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Century," by W. Dietz ; landscapes by Ader, 

 Diicker, and Bochinann; a "Bank Failure," 

 by Beckelmann ; and portraits by Graef and 

 others. 



In the English gallery Alma-Tadema ex- 

 hibited an " Audience of Agrippa, 1 ' " Roman 

 Connoisseurs examining a Vase," and " The 

 Tired Dancer." There were six examples of 

 Sir Edwin Landseer, three fine Oriental scenes 

 by the late John Lewis, and some good ex- 

 amples by George Mason and Frederick Walker, 

 deceased. Millais had several of his best works, 

 including the " Yeoman of the Guard " and 

 the " Gambler's Wife." Leighton sent " Elias in 

 the Wilderness" and the "Athlete." Frith 

 was represented by some of his best known 

 productions. G. F. Watts sent good portraits 

 and ideal paintings. Poynter exhibited his 

 " Israel in Egypt " and " The Catapult." Prin- 

 sep, Orchardson, and many other English ar- 

 tists were well represented. 



The American art collection comprised about 

 120 paintings, 84 of which were selected in 

 New York, and the remainder from the studios 

 of American artists living abroad. Among 

 the more noticeable works were the following: 

 " Paradise Valley at Newport," by La Farge ; 

 a marine view at night, entitled "Solitude," 

 by Dana; "Sunday Morning in Virginia," by 

 Winslow Homer; "The Passing Circus." by 

 Brown; the figure of a laughing grisette, by 

 Hamilton. 



Retrospective Art Collection. Through the 

 galleries of the Trocad6ro was distributed a 

 vast loan collection of art objects and an- 

 tiquities of every historical period. The ar- 

 ticles collected in France occupied the galleries 

 on one side of the palace, those contributed 

 by foreign owners the other. England and 

 America were unrepresented in this exhibition. 

 From Belgium there were ancient carved wood- 

 work and much of the elaborate metal-work of 

 the middle ages, several badges of mediaeval 

 guilds, and some fine old tapestry. The Swe- 

 dish section contained some flint implements 

 and early antiquities, and a most interesting 

 series of models representing popular family 

 life, the interiors of cottages with all their fur- 

 niture, etc., enlivened with human figures in 

 wax, all in the natural size and forming ex- 

 ceedingly vivid and life-like tableaux. The 

 Dutch exhibited similar costumed figures in 

 the main building. Spain sent a remarkably 

 large and attractive contribution, including the 

 suits of armor worn by Don John of Austria 

 and Charles V. ; engraved, damaskeened, and 

 embossed armor of the sixteenth century ; the 

 helmet of Boabdil, damaskeened with gold ; 

 old saddles and fine embossed helmets ; and 

 fine old Flemish tapestries from the royal pal- 

 ace. Japan contributed a fine collection of old 

 porcelain, bronzes, enamel, lacquer, and ivory 

 carvings; the gold lacquer-work was of the 

 finest description, and the other collections 

 contained only rare and superior specimens. 

 The Egyptian collection contained antique glass 

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weights, stone and metal instruments, and 

 paint-boxes still stained with the ancient col- 

 ors ; mediaeval metal-work and glass lamps in- 

 crusted with blue enameled Cufic characters ; 

 fine work in gold, silver, jewels, wood, glass, 

 and porcelain ; examples of the curious lattice- 

 work once seen in the houses of Cairo ; copies 

 of wall paintings representing hunting scenes, 

 fishing, and other occupations ; also a quantity 

 of modern art-work, jewelry, carpets, stuffs, 

 etc. 



The French half of the Trocade>o galleries 

 contained an historical collection of remarkable 

 magnitude and interest, contributed from pri- 

 vate and public collections in all parts of the 

 country. In the Gaulish and Gallo-Roman 

 department were two models of Gallic tombs ; 

 a large number of flint and stone implements ; 

 pieces of ancient cloth ; silver votive offerings, 

 and curious gold and silver jewelry ; and some 

 bronzes of the second and third centuries of 

 remarkable artistic merit, from different mu- 

 seums. The Greek and Roman antiquities in- 

 cluded a large number of very fine vases, many 

 bronze figures and ornaments, fragments of 

 furniture, of a chariot, etc., gems, coins, sculp- 

 ture, etc., all carefully classified and arranged. 

 There were many examples of Frankish, Saxon, 

 and Rhenish-Byzantine art-work : arms, but- 

 tons, keys, Rhenish- Byzantine enamels and 

 bookbindings; carved ivory and silver reli- 

 quaries and pyxes; illuminated MSS. of all 

 dates. The mediaeval and modern departments 

 were not less rich, formed of the pick of all 

 the private collections of France. There were 

 the finest specimens of fifteenth and sixteenth 

 century Limoges enamels ; in porcelain there 

 were four examples of Henry II. ware, and 

 rare specimens of Palissy's, Giorgio de Gub- 

 bio's, and other coveted wares. The collection 

 of tapestries was one of the most complete and 

 interesting, including a number of the finest 

 specimens of early arras in the world. The 

 armor, ecclesiastical and household ornaments 

 and furniture, and jewelry illustrated every 

 style of workmanship known in Europe. There 

 were full series of old clocks and watches, and 

 of the mathematical and scientific instruments 

 of the middle ages. An interesting special 

 collection, contributed by Prince Czartoryski, 

 contained relics of many of the Kings of Po- 

 land. Another special collection, scarcely less 

 interesting, was that of M. Strauss, of Hebrew 

 MSS. and articles employed in the Jewish wor- 

 ship. The period covered by the French col- 

 lections reaches down to the time of the First 

 Empire. In a separate gallery were the French 

 contributions of Oriental articles, embracing 

 Arab, Persian, and Indian arms of great beauty, 

 hanging lamps of curious workmanship, and 

 carpets of great age, fine and curious in pat- 

 terns and colors. A larger and completer col- 

 lection of ornamental art-work, nor one more 

 systematically arranged and judiciously select- 

 ed, was probably never seen. 



Special Classes. The display of literature 



