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don, April 28, the following prices were ob- 

 tained : Munkacsy, "Christ before Pilate" 

 (original study fur the largo picture), 900 guin- 

 Constant Troyon. " The Ferry," 3,500 

 guineas; ' Harrowing," 1,330 guineas ; "The 

 Watering Place." 500 guineas. Among pictures 

 of various owners, sold at the same time, were: 

 D. G. Ros-etti, " Proserpina," 710 guineas ; 

 " Vision of Fiammetta," 1,150 guineas. Rosa 

 Bonheur, "Labourages Nivernais" (replica of 

 picture in Luxembourg), 4,200 guineas. Tur- 

 ner, " Burning of Houses of Parliament in 

 1834," 1,500 guineas. Thomas Faed, " Reading 

 the Bible," 1,750 guineas. Hook, " Gold of the 

 Sea," 1,640 guineas. 



The Marton Hall collection of seventy-one 

 pictures, formed by the late H. W. F. Bolckow, 

 M. P., sold May 5, brought in the aggregate 

 71,387. Among them were : Rosa Bonheur, 

 "Return from Pasture" (1862), 2,050 guineas; 

 "Deer crossing Rocks in Forest of Fontaine- 

 bleau " (1865), 1,740 guineas; "Denizens of the 

 Highlands" (1857), 5.550 guineas. Constant 

 Troyon, "The Water-Cart" (bought from the 

 artist for 40), 2,000 guineas (Agnew). Meis- 

 souier, "Refreshment" (1865), 1,970 guineas. 

 Landseer, "Braemar" (1857), 4,950 guineas 

 (Agnew); "Intruding Puppies" (1821), 1,000 

 guineas (Oolnaghi); "Taking a Buck," 1,950 

 guineas. Millais, "Northwest Passage " (1874), 

 4,000 guineas (Agnew). Turner, " Old London 

 Bridge," 2,800 guineas (Colnaghi). W. Muller, 

 "Ancient Tombs and Dwellings in Lycia" 

 (1844), 3,750 guineas. F. Goodall, "Subsiding 

 of the Nile " (1873), 1,450 guineas. David Cox, 

 "Counting the Flock" (1852), 1,980 guineas; 

 " Driving Home the Flock," >,300 guineas. 

 William Collins, "The Skittle Players " (1832), 

 1,510 guineas. Thomas Faed, " The Silken 

 Gown," 1,450 guineas; "Baith Faither and 

 Mither," 1,350 guin> 



The Gattou Park collection, formed by Lord 

 Monson early in the present century, sold 

 May 12, contained twenty-one pictures, which 

 brought 11,439. Among them were: Leonar- 

 do da Vinci (or Cesare da Cesto), " Vierge au 

 bas-relief" (bought from Woodburn at 4,000 

 guineas), 2.100 guineas (Davis). Nicolas Maas 

 (or Karl Fabritius), "The Card Players," 1,310 

 guineas (National Gallery). Sir Joshua Rey- 

 nolds, "Pick-a-back" (Mrs. Payne Gallwey 

 and her son), 4.100 guineas (Agnew). At the 

 same time were sold: Gainsborough, "Hon. 

 Mrs. Henry Fane" (1778; sold last year for 

 4,850 guineas), 2,900 guineas (Davis); "Eliza- 

 beth, Duchess of Grafton." 970 guineas. Roni- 

 ney, " Lady Hamilton reading the ' Gazette ' of 

 one of Nelson's Victories," 1,250 guineas (Ag- 

 new). 



Collection of the late T. Walker, sold June 

 2 : David Cox, " Collecting the Flock," 2. 250 

 guineas. John Linnell, " Hampstead Heath," 

 1,510 guineas. Carl Muller, " Bay of Naples," 

 1,500 guineas ; " Salmon Traps on the Llede " 

 (1802), 1,500 guineas. William Collins, "Bar- 

 mouth Sands" (1835), 1,000 guineas. Patrick 

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Nasmytli, " View in Hampshire" (1826), 1,010 

 guineas. KOMI Honhriir, "Spanish Muleteers 

 crossing the Pyrenees" (1^57.;. :;.''>'>') guineas 

 (Agnew); " Brittany Shepherds" (1*54), 1,000 

 guineas. Landseer, " The Hunted Stag " (1859), 

 2,850 guinea-. 



At the sale of the Marquis of Exeter, June 

 7 and 8, thirty- nine pictures brought 9,224. 

 Among them were : Jan Van Eyck. " Madonna 

 with St. Margaret " (1426), 2,500 guineas (Mur- 

 ray). On the same day was sold a Rubens, 

 "Portrait of the Artist and his Wife," from 

 Packington Hall collection, for 2,500 guineas 

 (Agnew). 



Alma-Tadema's " Vintage Festival " has been 

 purchased for the Melbourne (Australia) mu- 

 seum. 



Lord Lansdowne's " Cuyp " and his two 

 Rembrandt's, " Portrait of a Lady" and "Por- 

 trait of the Painter," have been sold to Sir 

 Edward Guinness for 50,000. 



A statue of Sir Bartle Frere, by Brock, has 

 been erected on the Thames Embankment. 

 Statues of Gen. Gordon, by Stuart Burnett, 

 and one of William Wallace, by G. Stevenson, 

 Lave been unveiled at Aberdeen. 



Glasgow. The International Exhibition was 

 formally opened on the 8th of May by the 

 Prince and Princess of Wales. There were ten 

 fine-art galleries, of which two were devoted 

 to loan pictures in oil by British artists; one 

 by sale pictures in oil by British artists; one 

 by loan pictures and one by sale pictures in oil 

 by foreign artists; two by water-colors; one 

 by sculpture ; and two by architecture and 

 photography. The exhibits numbered nearly 

 2,700. 



Stratford-on-Avon. A monument to Shake- 

 speare was unveiled in September. It is a 

 bronze statue of the poet seated, reading a 

 book, on a granite pedestal, at the angles of 

 which are bronze 6gures of Hamlet, represent- 

 ing philosophy ; Falstaff, comedy ; Prince Hal, 

 history ; and Lady Macbeth, tragedy. 



Brussels. " L'Honime a la Houe " (" The Man 

 with a Hoe ''), Millet's celebrated picture, has 

 been sold to M. Van den Eynde, for 84,000 

 francs. It was bought at the Salon of 1863, by 

 M. Blanc, for 1,500 francs; was afterward in 

 the Defoer collection, Paris, at the sale of 

 which it brought 59,000 fram s. 



Copenhagen. The exhibition illustrating the 

 art, industries, and natural products of Den- 

 mark, Sweden, and Norway, and of the art- 

 industries of foreign nations, was held in the 

 Tivoli Gardens. Of foreign countries. Russia 

 and France were best represented; Germany 

 and Italy also made a good show. 



Dresden. The first large exhibition of paint- 

 ings in water-color opened in Germany, held 

 last winter, proved a great sut . 



Hnnieh. The collection of Count Salm Reif- 

 ferscheid, sold in September, realized 334.980 

 marks. Some of the best prices obtained 

 were: Andreas Achenbach. "A Valley,' 

 100 marks; "Chateau on the Rhiue," 13,000 



