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NOS. SUBJECTS.ARTISTS. OWNERS. 1 Portrait of Daniel Webster, Ilardin Athenamm. 2 Portrait of Hannah Adams, Harding. Athenamm. 3 Portrait of Washington, After Stuart. Athenaeum. 4 Landscape, G. L. Brown. Levi A. Dowley. 5 The Laughing Boy, After Murillo. James Robb. G Portrait, S. Green leaf. 7 The Young Artist, * Burnham. Athenaeum. 8 Original Portrait of Washington, Stuart. Athenaeum. 9 Original Portrait of Lady Washington, Stuart. Athenaeum. 10 Sortie of Gibraltar, Trumbull. Athenamm. The Spaniards having employed thirteen months in approaching the old lines to within 1200 yards of the walls of Gibraltar, hud there established batteries, which ex­ tended more than a mile, and contained a numerous train of cannon. As the nature of the ground prevented the usual approach by trenches, the besiegers raised their works to a great height, to cover their men from the tire of the garrison, and employed im­ mense quantities of timber, fascines, &c., to support vast mounds of sand. It was at the moment when all this was nearly completed, that Gen. Elliot determined upon his attack.—On the night of the 27th of November, a detachment of 2264 men, under the command of Major General Iloss, was ordered for the service; and the plan was so well arranged and executed, that the Spanish guards soon gave way, and left the detachment in possession of their works, which were dismantled and set on lire. Gen. Elliot’s anx­ iety on the occasion was so great, that he went merely as a volunteer; and, while the troops were spreading the flames, his humanity led him to the care of the wounded of his own troops, and those of the enemy. Among the latter he found a young man just expiring, known by his uniform to be a Captain in the Spanish artillery. The General ordered him to be removed, with all the tenderness of a brave and generous mind to an unfortunate enemy; but the Spaniard expressively refused, feebly articulating, “ No, Sir! leave me—let me’perish amid the ruins of my post.” It was afterwards found that he had commanded, that night, the battery of St. Carlos, where the principal defence had been made by the Spaniards. When his men, overpowered, threw down their arms, he reproached them with their baseness; and exclaiming—“ At least one Spaniard shall die honorably,”—rushed down the works, sword in hand and fell where lie was found by General Elliot. His name was Don Joseph Barboza. In his account of the picture, Col. Trumbull remarks, that the Head of the dying Spaniard was sketched in 1789 from Sir Thomas Lawrence, who did inc the favor to act as a model, and I have lately been told that lie has never sat for his portrait except on this occasion: it may therefore be considered an unique resemblance of this very cele­ brated Artist.” II Portrait of Annibale Caracci, By Himself. Atheiueum. 4

NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. OWNERS. 54 Madonna, Spanish School. Mrs. I. P. Davis. 55 Dido and Anna, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 56 Sketch, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 57 St. Cecilia, Mrs. F. Griffin. 58 Holy Family, Bonifazio. L. Terry. 50 Female Ilead, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 60 Una, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 61 Christ healing the Blind, Guercino. Athenaeum. 62 Isaac of York, Allston. Athenceum. 63 St. Michael chaining Satan. After» Guido. Chatelaine. Athenaeum. 64 Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the Well, Athenaeum. 65 Portrait of Benjamin West, Allston. Athenaeum. 67 Storm and Shipwreck, Hue. Athenaeum. 71 Portrait of Catherine de* Medici, Bronzino. Mrs. 11. Greenough. 72 Portrait of Sir Charles L. Eastlake, Huntington. N. Y. Gallery. 73 Venus, Cignani. E. A. Crowninshield. 75 Landscape, De Heusch. J. T. W. Sargent. 7 6 Descent from the Cross Vanderwerf. For sale. 78 An Interior, Millet. Martin Brimmer. 81 Macbeth and the Witches, Ary Sheffer. C. C. Perkins. 85 The Village Betrothal. After Greuze. Barrett. T. G. Appleton. 86 Landscape with Figures, Teniers. J. T. W. Sargent. 88 Landscape, Claude. L. Terry. 90 The Fortune Teller, W. Hunt. F. B. Brooks. 92 Landscape. After Claude, J. T. W. Sargent. 94 View ou the Ex, W. Williams. Dr. G. Hayward. 95 The Assault on the Teocali, P. F. Rothermel. Mrs. A. Binney. 96 The Violin Player, Teniers. Athenaeum. 97 The Distressed Mother, Babcock. 100 Madonna Baroccio. Dr. G. Hayward. 101 The Adoration of the Magi, J. T. W. Sargent. 102 Landscape, Pynaker. Geo. W. Lyman. 103 The Descent of the Holy Ghost, Lucas Van Leyden.Mrs. I. P. Davis. 104 Landscape, Allston. S. Hooper. 105 A Sea Port, Cuyp. Geo. W. Lyman. 106 Tuning the Guitar. After Metzu, J. G. Chapman. Athenceum. 109 Marine View, W. Allston. C. II. Parker. 110 Conway Valley, Boutelle. For sale. 5

NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. OWNERS. 112 Count of Wertemberg, lamenting over the dead body of his son, Scheffer. Athenaeum. “ The youthful Count wields his heroic blade with lion heart. Wild terror flies before him; behind him loud laments and shrieks are heard. Death falls on every side. But woe ! ah. woe! upon his neck descends the heavy sabre’s blow. On the instant they spring from the ranks around to save him—but all in vain. Ilis eye glares, and sense is fled in death. Overwhelmed, they pause in the career of victory; grief checks both friend and foe. When loud is heard the father’s shout—My son is but a man like you—. On, Children, to the foe ! “ Now return we to the camp with joyful sound of horns,—our wives and children sing the song of victory,—and with the clank of beakers and the dance’s merry whirl they celebrate our feats. But the old Count! what does he now ? The prostrate body of his son before him, he sits alone in his tent, and, while his eyes are filed with tears, he thinks upon hi son.”—See Schiller’s Ballad of Count Eberhard, the Weeper of Wertemberg. 113 Portrait of Rembrandt, After Rembrandt* Athenaeum. 114 The Cottage Grandfather, Russell. Athenaeum. 115 Ecce Homo, Guido. Athenaeum. 11G The Circumcision Athenaeum. 117 St. John. After Leonardo dla Vinci, Miss Lippett. Athenaeum. 118 Portrait of Harrison Gray Otis, Stuart. Geo. W. Lyman. 119 Cattle Piece. After Cuyp. Athenaeum. 120 Landscape with Cattle, Karl du Jardin. Athenaeum. 121 Interior of a Chapel, F raser. Athenaeum. 122 Judith with the head of Iloloferncs, After Guido, Athenaeum. 123 Sea Port, with Figures, Athenaeum. 124 Landscape. The Travellers. Figures by Berghem, After Ruysdacl. Athenieum. 125 Portrait of Franklin, Greuze. Athenaeum. 126 Patrick Lyon, Neagle. Athenaeum. 127 The Marriage at Cana in Galilee. After Paul Veronese, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 128 Ecce Homo, Marinari. Athenaeum. 129 Cupid. After Rubens, Allston. Mrs. Allston. 130 Landscape, Iluysdael. Athenaeum. 131 Magdalen, After Guido. Athenaeum. 132 Landscape, Poussin. Athenaeum. 133 Holy Family, Page. Athenaeum. 134 Capture of a French Ship by Lieut. Hull, Salmon. Athenaeum. 135 Holy Family, After Murillo. Athenaeum. 136 St. Sebastian, After Guido. Athenaeunn 137 Fete Champetre, Watteau. Athenaeum. 6

NOS. ^ SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. OWNERS. 138 Moonlight, G. L. Brown. Levi A. Dowley. 139 Portrait of Guido, by himself. Athenaeum. 140 Landscape, Boquet. Athenaeum. 141 The Angel warning St. Joseph to flee into Egypt, Caracci. Athenaeum. 142 Madonna, Carlo Dolce. Athenaeum. 143 Garden of Love, Rubens. Athenaeum. 144 Judith with the head of Ilolofernes, After C. Allori. Athenaeum. 145 The Independent Beggar, Waldo. Athenaeum. 146 Charity, Correggio. Athenaeum. 147 The Indian Captives, Weir. Athenaeum. 148 The Magdalene, Andrea del Sarto.L. Terry. 149 Portrait of Vandyck, After Vandyck. Athenaeum. 150 Napoleon the First, in his Imperial robes. [At the head of the stair-case.] Lefevre. Jarvis. 151 St. Jerome, copy from Correggio, by Toschi. C. C. Perkins. 152 Landscape. Lake Albano, G. L. Brown. Levi A. Dowley. 153 The Village Festival, A. Van Ostade. J. C. Rogers. 154 Colossal Head, F. Borroccio. J. C. Rogers. 155 Portrait of Mrs. Peres Morton, Stuart. For Sale. 156 Landscape, Swaunevelt. J. C. Gray. 157 Landscape, Paul Weber. Mr. Darrah. 159 Figure called St. Jerome, supposed by Corregio. J. E. Locke. 160 Interior of Stable, Herring. W. E. Coftin. 161 Portrait of C. Bulfinch, Brown. T. Bulfinch. 162 Portrait of a Gentleman, W. Allston. 163 The Student, W. Allston. Athenaeum. 164 The Campagna, Benonville. C. C. Perkins. 165 Danae, Titian. J. Neal. 166 The Campagna in early morning, a study, Claude. J. Neal. 167 Dutch Interior, J. Neal. 168 Portrait of Counsellor Dunn, Stuart. M. Brimmer. i

NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. OWNERS. The Paintings contained in the nortii-east room are hi Artists of Boston and New York. 169 The Second Shot, A. F. Tait. 170 Sketch of Rev. John Pierpont, W. M. Brackett. 171 Children at the Spring, William Ilart. 172 Miniature of a Gentleman, Miss S. A. Peters. 173 Sketch in Oil, Alex’r Ransom. 174 Italian Peasant Girl, Moses Wight. For Sale. 175 Sound Asleep or Wide Awake. D. C. Johnston. 176 View in Campton, N. II. F. D. Williams. 177 Mt. Washington from the Saco, S. R. Gifford. 178 Head of a Scotch Terrier, W. J. Ilayes. 179 Mrs. Julia D. Hayne, J. Pope. 180 Landscape, F. Rondel. 181 Dr. Charles T. Jackson, Moses Wight. 182 American Lake Scenery, late afternoon, R. W. Ilubbard. 183 Portraits, A. Hartwell. 184 Winter, V. Collyer. 185 Portrait, A. •Hartwell. 186 October, S. L. Gerry. 187 A Sybil, Alex’r Ransom. 188 Portrait, J. Ames. 189 Landscape, Mrs. Darrali. 190 Composition, F. D. Williams. 191 November, S. L. Gerry. 192 Portrait, Moses Wight. 193 Lizzy, A. Ordway. 194 The Fair Captive, L. Lang. 195 The Village of Sills—Valley of Dom- leschy, Switzerland, W. A. Gay. 196 View in the South of France, B. S. Rotch. 197 View in the South of France, B. S. Rotch. 198 Composition, A. B. Durand. 199 Hermit Lake and Tuckerman’s Ravine, White Mountains, S. Coleman, Jr. 200 Landscape, B. Champney. 201 Head of a Jew, J. H. Caffcrty. 202 Portrait, A. G. Iloit. 203 Professor Peirce, J. Ames. 204 Portrait, T. Hicks. NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. 205 The Via Mala, Switzerland, W. A. Gay. 20G December, S. L. Gerry. 207 Ilead of a Jewess—a study, D. Huntington. 208 Portrait, E. D. E. Greene. 209 Portrait, W. M. Brackett. 210 Scene on the Connecticut, Mrs. Darrah. 211 View in the Isle of Wight, B. S. Botch. 212 Coast Scene on the Pacific, F. S. Frost. 213 Jack and Billy, T. H. Hinckley. 214 Mary Magdalen at the Sepulchre, D. Huntington. “ He is not here: for he is risen, as lie said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.”—Matthew, xxviii. 6. 215 The Night March, J. W. Glass. For sale. 216 The Music Lesson, J. W. Glass. For sale. 217 From Life, Jane Stuart. 218 Mt. Desert Light House, F. II. Lane. 219 The Andes of Ecuador, F. E. Church. 221 “ Some Pumpkins,” W. T. Carlton. For sale. “ Oh! fruit loved of boyhood ! the old days recalling When wood grapes were purpling, and brown nuts were falling; When wild ugly faces we carved in its skin, Glaring out through the dark with a candle within,— ******** with our hearts all in tune, Our chair a broad pumpkin * * ” Whittier. 222 Sebastopol attacked by the Allies, T. II. Hinckley. 223 View on the Susquehanna, T. A. Richards. 224 Peace, J. F. Cropscy. T iie S pirit of P eace. (Second Picture.) The incidents of War arc supposed to have passed, and now strew the landscape with its ruins. The Tomb to War tinds its place here, identifying the pictures. Palm and Olive trees spring up; and in their midst, overlooking all, stands the Temple of Peace ; from its altar ascends incense, the symbol of man’s peace with man and his God. Commerce Learning, Domestic and Pastoral Happiness, find suitable expressions in the various figures, cultivated fields, and growing city. 225 A Sibyl, Jane Stuart. 226 Portrait, C. L. Nixon. 227 Portrait, A. D. Shattuck. 228 Study of an Old Head, D. Huntington. 229 The Cabin in the Wilderness, S. R. Gifford. 230 Evening Twilight, F. D. Williams. 231 An October Day in the White Mountains, J. F. Kensett. / 9

NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTISTS. 232 Italian Boy, G. H. Ilall. 233 Portrait, E. A. Brackett. 234 Mephistoplieles, G. II. Hall. 235 Quails, A. F. Tait. 237 War, J. F. Cropsey. T he Spirit of W ar. (First Picture.) The expressive and picturesque incidents of the Feudal Times furnish the material for this scene. A lurid morning dawns upon a Baronial Castle and sterile landscape. Beacon fires blaze from the summit of the mountains, announcing the approach of an enemy, and startling from their revelry the Baron’s vassals. War brings in its train unhappiness and carnage, which find an expression in the burning hamlet—the unhappy mother—frightened ilock—and steel-girt men, bent on their deeds of blood. 238 Portrait, II. Willard. 239 Portrait, Jane Stuart. 241 Composition, S. W. Griggs. 242 Portrait, C. A. Barry. 244 Portrait, Miss E. A. Starr. 245 Hon. J. V. C. Smith, Miss Emory. 246 After Stuart, Miss E. M. Judkins. 247 Portrait, Mrs. Hildreth. 248 Portrait, Henry Willard. 249 Coast Scene, with Swamscott and Naliant in the distance, Charles Hubbard. 250 Miniature Portrait of an English Ollicer, J. W. Gear. 251 Miniature Portrait,. J. W. Gear. 252 Miniature Bracelet Portrait, J. W. Gear. 253 Miniature Portrait, Miss S. A. Peters. 254 Miniature Portrait, Miss S. A. Peters. 255 Portraits of Artists—Sketches, M. Wight. 256 Composition, F. S. Frost. 257 Fort Dumpliz, entrance to Newport Harbor, George Mason. 259 Study from nature, W. J. Stillman. 260 Sketch, A. D. Shattuck. 261 Sketch, A. D. Shattuck. 262 View in Madeira, T. Morviller. 263 Portrait, W. II. Hardy. 264 Consecration of Playing Cards, A. Durer. E. A.C 10

NOS. SUBJECTS. ARTI8TS. OWNERS. 2G5 View of Bernese, Oberland and Al­ pine Scenery, Geo. A. Fripp. F. W. Thayer. 266 Cleve Mills, near Streatley on the Thames, Geo. A. Fripp. F. W. Thayer. 267 Dorset Coast, at Ballard Down, taken from Chalk Cliffs, Geo. A. Fripp. F. W. Thayer. 268 Marine View, W. Allston. S. D. Parker. 269 Lake Nemi, Miss S. E. Clarke. 270 Portrait, A. G. Hoyt. . 271 Portrait, M. "Wilson. 272 Rubens and Son, Supposed Vandyck. J. T.W. Sargent. 273 Landscape, Bartol. J. Phillips. 274 Beggar’s Petition, Edmands. S. Hooper. 275 Portrait, Rothemel. 276 Portrait of a Grandee. 277 Landscape, A. Fisher. Atkenamm. 278 Portrait, Badger. ® w a w f? a i ? 5 iS Jm & U ills o s A o

NOS. SUBJECTS. OWNERS. Marble Copy of the Head of the . Athenaeum. Marble Bus! of Raphael, \ Prescntc'1 by the Hon. T. H. Perkins. Athenaeum. Marble Statue of Pysche. Athenaeum. Marble Bust of Alexander Hamilton, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. II. Grcenough. Cast of the Statue of Diana, hunting. Athenaeum. Marble Bust of Napoleon the First, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. H. Greenough. Marble Statue of a Venus of the Bath. Athenaeum. Colossal Bust of Franklin, by Horatio Grcenough. 10 Marble Head of Christ, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. II. Grcenough. 11 Cast of the Laocodn. Athenaeum. 12 Marble Head of Satan, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. H. Grcenough. 13 Genius of Fishing. Copy from Tenerani. E. N. Perkins. 14 Genius of Hunting. Copy from Tenerani. E. N. Perkins. 15 Marble Statue of Cupid chained by Wisdom, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. II. Grcenough. 1G Cast of the Statue of the Apollo Belvedere. Athenaeum. 17 Marble Bust of James Fennimoro Cooper, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. H. Greenough. 18 Marble Copy of the Crouching Venus. Athenaeum. 19 Marble Bust of Lafayette, by Horatio Greenough. Mrs. H. Greenough. 20 Cast of the Gladiator Borghcse. Athenaeum. 21 Marble Bas relief of Castor and Pollux, by Horatio Grcenough. Mrs. II. Greenough. 22 Cast of the recently discovered Statue of Sophocles. George C. Ward. 23 Cast of the Statue of the Venus of the Capitol. Athenaeum. 24 Cast of the Statue of the Quoit Player. Athenaeum. 25 Bronze Copy of Iloudon’s Bust of Washington. Miss Dix. 26 Marble Copy of the Statue of Cleopatra. W. II. Hodgkinson. 27 Cast of the Statue of the Venus de’ Medici. Athenaeum. 28 Marble Bust of Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin, by Behmcs. Athenaeum. 29 Cast of the Statue of Hermaphrodite. Athenaeum. 30 The celebrated Statues, called “ Night and Day,” by Michael Angelo. Athenaeum. The originals of these casts (which form a part of the monument erected in honor of Julian do* Medici, in the Church of San Lorenzo, at Florence,) are universally consid­ ered among the most sublime and poetical conceptions of Michael Angelo. lor minute criticisms of this triumph of modern art, we would refer the reader to the description by Vasari and the opinions of other distinguished writers on the arts. I he casts were presented to the late Col. T. II. Perkins, by our townsman, Horatio Greenough, when residing in Florence, and have recently been presented to the Athenaeum by the execu­ tors of the former. The following extract from a letter from Mr. Greenough to Col. Perkins, will serve to show that they may be considered as rare acquisitions to the lovers of the Fine Arts in this country :— 12

NOS. SUBJECTS. OWNERS. “ I became possessed, a few months since, of casts from the celebrated statues by Michael Angelo, representing Night and Day. “ They arc proof casts, made to try the moulds ordered here by the King of the French, and were, by the terms of the contract, a perquisite to the moulder. They arc, for all purposes of study and criticism, identical with their originals, and are in the best state, and quite new.” [Extract from “ Historical Sketches of the Old Painters.”] “ Michael Angelo deeply deplored the unhappy state of Florence. The lines written by him under the figure of Night are expressive of the state of his feelings. Though the softer elements of his character had not been fostered by maternal kindness, there was not wanting a deep spring of sensibility, which circumstances sometimes caused to overflow. Under the celebrated statue of Night, which had been intended for the tomb of Julian de’ Medici, Baptist Strozzi wrote the following lines: “ ‘ Night, whom thou secst so calmly sleeping, Was by an Angel formed, Though by this marble held in keeping, By life the figure’s warmed. Yet, should thy mind of doubt partake, Thou nccd’st but speak, and she’ll awake.’ “ ORIGINAL. “ ‘ La Notte, che tu vedi in si dolci atti Dormire, fu da un Angelo scolpita In questo sasso ; c perche dormc ha vita ; Destala, se nol crcdi, c parleratti. “ Michael Angelo shortly after observed the writing, and with an emotion which fully evinced his sensibility, wrote this reply, in the person of Night:— “ ‘ Grateful to me is this repose ; More grateful still to be of stone. While o’er my country evil flows, To see nor feel is peace alone. Then let me sleep o’er ills forgot; Speak low! 1 pray thee, wake me not. “ ORIGINAL. “ ‘ Grato mi b il sonno, piii 1’ csser di sasso; Mentre che il danno c la vergogna dura, Non veder, non scntir, in* b gran vcntura; Pero non mi destar, deli parla basso.’ ” 31 Cast of the Head of Jupiter. Athcnrcum. 32 Marble Bust of the lion. George N. Briggs, by H. Dexter. Athcntcum. 33 Marble Copy of the Statue of Cleopatra. Athcnaium. 34 Cast of an antique fragment of a Statue of Hercules, calledthe Torso. Athcnaium. 35 Marble Statue of the Backwoodsman, by Henry Dexter. Athenajum. 36 Cast of a colossal Head of Juno. George C. Ward. 37 Marble Bust of Loammi Baldwin, Esq., by Powers. Athenaeum. 39 Group of Uncle Toby and the Widow Wadnmn, by Ball Hughes. Mr. Dorr, N. Y. -— 1 am half distracted, Captain Shandy,’ said Mrs. Wadman, holding up her cambric handkerchief to her left eye, as she approached the door of my Uncle Toby’s sentry-box—‘a mote—or sand—or something—I know not what, got into this eye of mine—do look into it—is it not in the white ? ’------“ In saying which, Mrs. Wadman edged herself close in beside my uncle Toby, and squeezing herself down upon the corner of his bench, she gave him an opportunity of dom" it without rising up ‘Do look into it ’ said she. “ Honest soul! thou didst look into it with as much innoccncy of heart, as ever child looked into a rarec show box; and twere as much sin to have hurt thee. 13 /

NOS. SUBJECTS. OWNERS. If a man will be peeping of his own accord into things of that nature------I’ve nothing to say to it. “My uncle Toby never did; and I will answer him that he would have sat quietly upon a sofa from June to January, (which you know takes in botli the hot and cold months) with an eye as fine as the Thracian Rhodope's beside him, without being able to tell whether it was a black or blue one. “ The difficulty was to get my uncle Toby to look at one at all. “ ’ l'is surmounted. And “ I see him yonder with his pipe pendulous in his hand, and the ashes falling out of it —looking and looking—then rubbing his eyes—and looking again—with twice the good nature that ever Galileo looked for a spot in the sun. “ In vain ! for by all the powers which animate the organ—widow Wadman’s left eye shines this moment as lucid as her right, there is neither mote, or sand, or chaff, or speck, or particle of opaque matter floating in it—there is nothing, my dear paternal uncle ! but one lambent, delicious fire, furtively shooting from every part of it in all directions, into thine------“If thou lookest, uncle Toby, in search of this mote one moment longer—thou art undone. [Tristram Shandy, chap. 24.) 40 Marble Bust of Webster, by Powers. Athcmcum. 41 Cast of the Statue of the Venus of the Capitol. Athenaeum. 42 Marble Bust of Professor Farrar, by Powers. Mrs. Farrar. 43 Original Model of an Equestrian Statue of Washington, by Ball Hughes.c • Athenaeum. 44 Marble Bust of John Davis, by II. Dexter. Athenaium. 45 Origiual Cast of the Bust of Paul Jones, by Iloudon. Athenaeum. 46 Cast of the Statue of Antiuoiis. Athenaeum. 47 Cast of the Apollino. Athenaeum. 48 Marble Statue of the Venus of the Bath. J. J. Mahony. 49 Cast of the Statue of the Discobolus. Athenaeum. 50 Group of the Graces, after Canova. Mrs. Mountford. 51 Small Marble Copy of the Statue of Diana, hunting. Athenaeum. 52 Cast of a Bust of Dr. John C. Warren, by Horatio Grccnough. Athenaeum. 63 Cast of a Bust of President Sparks, by Persico. Athenaeum. 54 Cast of the antique Statue of the Boy extracting a Thorn from his foot. Athenaeum. 55 Marble Statue. Cupid mending a Net. J. J. Mahony. 66 Statuette of an Indian hunting the Buffalo, by P. Stephenson. 58 Marble Bust of the late William Prescott, by Frazec. Athenaeum. 59 Cast of a Statue of Cupid, by Trcntanovc. Athenaeum. 60 Cast of the Bust of Franklin, by Iloudon. Athenaeum. 61 Ganymede and the Eagle. A Copy. E. N. Perkins. 62 Little Nell. See Dickens's “ Curiosity Shop.” By Ball Hughes. Athenaeum. 63 Marble Copy of Canova’s Dancing Girl. Athenaeum. 64 Marble Bust of Franklin. Athenaeum. 65 Marble Statue of Ceres. (From the Bonaparte collection.) Athenaeum. 66 Original Model of the Statue of the Dying Indian, by P. Stephenson. \ Original Casts of Iloudon’s Busts of Washington and Lafayette. Athenaeum. 69 Marble Bust of Sappho. . Athenaeum. 70 Marble Bust of , by Iloratio Grccnough. Athenaeum. 71 Marble Copy of the Statue of the Venus dc’ Medici W. II. Hodgkinson. 72 Marble Bust, from the Venus de* Medici. Mrs. Mountford. I 14

NOS. SUBJECTS. OWNERS. 73 Marble Bust of Chief Justice Marshall, by Frazee. Athenaeum. 74 Cast of the Statue of the Venus of the Bath. Athenaeum. 75 Cast of the Bust of the Hon. Josiah Quincy, by Crawford. Athenaeum. 76 Marble Bust of Daniel Webster, by Frazee. Athenaeum. 77 Marble Copy of Cupid and Pysche. Athenaeum. 78 Anacreon. (A Bas relief.) By Crawford. 79 Marble Medallion of a Horse, from Herculaneum. Athenaeum. 80 Marble Bust of Washington Allston, by Clevenger. Athcnajum. 81 Cast of a Bust of the Hon. Charles Allen, by B. II. Kinney. 82 Marble Statue of the Venus Victrix, by Horatio Greenough. Athenaeum. 83 Marble Bust of A. Slidell Mac Kcnzic, by Henry Dexter. Athenaeum. 84 Marble Bust of Washington, by Trentanove. Athenaeum. 85 OIIPIIEUS, in Marble, by T. G. Crawford. Athenaeum. Orpheus having charmed Cerberus to sleep, presses on, with straining sight, through the dark cavern leading to the realm of Pluto. 86 THE SHIPWRECKED MOTHER AND CHILD, by E. A. Brackett. L e t t e r f r o m H o r a t io G r e e n o u g h . B o s to n , 23d February, 1852. M y D e a r S ir : I have several times sat for an hour in the same room where Mr. Brackett’s group, the “ Wrecked Mother and Child,” is exhibited, and always with a new sense of the power which has made that block of stone the vehicle of so many sad and tender thoughts, expressed in the language of beauty. I have admired the art by which he has so placed the head, that a glance tells us her sufferings are passed, and so swept every limb and tress, that we see the surge has lodged her there, and there left her. To have told all this at the first glance, even to the indifferent eye, is a triumph. The action of her left arm, or rather its record of her last act, is most’happy—the babe has been hugged to her heart, and borne out of harm’s way to the last moment of conscious­ ness, and there is visible in the posture of her limbs the decency and dignity of woman­ hood. I was a little puzzled at the eagerness of many spectators to get so near this work that it was impossible for them to sec it, and 1 venture to suggest to those who wish to enjoy it, that they sit quietly on the several sides of the room, and even there survey it with half closed eyes. The work is of marble: it is in vain that you will seek aught else by crowding upon it. By remaining at a proper distance, you will find that it is no longer marble, but poetry. To hope to enjoy a higher illusion by scrutiny, is like going to Milton to enjoy the blue of the Blue Hills. I was somewhat pained by the reflection that this w'ork—wrought with all the fervor and self sacrifice of an earnest mind—was almost overlooked in the hurry of busy life, amid the crowd of competitors for the spare time of the public; but I took’comfort*from the remembrance that wrorks of this class must be before the world for a season before they are fully seen and valued. I felt sure that others, too, must feel towards the author of it as I felt, that something might be effected to secure it a permanent place in one of our public buildings. As the w'ork of one who has studied here at home, I must think this group worthy of an enduring position somewhere. I cannot but feel also that the artist has a claim on his fellow citizens for the means to go on in the path he has chosen, and for which he seems so well fitted. It’ any one will read the gratulatory and exulting notices with which the press and the leading men of the country have, fr6m time to time, cheered the efforts of American artists, lie must feel that such stimuli arc as the sound of a trumpet to a youth conscious of artistic power; and I think that when, at the public call, he starts thus Jull grown to the race, he should have fair play. 15

NOS. SUBJECTS. OWNERS. I can only say that, if a subscription is organized to purchase this work for some pub* lie institution. I shall be happy to contribute my mite for the object. I am, dear sir, your obedient servant, HORATIO GREENOUGH. R i c h a r d H. D a n a , E sq . 87 Cast of the Head of Jupiter, by Phidias. Athenaeum. 88 Ancient Marble Torso of a Female Figure. F. Alexander. 89 Original Model of the Statue of Nathaniel Bowditch,byBall Hughes. W. T. Harris. 90 Cast of the Statue of Washington, by Iioudon, in the Capitol of Virginia. Athenaium. 91 Cast of the Apollino. Capt. Page, U. S. N. 92 Cast of the Statue of the First Whisper of Love. By William| C. Marshall, 11. A. Lately presented to the Athcnamm by the Art-Union of London 95 Cast of a Bust of General Sumner. Athemeum. 96 Hebe and Ganymede, by T. G. Crawford. C. C. Perkins. 97 Napoleon Bonaparte,—from the cast taken after death, by Antommarchi. 98 Statue of Beethoven, T. G. Crawford. C. C. Perkins. 99 Guardian Angel. J- H. Eastburn. 100 R. C. Winthrop, by H. Dexter.

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