DOI Heft:
No. 336 (March 1921)
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REVIEWS
off Guernsey, of the ship which brought
him home. The salvaged remainder, lost
sight of until 1911, has, however, furnished
material for what may prove to be a very
valuable source of information to thousands
whose ancestors figure in the long lists re-
pr.'nted in this volume. That his portraits
were on the whole accepted as satisfactory
likenesses in outline may be concluded
from their great popularity, and it is indeed
astonishing how much " character" he
managed to express by this form of de-
lineation. Of course everything done with
the scissors is necessarily very precise. Thus
one notes, among the many reproductions
which illustrate this record, how very
" spick and span " are the garments of the
American men of affairs—no hint of any
bagginess at the knees here, and the cut is
clean enough to elicit the approval of pro-
fessors of the sartorial art, which painters'
portraits rarely do. a 0 a o
Barbizon House, 1920. This illustrated
record contains with a few pages of intro-
duction written by Mr. Croal Thomson, a
selection from the chief works of art which
passed through the gallery over which he
presides at 8 Henrietta Street, Cavendish
Square, during the past year. One of the
two-colour reproductions is a particularly
fine example of Mr. Brangwyn's water-
colour work, The Rialto, Venice, while
among the many photogravure reproduc-
tions various painters of eminence, living
and deceased, are represented, such as
Turner, Gainsborough, Raeburn, Hoppner,
Whistler, Sargent, Clausen, and D. Y.
Cameron of the Anglo-Saxon School;
Daumier, Fantin, Diaz, Daubigny, Millet,
and Corot among the French Masters ; and
Israels, James and Matthew Maris, and
Bosboom of the Modern Dutch Painters.
The Spanish School is represented by a
fine Goya {Portrait of a Bullfighter), and
there are two delightful pictures by the
Italian masters, Da Sesto and Del Garbo,
who both died in 1524. Two bronzes of
Bastien-Lepage and Rodin give additional
interest to this fine record, 000
Antiques Genuine and Spurious. By
Frederick Litchfield. (London : G.
Bell & Sons, Ltd.). Mr. Litchfield's high
reputation as an expert will ensure for this
new book from his pen a welcome among
collectors who are already indebted to
126
him for the valuable guidance he has pub-
lished in his book on " Pottery and Por-
celain," first issued over 40 years ago and
two books on furniture. Intended for the
amateur this new volume contains much
useful information concerning both these
subjects, and the chapters on furniture are
supplemented by one on Lacquer, about
which there is little published information;
In addition there are special sections deal-
ing with enamels and bronzes, and appended
to the latter is a list of Bronze Artists from
the early Renaissance to the reign of Louis
XVI. The author also communicates some
interesting personal reminiscences from his
50 years' experience as an art expert and
recollections of some notable legal cases in
which he has been concerned. Besides a
large number of half-tone illustrations
their is a colour frontispiece showing two
fine specimens of Battersea enamel.
A Book of Dovecotes. By Arthur O.
Cooke. (London: T. N. Foulis.) A descrip-
tion of many of the most interesting dove-
cotes now extant in various parts of Great
Britain forms the principal subject matter
of this little volume, and illustrations are
given of some of the more noteworthy
examples. It is claimed for the book that
it is the first to be published on the subject
in this country, and, as all that has been
written about it hitherto—and that not
a great deal—has appeared in periodicals,
Mr. Cooke's work has certainly the ad-
vantage of novelty which so few books
can boast of nowadays. The topic is one
of no small interest historically, for prior
to the eighteenth century the dovecote
formed a very important adjunct to the
country house. 0000
Messrs. George Bell & Sons' recent
publications include a new edition of
Mr. R. C. Witt's little book, How to look
at Pictures, which, first published in
1902, has several times been reprinted,
and is now re-issued with a new chapter,
" How to Show Pictures." Intended for
those who, without having any special
knowledge of pictures and painting, are
interested in them, and written in a clear
style free from technicalities, it deserves
to be still more widely read as a means
of stimulating the understanding and
appreciation of pictures by artists of
diverse schools. 0 0 0 a
off Guernsey, of the ship which brought
him home. The salvaged remainder, lost
sight of until 1911, has, however, furnished
material for what may prove to be a very
valuable source of information to thousands
whose ancestors figure in the long lists re-
pr.'nted in this volume. That his portraits
were on the whole accepted as satisfactory
likenesses in outline may be concluded
from their great popularity, and it is indeed
astonishing how much " character" he
managed to express by this form of de-
lineation. Of course everything done with
the scissors is necessarily very precise. Thus
one notes, among the many reproductions
which illustrate this record, how very
" spick and span " are the garments of the
American men of affairs—no hint of any
bagginess at the knees here, and the cut is
clean enough to elicit the approval of pro-
fessors of the sartorial art, which painters'
portraits rarely do. a 0 a o
Barbizon House, 1920. This illustrated
record contains with a few pages of intro-
duction written by Mr. Croal Thomson, a
selection from the chief works of art which
passed through the gallery over which he
presides at 8 Henrietta Street, Cavendish
Square, during the past year. One of the
two-colour reproductions is a particularly
fine example of Mr. Brangwyn's water-
colour work, The Rialto, Venice, while
among the many photogravure reproduc-
tions various painters of eminence, living
and deceased, are represented, such as
Turner, Gainsborough, Raeburn, Hoppner,
Whistler, Sargent, Clausen, and D. Y.
Cameron of the Anglo-Saxon School;
Daumier, Fantin, Diaz, Daubigny, Millet,
and Corot among the French Masters ; and
Israels, James and Matthew Maris, and
Bosboom of the Modern Dutch Painters.
The Spanish School is represented by a
fine Goya {Portrait of a Bullfighter), and
there are two delightful pictures by the
Italian masters, Da Sesto and Del Garbo,
who both died in 1524. Two bronzes of
Bastien-Lepage and Rodin give additional
interest to this fine record, 000
Antiques Genuine and Spurious. By
Frederick Litchfield. (London : G.
Bell & Sons, Ltd.). Mr. Litchfield's high
reputation as an expert will ensure for this
new book from his pen a welcome among
collectors who are already indebted to
126
him for the valuable guidance he has pub-
lished in his book on " Pottery and Por-
celain," first issued over 40 years ago and
two books on furniture. Intended for the
amateur this new volume contains much
useful information concerning both these
subjects, and the chapters on furniture are
supplemented by one on Lacquer, about
which there is little published information;
In addition there are special sections deal-
ing with enamels and bronzes, and appended
to the latter is a list of Bronze Artists from
the early Renaissance to the reign of Louis
XVI. The author also communicates some
interesting personal reminiscences from his
50 years' experience as an art expert and
recollections of some notable legal cases in
which he has been concerned. Besides a
large number of half-tone illustrations
their is a colour frontispiece showing two
fine specimens of Battersea enamel.
A Book of Dovecotes. By Arthur O.
Cooke. (London: T. N. Foulis.) A descrip-
tion of many of the most interesting dove-
cotes now extant in various parts of Great
Britain forms the principal subject matter
of this little volume, and illustrations are
given of some of the more noteworthy
examples. It is claimed for the book that
it is the first to be published on the subject
in this country, and, as all that has been
written about it hitherto—and that not
a great deal—has appeared in periodicals,
Mr. Cooke's work has certainly the ad-
vantage of novelty which so few books
can boast of nowadays. The topic is one
of no small interest historically, for prior
to the eighteenth century the dovecote
formed a very important adjunct to the
country house. 0000
Messrs. George Bell & Sons' recent
publications include a new edition of
Mr. R. C. Witt's little book, How to look
at Pictures, which, first published in
1902, has several times been reprinted,
and is now re-issued with a new chapter,
" How to Show Pictures." Intended for
those who, without having any special
knowledge of pictures and painting, are
interested in them, and written in a clear
style free from technicalities, it deserves
to be still more widely read as a means
of stimulating the understanding and
appreciation of pictures by artists of
diverse schools. 0 0 0 a