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FINE ARTS IN 1894. 



her head the bridal torches, bestows the bene- 

 diction. 



Mr. George F. Watts sent an unfinished 

 "Greek Idyl," an "Ariadne," a small version of 

 his larger picture on the same subject, and a 

 " Portrait of George Meredith," the last of which 

 is to go to the Holland House Gallery. 



London: Miscellaneous. Among the sales 

 in May in London, from the collections of Mrs. 

 Hemming, Birket Foster, and others, were: 

 Sir K. Burne-Jones, 7 pictures, "The Story of 

 St. George and the Dragon," 2,100 ; L. Alma- 

 Tadema, "The Seasons": "Spring," 273: 

 Summer," 241 ; " Autumn,'' 252 ; " Winter," 

 483; Ary Scheffer, "Dante and Beatrice," 

 483; Sir'E. Landseer, " Chevy," 3,937; Sir T. 

 Lawrence, " Mrs. Whittington," 750 ; T. Gains- 

 borough, " View near King's Bromley on Trent," 

 3,750 ; J. Constable, " Scene on the River 

 Stour," 6,510. 



At the sale of the collection of the late Miss 

 Romney, May 24 and 25, the following pictures 

 of George Romney were sold : "Portrait of the 

 Artist" (1795), 220; "Rev. John Romney" 

 (the painter's only son), 262 ; " Portrait of the 

 Artist" (1782), 441; "Mrs. Tickell," 1,207; 

 "Head of Miranda," 294: " Titania, Puck, 

 and the Changeling," 215 ; " Mrs. Inchbald," 

 997; "James Thomas Paine," with a do<?, 

 848 ; " Mrs. Billington as St. Cecilia," 945 ; 

 " Lady Hamilton as a Bacchante," 315 : " Lady 

 Hamilton as a Bacchante dancing," 630. 



The following, sold on May 26, were from the 

 late John Gibbons's and other collections : Sir 

 A. W. Callcott, "The Shrimpers," 892; T. 

 Gainsborough, " The Market Cart," 4,725 ; " A 

 Girl with Pigs," 840; Sir J. Reynolds, "Nelly 

 O'Brien," 703; "The Duchess of Gloucester 

 and Child," 315; J. M. W. Turner, " Bonne- 

 ville, the Capital of Savoy," 777; "Sea Piece, 

 with Fishing Boats in a Squall," 1,260; Sir D. 

 Wilkie, " Sheep- Washing," 745. 



Among pictures from the collections of the 

 late Sir II. II. Campbell and others, sold June 

 16, were : J. Ruysdael, " A Forest Scene." 1,312 ; 

 Old Crome, " A Yarmouth Water Frolic," 2,730 ; 

 J. Hoppner, " Mrs. Jordan as Rosalind," 1,155. 



The sale of the Adrian Hope collection on June 

 30 was the chief event of the season. Some good 

 prices were realized, among them the following : 

 A. Cuyp, " A Grand Landscape." 2,100 ; Gerard 

 Dow, "The Flute Player," 3,675: J. B. Greuze, 

 "A Young Girl," 3,045; M. Hobbema. "A 

 Landscape," 3,150; M. de Hondecoeter, " Long 

 live the King," 1.575 ; P. de Hooch, " Interior of 

 a Chamber," 2,257 ; N. Maes, " A Young Woman 

 pumping," 3,003; "Interior of an Apartment," 

 *J!M5; G. Metsu, "A Lady," in puce silk dress 

 and green jacket, 1,260: Paul Potter. "Four 

 Oxen in a Meadow," 945; Rembrandt, " Por- 

 trait of I'etronella Buys," 1,365; " Portrait of 

 Nicholas Ruts." 4,935; Rubens, "A Wild Boar 

 Hunt," 1,743; J. Ruysdael, "A Waterfall," 

 UWO; Jan Steen. "Scene on the Terrace of a 

 Chftteau," <S1!); Vela.sque/,, " Portrait of Philip 

 IV of Spain," 105; G. Terburg, "Portrait of a 

 Gentleman," 420. 



Pictures from the Fontaine, Delme, and other 

 collections, sold July 7, as follows : Rembrandt, 

 "A Lady, seated," 173; Rubens, "The Prodi- 

 gal Son," 840; J. Ruysdael, "-Lake of Haar- 



lem," 987; "View on the Brill River," 1,365; 

 Sir J. Reynolds, "Lady Betty Delme. Sister of 

 the Karl 'of Carlisle, and Children," 11,050; 

 "Portrait of the Honorable Mrs. Moncton,'' 

 7,876; "Portrait of Miss Whitbread," 1,575; 

 "Portrait of .Emily, Duchess of Leinster," 525; 

 " Portrait of Lady Louisa Conolly," 735 ; " Por- 

 trait of Miss Stuart," 236. 



The collection of the Duchess of Mont rose, 

 sold on July 14, contained some noteworthy pic- 

 tures: W. Collins, "The Disposal of a Favorite 

 Lamb," 420; T. Gainsborough, "Madame Le. 

 Brim," 3,255; Sir E. Landseer, "Newfound- 

 land Dog Venus and Rabbit," 220; "A Scotch 

 Terrier," 141; Sir F. Leighton, "Helen on the 

 Walls of Troy," 430; Sir J. Reynolds. "Mrs. 

 Mathew," 4,620 ; " Mrs. Pownal as Hebe." (530; 

 "Mrs. Barrell," 430: "Nelly O'Brien," :}25: 

 "Girl and Dog," 535 ; G. Romney, " Lady Ham- 

 ilton as the Magdalen," 420; "Lady Hamilton 

 as Ariadne." 472. 



Sir Edward Burne-Jones has been created a 

 baronet. Mr. George F. Watts, who was offered 

 the same honor, respectfully declined. 



Mr. George F. Watts has presented one ver- 

 sion of his picture entitled " Love and Life " to 

 the French Government, and it has been hung 

 in the Luxembourg; a second version, which the 

 artist exhibited at Chicago, has been given by 

 him to the Government of the United States, 

 and will be placed in the White House. These 

 pictures are in no sense replicas or copies, but 

 were painted simultaneously as an experiment 

 with different arrangements. The one sent to 

 Washington was the first one completed. A 

 third version is to go with his other pictures to 

 the British nation. 



Mr. Francis Seymour Haden, who has been 

 President of the Royal Society of Painter- 

 Etchers since its formation, in 1880, has re- 

 ceived the distinction of knighthood. 



New York : National Academy of Design. 

 The officers for 1894-'95 are as follow : Presi- 

 dent. Thomas W. Wood; Vice-President, II. W. 

 Robbins ; Corresponding Secretary, J. C. Nicoll ; 

 Recording Secretary, George H. Smillie ; Treas- 

 urer, James D. Stnillie. The Academy consists 

 of 93 academicians and 55 associates. 



The sixty-ninth annual exhibition (April and 

 May) closed on May 12. The total amount of 

 the sales was $16,000: the receipts for admis- 

 sion fees were $2,500, and for catalogues $1.750. 

 Amon<; the pictures sold were Henry 0. Walk- 

 er's "the Boy and the Muse," $1,000; Harry W. 

 Watrous's " My Lady Nicotine," $575; Thomas 

 Moran's "Morning in Venice," $400; George 11. 

 Smillie's " A Gray Day," $400 ; and Wordsworth 

 Thompson's " Colonial Homestead in New Jer- 

 sey," $400. The first Haligarten prize ($300) was 

 awarded to Edmund C. TarbelPs "An Arrange- 

 ment in Pink and Gray"; the second ($200) to 

 Miss Edith Mitchill's "Hagar": and the third 

 to Mrs. J. Francis Murphy's "That Difficult 

 World." The Norman W. 'Dodge pri/e ($300) 

 for the best picture painted in the United Stales 

 by a woman to Clara T. McChesney's "The Old 

 Spinner." The Thomas B. Clarke pri/e ($300) 

 for the best American figure composition was 

 awarded to Harry W. Watrous's " Bills." 



The thirteenth autumn exhibition (Deo. 10 to 

 Jan. 5) consisted of 407 numbers, chiefly oil paint- 



