes. In like man
ner II was a foible of elliott to ex-
claim suddenly in the quiet of his
home: Let's have the Strad out to-
night" And then he would twang
the strings and, Redford tells us, his
face would beam with pleasure.
But what of our picture? Suisse
quent to its inclusion in the Todd and
elliott collections it's history Is a
closed book until it was exhibited about
1892 in a room by itself by Tooth, the
London dealer So suitable was its
temporary setting that it was acquired
for 1000 guineas by Sir Horatio Davies,
who was at one time Lord Mayor OF
London. Nothing more is known Of It
until its sale to the Worcester Art
Museum. Painted on canvas and
measuring f1fty-seven inches by sixty
two inches, its being almost square is
cause of surprise and contrasts with
the approximate size of forty-seven
inches by fifty-seven inches that the
artist used in giving to posterity such
supreme creations as the Harvest
Cart" of the Swaythling collections; the
Mall" in recent times secured by Mr..
Frick, and the signed Market Cart"
which in 1918 passed from Sir Audley
Deld to Judge Gary.
David Wallace made the accompany
ing suggestion on behalf of his absent
employer, William Harris:
"Apropos of Mr.. Pencils article on
need for improvement in American
graphic art, and the constant demand
for such improvement among our
leading artists. want to enlist your
help in the movement to lift the stand
ard OF posters put out by theatrical
managers. AS you know from ma
terial 1 have sent you once or twice,
Mr. Harris has been a leader among
producers in this movement. He has
openly advocated the discarding or
photographic hack work and the pur-
chase Of posters from artists them
selves. He has bought posters him
self from artists only. You may have
noticed the three sheet poster for
East Is West" done by Charles B.
Falls, used by US in the subway for
time and now on exhibit in the library
of the Metropolitan Museum OF Art.