Browers' stables, and was the up-town terminus of the Broadway line of stages. A suit of six fine galleries was erected here, with a total length of one hundred and sixty-four feet, and a breadth of fifty feet. The whole of this property was placed in the hands of Messrs. Sturges, Leuppe, Edmonds, and Cummings, as Trustees of the Academy, and was so ably managed by them, under the charge of Mr. Cummings, that, after years of patient labor, it produced the first means of any amount ever in the possession of the Academy. After five years of occupancy, this property was sold for about one hundred and twenty thousand dollais, netting the institution a clear return of sixty-nine thousand dollars, and leaving, after the payment of all outstanding indebtedness, a balance of nearly sixty thousand dollars. All honor to Messrs. Sturges and Leuppe, through whose purse and friendly aid such happy results were obtained. The Exhibitions of 1850 to 1854 (twenty-fifth to twenty-ninth), inclusive, were held in these galleries. After the sale of the property at No. 663 Broadway, it became necessary to find other accommodations for the Exhibitions, and temporary quarters were secured in the gallery over the entrance to the Rev. Dr. Chapin's Church, at No. 548 Broadway. Here were held the thirtieth and thirty-first Annual Exhibitions, in 1855 and 1856. For the thirty-second Exhibition, in 1857, the old rooms, No. 663 Broadway (remaining then unchanged), were rented by the Society. In 1858, a suit of galleries was fitted up by the Academy on the upper floor of the buildings erected by Maltby G. Lane in Tenth street, on the corner of Fourth avenue. The thirty-third, thirty-fourth, thirty-fifth, and thirty-sixth Exhibitions, 1858, 1859, 1860, and 1861, were held at this place. The rent here, of three thousand dollars per annum, proved to be too heavy, and the lease was relinquished. The thirty seventh and thirty-eighth Exhibitions, 1862 and 1863, were held in the galleries of the building known as the Institute of Art, No. 625 Broadway, under a temporary arrangement with the proprietor, Mr. Derby. All subsequent Exhibitions have been held in the present building, corner Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue. WINTER EXHIBITIONS. The Winter Exhibitions of the Academy will commence each year about the middle of November, and will continue until the fourth of March following. These Exhibitions will in no wise change or interfere with the regular Annual Exhibitions in the Spring; but, as auxiliary thereto, are intended to afford to Artists uninterrupted facilities for the exhibition of their works at all times, and for a longer or shorter period as may be convenient or desirable to them; and also to provide a continuous gallery for the public entertainment and instruction. The Winter Exhibitions will differ from the Annual Exhibitions of the Spring, in the following important particulars: First.-All original works will be eligible, whether previously exhibited or not, or whether by deceased or by living Artists, excepting only works which have been in the Spring or Winter Exhibitions immediately preceding. Second.-Works may be added to the Exhibition at any time, or may be withdrawn therefrom after reasonable notice. Works for the next Winter Exhibition will be received during the first week in November, 1868. All further details will be duly communicated to Exhibitors in the usual circulars and blank lists. New York Female Assistance Society, FOR THE RELIEF AND RELIGIOUS INSTRUCTION OF THE SICK POOR. (INCORPORATED MAY 6, 1840.) |