. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. tion of the womansbeauty of face and character, her dignity and re-pose. The colour is wonderfully handsome in itssubtle gradations and nuances. The refinement ofthe sentiment, the charming way in which ething lead- Up tO the head, with its wealth of e\- pressive hair, the quality and
. The art treasures of Washington : an account of the Corcoran Gallery of Art and of the National Gallery and Museum, with descriptions and criticisms of their contents; including, also, an account of the works of art in the Capitol, and in the Library of Congress, and of the most important statuary in the city. tion of the womansbeauty of face and character, her dignity and re-pose. The colour is wonderfully handsome in itssubtle gradations and nuances. The refinement ofthe sentiment, the charming way in which ething lead- Up tO the head, with its wealth of e\- pressive hair, the quality and relation of the back-ground, and the generalized treatment of the handsand bodi ite warmest admiration and enthusi- asm; Weir- treatment of landscape IS not to he prop-erly estimated by the Upland Pasture, in thepresent collection, in which mannerism persists to the detriment of interest in his theme. Tn this camyas less than other land-rapes by Weir, may hestudied those Subtle and just relations of tone that so ably hold the canvas, in it- enveloping atmos-phere, within the frame, imparting an almost dec-orath e flatness. The collection contains less fortunate examples of (Tilde Hassam, whose Georgian Chair andSpring: Navesink Highlands are of indifferent interest; and of Willard L. Met calf, whose Fam-. THE GENT1 EW\l \\F»j Julien Aiden Weir ubc Ullttltam IE. Evans collection 233 il\- of Birches is one of his slighter ram,!Shinnecock Hills/1 by William M. Chase, belongsto the painters least powerful type of picture. nil Carlsens South Strand exhibits refinement and beauty of design, and is an interestingstudy in degrees of value and colour. The divisionof the composition leaves a great expanse of bluesky, upon which cumulous clouds are piled. Thisblur is largely the note of the water, upon which ral row boats ply, and a white sail gleams uponthe near horizon, for the spectator is low upon the re Four examples of Ralph Albert Blakelock are included in the collection. Of these
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