FINE ARTS IN 1801. 



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hi-, In >\v mi his shoulder and is defending 



!f with ii spear against a furious lion that 



to the hack nf the chariot, roaring as it is 



, il along. The wind's f tin- triptych show 



|c of tin- queMioii. In one a lioness 



iung, while her mate tenderlv licks the 



uiid ; in the other the lion stands 



his dead, roaring her requiem, while an- 



r lion conies down the hillside. 



.1. \\ . \\ aid-house's " Ulysses and the Sirens" 



the .-hip in a narrow rock-hound cleft of 



1,'diterranean. with the wanderer himself 



hound to the mast while his companions, with 



.uvfully guarded against the sirens' songs, 



busily ply their oars. Close around the \ 



nre gathered the sirens, with the heads of beauti- 



ful girls and the bodies of birds, doing their best 



to charm the wanderers. 



.lohn S. Sargent's "La Carmencita," repre- 

 senting the well-known Spanish dancer in a 

 garish dress, was one of the most noteworthy 

 pict ures of the exhibition. A " Portrait of Mrs. 

 M - ," by the same artist, attracted almost as 

 much attention. 



.1. ('. Hook's "Summer Pleasures " shows an 

 expanse of gulden-white sand, with the sea be- 

 yond and black hulls and fishing boats at an- 

 chor. At the edge of the water a lad is loitering 

 in a boat hauled up on the sand, and in the fore- 

 ground a girl sits on a rock, with her bare feet 

 in a pool, while beside her a naked child plays 

 with a wreath of tangled weeds. 



Val Prinsep's " The Emperor Theophilus 

 chooses his Wife" is an episode from the history 

 of the Eastern Empire. The emperor, attended 

 by nobles and ecclesiastics in splendid attire, 

 inspects, in a chamber of the imperial palace, a 

 bevy of damsels, one of whom he is expected to 

 choose for his empress. 



F. D. Millet's "The Widow " shows a matron 

 at (lie head of a table, her only companion a 

 little child, who is peeling an orange. On the 

 wall is the portrait of the husband and father, 

 who fell at Waterloo. 



Noteworthy among the sculptures are the mar- 

 ble version 01 Sir Frederick Leighton's " Athlete 

 struggling with a Python," to go to the Copen- 

 hagen Gallery; Harry Bates's "Hounds in 

 "; Thomas Brock's "Genius of Poetry"; 

 and T. Nelson MacLean's " Fountain and Stat- 

 uette: La Source." 



London: New Gallery. The Guelph Exhi- 

 bition at this gallery was a disappointment, as 

 compared with the Tudor or Stuart exhibitions 

 of previous years. There were a few good exam- 

 ples df I tcynolds. Gainsborough, Hogarth, Rom- 

 ney. Lawrence, and Hoppner, and a fine collec- 

 tion of miniatures. There were also good collec- 

 tions of plate and china, ceramics and sculptures. 

 painted fans, arms, dresses, manuscripts and 

 l>< " >k<. a few coins and medals, and drawings and 



Among the principal attractions at the sum- 

 mer exhibition at the New Gallery were two im- 

 portant works by Burne-Jones, who contributed 

 not hmg this year to the Royal Academy. " The 

 Star of Bethlehem," painted for the Birmingham 

 gallery, represents the adoration of the M.-iL'i. 

 The agnres are nearly life size. The Virgin, 

 child, and Joseph are under a thatched shed at 

 the left, the Virgin seated in the straw with the 



child in her lap, and Joseph standing behind. 



On the right an angel introduces 

 Caspar in a blue mantle. Baltha.-ar of Ethiopia in 

 greeni>h blue, and .Melchior in steel armor. Tin- 

 background is a wooded glade, with it vi-ta 

 through the center. Thex-cond picture, Spon-a 

 de Libano," a large decorative: work in water 

 color, illustrates the virgin bride of the Song of 

 Solomon. The spouse wanders pensive in a gar- 

 den of lilies beside a pellucid stream, while tin- 

 North and South winds, depicted &s two fair 

 youths, float in the air behind her. the gale draw- 

 ing their blue and purple mantles into loops 

 about their shoulders. 



Alma-Tadema's "Love in Idleness" depicts 

 two Roman damsels resting on rugs and cush- 

 ions spread on a pavement of colored marbles 

 and mosaics, close to a fountain, musing in silence 

 while the soft light of evening fades from the 

 terrace, which overlooks a blue sea and an island 

 with white cliffs. 



W. B. Richmond's " Amor omnia Vincit " rep- 

 resents nude Venus, attended by the Graces rich- 

 ly clad, who hold white robes for her use, stand- 

 ing beside a bath, with a sunset glow in the 

 background through tall cypresses and the moon 

 rising above the sea. 



Mr. Poynter's " Knucklebones," a small work, 

 shows two nude Roman girls seated on a mosaic 

 pavement beside a bath filled with clear water, 

 which reflects the sky. One rests on her toes 

 with her knees bent under her; the other has 

 just tossed the bones from her knuckles and with 

 an outstretched forefinger calls out the number 

 to her antagonist. 



Mr. Strudwick's "Elaine" depicts that maid- 

 en, in ivory-white attire, seated upon a coffer in 

 her tower chamber, with Sir Lancelot's escutch- 

 eon hanging on a prie-dii n before her. 



J. W. Waterhouse's " Circe " shows the witch 

 enthroned in front of a mirror, holding up her 

 cup and rod as if before her victims, several of 

 whom, in the guise of beasts, fawn round her 

 seat. 



London : Art Sales. The sale of the Haldon 

 House collection, made by the late Lord Haldon, 

 on Feb. 28, brought more than 8,000 for 46 

 pictures, mostly of the Dutch school. W. Van 

 de Velde, "Departure of Charles II from the 

 Scheldt, 1660," brought 1,963 ; Jan Weenix, "A 

 Grand Garden, 1,102 ; Claude, " Embarkation 

 of St. Paulina, 913 ; J. Ruysdael, " River Scene," 

 630 ; Rembrandt, " Elderly Woman," 535. On 

 the same day Sir Joshua Reynolds's " Mrs. Bul- 

 let" fetched 4,725, said to be the highest price 

 ever obtained at auction for a Reynolds. 



On, April 25 were sold the modern pictures of 

 the Marquis of Santurce. Among them were: 

 Alma-Tadema, "An Audience with Agrippa" 

 (1861), 2,672 ; a portion of the " Vintage Festi- 

 val" (1871). 2.37-,>: t'n Amateur Romain " 

 (1869), 2,782; Fortuny, "The Moorish Guard," 

 1,575 ; Geronv, " The Augurs," 798. 



On May 2 the pictures and drawings from the 

 London house of H. W. F. Bolckow, the late iron- 

 master, were sold, his collection at Marton Hall. 

 Middlesborough, having been disposed of in 1888. 

 The present sale excited almost as much interest 

 as the preceding one. the collection fetching in 

 the aggregate 69,380. The water-color draw- 

 ings brought 15,475, and seventeen of the pict- 



