OF THE FO RMED BY H F D N E JOH N . MC AD E , S OF PHILADELPHIA , BY W B . RO ERTS PRIVATELY PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS I 9 1 7 PREFAC E ‘ H IT an admirable steadfastness of purpose , and in spite of the many natural temptations to branch o ut F adden r H . M c M . in other directions , J ohn has adhered to his scheme of forming a collection of pictures this a exclusively by British artists . In doing he has observed o f restraint very unusual among collectors , and the sum total a mi eneric a his efforts is collection g ; and not only this , but n V collection of extraordinary beauty and i terest . ariety is the e r mainspring of collecting, and the greater the variety the ke ne does the instinct of the collector become . It very frequently a nd happens that man begins to collect, a for some time co nfi nes m hi self to , one phase of art ; but just as one book to opens up many others, so the step from one branch of art F another is a matter of easy gradation . rom engravings the collector naturally passes to drawings , thence to pictures in oils , and from one school of artists to another . The question of variety in art collecting is largely a personal matter ; but those ’ Who c a have seen this collection When it was in M r. M F dde n s own home , or When it was on view in the public galleries in N ew Y Philadelphia , Chicago , or ork , Will agree that , though r M c M . F adde n has co nfi ned himself to the E arly British S chool , his collection is remarkable in its variety and in its interest . M r. M cF adden t a ur began to collec a quarter of cent y ago . V A s is the case with many other men who have developed t fi ne u in o collectors , his object in purchasing a pict re now and then was rather to adorn a vacant space on the walls of his dining or sitting room than to form the nucleus of what would ’ ’ ’ ‘ ‘ Z a eflz vzem m ‘ some day become a collection . But fip mangmm ; E so , u , , in the course of time during his freq ent visits to ngland one painting after another was added , and a few pictures de veIOped into an imposing collection entirely different from any other in A merica . ’ M c F a n It is interesting to note that M r. dde s first pur G ’ L R chase was ainsborough s splendid portrait of ady odney , which will always remain one of the gems of the collection , and m which , it may be mentioned by the way , is now com ercially he worth at least five times as much as t owner paid for it. The same may be said , indeed , of the other pictures which were acquired before the great rise in prices of the last few years . Whilst no wise man buys pictures with the same motives as he — buys stocks and shares solely in the - hope of pro fitable divi — ' ’ dends yet it is always a satisfaction to know that one s hobby u n is not an pro fitable one even in the mere matter of money . But the intellectual enjoyment afforded by a fi ne collection of pictures such as this has no money equivalent . The dominating notes , if one may use the phrase , of ’ r M c F ad e M . d n s fine collection , are the series of portraits of R women and men by omney and Raeburn . Probably there is n S not a ywhere in the United tates another gallery in which , either artist is represented by so many characteristic works . Most of these portraits are not only of people who were famous in their own day, but some of them have become part and o f parcel of British history, perhaps not a little with the aid the O artists to whom they sat for their portraits . thers , such as the v i ’ M B S ir o Re no lds s aster unbury of J shua y splendid portrait , died before his time , and he is known to posterity almost ’ x S ir n e clusively as the subject of J oshua s famous picture . O S ir W the other hand , it might almost be said that J ohn atson G ordon , in spite of his high qualities as an artist , owes much of his celebrity with posterity on account of his portrait of the W z N S ir W S . i ard of the orth , alter cott — Hogarth han ds down to us after an interval of nearly two — centuries groups of two distinguished families , both long since x e tinct in the male line , but both of which contributed much to the making of E nglish history When E ngland was not much B H more than an island kingdom . y a happy coincidence ogarth F has , in the ountaine and the Castlemaine groups , bequeathed us exquisite miniature - like representations of the most eminent A n fi r members of both families . unfortunate e completely ’ L M N eltho r destroyed awrence s portrait of iss p , but the beau tiful Miss West is still present with us in all the loveliness of ’ — youth . Lawrence s most successful pupil Harlow who would — have become a serious rival but for his early death is repre L sented by two masterly groups of the eader family, and by r a charming one of M s . Weddell and her pretty children in ’ -so meness a all the frolic and éc mam of the nursery . ’ Turner s magnificent View of the Burning of the Houses of Parliament may justly rank at the head of the pictures other B than portraits . y a happy accident the picture which follows it comprises something of the same scene ninety years before v by a man whom Turner may ha e met in his early boyhood , Richard Wilson . This is one of the earliest existing pictures L W of ondon by ilson , and as a document in the history of B E the capital of the ritish mpire it is of the highest interest , apart from its importance as a very early work of one of the V11 6 rs E fi t and one of the greatest of nglish landscape painters . “ fi ne L Constable , with his ock and other pictures , Crome an d S t N o rwich D C o x L ark of the school , avid , J ohn innell , G M o rlancl E eorge with his three pictures of nglish rural life , G S fi ure eorge tubbs , and that interesting g in the history of A - r F , B nglo rench art onington , all cont ibute to the complete ness of this collection . ’ A M r. M c F adden s word ofthanks , in conclusion , is due to A M r. L n friend , ockett g ew, who has given the writer every assistance in the compilation of the following pages . W R . LON DON . m r S ep te ée I 9 I 7 . !7iii C ONTENTS RIC HARD PARKES BONINGT ON Coast Scene in Normandy HN C T A R . A . The Lock JO ONS BLE , HN CONS T AB LE R . A . Hampstead Heath JO , HN C T A The Dell , Helmingham Park JO ONS BLE , H a fi eld 1 8 D AVI D Co x Going to the y , 49 ’ ’ N ROME JOH C Blacksmith s Shop , Hingham JOHN CROME Woody Landscape R HOMA A O O GH Henrietta, Lady Rodney T S G INSB U , M R R A . HO A A O O GH . C T S G INSB U , lassical Landscape GE ORGE HENRY HARLOW The Misses Leader GEORGE HENRY HARLOW The LeaderI Children R G H GEO E HENRY A RLOW Mrs . Weddell and Children WI LLIAM H OGART H Assembly at Wanstead WILLIAM HOGART H The Fountaine Family F F R A . H n HN O R . o er JO H NE , Mrs pp IR H MA A P R A . S O WR C . T S L EN E, Miss West O LINNE L S E 1 8 HN L N . J , The Storm , 53 GEORGE MORLAND Old Coaching Days GEORGE MORLAND The Fruits of Early Industry GEORGE MORLAND The Happy Cottagers S I R A R R R . A . v HEN Y R EBU N , Lady Belha en S I R R RAE B U RN B issland HEN Y , Master S I R R A R C HEN Y R EBU N , Master John ampbell S IR A R R Co l. C C i HEN Y R EBU N, harles hr stie S IR R A R R . A . E liban k HEN Y R EBU N, Lady S IR HENRY A R . A . M r R R . EBU N , Lawrie of Woodlea ix PAGE m HE NRY R A B R. A . S E URN , Alexander Shaw R A . I R H R R B . S E N Y AE URN , Portrait ofa Gentleman m R. A . S OS HUA RE Y NOLD S P. Master Bunbury J , R . A . S I R OS H UA RE Y NOLDS P. Edmund Burke J , C G E ORG E R O MNEY Mrs .