The Washington herald., 1922-10-29
Judge Payne's
Art Coneclioul
- ANY D. tUrNAM.

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Barton Payne eoiisstsss sf paa.t-
|inss IN ths Battle Abssy. RssA-
mond. Va, it WIN b Of fntsrost
to considsr the art Jsdgs Payne
has IN his homo.
Going back over fhs Payns ss1-
lection We rseoilscf several Dy
Charles Dawson: s1oad Through
the Farm" Sunset with Ghssp.-
Tho Edgs of the Town" and ssun-
msr Day" In Judge Psyns's home
collection we hnd moro picture by
this artist. These are unnansc
scsnss- One large canvas shows .
nns baek-ynrd sosns. with turksya
TO whom . woman coming througA
the gate 80 bringing food In her
gathsred-up apron. Another big
canvas shows women gather1ns
fagots In the edge Of q wood. SIN
another shows . woman fsedine .
There 10 q haymaking scene. too.
forest
One large picturs. by Joseph Van
AIKEN. painted On i74s. is called In
ter1eur de Cabaret Aneiais." or In
terior OF an English Cabarst" This
is . nns OLD drfnking-sesns. In
the Same room 10 o orsuss Of Q
half-ciothsd female 1Gurs.
Bernard DsHoog has contrfbutsl
Q seastds sosna, with Dutch ehfi-
aren ankis-dssp In the quiet ocean
a oontsmporary portrait Of Lay
1ary wertisy Hoatagu. shevs this
Engiish court lady standing WITH
] high hsaddrsss. win q rev q
pearls On II. and . handsoms ola
fashioned Eown. yuch - iadiss o.
fashion wore In thoss days.
william Keith has q smaIl bot
very nns picture Of Early Spring
Quite . contrast 20 Lady Montaru
is Lady Doubleday. by Sir Joshua
Reynoidz- She 10 shown in q iarRs
mannish hat with vaistcoat half
buttonsd, ana with elaborate ruRs
In front and IN the sleeves shs
10 dresssd Just ~ you would expect
. man OF her period 20 drsss. but
on looking closely at her. you real
ize that the faas 10 not thas Of q
man.
The American artist, oeorre Pa
ter Alexander Hsaisy. faniliariy,
known as q. p. A Hsaiey. has TIVE
pictures here. One 10 . picsurs OF
Mrs. John Barton Payne Clfrs.
Jennie BYRD Payns,. and this eas
IS a study or copy of apt Of ths
Then there 10 . ssif-portrait here.
as well as one IN the Battle Abbey.
Besides the two already msntioned.
in the Confederate Memorial Insti-
tute there are three portraits Of
Mrs. Payne's relatives. and pictures
Of Calhoun. Henry Clay, Lonrfeiiov.
Webster and p. p. Barbour.
The Departure Of the Fishing
Boats at Sunrise" was painted by
Hendrix w. MssdaG "Ths wrsp-
per-" by walter Maenvsn. shows a
woman looking pensively out OF a
window TO the street OUTSIDE. II 4,
full of color.
The sveet-iooking woman IN the
very large picture. looking some
what like Charlotte Bronte with
her large himy lace handkerchief
a. her side. and the wonderfully
nne lace At the neck and sleeves.
sno the close-ntting bodice. 10 Mrs
Thomas O. Bryan, mother OF Mr..
Payne. painted by Ely.
Before IL. standing on In. soor
Is a double easel. on which are
picture by Corot and Mrs. payns'.l
COPY Of IL. She certainly caught
the spirit Of the original rather re-
markabiy.
William Keith. Whose -Ear,yi
spring we saw IN the frst room
we entered. has an interior forest
scene here called Deep woods,"
Inc painter OF the nne portrait
OF Lord Chesterneid. with his rre,t
wig Of curly hair. 10 unknown. but
the one OF Sir Joshua Reynoid,
with his long nose and benencentl
eyes. is said to be by himself
Woods in Winter" by John ri
carlson, shows snow patches aFsinst
oark tree trunks and stumps, and
bare limbs.
Here's a portrait OF Queen Eliza
beth, with her famous rur.
Just outside the study doc, 4, al
fine old painting OF the y,rs,n
Mary. as a child. being tnstructedI
by her mother. 81. Anne. In thaI
study itself are many portrait. IN
Guiding one OF Chief Justice Mar
shall. by suily, and one Of yustice
McClain. Among these 10 one OF al
small child. q little boy, with al
very interesting face. but thin. and
with great eyes. There 4. siso al
mans head. depressed In the frame !
OF red velvet. There 10 q rne oldI
Copley portrait among these, too
one large picture 10 BY c. stans-|
neld, f. A. and two or three dark
old canvasees are unidentified al
very hne portrait Of LORD Byron tsI
oy Sir Thomas Lawrence.
A curious old print in the studv
shows General washineton andI
His Family" IN which the FatherI
OF his Country 70 q somevhstI
younger man than We are used to|
seeing him portrayed.
We ind rooms and halls fun or|
prints and engravings. many Cd
them old ones: elaborately carved
oooksheives. ana Considerable smaIII
statuary, In wood made to initsteI
bronze. In marble. and in res !
bronze; also hundreds OF views of|
architecture. cathedrals. scsneryJ
old portraits. paintings, documentsy
etc. A weird old japanese panel
covers some ten feet OF one WALL
giving the effect Of moldine veryI
beautiful and elaborate Jepanese
panels, tapestry and hangings COM
plete a very artistic home
We shall later have occasion I'd
consider more OF the old rnssters
In the John Barton Pawn. cofier