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FINE ARTS IN 1890. 



FLORIDA. 



later in Berlin. The prince wears the white 

 uniform of the Magdeburg Cuirassiers Regi- 

 ment, with the broad yellow ribbon of the Order 

 of the Black Eagle across his breast and the 

 cuirassier's helmet on his head. The artist has 

 concentrated his work on the head, which is 

 masterly, the face being a three-quarter profile. 



A special exhibition, beginning Dec. 11, was 

 held at the American Art Galleries, New York, 

 of the works of Alexander Harrison, William L. 

 Dodge, and Charles Walter Stetson, the first 

 two pupils of Gerome, the last self taught. The 

 collection comprised 234 numbers, of which 69 

 were contributed by Mr. Dodge, 93 by Mr. Har- 

 rison, and 72 by Mr. Stetson. 



At the same time was exhibited Millet's " An- 

 gel us," preparatory to its return to France. 



The first annual exhibition of the New York 

 Water Color Club was opened Nov. 6, at the 

 American Art Galleries, under the management 

 of the American Art Association, comprised 413 

 numbers. The club, which has 53 members, has 

 for president, Childe Hassam, and for vice-presi- 

 dent, Rhoda Holmes Nicholls. 



A large picture (9 x 15 feet) entitled " Vuel- 

 van Cafa ! " the work of Arturo Michelena, has 

 been presented by Venezuela to the city of New 

 York as a memorial of the return to his native 

 country of the body of General Paez. It repre- 

 sents the retreat of irregular horsemen before a 

 body of regular cavalry. The leader of the for- 

 mer, wounded, is about to fall from his horse, 

 and his soldiers turn to catch his last words. 



The sale of the collection of the late S. L. M. 

 Barlow, consisting of paintings, porcelains, and 

 other objets de vertu, and hio library, in New 

 York in February, brought in the aggregate 



chaser of G. Flinck's "Head of a Nobleman,' 

 $1,100 ; of P. Bonheur's " Bitch and Pups, $675 ; 

 of Constable's " Headwaters of the Lewiston 

 River," $430; and of A. Cuyp's "Landscape 

 with Cattle," $600. The Earl of Rosebery was 

 the buyer of a portrait of Robert Burns, said to 

 have been painted for Highland Mary. 



At the sale of the Walter Bowne collection 

 of 58 paintings, New York, March 5, one third 

 brought more than $1,000 each. Among the best 

 prices were: Meissonier, "On the Lookout," 

 $3,500; Daubigny, "Time of Apple Blossoms," 

 $3,200; De Neuville, "The Vanguard," $3,000; 

 Diaz, " Early Autumn," $2,450 ; Corot, " Road to 

 the Sea," $2,300 ; Millet, The Seamstress," 

 $2,100: Troyon, "Strayed, 5 ' $1,950; Bonheur, 

 " Monarch of .the Herd," $1,905 ; Decamps, " The 

 Tempest," $1,500; Hagborg, " Mussel Gatherer," 

 $1,500; Rousseau, "Farm Sunset," $1,375. 



At the sale of the Wynkoop collection, New 

 York, March 13, 84 paintings brought in the 

 aggregate $64,200. Among the best prices ob- 

 tained were: Bargue, " Bashi-Bazouks," $7,500; 

 Van Marcke, " Cattle drinking," $4,300 ; Gerome, 

 "At the Door of his House." $3,600; Corot, 

 "Near Ville d'Avray," $3,000: Jules Dupre, 

 "The Fisherman," $1,200; Schreyer, "Arab 

 Cavalry," $2,200; Henner, "Juana," $1,425; 

 Diaz, "In the Woods," $2,100; Knaus, "The 

 Disgusted Model," $2,150: George Inness, "Frosty 

 Morning," $1,250. 



The Richard Butler collection, sold in New 

 York, March 20 and 21, brought, with others, an 

 aggregate of $21,685. The highest price ob- ' 

 tained was for Sanford R. Gifford's " San Gior- 

 gio, Venice," $3,150. George Fuller's "Led 

 through the Meadow" brought $2,100, C. L. 

 Muller's "First Quarter of the Honeymoon,'' 

 $1,150, and Gaul's "Holding the Line," $730. 



The memorial to Daguerre, unveiled in August 

 in Washington, in the rotunda of the National 

 Museum, is a bronze figure, 16 feet high, repre- 

 senting Fame, on bended knee, crowning the 

 head of the inventor with a wreath of laurel. 

 The sculptor is J. S. Hartley, of New York. 



A bust of the late Alexander L. Holley, the 

 work of J. Q. A. Ward, was unveiled in Wash- 

 ington Square, New York, Oct. 2. The pedestal 

 was designed by Carrere and Hastings. 



A statue of Horace Greeley, by J. Q. A. Ward, 

 was erected in November in front of the " Trib- 

 une " office in New York. It is of bronze, seated, 

 more than life-size, the right hand on the knee 

 holding a copy of his paper. 



FLORIDA, a Southern State, admitted to the 

 Union, March 3, 1845 ; area, 58,680 square miles. 

 The population, according to each decennial 

 census since admission, was 87,445 in 1850 ; 140,- 

 424 in 1860 ; 187,748 in 1870 ; 269,493 in 1880 ; 

 391,422 in 1890. Capital, Tallahassee. 



Government. The following were the State 

 officers during the year : Governor, Francis P. 

 Fleming, Democrat ; Secretary of State, John L. 

 Crawford ; Comptroller, William D. Barnes, who 

 resigned in April to accept a circuit judgeship 

 and was succeeded by ex-Gov. William D. Blox- 

 ham ; Treasurer, Frank J. Pons ; Attorney-Gen- 

 eral, William B. Lamar ; Superintendent of Pub- 

 lic Instruction, Albert J. Russell ; Commissioner 

 of Agriculture, Lucius B. Wombwell ; Railroad 

 Commissioners, George G. McWhorter, Enoch J. 

 Vann, and William Himes ; State Board of 

 Health, Richard P. Daniel, William B. Hender- 

 son, William K. Hyer ; Chief Justice of the Su- 

 preme Court, George P. Raney ; Associate Jus- 

 tices, Augustus E. Maxwell and H. L. Mitchell. 



Valuations. The assessed valuation of prop- 

 erty in the State for 1889 (two counties esti- 

 mated) is as follows: Value of town and city 

 lots, including improvements, $21,833,756 ; value 

 of other land and improvements, $39,210,087; 

 value of animals, $5,242.256 ; value of other per- 

 sonal property, $10,869,791 ; value of railroads, 

 $14.362,087 ; value of telegraph lines, $173,418 ; 

 total, $91,691,355. Included in the assessment 

 are 23,751,711 acres of land, 41,876 horses and 

 mules, 482,764 neat cattle, 104,452 sheep and 



foats, and 181,922 swine. The tax assessed for 

 tate purposes in 1889 upon this valuation was 

 as follows : General revenue, 4| mills, $403,- 

 391.82 : school tax, 1 mill, $91,009.81 ; immigra- 

 tion tax, mill, $10,987.80 ; total, $505,389.43. 

 A tax of | mill for use of the Board of Health 

 is not included. For 1890 the State tax rate is 

 the same as in 1889, viz. : General revenue, 4| 

 mills ; schools, 1 mill ; Board of Health. $ mill ; 

 immigration, J mill ; total, 6 mills. 



Penitentiary. On Aug. 1 there were 357 

 convicts in the State Penitentiary, of whom 344 

 were males and 13 females, 44 white and 313 col- 

 ored. They are employed under lease in farming 

 operations. 



