New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . rt objects in gold and silver; the King collection; ancient gems presented by John Taylor Johnston; S. collection of Oriental Porcelain; Japanese swords from the Ives collection; musical instniments of allnations, presented by Mrs. John Crosbie Brown, with a similar collection presented by J. W. Drexel; the Bakercollection of textile fabrics from Fayoum; Ericssons model inventions; the McCullum, Stewart and Astor laces;sculptured casts worth $100,000, bequeathed by the late Levi H. Willard; a collection of Renaissan
New York, the metropolis : its noted business and professional men. . rt objects in gold and silver; the King collection; ancient gems presented by John Taylor Johnston; S. collection of Oriental Porcelain; Japanese swords from the Ives collection; musical instniments of allnations, presented by Mrs. John Crosbie Brown, with a similar collection presented by J. W. Drexel; the Bakercollection of textile fabrics from Fayoum; Ericssons model inventions; the McCullum, Stewart and Astor laces;sculptured casts worth $100,000, bequeathed by the late Levi H. Willard; a collection of Renaissance iron work;the Delia Robbia altar-piece; metallic reproductions of gold and silver objects in the Imperial Russian Museum,and a very valuable collection from the Dutch and Flemish masters, presented by Mr. Marquand, who has donemore for the museum than any other person; drawings from the old masters, presented by Cornelius Vander-bilt; a collection of the same class, the gift of Cephas G. Thompson; a collection of English paintings, also NEW YORK, THE MADISON SgUARL GARDtN. NEW YORK, THE METROPOLIS. li jriven by Mr. Martiuand; a splendid collection, presented by Miss Wolfe; Rosa Bonlieurs masterjiiece, TheHorse Fair, presented b} Cornelius Vanderbilt, and some works of Meissonicr, the g-ift of Henry Hilton. Thebuilding containing this magnificent collection, as well as the American Museum of Natural History in CentralPark, are themselves models of architectural beauty. Central Park with its inestimable treasures will in timebe looked i:pon with wonder, as embodying democratic Americas aspirations after the artistic and beautiful. The National Academy of Design, on Twenty-third Street and Fourth Avenue, was founded in 1826 andincorporated in 1828. It is the foremost institution of its kind in America. Members of the Academyconsist of the Academicians, who are a corporate body, and the Associates, all of necessity artists. TheNational Academy of Design is modelled
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