The Washington herald., 1922-07-23
Capital Artist Displays
Fine Antique Collection
Charles A. Whipple Also Has Some Interesting
Pictures at His Studio.

front and side views show only SQUARE
straight walls. broken In front by a
neat entrance. with double columns to
eitner side. " sits close TO the street,
ana has only narrow front yards,
out these are beautifully kept up,
with shrubs and bushes. To the right
OF the entrance is q fine old yew
tree. The outside walls are. of stuc-
coed BRICK and are ver=, thick.
From the little entrance porch,
We look out on the plots to either
sioe. and get an impression OF
something planned to be looked ct
from here. We knock on the silver
knocker, set artistically on the i'm
mensely thick mahogany door. Here
Is a nne old arch. and we pass
through 1t to the main entrance
hall. aud hnd ourselves at the foot
OF most graceful and unique
winding stairway. The gallery
above. we are to find out, is in the
shape Of palette.
We are attracted to the light on
the right. and Immediately nnd our
selves In a sort of fairyland, where
dreams come true. For we get a
glimpse of rare old garden. which
Is charming at any season of the
year. The writer has seen IL in
winter and in summer, and found
IL equally enchanting. To quote
from Historic Houses and Homes
of Virginia" by r. A. Lancaster. tr.:
AT the rear of the mansion, a
charming pillared portico. with a
gracefully-curved outline, embow-
cred In honeysuckle. Virginia creep
er, and purple and white wistaria,
looks upon a charming old garden.
surrounded by a high ivy-covered
brick wall
"A fountain makes refreshing
music in the midst Of the garden.
and through a rose-garlanded arch
we may have such glimpses as the
vine-clad trellises and shrubbery
will permit Of figures in white
marble OF the goddesses of Beauty.
Flowers, and the Harvest. peeping
out among the green. Every olden-
time flower is to be found in the
trim parterres divided by narrow
brick walks. and many goodly fruit
trees and grape vines on trellises
and latticed arbors vie with the
flowers in making the garden a
place Of delight. In one corner a
century-old magnolia tree ut was
planted in 1s07) makes June
fragrant"
But there is real art inside. too.
Old books, engravings. and early H.
Limitations; legal documents of by
gone days: sketches. paintings, and
original sculptures; a rare old CELL
ing: antiques. portraits and histor-
ical scenes: tapestries: archaeological
objects of quite a variety of kinds;
and casts from marbles and bronze
statues Of many different nations.
from the Assyrian and Egyptian to
the present time. these are the many
kinds OF art on exhibition here.
This is a veritable storehouse for
those wishing to study the style OF
Thomas Couture. the noted French
artist. The engraving room con-
tains thirteen sketches used by him
In designing his work in the chapel
OF st. E"ststhe. ard elsewhere.
The old Florentine and early
italian illuminations are very fas-
cinating, too. Here, not "scrawled, :"
but ''scrolled large within the anti
p"onary's marge." we find the work
of men greater and more expert
creed than the very youthful Fra
Lippo Lippf" of BrownIng's poem.
who did add eyes and nose and
ears to AS and BIS" 1t Is too bad
that the art of illumination is not
more often followed in this day.