New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1920-04-13

them, the Lord Hamilton" is one Of
the best of his military portraits. It ia
possibly pot-boiler-that is. work
without such ardor reflected IN it as we
2ercelve IN the portrait just cited-but,
on the other hand, Raeburn does not
mere cross the line which divides sim
cere from perfunctory PAINTING The
third example of him is rather prosaic
Man" 't"is "a -
BY Reynolds there are two portraits
OF omen, of which one is superb. but
oe1of ( approaching it it is we'll to pause
on on hi< character study, 'The Oboe
FIayef one surmises amusedly the
painted relaxation from his responsi-
oiiity as an interpreter of fashion as he
drew THIS portrait Of curious physiog-
nomy. There is something almost like
humor ABOUT his dry registration of the
ola musicians traits. The hand, like
hneated; A human oddity is perfectly
mlrrored. The elizabeth, Lady Tur-
ner' Is humdrum-insipid perform
ance. Though the composition. Is
graceful, the execution at large seems
in very different category is the
PORTRAIT of Mrs. Baldwin" noted
beauty, who in this canvas is seated on
a divan in Oriental attitude and dress.
Behind her are the architecture and
oraperles pointing to Revnolds's ia
mliar academic predictions, but the
character of the portrait as a whole
mas distinctly exotic flavor There is
some beautiful painting in it, especially
IN the treatment of the rich striped AM
inquired dress. The canvas has original
ity, the atmosphere of an excursion
INTO unaccustomed paths. 1t is a solid,
thoroughgoing piece of craftsmanship,
and whlie 1T suggests no great vivacity,
1t stu recalls something of the habit
OF Hals--the Halls who was not for the
momert-indulging in pyrotechnical
casion, exactly thrilling. Only one of
his three portraits, the Lady Beauch-
amp" has a modicum of his singular
charm-and it is only modicum
Hoppner is fairly well represented
by his "Portrait Of Young Lady"
There is a pleasant canvas by Beechey.
portrait of his wife. and there are
several mildly interesting specimens
of Opie. The tall, full-length of an
categorical figure gives a strange i'm
preston of him assuming a dramatic
role. Two of the four Lawrences are
OF capital rank. the flashing half
length of "The Warehouses of Ely
and the really brilliant portrait of
Canova, the sculptor. Lawrence, corr
stantly occupied in painting slender
court ladies', every now and then devil
ated into the masterful painting Of
man. He was in the vein when ne
portrayed Canova.
Mr.. Mccormick had uncertain luck
when he was collecting his Gains
boroughs. The Mrs. Robinson" just
misses fire. 1t is pretty thing and
not uncharacteristic, but here is by no
means the Gainesborough whom we
know as one of the spoiled darlings
Of technique. In "a Lady of Quality"
he remains on about the same unex-
fortunate finds are the three land
scapes, especially the fine Forest
Scene With Cattle" and the larger
piece with it's trees, strongly reminis-
cent of the Dutch school. The Girl
With Pigs" is in it's broad aspects
an intensely. personal souvenir, but
We wonder if it was not intended as
the foundation on which the artist was
to have reared a more distinguished
fabric. The heavy flesh painting and
the rather rough handling of form
seem, for Gain sborough, too careless
to be accepted as defnitive. These
out-of-door studies form in some sort
an introduction to separate wing Of
are conspicuous.
Richard Wilson stands for the classi-
cal influence. One of his three pic
lures, 'The Bridge Of Augustus at
Rimini,' is a gem. as limpid and as
gracious an Italian scene as you would
find in a decoration by Hubert Robert