. ue ew Paw : RAH > tate > t . ¥ eens ql : i. . . ‘ e ew ne ? 3 4 yes rer 9 “ : : . r “4 3 : oe ae Ne Sas Ges Be CAE RE BIG PRIGES PAID ———— at ry ; . Fetches $16,100, and Will 3 Go to New York. ate st ee emt GETS FINE PRIZES Smee eee ACADEMY 5 ‘Is Legatee to Remainder After ‘Enough Were Sold to Pay , Bequests. on. | been sufficient lots sold to assure the Payment of several bequests was stopped by the executor, William T. _Arts. | The Academy was represented at the sale by John F., Lewis, its president, and that the Academy would secure four im- portant canvases, and his only sorrow Was that the exceptionally fine portrait ot Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, was i Nicos to the institution, for it fetched the |) being bought by | | record price, $16,100, : Thomas B. Clarke, of New York, who ‘came over especially to carry off the] | prize. | Under this scheme the Academy ob- | tains the portrait of Washington, painted | by Charles W. Peale, the same painter's || portrait of Franklin, Rembrandt Peale’s | “Patriae Pater’’ portrait of Washington and a portrait of Franklin, by an unknown. painter. These are of exceptional interest, for the Peale Washington is that painted in 1788. It is the last that artist painted of the great American patriot and Pres- ident from life; the Peale Franklin, that with the immense spectacles, was painted | only a short time before the death of the great diplomat, statesman and scientist. || is well |! by lithog- |) ‘ ¥,.& line: |) engraving. it is the original of the por- || trait the artist painted sor the United | The Franklin, by an un- |! The Rembrandt Peale portrait known by the reproductions raphy made by the artist, and States Senate. known, is of scarcely less interest, for it bears evidence of having been paint- ed from life, and is regarded as a mas- terly production. An effort was made on the part of the Academy of the Fine Arts to save the Stuart’s Washington for that institution, and at the start the Academy ‘bid. on it, but it rapidly went up.to the record price, and Mr, Clarke soon had the field au a Stuart’s Portrait of Washington | The remainder of the paintings and| ‘Statuary in the collection of the late | |}Joseph Harrison, Jr., belonging to the es- | tate of the late Mrs. Sarah Harrison, | were put on sale at the Philadelphia Art | Galleries, Fifteenth and Chestnut streets, | yesterday afternoon, and when there had } the’ sale} Elliott, who announced that the remain- | der of the collection now became the } preperty of the Academy of the Fine by John HB. D. Trask, the Manager of the | institution. Mr. Trask said after the sale |, $16,100, which was paid by Mr. Thomas B.| “There was a ve Bes ee and the Mozier. both B. Johnson, of the Bald Works, Mr. Johnson o| separately, Mr. Among the important 1 were: ak |..Thomas Birch, ‘‘Eingagement Betwe U.S. Frigate United States and the - Frigate Macedonian,’’ A . ae | Thomas Birch, “‘Eingngement ie cn 'U. S, Frigate Constiturion and the Bri paar Soe Lg i: dest th Ts, J. ‘F. Cropsey, ** » of War,’’ pies | Thomas Birch, Ten wementt a oe | Wasp and the Frolic,’ $327.50. © ea | Leen Geyer, “Columbus. and the Bge;’? | sia Buchanan Read, ‘‘Jeptha’s Daughter,’* eredenick, Leighton, aeapaiee Bost ‘the ouses Oi! ontague -an ‘f i Ah @hristian Sichuessele, Dre Franklin Before ; tie tty Council in London, January 29, | bs Res Ty, 3 3 di P, F, Rothermel,. ‘‘Patrick H Deliver- | ‘ing’ His Famous Pes me ‘the House of i Burgesses, Virginia, 1765,’’ $605. Benjamin West, “Sir pane planes, oe | Pp. FF. Rothermel, “‘King Lear, loster and | ae statues © ght: so oo ‘he ws Wary ‘prou ; : : ie { Sarah Fisher Ames, marble bust of Lincoln, * Hioudon, busitof Count d’Hstaing, ‘$315, Piste HARRISON ESTATE SALE. There was a large attendance and the} prices obtained were regarded as good, if! not high at the sale, Mar. 12, of the re-] mainder of the paintings and statuary in the collection of the late Joseph Harrison, Jr., belonging to the estate of the late Mrs.. Sarah Harrison at the Philadelphia Art Galleries, Phila. When there had beén suf-| ficient lots sold to assure the payment of several bequests the sale was stopped by the executor, Mr. William T. Elliott, who; announced that the remainder of the col-! lection now became the property of the Penna. Academy. The Academy was represented at the sale) by Mr. John F. Lewis, its president, and) by Mr. John E. D. Trask, the manager of the institution. Mr. Trask said after the sale that the Academy would secure four important canvases, and his only sorrow was that the exceptionally fine portrait of Washington, by Gilbert Stuart, known as the “Yaughan -Portrait,” and which is re~| garded by some “experts” as being the} finest Stuart in existence, was lost to the institution. It fetched the record price,| Clarke, of New York. The Academy now obtains the portrait of Washington, painted by Charles W. Peale, | the same painter’s portrait of Franklin,| Rembrandt Peale’s “Patriae Pater,” portrait known painter. “These are of ex- ‘interest, for the Peale Washing- “painted in 1/83. It.is the last | a artist painted of the great American patriot and President from life; the Peale Franklin, that with the immense spectacles, was painted only a short time before the death of the great diplomat, statesman and scientist. The Rembrandt Peale portrait is raphy made by the artist, engraving. trait the artist painted for the United States Senate. The Franklin, by an unknown, is of scarcely less interest, for it bears evi- dence of having been’ painted from life, and is regarded as a masterly production. _ Mr. Clarke, who has secured the Vaughan portrait for his private collection was bid 1p by Knoedler & Co. and the Penn. Acad- amy representatives, and is warmly con- zratulated upon his prize. He started bid- jing only at $8,000. There are three repli- cas of the portrait known of the five said ‘o have been painted by Stuart, one owned xy Mr. Marsden J. Perry of Providence, R. I, for which he paid $10,000 i in 1900, one Charles A. Munn, and an- | The portrait was painted in Philadelphia }n 1795. Afterwards the artist sold the origi- jhal for $200 to Mr. Winstanley, a landscape bainter who took it to London, where it jvas bought by Mr. William Vaughan, from ivhom it came into the possession of the ate Joseph Harrison. nD lew, Yorker Buys Gilbert Stu- i art's Painting of George - Washington, 3 le The femons Gilbert Stuart portrait of shington has left Philadelphia and Thas gone to New York. Its new owner, My | “Thomas B. Clarke, of New York, | ure yhased it for $16,100 yesterday at the | sale of the Joseph Harrison collection at the aaanabaan bas Galleries. rs of Hg numerous. art Bntiecors pres- S uu including representatives from the “Metropolitan Museum and from several i the Philadelphia institutions who “were anxious to keep the painting in ‘this city. When it was finally awarded. to Mr. Clarke he was applauded and | congratulated by the excited audience. | The portrait is 29 inches long and 23% linches wide. It was painted by Stuart }in September, 1795. He made five copies | from this, but, becoming dissatisfied with jit, sold the original for two hundred i dollars to Winstanley, the landseape jpainter, The latter took it to London, a Ie ee eee ee shiggion and a ‘portrait. of. Franklin, It is the original of the por-— _ es ad "Gitte Fine Arts Ces After the purchase of the Stuart por- ee the executors of the Harrison es-_ ‘tate stopped the sale, since the proceeds, from this and other paintings realized enough to cover the beneficiary provided | for in the will of Joseph Harrison. The’ remainder of the collection will be pre-. ‘sented to the Academy of the Fine Arts. This includes the C. W. Peale portraits * of Washington and Franklin. and the) ; Rembrandt Peale portrait of Washing- ton, Among the other important purchases | at the auction was the Edward 3.1 ' ‘Bartholomew statue of ‘‘Hve Repentant” | which was bought by Alba B, Johnson, ; president of the Baldwin JS.ocomotive} Works, for $600. Charles K. Smith, of Chestnut Hill, bought the Benjamin: West painting of Sir Philip Sydney for poo, and the Sarah Fisher Ames bust of Lincoln for $400. Other high priced j oaintings which were sold were the} Wrederick Leighton ‘‘Reconciliation” for $405, and the Rothérmel ‘‘Patrick Henry’? for $650 to Charles [damilton, of luafay-/ atte; and Christian Schuessele’s “Mranik- ‘in Betore the London Council” for $935 | to Joseph T. Kinsley. | Other Paintings Sold, Other paintings sold and the prices which they brought follow: ‘‘Viision of } Cohambus,’’ by J. Hamilton, 3100; ~“De-; | parture of Columbus,” Durand, $100: i “The Wood Nymph,” leutze, $95; “Hight Aoadiicae ge United States and the ie > and “The Constitution and ' ihe es Thomas Birch, $225 exch: “The Bone of Contention,” Von Witte, es ' $155;. ‘Victor Hmanuel,’’ Carolini, $125; lhe Spirit of War’ and “The Spirit of Cropsy,.) $383 “and, $210; “Te I vasp and the: Frolic,” Birch, | $827.30, l*‘Madam Roland,” Le Brun; (‘Columbus and the BHgg,’’? Johann Geyer, $330; ‘Jdep- tha’s Daughter,” Buchanan Reed, $140, | N OIL portrait of George Washing- A ton, by Gilbert Stuart, sold original- 4 ly by the artist for $200, was sold again yesterday from the collection of ding, for $16,100. ©The purchaser was Thomas B. Clarke, of New York, and the ' picture will be added to his private col- | lection. -of Washington and Franklin, painted from the rest were withdrawn and presented to the Academy of the Fine Arts. So ‘that an- cient center of art will be enriched by the addition of original oil portraits of Washington by Rembrandt Peale and C. W. Peale, and of Franklin by C, Ww. Peale and an unknown artist. All the portraits are historic. Tt was the original intention of Mrs. Harrison that her entire art collection | should go to the academy, but there was a proviso in her will to the effect that, should the estate not provide sufficient funds to pay all legacies, enough of the art objects should be sold to do so. Hence the sale of yesterday, and, when it was concluded, many persons gathered about President John Frederick Lewis and Secretary John E, D. Trask, of)the acad- | emy, to congratulate them upon the he- | quest, Prices Generally Low . Prices generally were low. Charles K. Smith, of Chestnut Hill, bought Benja- min West's “‘Sir Philip Sydney’ for $550, the bidding starting at $50. Mr. Smith ‘also hought Johann Geyer’s ‘‘Columbus and the Bgg,: for $380, J. F. Cropsey’s ‘The Spirit of .Peace’’, for $210, Robbe's ‘Dogs “Attacking a Bull’ for $190, and marble busts of Nicholas I of Russia and Abraham Lincoln, with their pedestals, for $140 and $425, respectively. The Lincoln bust was by Sarah Fisher Ames. Thomas EH. Kingsley, this of city, : “Mrs. Harrison ae oilee nen scbiegc oer} Prices alee le Gift to Acade my Von Wille’s ‘‘The Bone for $885 and Christian Sc /Mrs. Sarah Harrison, after spirited bid-— It was the only one of several portraits: | life, in the collection, that was sold. All. Thomas Birch were! purchased by doneph | F. Sabin, of New York, who paid : Louis: Par aise, Brings bought for his srhaie for $155, J. F. Cropsey's jamin Franklin Before the Pris of London” for $675, ‘who lives at the Belleyue-Stratfor ‘came the owner af several paintin eluding Frederick Leighton ‘Recon iation of the Houses of 1} and Capulet,’’ at $405, and P, F. & s “Patrick Henry Delivering His Famous Speech in the Virginia House of ieee esses,” at $650. 4 Competition Keen. The sale was attended ae about 200 gol lectors and dealers of this and cities, and at times the’ bidi¢ ied. The Stuart Washingten, | brought the banner price, was ‘started ot $1000, and competition for ite possession was keen. Many of those present came prepared to buy or to try to buy ‘the. quintet of portraits, and the fact thet | four of them were withdrawn centered attention upor the one remaining. =— A painting of ‘‘King Lear, Gloster and. Edgar,” by B, Wittkamp, of Antwerp, more than six by. eight feet in size in. ck gilt frame, went for but $85, and “High- jand Lovers,” by B. K, Hayde: John Wilkie, brought $70. i rles Lue “Last Interview Between Lord and Lady William Russell in 1683,"" 7 ee ol was 6old for $145. Several id $230 for | the “Battle of the United — States and) Macedoniah”; $225 for a similar ie be- tween the Constitution. and Guerriere, and $327.50 foy still another sea-battle picture, the engagement between She een eae the Frolic. ae BE, Leutze’s ‘Wood Nymph” was. ‘sold for $95, and Edward H. May’s “Lady Jane Grey Going to Her Execution’ for $70. Vezia Le Brun's portrait of Made ame Roland brought $190, wer v Paintings, Statuary, etc. THE REMAINDER of the Collection of the Late JOSEPH HARRISON, Jr. (of 225 S. 18th St., Rittenhouse Square) and belonging to the Estate of Mts. Sarah Harrison, Deceased : , = | To be Sold Without Reserve | Under the Terms of the Will of said Decedent By Order of MR. THEODORE L. HARRISON and MR. WILLIAM T. ELLIOTT Executors On Monday Afternoon, February 26th at 2.30 o’clock at The Philadelphia Art Galleries S. E. Corner 15th and Chestnut Streets, 2d floor Philadelphia Entrance 103 S. 15th St. (Elevator) HARRY BARE Manager LATE M. THOMAS & SONS On Exhibition Thursday, February 22, until days of Sale - from 8 a.m. to 6 p. m. 1942 Terms and Conditions of Sale All bills payable in CASH before delivery. In case of disputes between-bid- ders the lot in dispute shall immedi- ately be put up again and resold. The sale of any Article will not be set aside on account of any error in the description, or imperfection. All articles are exposed for Public Exhibition one or more days, and are sold just as they are, without recourse. To prevent errors in delivery, goods cannot be removed without presentation of the bill, and nothing will be delivered during the sale. We will not be responsible for goods damaged in delivering. Goods carefully packed and shipped. Ladies and gentlemen unable to attend the sale can have their buy- ing orders executed by us without extra charge. PHILADELPHIA ART GALLERIES The Wood Nymph (Size of canvas, 33% x 40 inches) By E. Leutze ce wie 8 Sir F Joh, 3 ¥ Lady Jane Gray as she goes to Execution, gives her Tablets as a remembrance to the Constable of the Tower No. 14 By Edward H. May (Size of canyas, 80 x 59 inches) \ (soyour 48 x zZ ‘seaued JO 9zIC) Jof945) uuryofl kg S8q 24} pue snquinjog SI “ON oe ve CATALOGUE Sale commences at 2.30 o’clock, Monday Afternoon, February 26, 1912 (The size printed is the size of the canvas) + HAMILTON . ‘ I Vision of Columbus 160 “The pilot smote his breast; the watchman cried ‘Land!’ and his voice in faltering accents died. At once the fury of the crew was quelled; And (whence or why from many an age withheld) Shrieks, not of men, were mingling in the blast; And armed shapes of god-like stature passed! Slowly along the evening sky they went, As on the edge of some vast battlement: Helmet and shield, and spear and gonfalon, Streaming a baleful light that was not of the sun!” From Rogers “Voyage of Columbus,” Canto I. (Width, 45 inches; height, 30% inches) A BODURAND lo Ys 2 Departure of Columbus from the Harbor of Palos on His First Voyage (Width, 20 inches; length, 15% inches) Peete ZE - z2-3 The Wood Nymph cae (Width, 42 inches; height, 57 inches) i THOMAS BIRCH 4 Engagement Between U. S. Frigate United S, 4 States and British Frigate Macedonian — zi} (Width, 36 inches; height, 28 inches) Gaseed F. SABIN N.f : 4 : f THOMAS EFIRCH 7 | is 5 Engagement Between U. S. Frigate Constitu- as wv, NA tion and British Frigate Guerriere (Width, 36 inches; height, 28 inches) Tog eet, FH SAB IN, AS CLARA VON WILLE C 6 The Bone of Contention (we Si (Width, 67 inches; height, 47 inches) Tit ghee A PIETRO CARLING Venice .~ 7 Portrait of Victor Emanuel-in Hunting Costume o (From life.) i 7 rf, a S | (Width, 26 inéhies; height, 32 inches) pte CRO ESEY, op / a et 8 The Spirit of War / ee Ks (Width, 67 inches; height 44 inches) i . THahAs &. fA ~/ J. F. CROPSEY oo O 9 The Spirit of Peace (Width, 67 inches; height, 44 inches) Benjamin Franklin Before the Privy Council in London, June 29, 1773 No: 23 ; By Christian Schussele (Size of canvas, 851% x 57% inches) Patrick Henry delivering his Famous Speech in the House of Burgesses, Virginia, A. D. 1765 No. 24 By P. F. Rothermel (Size of canvas, 61% x 70 inches) ~ ie) Be WITTKAMP Belgium _ | is ? 10 Portrait of the Artist (Width, 38 inches; height, 51 inches) ‘THOMAS BIRCH 1 Engagement Between the Wasp and Frolic. i. gL) Seen (War ot 1812.) "| E (Width, 36 inches; height, 28 inches) | Goseer F. SABIN, N.Y, ViEZiA LE BRUN 0 = 22x Portrait of Madame Roland yi | (Width, 25%4 inches; height, 30 inches) JOM CADILEAR e 13 Landscape View HY - (Width, 10% inches; height, 7 inches) _ EDWARD H. MAY, y. 14 Lady Jane Grey, as She Goes to Execution, Gives Her Tablets as a Remembrance to 0) ye the Constable of the Tower (Width, 80 inches; height, 59 inches) Ay IELIAM PAGE 15 Mother and Child | < 0 (Width, 3614 inches; height, 48 inches) 16 Jeet CRO RS EN 16 Millennial Age. (An Allegorical Landscape.) “And He shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people; and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; nation shall not lft up /} «x sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.” nd y | [ } &_I/saiah ui, 4. - “The wolf also shall dwell with the lamp, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.”— Isaiah xi, 6. (Width, 54 inches; height, 38% inches) CEA ROW od sleds \ | 17 Hotspur and Glendower f\™~ Shakspeare’s Henry IV. Engraved in Boydell’s Shakspeare. (Width, 16% inches; height, 22% inches) JOHANN GEYER A f yeas Columbus and the Egg. (Dated 1847.) wo. i (Width, 72 inches; height, 57 inches) Pep UGHANAN READ on 19 Jeptha’s Daughter } (Width, 54% inches; height, 73 inches) No. 325 Sir Philip Sydney By Benjamin West (Size of canvas, 62x 78 inches) ee No. 26 Portrait of Washington By C. W. Peale (Size of canvas, 19 x 2334 inches) 19 Cienicics. LUCY 20 Last Interview of Lord and Lady William Rus- = sell, 1683 “Before his wife left him, he took her by the hand, and said: “This hand you now feel, in a few hours must be cold.’ At ten p. m. she left him; and she so governed her sorrow :as not to add, by the sight of her distress, to the pain of separa- tion. Thus they parted, not with sobs and tears, but with a composed silence, each wishing to spare the other, and restrain- ing the expression of a grief too great to be relieved by. utter- ance.” See Lord John Russell's “Memoirs of Lord William Rus- sell.” (Width, 114 inches; height, 75% inches) THOMAS COLE 1 21 The Clove, Catskill Mountains (Width, 36 inches; height, 251% inches) 20 FREDERICK] LEIGH [oy 22 Reconciliation of the Houses of Montague and Capulet. (Exhibited in Great Exhibition at Paris, 1855.) Ean A eee co “sate Capulet. O, brother Montague! give me thy hand: This is my daughter’s jointure, for no more Can I demand} Montague. But I can give thee more. lor I will raise her statue in pure gold; That, whiles Verona by that name is known, There shall no figure at such rate be set, As that of true and faithful Juliet. Capulet. As rich shall Romeo by his lady he; Poor sacrifices of our enmity! Prince. A glooming peace this morning with it brings ; The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head: Go hence, to have more talk of these sad thinsg; Some shall be pardon’d, and some punished. For never was a story of more woe, Than this of Juliet and her Romeo. Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, Act 5, Scene 3. (Width, 92 inches; height, 70 inches) CHALE S HAHILIS ah mp ttka Wi B By ) hes C a x9 Had, Gloster and Edgar 81 S, Lear, 1b Canva C Z ing Lo] S K ( N N pccaeantanes Portrait of Benjamin Franklin (Painted a few days before his death) By Cay (Size of canvas, 19% x 23 inches . Peale VERIS TIAN SCHUESSELE 3 G 23. Dr. Benjamin Franklin Before the Privy Council x, in London, January 29, 1773. ~ f -“A_ personal animosity between Governor Bernard, Lieu- a: a Kl tenant-Governor Hutchinson, and some distinguished patriots af - | of Massachusetts, contributed to perpetuate a flame of discon- Ee tent in that Province, though elsewhere it had abated. This was worked up, in 1773, to a high pitch by a singular combina- tion of circumstances. Letters had been written by Hutchin- son, Peter Oliver, the Chief-Justice of the Supreme Court, and others, to persons in power and _ office: in England, which contained a very unfavorable representation of public affairs: These letters came into the hands of Dr. Franklin, who was then the agent of the Colony of Massachusetts, in London, and they were transmitted by him to his constituents. Great indig- nation was excited on their perusal. The House of Represen- tatives drew up and sent a petition to his Majesty, in which they charged their Governor and Lieutenant-Governor with being betrayers of their trust, and of giving private, partial, and false information. They declared them enemies to the Colonies, and prayed for justice against them, and their speedy removal from office. The merits of this petition were discussed before his Majesty’s Privy Council. After a hearing, in which Dr. Franklin represented the Province of Massachusetts, the Governor and Lieutenant-Governor were acquitted. Mr. Wed- derburne (afterwards Lord Loughborough), who defended the accused royal servants, inveighed against Dr. Franklin in the severest language as the fomenter of disputes between the two countries. It was no protection to this venerable sage, that, being the agent of Massachusetts, he conceived it his duty to inform his constituents of letters written on public affairs cal- culated to overturn their chartered constitution. The philippic of Wedderburne turned mainly upon the mode in which Dr. Franklin had obtained these letters. “«These letters could not,’ said Mr. Wedderburne, ‘have eome into Dr. Franklin’s hands by fair means. Nothing will acquit him of having obtained them by fraudulent or corrupt means for the most malignant purposes. I hope, my Lords, you will mark and brand the man for the honor of this country, of Europe, and of mankind. Private correspondence has hith- erto been held sacred in times of the great party rage, not only 24 in politics, but religion. He has forfeited all the respect of societies and of men. Into what companies will he hereafter go with an unembarrassed face or the honest intrepidity of virtue? Men will watch him with a jealous eye; they will hide their papers from him, and lock up their escritories.’ And much more of the same strain of vulgar abuse, all of which Franklin bore ‘without the least apparent emotion.’ “These pleadings for a time worked great effects. Dr. Franklin was dismissed from his Deputy Postmastership in America, and Mr. Wedderburne placed himself on the road to high advancement which he sought, and with which he was rewarded. The insult offered to one of their public agents, and especially to one who was both the idol and ornament of his country, sunk deep into the minds of the Americans. “The next morning after the meeting of the Privy Council, Dr. Priestly breakfasted with Dr. Franklin, when he said: ‘He had never before been so sensible of the power of a good con- science; for that if he had not considered the thing for which he had been so much insulted as one of the best actions of his life, and what he should certainly do again in the same cir- cumstances, he could not have supported it.’ He was accused of clandestinely procuring certain letters, and of sending them to America, with a view to excite animosity against the goy- ernor and others, and thus'to embroil the two countries. But he assured Dr. Priestly that ‘he did not even know that such letters existed until they were brought to him as agent for the Colony, in order to be sent:to his constituents; and the cover of the letters on which the directions had been written having been lost, he only guessed at the person to whom they were addressed by their contents.’ ” Vide “Memoirs,” etc.,.by Wm. Temple Franklin, London, ISIS. : (Width, 85% inches; height, 5714 inches) Portrait of Washington No. 29 By Rembrandt Peale (Size of canvas, 54 x 72 inches) 19) o.stuam. Portrait of Washington No. 30 By Gilbert Stuart (Size of canvas, 2334 x 29 inches) (See Letter No. 30A in Catalogue) 4 1) ‘OMe (aa ry RO) PEER NEEL ie? 24 Patrick Henry Delivering His Famous Speech yu in the House of Burgesses, Virginia, A. D. “Cesar has his Brutus. Charles the First his Cromwell and George the Third’—(‘Treason,” cried the speaker; “treason, treason,” echoed from every part of the house.) Henry faultered not for an instant, but rising to a loftier altitude, concluded thus: “May profit by their example. Ii this be treason, let ts make the most of it.” (Width, 611% inches; height, 70 inches) BENJAMIN WEST Ris vos Sir. Philip Sydney: (Painted 1806.) (Width, 62 inches; height, 78 inches) kas W. PEALE Seite ae Portrait of Washington “The last portrait from life, painted by Peale, was executed in 1783, and continued in possession of the artist until his death. It was sold with the ‘Peale Gallery,’ at Philadelphia. See letter of Benson J. Losing, Esq., in appendix to first edition of Irving’s life of Washington, page 501. Appleton & Co. (Width, 19 inches; height, 2334 inches) B. WITTKAMP Antwerp, Belgium “a 1-27 King Lear, Gloster and Edgar Gloster. ‘The trick of that voice I do well remember. Is’t not the king? ilear. Ay, every inch a king; When I do stare, see how the subject quakes. Shakspeare’s Tragedy of King Lear, Act 4, Scene 6. (Width, 77% inches; height, 98% inches) XS