Arizona republican., 1919-02-03
NY. ART COLLECTOR PLANS B|G EXHIBIT
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What promises to be one of the fin est art exhibitions ever held in Phoenix will be given next week in the Doris Heyman are exhibit room, by MacDon- aid Mcclure, well known art collector, formerly of 497 Fifth Avenue, New York, and the Ritz Carleton galleries, Fifth Avenue and Forty Sixty Street At the Adams Hotel yesterday Mr. Me- Guire expressed great enthusiasm for Phoenix as an art center and will place on exhibition here about forty exam pies of continental European art.
 MT. Mcclure tells an interesting story in connection with a famous pie ture by DeNeuVille of an incident in the Zulu war of 1873. "CetteWayo was the ruling savage of the Zulus and had been for a long time unconquerable. The Queens Own Twenty fourth Regi- ment finally met this savage fighter and his men at Rorke's Drift. There were about 5000 of the blacks, and about 300 in the Queens regiment From five o'clock one afternoon until after break of day, the white men. by valiant fighting. kept the blacks from coming over the palisades that sur rounded the blockhouse.
 "The supply of ammunition of the white men finally became exhausted, numbers of the soldiers were wounded, and their dead covered the ground; then the blockhouse caught afire, the flames shooting into the air hundreds of feet throwing an angry glare on the surrounding country. The blacks with shrill triumphant cries, were climbing over the palisades, their black bodies Glistening in the red glare of the block house flames, when over the hill came galloping the re-inforcements the white men had been expecting all night, and the unconquerable Cette- wayo was captured.
 One of the officers was so vividly impressed with the picture made when the blockhouse was on fire, that he had Alphonse DeNeuville, one of the greatest military painters of his time in France, paint the scene from a wor6 picture. The picture when finished was promised by DeNeuville to be willed to the surviving officers of tho Queens Own Twenty fourth Regi- ment," and was hung in the exclusive Army and Navy club of London"
 When DeNeuville died, however, ant the famous painting With others wer' sold at auction, and purchased by W W. Sampson, a partner of Mir. Me Guire's MT. Mcclure brought the pic ture to America, and while exhibitin, it in Cleaveland, received a cablegran from his partner telling him under n circumstances to sch the picture, be cause the officers of the Queen. Own" had been much perturbed at it being taken out of the country, but t return it to him at once. MT. McGuir had the picture handsomely framed and returned it with his compliments "The last time 1 was in London, was put up at the Army and Nav club said MT. Mcclure, "and wa told that whenever came to Londor the doors of the club were alway open to me. It is an honor I apprec fate highly
 Following is a letter of appreciatio to MT. Mcclure for the return of tn picture from a major in the Queen own Regiment" and survivor of tn battle of Rorke's Drift.
 Chatham Barracks,
 Chatham, 10th Jan, 191 Dear Sir:
 "Mr. Sampson has this morning nc tified me of the return of the pictuT of Rorke's Drift-also forwarded fC my perusal a portion of your lette I feel it my duty to tell you that you kindly sentiments are immensely az preciated "The Queens Own Twenty fourth,' to which I have the honour [ belong, cherish the memories of tf glorious past, and perhaps the gallaI deeds of Isandlwana and Rorke Drift more than others, they are neal CT to us and there are still a few SUI vivors. It would have been sad indet if this picture had been lost to us ar we feel we owe you a debt of grat tude for restoring it to us. By cu1 ious coincidence we attend tomorro the funeral of one of the heroes Rorles' Drift, Private Hitch, V. who died suddenly in London. Ont more allow me to tender you my be thanks, ] remain, Yours. faithfully,
 Major B. Leach, 24th Regiment.
 The wreath around the badge is u replica of the silver one on the colol staff placed on it by the late Quee