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Among the noteworthy figure-pieces were 

 Mr. Orchardson's ' Mariage de Convenance 

 Alter," a sequel to the "Mariage de Conve- 

 nance " of 1884, representing the husband sit- 

 ting alone in the torture of regret; Alma-Ta- 

 dema's " An Apodyterium," the dressing-room 

 of a Roman bath, with women in several stages 

 of robing or disrobing; J. W. Waterhouse's 

 "Magic Circle," a sorceress beside a caldron, 

 surrounded by ravens and other instruments 

 of her craft, describing a circle on the ground 

 with her divining rod; P. H. Calderon's 

 "Ruth and Naomi"; John Pettie's "The 

 Chieftain's Candlesticks," two stalwart High- 

 landers, with claymores in their right hands, 

 holding aloft torches beside their chieftain's 

 chair; Edwin Long's "Pharaoh's Daughter," 

 an Egyptian princess, with attendants, stand- 

 ing at the foot of white-marble steps between 

 sphinxes of red granite; G. II. Boughton's 

 " Councilors of Peter the Headstrong," from 

 Knickerbocker's "History of New York"; 

 Burne-Jones's "Depths of the Sea," a mermaid 

 swimming down and grasping the body of a 

 youth from whose lips air-bubbles are still is- 

 suing ; and Frederick GoodalFs " Susanna," a 

 life-size nude. Notable sculptures were Sir 

 Frederick Leighton's "The Sluggard." Alfred 

 Gilbert's "Enchanted Chair," and C. B. Birch's 

 model for the colossal bronze statue of Maj.- 

 Gen. Earle, to be erected in Liverpool. 



London: Grosvenor Gallery. The exhibition of 

 the works of Sir John Everett Millais in the 

 winter of 1885-'86 included 161 numbers, of 

 which 131 were oil-paintings, and the remain- 

 der water-color, pen-and-ink, and pencil draw- 

 ings. Among the former were " Isabella," the 

 artist's first pre-Raphaelite picture, " Christ in 

 the House of his Parents," otherwise called 

 "The Carpenter's Shop," "A Huguenot," 

 " Black Brunswicker," " Princes in the Tow- 

 er," and others of his best-known figure-pieces, 

 and some of his most characteristic portraits 

 and landscapes. 



The tenth summer exhibition of the Gros- 

 venor Gallery contained 379 works, including 

 oil and water colors, miniatures, and sculpture. 

 Among the noteworthy pictures were three by 

 Burne-Jones, "Sibylla Delphica," " Flamina 

 Vestalis," and "Morning of the Resurrection." 

 George Richmond was represented by his 

 " Hermes," a nearly nude figure of Mercury 

 stooping to untie his sandal, and by several 

 portraits ; Alma-Tadema by " Foregone Con- 

 clusion," two Roman girls standing at the top 

 of a flight of steps up which a man holding a 

 betrothal ring is coming; J. W. Waterhouse 

 by a " Flower- Market "; George F. Watts by 

 his " Hope " and " The Soul's Prison," allegor- 

 ical figures; P. H. Calderon by "(Enone," a 

 nearly nude figure sitting in a landscape ; and 

 W. Q. Orchardson by " Master Baby," a mother 

 fanning her infant. In sculpture the best work 

 was Alfred Gilbert's bronze statuette of an 

 "Egyptian Girl, which showed excellent mod- 

 eling. 



London: Miscellaneous. The Cressbrook col- 

 lection, sold in London, March 27, was formed 

 by Mr. II . McConnell. Among the best works 

 sold were Rosa Bonheur, " Horse Fair " (repli- 

 ca), 3,000 guineas; John Constable, "Rustic 

 Bridge," 1,550 guineas; Mulready, "Idle Boys" 

 (1815), 1,510 guineas ; Thomas Webster, " The 

 Smile " and " The Frown," 1,550 guineas ; Hen- 

 rietta Browne, "Visit to the Harem," 1,250 

 guineas; Clarkson Stanfield, "Port-na-Spania," 

 1,350 guineas, " Campo Santo at Venice," 2,500 

 guineas; John Phillip, "The Volunteer "(1862), 

 1,500 guineas, " Water-Drinkers" (1862), 2,450 

 guineas, "Early Career of Murillo " (1865), 

 3,800 guineas. 



The William Graham collection, sold in Lon- 

 don, April 2-8, realized 69,168 3s., of which 

 45,757 was obtained for modern pictures. 

 Among the best prices obtained were the fol- 

 lowing: Millais, "Vale of Rest," 3,150, "Ap- 

 ple-Blossoms," 1,050, "Blind Girl," 871; 

 Burne-Jones, "Chant d'Amour," 3,307, 

 "Laus Veneris," 2,677, "Days of Creation," 

 1,732, "Feast of Peleus," 945; Rossetti, 

 "Beata Beatrix," 1.209, "La Ghirlandata," 

 1 ,050, " Dante at the Bier of Beatrice," 1 ,050, 

 "Ecce Ancilla Domini," 840; Frederick 

 Walker, "The Bathers," 2,625, "The Va- 

 grants," 1,858, " The Lilies," 1,365, " Sunny 

 Thames," 1,218; G. F. Watts, "Diana and 

 Endymion," 913. 



The Blenheim Palace sale, announced for 

 June, was postponed to July on account of the 

 general election. Among the works sold were 

 Albert Cuyp, "Travelers at Inn," 1,750 guineas; 

 Van Dyck, "Madonna," 500 guineas; Rem- 

 brandt, "Isaac blessing Jacob," 510 guineas; 

 Teniers, "Card-Players," 550 guineas; Kubens, 

 "Madonna," 1,360 guineas, "Holy Family," 

 460 guineas, "Adoration of Magi," 1,500 guin- 

 eas, " Meleager and Atalanta," 520 guineas, 

 "Return of Holy Family," 1,500 guineas, 

 "Holy Family," 1,000 guineas, "Flight of 

 Lot," 1,850 guineas, "Holy Family," 1,200 

 guineas, " Distribution of the Rosary," 1.510 

 guineas, " Portrait of Anne of Austria," 3,700 

 guineas, "Roman Charity," 1,200 guineas, 

 " Venus and Adonis," 7,200 guineas. 



Among the anonymous sales in London dur- 

 ing the year were Sir Edwin Landseer, " Wal- 

 ter Scott and his Dogs," 1,950 guineas, and 

 "Deer Family," 3,050 guineas; Sir Thomas 

 Lawrence, " Nature," 1,805 guineas. 



Berlin : Jubilee Exhibition. The Royal Acade- 

 my of Arts of Berlin celebrated (May to Octo- 

 ber) the centenary of its first exhibition. The 

 Academy was founded in 1699 under Freder- 

 ick I, but its first exhibition was held in 1786. 

 As the exhibitions were formerly held every 

 second year, that of 1886 was only the fifty- 

 eighth. Although not called so, it was inter- 

 national, and was participated in by English, 

 Austrian, Dutch, Belgian, Spanish, Italian, 

 Russian, and Scandinavian artists, only the 

 French being unrepresented. There were 2,820 

 entries, classified as follows : Oil-paintings, 



