ducks, and the sea-gulls flying above; and
the "Buckwheat Threshers," with two smaller canvases. Mr. F. L. Ames,
lends two Millets, a beautiful Rousseau, "The Valley of Tiffauge,"
Decamps's splendid picture of an African about to sling a stone at a
vulture sitting on some ruins, and the superbly painted dogs of
Troyon's "Gardechasse." Dr. H. C. Angell's fine Jules Dupre,
"Symphony," is also here.

The Millets number about a third of the paintings and among them is an
interesting variation of the "Sower," narrower in shape than the
others and with a steeper hillside. It would have been a delight to
have seen Mr. Shaw's "Sower" temporarily lifted from its place in the
modest house which conceals so many treasures, and brought here,
especially as it was not possible to borrow the replica belonging to
the estate of the late W. H. Vanderbilt, but such good fortune was not
in store for us. A beautiful little nude by Millet, "After the Bath,"
has been sent by Mr. A. C. Clark. I think it must be the same one
which was at the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund Exhibition some years ago,
when it belonged to Mr. Erwin Davis. Messrs. Boussod, Valadon & Co.,
have lent an important and beautiful "November" by Millet, showing a
sloping field with a harrow lying on the foreground and a man shooting
at a flock of birds from behind a tree at the top of the hill.

The "Angelus," draped with crimson, is given the entire end of the
long upper gallery and, I think, proves a disappointment to most, if
not all. One chief reason for this is its small size,--it is but about
21 x 25 inches--and then it is certainly not to be compared for
painting with half a dozen other Millets which are here. Its sentiment
is lasting, however, but it is not new to us, on the contrary it is a
household word now, and the painting gives but little more than does
Waltner's etching. Mr. Walters loans the crayon sketch for it and one
of "The Sower" and the "Sheepfold by Moonlight," with others, and
there are some very interesting pastels and water-colors by Millet,
Rousseau and Delacroix.

Altogether the exhibition is an extraordinarily good one, unapproached
as to the Baryes and not easily surpassable as to the paintings of the
Fontainebleau school, and any lover of art would find himself amply
repaid by it for a journey to New York.

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