Evening star., 1937-11-28

given to a group Of portraits Of Ben
jamin Franklin, the we'll known one
by Wright lent by the Corcoran Gall
Charles Wilson Peale, lent by the
Historical Society OF Pennsylvania
In between and centering the group Is
portrait Of Benjamin Fraiklin in his
youth, by Robert Feke, contributed by
Harvard University. A portrait Of
Mrs. Franklin by Matthew Pratt. which
suggests a woman Of great good sense
and calm philosophy. has been lent by
Miss Helen H. Hodge, and a needle
work portrait produced long after
Franklin's death has been honored by
q place in this section.
Much interest attaches to q por-
trait Of William Greene, one-time
Governor Of Rhode Island, painted
by none other than Peter Pelham, the
mezzotint engraver. who was Copley's
stepfather and teacher This has been
lent by Edward r. Curtis; whereas
portrait of Greene's wife, by Smibert,
comes from T. "a. Green, present Sem
ator from Rhode Island.
There are no less than ten or twelve
portraits by Gilbert Stuart in this COL
lection, which alone would lend to
any exhibition extraordinary distinc-
ton. One Of these Is OF Robert Liv-
ingston. another is Of Thomas Nc
Kean, third, previously mentioned, of
Rufus King. Others are of William
Samuel johnson, Madison, Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Morris, Caleb Strong,
| Oliver Wolcott, jr.. and George Wash
ington, all Of which show him to be
the master that he was, and the ma
jority fortunately having escaped ex-
cessive cleaning or restoration. 1t is
notable fact that almost all the
paintings in this great collection have
apparently escaped despoiling restora-
tion and are in excellent condition.
Among the Jefferson portraits is
sketch by Robert Field, done at
Mount Vernon, and lent by the New
York Historical Society. Besides this,
one finds here the portrait Of Jef1er-
son by Sully, which comes from the
United States Capitol.
| A MONG the interesting silhouettes
Is one of John Marshall, pictured
as walking presumably on the terrace
OF the Capitol, lent by the Supreme
Court. Among the miniatures are
many by Malone and more than one
by his fellow Charlestonian and as
sociate, Charles Fraser. Several ex-
cellent portraits by st. Memin, In
crayon and chalk ON pink paper, life
size. are here, and Also which is par
ticularly interesting. the portrait Of
William r. Davie by Giles Louis
Chretien, the inventor of the physi-
onotrace. and the forerunner of St.
Memin. who never came to this coun-
try. but executed many such portraits
| and set the fashion in Paris. This
was lent by the University Of North
Carolina.
To such an extensive exhibition one
can do but small justice in q short
review. Fortunately, the exhibition
will continue until February /, so there
will be opportunity not merely to make
acquaintance. but to carefully study
the works included therein.
The Sesquicentennial Commission
acting under authority Of Congress,
with Representative Sol Bloom as Di-
rector General, set forth this exhibi-
tion under the conviction that it will
do more than commemorate an i'm
portant event in our country's his
tory" that 1t will refresh our knowl-
edge Of the subject and stimulate in
terest both In the subject itself and
the cultural life Of those who brought
1t about" There Is every reason to
believe that they are correct in this.
In fact, it could not be otherwise.
Exhibition OF Paintings
As Well as Prints by
C1dUdllader Wdshburn.
A T THE Arts Club Of Warrington,
20l7 street NV, there will
open this afternoon with . private
view and tea an exhibition Of paint
ings and prints by Cadwallader Wash
burn, who, earlier in the season, held
An exhibition Of his dry-point por-
traits, by invitation, in the Corcoran
Gallery Of Art.
The paintings in this exhibition are
new departure for Mr.. Washburn,
who, after some 30 years chiefly
devoted to etching, lately returned to
the field Of painting, and to good pur-
pose. The majority Of the paintings
to be shown were made within the last
couple Of years 1T Tenerife, in the
Canary Islands, and include . variety
Of subjects. This section of the ex-
hibition, which will be set forth IN
the gallery at the Arts Club, comes
here from . showing at Macbeth's In
New York, which was most favorably
commented upon by the metropolitan
critics.
Washburn, who comes Of one Of
our Oldest and most respected Ameri-
can families, was educated here 1t
Kendall Green. whence he went to
the Massachusetts Institute Of Tech