. International studio. ONE OF THE OLDEST OF OLD TOBIESBY RALPH WOOD thoughtful study and unhurried buying arenecessary if one wishes to acquire a worthwhilecollection. But it is well worth the while. In the last two or three years there has been amarked increase in the avidity with which oldtobies have been searched for. This decidedgrowth of interest seems tohave a counterpart in thesudden demand for thecurious and beautiful oldbottles in which our grand-fathers kept their spirits—bottles of brown or olivegreen that sometimes boreWashingtons countenance,or perhaps (a little later)Zachary Tay
. International studio. ONE OF THE OLDEST OF OLD TOBIESBY RALPH WOOD thoughtful study and unhurried buying arenecessary if one wishes to acquire a worthwhilecollection. But it is well worth the while. In the last two or three years there has been amarked increase in the avidity with which oldtobies have been searched for. This decidedgrowth of interest seems tohave a counterpart in thesudden demand for thecurious and beautiful oldbottles in which our grand-fathers kept their spirits—bottles of brown or olivegreen that sometimes boreWashingtons countenance,or perhaps (a little later)Zachary Taylors. It is justpossible therefore that tothe ranks of those who col-lect for arts sake there havebeen added other personswho collect for hearts sake,in order to throw an ancientatmosphere around a vener-able but outlawed collectors must wel-come them with grace. one ;ix APRIL 1922 mcer;. PORTRAIT OF CULLEN YATES. NA y (De WiUj^cknuzn- Ease of pose and general freedom hem tbe dead band style ojthe official portrait mark tbis spirited likeness oj CTtlten Yatesby De Witt M. Lockman which iron tbe Isaai V. \ia\ nard ?at the ninety-seventh annual exhibition oj tbi National Academioj Design. It is, in tbe best sense, an artistsportrait oj an artist April 1922 ! - -tit n mceRriAcionAL SOU
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