Seretee a : Beside aol ia Ns ‘ 3 rathaet Bb he RK ote ad SE, ‘ Sonate . sa pelican cues : Sas : DT iMag * pers “ Gee Ae LIBRARY NO. M. Knoedler & Co. 426 14 East 57th St. Ss ee New York ACC. Sura! Sher eemiowaseyes.23 et eaeee mieten at a ger Re rene tee pe we NTS LE ee eae bats YES Ae eter erecegaus © Ca pee UE pp RRR N LLG rN HRs PST EEG e een OEM O PRE MT AF WR. POPE'S PRINTIN Eighty Works Brought $42,520, Includ- } + ing a Meissonier, Which Was L Solid for $4,000. / ae ovate 1-4 4-Tb. R The paintings belonging to Mr. N. Q. Pope were sold at auction by the American Art Association last night, at Chickering Hall. Highty works were disposed of for. $42,520. There was a fair attendance, and there was competition for some of the more important pictures, but the prices obtained were, in most instances, considerably below the value or what they had brought at former. sales. The highest figure of the evening, $4,000, was paid by Mr. F, L. Loring for, Meissonier’g “The Departure.” It is a canvas 12 by 71% inches. Rousseau’s “The Old Oak Tree’ was bought by Mr. E. B. Warren for $2,600. Messrs. Knoedler & Co. gave $2,000 for Adolph Schreyer’s ‘‘The Council of War.’’ Inness’ “The Rainbow’ was secured by Mr. Mac- beth for $1,625. Auguste Bonheur’s ‘‘Cattle”’ went for $1,525, Charles Hmile Jacques’ ‘‘Sheep at Pond” brought $1,350. Bastien Lepage’s “Eiventide—Faggot Gatherer’’ was sold to | Knoedler & Co. for $1,375. The same buyers | { | a ee bought Detaille’s ‘‘The Rest, Camp St, Maur, 1867,’ for $1,350. Benjamin Constant’s “The Sultan’s Favorite’? was purchased by P. W: Rouss for $1,050, Van Marcke’s ‘“‘The Mead- ow Lands’ went for $1,005, and Ludwig Knaus’ ‘Jealousy’ for $1,075. Diaz's “The Educationof Love’ was bought by. Mes#rs. Durand-Ruel for $1,000, Jean Robie’s ‘“‘Flowers” was sold to Mr. A. #, Deshong for $910; and Mr. G. Blumenthal pur- chased De Neuville’s ‘‘Awaiting Commands’’ for $950. Other prices were Vibert’s “The Bull Fighter’s Story,’’ $875; Rosa Bonheur’s ‘Roaming,’ $725; Clairin’s “At the © Bal Masque,” $710; Hastman Johnson’s ‘‘The Con- fab,’ $610; Munkacsy’s ‘‘Accepting the Chal- lenge,’’ $590; Villega’s ‘‘Calling the Hour,’ $580; Detaille’s “‘French Soldier,’’ $560; Tou- deuze’s “The Honeymoon,” $550; Clay’s “Moonlight Below Amsterdam,” $550; Gabriel Max’s ‘‘St. Cecilia at the Organ,’’ $550: Roy- bet’s “The Zenana of the Sultan,” $530; Vi- bert’s ‘‘Head of a Cardinal,” $510; Domingo’s “Head of a Spanish Cavalier,’ $500; Robie’s “Plowers,’’ $500; Bonvin’s ‘“‘Woman Knit- ting,’ $480; Piot’s ‘In the Boudoir,”? $485; Horace Vernet’s “‘The Austrian Prisoner Forced to Work,’’ $460; Toudouze’s “Grand- . father’s Birthday,” $480; Benjamin Constant’s | “Perfuming After the Bath,’? $500; Hermann’s “Reverie at an Inn,’’ $425; Deloet’s ‘‘Half Seas Over,” $400; Vibert’s ‘‘The Candidate for Hospitality,” $380; Dewey’s ‘Departing Day,’’ $360; Worthington Whittredge’s ‘“‘Brook Among the Hills,’’ $380; Erskine WNicol’s “Hard Work,” $325; Berne-Bellecour’s ‘‘Sol- dier at Rest,’ $310, and his ‘‘Soldier Polish- ing Helmet,” also $310; Pokitinow’s ‘‘Land- | wt oe 2K DAILY TRIBUNE, FRIDAY | i! LOW PRICES FOR PAINTINGS. \ NORTON @Q. POPE'S COLLECTION SOLD AT AUCTION. “Tw DEPARTURE,” BY MBISSONIBR, LED THE LIST, BRINGING $4,000_OTHER PINCHES SOLD AND THE PRICES PAID. “Gentlemen, gentlemen, what are we coming to!’ were the words in which T. EB. Kirby, auctioneer of the American Art Association, expressed his pro- found gloom in Chickering Hall last evening, the gloom being caused by the low prices’ brought by the Pope collection of paintings. Pet at Mr. Kirby said after the gale that the prices real- ized were not 50 per cent of what the paintings were really worth, and if the amounts paid for them by Mr. Pope may be taken as a criterion, either the) buyers of last night were extraordinarly fortunate ‘or New-York lovers of art.are dwindling in numbers. | That the collection disposed of last evening was one worthy of the interest of the art public of the. city is evident when it is said that among others” _ there were pieces from the prushes of Meissonier, Detaille, Rosa Bonheur, Rousseau, Paul Jean Clays, | Leroux, Jean Robie, George Inness, Vibert and Benj amin-Constant. Among the more remarkable instances of low | ; prices was the sale of a large painting by Benjamin Constant, done after the artist became a chevalier of the Legion of Honor, which was sold for $500. S. H. Crone’s, ‘‘The Village Tribunal,” also: went for “the small price of $390, while Btienne Piot’s ‘In the Boudoir,” drew only $485 from ‘the pocket of the man” who bought it. - ; On the other’ hand, one‘or two’ of the larger pieces "were paid for to their full value, 4f not more. ‘TD. 8.) Blankley’ so admired “Cattle,” by Francois Au- | guste Bonheur, a brother of Rosa Bonheur, that he ! ‘gave $1,525 for the privilege of possessing it: There® were only two bids for Rousseau’s ‘The Old Oak $2,600, carried off the prize. It is interesting ‘to note | that Rosa Bonheur’s small panel “Roaming’’ . prought only $725. ee fed ; t “Tree,” The first one was, $2,500, and the second, | | | J The highest pricé realized for a single picture | | was given for the small Meissonier called Hrhe | Departure.”’ Mr., Pope was said to, have paid $7,500 | for it in, 1898, but A. Blumenstiel got it for $4,000 | last night. Other pictures which brought high | prices, although in most cases not aS much as | they were rated worth by their owner,: were De- | taille’s. ‘‘The Rest, Camp St. Maur, 1867,’’ which is | said to have made its creator’s reputation, and for which R. F. Knoedler paid $1,350; Jacques’s ‘“‘Sheep | at a Pond,” which went to E. B. Warren for the/ same price, and Benjamin Constant’s ‘The Sultan's Favorite,” which was knocked down for $1,050. ‘The | Rainbow,” by George Inness, excited a keen rivalry || among the bidders,, and ran the price up higher | than any of the paintings by other native artists. | William Macbeth finally secured the prize for $1,625. | Several flower pieces by Jean Robie sold well, as | did also a number of Jean Vibert’s diminutive ex- | amples. : | When asked to explain the causes for the low | prices realized, Mr. Kirby said that he attributed | it to the business depressions which have been felt since Mr. Pope bought many of his pictures. The. pictures were worth, on the whole, he thought, | what. Mr. Pope paid for them, but people did not) peer like spending so much money for them at this | ime. 4 In spite of the low prices complained of, Mr. Pope is richer by $42,520 as a result of the sale, and, as a certain young woman was heard to say as she left the hall, ‘‘Oh, well, probably he was tired of looking.at ’em, anyway.’’ : Among) the prominent people present at the sale were Frederick, Bonner, W, H. Fuller, §. P. Avery, jr., Gustav Reichard, J. M. Bonham, Louis Httlinger, Jules Oehne, H. B. Warren, of, Philadelphia; Frank De Silver, Mr. and Mrs. F. L. Babbott, G. L.. White, BE. L. Henry and Worthington Whittredge., The furniture, bronzes, bookcases and. bric-a-brac which comprise the remainder of the Pope collec- tion will be sold this and. to-morrow afternoons at the galleries of the American Art’ Association, Mad- ison Square South. o\) fF CATALOGUE 7 - MODERN PAINTINGS WATER COLORS, ETCHINGS, BRONZES, IVORIES, BRIC-A-BRAC, ART FURNIT- TURE, RARE RUGS, ETC. BELONGING TO MR. N. Q. POPE TO BE SOLD BY ABSOLUTE PUBLIC SALE On TuHurspay Evenina, JAN. 23RD, AT 8 O’CLOCK AT CHICKERING HALL FIFTH AVE. AND 18TH p17. AND CONTINUING FRIDAY AND SATURDAY AFTERNOONS, JAN. 24TH AND 257H, AT 8 0’CLOCK AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES MADISON SQUARE SOUTH WHERE THE COLLECTION WILL BR ON FREE VIEW FROM JAN. 165rH UNTIL DATE OF SALE THoMas E. Kirpy, AUCTIONEER =: THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS NEW YORK 1896 CONDITIONS OF SALE 1. The highest Bidder to be the Buyer, and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute ‘shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. 2. The Purchasers to give their names and addresses, and o pay down a cash deposit, or the whole of the Purchase- noney, if required, in default of which the Lot or Lots so yurchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. 3. The Lots to be taken away at the Buyer’s Expense and Risk upon the conclusion of the Sale, and the remainder of the Purchase-money to be absolutely paid, or otherwise settled for to the satisfaction of the Auctioneer, on or before delivery; in default of which the undersigned will not hold themselves responsible if the Lots be lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed, but they will be left at the sole risk of the Purchaser. : 4. The sale of any Article ts not to be set aside on account of any error in the description, or imperfection. All articles are exposed for Public Hxhibition one or more days, and are sold just as they are, without recourse. 5. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can, on any account, be removed during the sale. 6. Upon failure to comply with the above conditions, the money deposited in part payment shall be forfeited ; all Lots uncleared within three days from conclusion of sale shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, without further notice, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the defaulter at this Sale, together with all charges attending the same. This Condition is without prejudice to the right of the Auctioneer to enforce the contract made at this Sale, without such re-sale, if he thinks fit. THE AMERICAN ART ASSOCIATION, MANAGERS, THomas H. Krrpy, Auctioneer. CATALOGUE. SALE AT CHICKERING HALL, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 2384, BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 8 O’CLOCK. OIL PAINTINGS. DAVID COL. Born in Antwerp, 1822. Pupil of DeKeyser and the Antwerp Academy. Medal, Vienna, 1878. Chevalier of the Order of Leopold, 1 THE BOASTER. Height, 114 inches ; width, 10 inches. A peasant scene in a cabaret. The hunter has returned and is telling of his exploits to an unbelieving older man who is seated with his basket of eggs by him. The dog, who knows the whole truth about the day’s experiences, is asleep near by. Panel. Signed on the left. PAUL VERNON. Born in Paris. Pupil of N. V. Diaz. 2 WATERFALL. Height, 10} inches ; length, 183 inches. A fisherman seated on a rock below the fall furnishes the note of human interest in this little landscape, with its suggestion of Diaz in the treatment of the foliage and sky. Canvas. Signed on the left. POPE COLLECTION, V. CAPOBIANCHI. 3c : Ko A / ) 0. SPANISH ARQUEBUSIER.¢ < Height, 11 inches ; width, 6 inches. Evidently out for a morning stroll and bent on feminine conquest is agay young Spanish arquebusier. He is dressed in his very best, and looks very fine in a light-colored coat, red breeches, and blue stockings, His big hat is held with his right hand to his hip, and the left rests on his richly decorated gun. Panel, Signed on the left. CG. FAVRETTO. 4 } AN IDLE HOUR. Hi A E Height, 12} inches ; length, 14 inches. Satie Pussie has taken up her stand on the family sewing, and the young lady seated on the curious long sofa is amusing herself with her before resuming her work. Hach is manoeuvring with an end of a skein of yarn and watching for the next move. Panel. Signed on the upper Tight hand. W. C. BAUER, ee 5 x /) THE TWILIGHT HOUR. Height, 14 inches ; length, 20 inches. A fisherman is just beaching his skiff as night comes on afternoon’s sport in the pond or river near his home. half concealed by the trees, in the middle distance, on th Signed on the left. Dated 1886. , after an A farm-house is eright, Canvas. MAX SCHODL. : Born in Vienna, 1834. Pupil of the Vienna Academy under Fried- aA ? lander. Medal, Vienna, 1873. 6 STILL LIFE. Height, 18 inches ; width, 94 inches. By an elaborate Japanese cabinet, ornamented with figures of a man and woman and a stork, are placed on a stand a handsome jar and vase, the whole being set off by some effective stuffs. Panel. Signed on the upper left hand. OIL PAINTINGS. 4 ETIENNE PROSPER BERNE-BELLECOUR. Born at Boulogne-sur-Mer. Pupil of Picot and F. Barrias. Medals, Paris, 1869, 1872, 1878 (Universal Exposition) ; and 1889 (Universal Ex- position). Legion of Honor, 1878. f Pg os tap, ae. ry if J 7 SOLDIER POLISHING HELMET. Height, 13 inches ; width, 8} inches. A good-looking young French soldier stands in undress uniform in stable-yard of the barracks, giving the final touches to his cuirassier’s helmet, Panel, Signed on left. P. BEDINI. 8 NECESSITY THE MOTHER OF INVENTION. , / Height, 9 inches ; width, 6 inches. fies In a cellar stands a bibulous-looking cavalier, sucking wine from a cask, through a straw. He has been riding hard, to judge from the dust on his boots, and finding the wine jars all empty and the cask untapped, has, spurred on by his thirst, solved the difficulty in a hurry. Panel. Signed on the left. JOSE FRAPPA. Born at St. Etienne, France. Pupil of Pierre Charles Compte and TIsidor Pils. 9 THE LATEST NEWS. Height, 94 inches ; width, 7 inches. A thin but ruddy-faced and cheerful elderly priest is seated ready for his solitary meal, and just beginning to read the paper he has set up before him. He is enjoying what is to come in anticipation, and is about to pour some wine into his silver cup. Panel. Signed at the upper right hand. POPE COLLECTION. JEAN GUSTAVE JACQUET. e~}) Born in Paris, 1846. Pupil of Bouguereau. Medals, Paris, 1868, 2. Nhe 1875, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1879. 10 VILLAGE BEAUTY. Height, 12 inches ; width, 9 inches. The head and shoulders are shown of a very handsome dark-eyed girl, with her dark hair streaming with picturesque effect over her light- blue cloak. The expression is extremely pleasing. The model is not one of those most familiar to the admirers of the works of this painter. Panel. Signed on the upper left hand. CHARLES EDOUARD DELORT. } 1 & . Bornat Nismes, 1814. Began to paint there, and afterwards became mA a pupil of Gleyre and GérOme in Paris, Medals, Paris, 1875 and 1882. ae piett to aa HALF SEAS OVER. er Height, 10 inches ; length, 14 inches. The scene is the deck of a small steamer on a rough day, probably on the Mediterranean, and both a Cardinal and his servant are having a hard time of it. Monsignor seated by the rail is a very uncomfort- able man, who now finds more solace in his smelling-salts than in the book he has been trying to read. The footman has had all he could do to open his master’s travelling-bag, and leans over the rai] beyond, oblivious to all but the fact that he still has hold of the scarlet um- brella. Panel. Signed on the right. JOSE DOMINGO. Born at Valencia, Spain. Pupil of Meissonier, and friend of For. : 4 tuny. ; ‘ HEAD OF A SPANISH GAVALI ‘R. Height, 8} inches ; width, 6} inches. : Albeit a swashbuckling sort of a fellow in general aspect, thisruddy- ee faced veteran, made picturesque by his broad felt hat and his large neck f) ruff, is evidently a man of importance, and with all his look of good humor and good living, of determination where occasion demands. He has a chain of office about his neck, and his brown velvet coat is deco- rated with gold braid. From the Mary J. Morgan sale. ‘Panel. Signed on the left. i halal OIL PAINTINGS. 9 CARL HOQUET. Born in Berlin, 1821. Pupil of Krause, and in Paris of Ciceri and Isabey. Gold medal, Paris, 1848. Medal at Berlin. Member of Berlin Academy, 1869. Died in Berlin, 1870. 13 LANDSCAPE. Height, 7% inches ; width, 53 inches. Near some willows, on a rustic foot-bridge over a little stream, a fisherman has settled down in his shirt-sleeves for a day’s sport, with a basket, as yet evidently well filled with provisions, by his side. From the Mary J. Morgan sale. Panel. Signed on the right. Spe BA BE JEAN CEORCES VIBERT. Born in Paris, 1840. Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and of Bar- rias. Medals, Paris, 1864, 1867, 1868, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1870; officer of the same, 1882. 14 HEAD OF A CARDINAL. Height, 6 inches ; width, 5} inches. A hard-headed, pugnacious Churchman looks this Cardinal, and a man of strong will and ways. The rosy face, blue ribbon, black bands, scarlet cap, and purplish background made an interesting color scheme tohandle. Panel. Signed on the right. CHARLES LEON HERMANN. Born at Havre, 1838. Pupil of Philippe Rousseau and Fromentin. Medals at Paris, 1873 and 1879. P 17 KA 15 REVERIE AT AN INN. Height, 81 inches ; width, 6 inches. In a coffee-room, in the time of the Directory, a well-dressed man of mature age is seated by a table, smoking his pipe, and deep in medi- tation. His cane is by him in the corner, and on the table area jug-like bottle of wine and a glass. A gay caricature of the day, in which a blind man and two women figure, is on the wall above. Panel. Signed on the left. Dated 1882. POPE COLLECTION. > Sebel IVAN POKITINOW. 2 ‘ Born at Odessa, in Russia. Self-tanght. Many medals in Russia

} oy oy ff). WORTHINGTON WHITTREDCE, N.A. Born at Springfield, Ohio, 1820. First studied in Cincinnati, then in Paris, in 1849, and afterward in Dusseldorf under Andreas Achen- bach and Lessing, and in Belgium under Robbe. Elected a member of ” '. the National Academy, 1860. President of the National Academy, oy 1875-1876. 37 BROOK AMONG THE HILLS. Height, 27 inches ; length, 34 inches. A single fisherman whips the trout brook, which seems an ideal spot. The deep shadows of the afternoon are cast by the heavy foliage of the trees which line the rocky banks of the stream by a smooth ex- panse just above the waterfall. Canvas. Signed on the right. Dated 1886, \ i\ ie OIL PAINTINGS. 1% JAMES ALEXANDRE WALKER. Born at Calcutta of French parents. Honorable mention at Paris, 1887. Le 3s ENGAGEMENT NEAR ST. CLOUD, 1870. Height, 24 inches ; length, 36 inches. French artillery and infantry on a dreary winter afternoon of the Franco-Prussian war are pressing through the half ruined gateway of a chateau to an open space fringed by woods, where the enemy are seen, and they will have a sharp fire to encounter. The figure of the com- manding officer on the fine gray horse is evidently a portrait. Canvas. Signed on the right. JAMES CRAWFORD THOM. Born in United States. Pupil of Edouard Frére. First exhibited at the Royal Academy in London, in 1864. 39 LANDSCAPE. Height, 22 inches ; length, 36 inches. The light from the setting sun falls from over a line of trees, which forms the horizon on the left, on the marshy Jand along the banks of a river, where by a willow a woman is gathering a good pile of faggots. There is a bright glimpse of distance to the right. Canvas. Signed on the right. FRANCOIS AUCUSTE BONHEUR. Born in Bordeaux, 1824. Brother of Rosa Bonheur, and pupil of their father, Raymond Bonheur. Medals, Paris, 1852, 1857, 1859, 1861, and 1863, Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 186%. Died nee Gree, 40 e/a CATTLE. A aie Height, 24 inches ; length, 32 inches. In a pool, to which a high bank slopes on the left, stand at mid-day two cattle. A white and dun short-horn cow has her head up, calling, while her red companion drinks. Down a path to the left, shadowed by an arch of trees, a black animal strays to the water, while above, over the bank, is seen a horseman. On the right, where a view is had of open country and distant mountains, a woman drives two cows to the pool from the pasture. From the J. H. Stebbins sale. Canvas. Signed on the left. are ee POPE COLLECTION, GEORCE INNESS, N.A. ? Born at Newburgh, N. Y., 1825. Studied painting at Newark, N.J., and engraving in New York City. Began to paint landscapes as a profession in 1846, spending a short time afterwards in the studio of Regis Gignoux in New York. Lived in Italy, 1871-1875. Elected an associate of the National Academy of Design, 1853, and a member, 1868. Member of the Society of American Artists. Bronze medal, Paes 1889 (Universal Exposition). Died in Scotland, oe } 41 VV oes THE RAINBOW. Height, 29 inches ; length, 38 inches. Over the landscape is a dramatic storm sky, half-spanned by a brilliant rainbow, and with fragments of cloud detached from the main masses amid the steel-gray light, which, to the left, gives a further sign of clearing. Thechurch spire and house tops of a village are seen in the distance; to the right, on a rise nearer at hand, is aclump of wind- tossed willows, below which is a hay wagon and some figures, and in the foreground, by a pool, are cows and a calf. From the Isaac Walker sale. Canvas. Signed onthe left. ¢ ° -®. 7 pen eee s CABRIEL MAX. Born at Prague, 1840. Son of the sculptor Joseph Max. Pupil of the Prague Academy under Engerth, 1854-1858 ; for three years at the Vienna Academy under Blaas, and then in Munich under Piloty, 1863- 1867. Honorary member of the Munich Academy, at which he was pro- foosok 1879-1883, Gold medals, Berlin and Munich. H . f 4 - f ; } 42 ST. CECILIA AT THE ORGAN. Height, 30 inches ; width, 24 inches, A sweetly sad face and a fine head has the artist given to St. Ce- Cilia, who, seated at twilight at the organ, lets her fingers rest lightly on the keys, as if playing softly some beautiful melody. Her hair is auburn, and her costume of roge color is lightly embroidered with gold. The face is shown in profile and the life-size figurein half length. A little carved figure on the organ, grim like fate, looks towards the cold evening sky. Canvas. Signed on the left. € + = OIL PAINTINGS. 19 FERDINAND VICTOR LEON ROYBET. Born at Uezés, France, 1840. Pupil of Ecole des Beaux Arts of Lyons. Afterwards professor of engraving at Lyons. Medal, Paris, 1866. Medal of Honor, 1893. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1892. 43 THE ZENANA OF THE SULTAN. Height, 22 inches; length, 26 inches. Four white women, each intent on her own affairs, and two nhegresses are grouped in a rich harem apartment. A nearly nude odalisque dances on the left, lifting aloft gracefully a tambourine, while by her stands one of the negresses holding her rich garments. Canvas. Signed on the right. FREDERICK HEIMERDINCER. Born at Altona, Germany, 1817. Pupil of Dusseldorf Academy un- der Theodore Hildebrandt. Studied also in Munich. Founded prepara- tory school for artists in Hamburg. Died in Hamburg, 1883. hdl, A DEAD HARE. Height, 30 inches ; width, 20 inches. The hare is pictured as large as life. It hangs against boards on which you feel you could almost splinter your fingers. The illusion of actuality is further carried out by the seal on one of the legs and the couple of express labels on the wood. This picture was awarded medals at London and Toplitz in 1879. Canvas. Signed on left as if burnt in by a stamp. LOUIS NEUBERT. Born in Leipzig, 1846. Pupil of Weimar Art School under Schmidt and Kalcreuth. Settled in Munich. 45 LANDSCAPE. Height, 24 inches ; length, 39 inches. Children are the suitabie foreground figures in a bright spring land- scape with masses of cumulus clouds rolling up from the horizon over the distant village on the plain. The two on the bluff to the right, above the small stream which runs to the foreground, past the farm of the 20 POPE COLLECTION. middle distance, look as if they might be a little shepherd and shep- herdess, and the small girl on the left is probably in charge of some geese. There are other figures nearer the farm-house. Canvas. Signed on the left, HECTOR LEROUX. Born at Verdun, France, 1829. Pupil of Picot. Medals, Paris 1863, 1864, 1874, 1878 (Universal Exposition), and 1889 (Universal Ex- position), Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1877. = 46 DRESSING THE BRIDE. Height, 27 inches ; length, 89 inches. Several female figures are grouped in a Pompeian house, about an auburn-haired beauty who is being arrayed for the bridal ceremony. Two young girls, one bending on one knee at her task, are, with an impassive serving-woman, who holds some draperies, the attendants. Their work is watched by the mother, who is seated by a table on which lies some jewelry, and by an elder sister, probably, who stands behind her. Canvas. Signed on the left. Dated 1881. JEAN ROBIE. ’ Born at Brussels, 1821. Gold medal, Brussels, 1848. Medals, Paris, 1851 and 1863. Gold medal, The Hague, 1861. Officer of the Order of Leopold, 1869. 47 FLOWERS. Height, 29 inches ; width, 22 inches. A gorgeous gathering of flowers, of which roses form the chief glory. An overturned basket, from which big strawberries roll to the edge of a bit of water, where float a few rose leaves. Panel. Signed on the left. E. K. MAES. 48 BARNYARD FOWLS. Height, 25 inches ; length, 35 inches. Roosters, hens, ducks, and pigeons are pictured in an open-air enclosure. Canvas. Signed at the upper right hand, OIL PAINTINGS. 21 C. AUBREY HUNT. 49 é NOTRE DAME DE PARIS. Height, 24 inches ; length, 36 inches. ya { 7 The cathedral is shown in one of its most picturesque aspects The view is from the Seine side, where many boats are moored along the quay, on which are seen a few priests, soldiers, sailors, and market-womcn. Itisa bleak day, and the buildings of the dis- tance mass gray avainst the well-clouded sky. A flag floats from the Tuileries far off on the right. Canvas. Signed on the right. 3 PAUL JEAN CLAYS. Born at Bruges, Belgium, 1819. Pupil of Gudin. Medals, Paris, 1867 (Universal Exposition), and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Cheva- A lier of the Legion of Honor, 1875; officer of the same, 1881. LY h Vv \- 1 5O YX? ne MOONLIGHT BELOW AMSTERDAM. HZ 7’ eA Height;'22 inches ; length, 30 inchésv! : The moonlight bathes with its silvery glory a scene on the Scheldt. There is a lighthouse at the end of the pier to the left, where acraft is moored, and from which a boat is putting off for the large luggers, with their sails up, on the right. Panel. Signed on the right. THEODORE ROUSSEAU. Born in Paris. Pupil of Guillon-Lethiére. First exhibitedin Salon, 4834. Medals, Paris, 1834, 1849, and 1855. One of the eight grand medals of honor, Paris, 1867 (Universal Exposition). Legion of Honor, 1852. Died 1867. Diploma to memory oftdeceased artists, 1868. NY Ne : - 516% 2 THE OLD OAK TREE. Height, 22 inches ; length, 254 inches. A great veteran of the forest, a magnificent oak, stands at Fontaine- bleau by the parting of two roads. How sturdily it towers away above its surroundings, and what a fine study it furnishes in tree anatomy ! It makes the thatched cottage in the middle distance on the left seem diminutive, and even the larger and nearer building appears smaller than it really is. From the Seney and Graves sales. Canvas. Signed on the right, uae - ‘ a ’ POPE COLLECTION. CHARLES EMILE JACQUES. wi” Born in Paris, 1818. Was soldier, map engraver, engraver on wood, draughtsman, and etcher. Medals, Paris, 1851, 1861, 1863, and 1864. Legion of Honor, 1867. Died 1894. 52 SHEEP AT POND. Height, 18} inches ; length, 263 inches. A shepherdess in blue has brought her charge to the water, by the wood with its big trees, and turns, as does her dog, to look where a ploughman, her husband or lover, perhaps, pushes along the furrow behind his heavy team. It is a fine, breezy day, and in the distance, under a well-clouded sky, are seen the buildings of the farm. Canvas. Signed on the right, LUDWIG KNAUS. Born at Wiesbaden, 1829. Pupil of Jacobi and the Academy of Dusseldorf under Sohn and Shadow. Studied also in Paris, where he lived to 1860. Member of the Academies of Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Amsterdam, and Christiana. Knight of the Prussian Order of Merit. Medals, Paris, 1853, 1855 (Universal Exposition), 1857, 1859, medal of honor; 1867 (Universal Exposition); medals, Vienna, 1882; Munich, 1883. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1859 ; officer of the same, 1867. aoe ohne es 53 Y os JEALOUSY. Height, 114 inches ; length, 184 inches. This spirited scene is the finished study of a picture in the W. H. Vanderbilt collection. The peasant dance, in an upper room of an inn, has come to a sudden end with a hard fight between two of the men. In it have figured fists, feet, beer-mugs, and stools, and the nearly deserted room looks almost as if there had been an explosion. Not the appeals of the young woman who stands behind him, nor the threats of the men, who are afraid to return farther than the head of thestairs, could stop the victor. He only pauses with the fall of his antagonist, who lies on the floor, apparently badly hurt. Some of the women have taken shelter in the stand of the frightened musicians. The victor, whose clothes are partly torn off him, will now have his time of reckon- ing, and will have not alone to answer to the law for the injuries done his enemy, but will have to pay for a shattered staircase rail and broken windows among other things. Canvas. Signed on the left. OIL PAINTINGS. 23 EMILE VAN MARCKE. Born at Sévres, 1827. Pupil of Troyon. Medals, Paris, 1867, 1869, 1870, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1872. Died 1891. (1 A WV ; ft ‘ ee) he H MEADOW LANDS. Height, 11} inchesjenf@th, 16 inches. In a richly verdtifed landscape, and with a glimpse of distance under a lightly clouded sky, stand in the foreground three cows. Two are in a pool, the nearer one partly white, and with strong effects of light on her body, with her head toward us. Canvas. Signed on the left. NARCISSE VIRGIL DIAZ. Born at Bordeaux, 1808, of parents banished from Spain on account of political troubles. Medals, Paris, 1844, 1846, and 1848. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1851. Died 1876. Diploma to memory of de- ceased artists, 1878 (Universal Exposition). Ey kf Vr au) Fetes 55 F THE EDUCATION OF LOVE. i Height, 14 inches ; width, inches. , aA Surely a more charming teacher Love Peould not. have’than this young girl, with her russet hair caught by.strings of pearls and her graceful figure lightly veiled by a scarf. This Love, who kneels on his instructress’s knee, and who looks out with dark eyes under light curls, is no ordinary youngster. He is as pretty as the friend who is his only companion in the landscape. Panel. Signed on the left. MARIE ROSA BONHEUR. Born at Bordeaux, 1822. Pupil of her father, Raymond Bonheur. During the Franco-Prussian war her studio and residence were re- spected by special order of the Crown Prince of Prussia. Since 1849 director of the Paris Free School of Design, which she founded. Medals, Paris, 1845, 1848, 1865, and 1867 (Universal Exposition). Chey- alier of the Legion of Honor, 1865 ; officer of same, 1894. Order of Leo- 24 POPE COLLECTION. pold, 1880. Commander’s Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, 1880. Member of the Antwerp Institute, 1868. : , i = 7 56 ; 7 Ly ». = ROAMING. Height, 18} inches ; width, 104 inches. A handsome stag, out on an afternoon’s stroll, has stopped for a moment, interested by some sight or sound on his left. He sniffs the air at the edge of the forest where he stands, as if uncertain whether what he sees or hears be agreeable or not in its portent. Panel. Signed on the left, 1875. JEAN LOUIS ERNEST MEISSONIER. Born at Lyons, 1813. Pupil of Léon Cogniet. Medals, Paris, 1840, 1841, 1843, 1848. Grand medal of honor, 1855 (Universal Exposition); one of the eight grand medals of honor, 1867 (Universal Exposition) ; Grand Medal of Honor, 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the § i » Legion of Honor, 1846 ; officer of the same, 1856; commander of the er ¥ same, 1867, and grand officer of the same, 1878. Member of the Insti- . tute of France, 1861. Honorary member of the Royal Academy, Lon- don. Died at Paris, 1891. f 57 ‘ THE DEPARTURE. ¥ Height, 12 inches; width, 74 inches. The young officer, coming down the narrow stairs and turning to look into the room he has just left, is evidently leaving some one that is dear. From the expression on his face, the bright interest of his eye, it is probably alady-love. The composition is an unusual one. The be light falls from the apartment above on the handsome face and stalwart ‘ figure of the cavalier, while the foreground of staircase, door, and wallisin shadow. Panel. Signed on the right. Dated 1880. JEAN BAPTISTE EDOUARD DETAILLE. Born in Paris, 1848. Pupil of Meissonier. First exhibited in Paris, 1368. Medals, Paris, 1869, 1870, and 1872. Medal of Honor, 1888. Grand Prize, 1889 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1878 ; officer of the same, 1881. Member of the French Insti- tute, 1892. 58 FRENCH SOLDIER. Height, 9} inches ; width, 7 inches. He is a fine fellow, this sturdy young French soldier, and well satisfied with himself as he stands with his hands in his pockets and OfL PAINTINGS. 25 | his gun slung across his back. His comrades at parade in the distance are apparently ready for inspection, and an officer trots across between the lines. From the Fletcher Harper sale. Canvas. Signed on the right. UNKNOWN FRENCH ARTIST. 59 ¥ PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. Height, 74 inches; width, 6 inches. It is a cabinet-sized quarter length, with Washington’s face turned to the left. He isin civilian costume. The work, painted by a French artist who was stopping at Mount Vernon, was presented by Washing- ton to General Giles. From him it descended to his grandson, George William Curtis, whose son gave it to a former owner, Mrs, C. W. Rock- wood of Saratoga, Canvas, JEAN BAPTISTE EDOUARD DETAILLE. Born in Paris, 1848. Pupil of Meissonier. Medals, Paris, 1869, 1870, and 1872. Medal of Honor, 1888. Grand Prize, 1889 (Universal Exposi- tion). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1878 ; officer of the same, 1881. Member of the French Institute, 1892. : tah Ns 60 : Sa THE REST, eaMP ST. MAUR, “1967. Height, 223 inches ; length, 354 inches. This picture of French soldiers at rest during the grand manceuvres was one of the first to attract attention to the artist. Under a lightly clouded sky, from which the sun breaks to illumine the centre of the canvas, are grouped on the plain, about the general and his staff and the chief regimental officers, a large number of foot troops. Beyond them, on the right, is seen the artillery, and the distance is made picturesque witb buildings in graystone. There is great variety in the groupings and poses of the officers and men. On the left, in the foreground, a detachment of men are shown seated and lying on the grass, smok- ing, drinking from their canteens, and chatting. Not far off, to the left of the centre, is a prominent group. Two cuirassiers, one mounted, are talking to a bearded sapper and a friend, who stands bareheaded, with pipe in mouth. For this work the artist was awarded his first medal at the Paris Salon of 1869. From the A. T. Stewart sale, 1887. Canvas, Signed on right. Dated 1869, eal’ mae 2 POPE COLLECTION. JEAN GEORCES VIBERT. Born in Paris, 1840. Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and of Bar- rias. Medals, Paris, 1864, 1867, 1868, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1870; officer of the same, 1882. Se i 61 ON fg? ( }4 . THE BULL-FIGHTER’S STORY. iS ' Height, 23 inches ; length, 28 inches. By the stable of the posada, where are seen two mules tethered and aman who is attending to them, sit three bull-fighters, discussing their wine and cigarettes and listening to the tale of one of their number. The elder man, on the right, who is telling the story, is probably retired; while the two younger men, on the left, both gayly clad, are still inthe profession. The story-teller tilts his chair back at ease, and emphasizes the points of his tale with his hat, which he holds in his right hand. Of the two active men of the ring, one, stretched out with his feet on a saddle, holds his glass in one hand and has the other to his hat, as if about to raise it in honor of the exploit of which his friend is telling. This work was in the Governor Morgan sale. Panel. Signed on the 1 h EMILE JEAN HORACE VERNET. Born in Paris, 1789. Son and pupil of Carle Vernet and pupil of Moreau and Vincent. First medal, Paris, 1812. Legion of Honor, in . .1814, from Napoleon I., for gallant conduct at the defence of the Barriére de Clichy ; member of the Institute, 1826; director of the French | Academy at Rome, 1828-1839 ; officer of the Legion of Honor, 1825, com- LA mander, 1842, and grand officer, 1862 ; Medal of Honor, Paris, 1855 (Uni- : versal Exposition). Died in Paris, 1863. 62 THE AUSTRIAN PRISONER FORCED TO WORK. Height, 36 inches; width, 28 inches. In an Italian landscape a handsome, ragged young Austrian soldier, stock in hand and pipe in mouth, guides the ploughing oxen of a good- looking, gray-whiskered Italian farmer, who seems to pity him. His face is very sad, and his white felt coat and tight-fitting blue trousers have lost all their natty air, but he still has enough spirit to keep the ends of his black moustache pointed. Many of his comrades are at work on the fields beyond. By the door of the large stone house, in the middle dis- tance, an Italian soldier is on guard, and out of it a wounded French Zouave is being assisted by a peasant woman. This picture is one of the last painted by Vernet, and was formerly in the collection of the amateur, M. Stewart of Paris. Canvas. Signed on the right. Dated 1861. OIL PAINTINGS. 27 ETIENNE ADOLPHE PIOT. a Pupil of Léon Cogniet. Honorable mention, Paris, 1890. 63 IN THE BOUDOIR. Height, 34 inches; width, 25 inches. It is very evident that this young dark-haired girl is aware that she is pretty, with her arms crossed over her breast. She smiles in a way that betokens full confidence in her charms. The figure is of life size and three-quarter length. Canvas, FERDINAND HEILBUTH. Born at Hamburg, 1826. Naturalized in France. Medals 1857, 1859, and 1861. Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1861; officer of the same, 1881. Died, Paris, 1889. 64 READING THE MORNING MAIL. Height, 29 inches ; length, 36 inches. On the shore at a French watering-place sits a very pretty woman reading a letter with much interest, while at her side lie some un- opened newspapers. She looks like a Parisienne and a woman of good position, and it would be easy to weave a little romance about her and her correspondence. Her costume of black and gray, a trifle relieved by the yellow and brown of the flowers in the hat, is in accord with the rather dull day. There are few figures on the beach or about the buildings on the right, from which flags are flying, and so, perhaps, it is near the end of the season. Canyas, Signedon theleft. Dated 1880. EDOUARD TOUDOUZE. Born in Paris, 1844. Pupil of Auguste Leloir, Pils, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1871. Med- als, Paris, 1876, 1877, and 1889 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1892. 65 THE HONEYMOON. Height, 26 inches ; length, 40 inches. The scene is a rich apartment in the eighteenth century. A bride and groom, on their honeymoon, are watched with amusement by 28 POPE COLLECTION. other members of the family. At a footstool, by the side of his mis- tress, sits the pride of the household. She holds the distaff, and he is ready to start the wheel now that the skein has been secured to the bobbin. The lookers on at this little comedy are the father, mother, and two sisters, who have been playing cards. At the back is a richly carved fireplace, at either side of which are pictures. Canvas. Signed on the left. Dated 1881. EDOUARD TOUDOUZE. Born in Paris, 1844. Pupil of Auguste Leloir, Pils, and the Ecole des Beaux Arts, where he won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1871. Medals, r Paris, 1876, 1877, and, 1889 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1892. 66 GRANDFATHER’S BIRTHDAY. Height, 26 inches ; length, 40 inches. The grandfather, an old soldier, is seated by a table on which are light refreshments, in a handsome room ornamented with elaborate wall-paintings. By his side stands his wife, and he bends forward from his chair to welcome his four little grandchildren, who are encouraged by a young girl, perhaps an older sister. The youngest of the group, one of three girls, can hardly carry the flowers she holds ; and the eldest, a boy, has a parchment roll with an address. It is the father and mother, evidently, who are just entering the doorway, and two younger members of the family watch the scene with their backs tous. Canvas. Signed on the right. Dated 1881. JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN-CONSTANT. Born in Paris, 1845. Pupil of Cabanel. Medals at Paris, 1875, 1876, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1878 ; officer of the same, 1884. Member of the French Institute, 1893. 67 PERFUMING AFTER THE BATH. Height, 50 inches ; width, 32 inches. The young odalisque the artist has pictured standing by the hand- some silver perfume-burner is an auburn-tinted blonde. The costume, held by the hands to the breast, with the familiar but always pleasing expression of modesty, is of a light green and gold, relieved against. a background curtain of dark green and silver. This work, painted in 1880, was repainted in 1891-92, Canvas. Signed on the left. Dated 1880, OIL PAINTINGS. 29 A. ROSTEL. ; { (44. 68 dm O RUSTIC BEAUTY AT HER TOILET. Height, 474 inches ; width, 33 inches. A little peasant-girl stands barefoot in a bedroom, at the wash- stand, holding in one hand a stvand of hair and in the other a comb, looking at the mirror in unconscious admiration of herself. She is, for the first time, trying the effect of doing up her auburn hair with a bit of blue ribbon. Canvas. Signed on the left. A. RASMUSSEN. 69 NORWEGIAN LANDSCAPE. Height, 30.inches ; width, 49 inches. A morning scene from a Norwegian fjord-side, with low-lying clouds lifting off the snow-topped mountains. A steamer steams up from the distance, bound for the village landing, on the right, to which a rowboat is also making across the bay. A sailboat is hauled up on the foreground beach, on which are two groups of peasants. Canvas. Signed on the right. Dated 1883. ADOLPH SCHREYER. Born in Frankfort, 1828. Pupil of Stidel Institute, Frankfort. © ‘ Studied the anatomy of the horse in the riding-school, and later studied iv Stuttgart, Munich, and Dusseldorf. Member of Academies of Ant- werp and Rotterdam. Medals, Brusselss1863 ; Paris, 1864, 1865, 1867 ; Munich, 1876. Court painter to the Grand\Duke of Mécklenburg, 1862. Chevalier of the Order of Leopold, 1866, _— 70 THE COUNCIL OF WAR. Height, 29 inches; length, 554 inches. A large body of Arab cavalry press forward in the middle distance of the landscape, in the full glow of the sun, while in the foreground, near where some horses are being fed, are halted for consultation several chiefs with a standard bearer. It is evident that all depends on the decision of the white-bearded old sheik on the white horse, to the 30 POPE COLLECTION. extreme right of the principal group. He has evidently about made up his mind, for, while he knits his brows, he grasps his gun with an air of great resolution. The middle-aged Moor next him, with his hands on his hips, awaits the decision with impatience, and gives the impression that he will not approve of it. Canvas. Signed on the right. MIHALI MUNKACSY. ¢# Bornin village of Munkacs, Hungary, 1846. His real name is Lieb, \ but he takes that by which he is known from his native place. Studied first under a portrait painter at Gyula; later at the Vienna Academy, at & =f Munich under Franz Adams, and at Dusseldorf. Settled in Paris in Dae, 1872. Medals, Paris, 1870 and 1874. Medal of Honor, 1878 (Universal Exposition). Medal, Vienna, 1882. Grand Prize, 1889 (Universal Expo- sition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1877 ; officer of same, 1878 ; commander of same, 1890. Member of the Munich Academy, 1881. 7 I ACCEPTING THE CHALLENGE. Height, 40 inches ; width, 29 inches. The powerful young peasant stands, with a dogged look on his strong face, pulling back his left sleeve as he half turns toward his an- tagonist. It bodes ill for the latter, for the man before us has his strong brows knit under his dark hair, grits his teeth, with his mouth half opened, and has a bad look in his dark eyes. Panel. Signed on the right, JULES EMILE BASTIEN-LEPACE. Born at Damvillers, France, 1648. Pupil of Cabanel.. Medals, Paris, 1874, 1875, and 18%8. Chevalier ‘of the ele Honor, 1879. \ —— y g \ ‘ J ‘ \ . a EVENTIDE (PAGGOT GATHERER). Height, 4#inches ; width, 38 inches. Ona beautiful, fregh day in early autumn, along a path among the young trees, at the edge of a forest, comes an old faggot gatherer. He walks feebly, with a long, stout stick in one hand. and bends under the heavy load, bearing with the other the basketwork frame strapped to his back. There is much pathos in the expression of the old peasant. His open mouth shows that he is weary, and his failing eyes have an expression that suggests he wishes that his days of labor, if not of life, were over. Canvas. Signed onright. Dated Damvillers, 1884. nee OOS Tihede toe OIL PAINTINGS. 81 JOSE VILLEGAS, Born in Seville. Pupil of Fortuny. Medals at Seville, Rome, Naples, and Turin. 73 CALLING THE HOUR. Height, 51 inches ; width, 314 inches. Ina gateway, like a figure of fate, stands with drawn sword this swarthy young Moorish soldier, calling the early morning hour. He makes a picturesque barbaric effect, with his chain helmet, his round bossed shield, and his rich black and gold costume. From the arch above hangs the pull of a bell, and alight burns dim behind the bars guarding a passage back of the figure. Canvas. Signed on the right. S. H. CRONE. Munich. 74 THE VILLAGE TRIBUNAL. Height, 38 inches; length, 50 inches. A ragged, red-headed urchin, unkempt and in tatters, has been caught robbing an orchard. He has been brought before the village blacksmith by two other boys, who, for the nonce, are acting as minions of the law. Of these one is a burly, thick-set youngster, apparently about four years older than the prisoner. He is accompanied by a formidable-looking bull-dog intent upon exploring the mysteries of a well-filled blue pocket-handkerchief, which the culprit carries in his left hand. The dog is restrained by a stout cord in the hands of his owner, but there is a good deal of pull on the collar. Thesecond of the captorsis a delicate-looking boy, whose face is bandaged up, and whose left jaw is ornamented by a compress. The case is evidently important enough to bring work to a full stop. The smith’s apprentice has seated himself on the edge of the water-tub in his capacity of a jury of one, and listens with grave attention to the story. The smith has adjusted himself fora judicial hearing. The hammer he was using is laid, head down, on theanvil. He has planted his right palm upon it and leans with his left arm upon the right hand. The left hand is carried to his flowing beard, which it grasps just across the chin. This gives hima look of gravity and repose. He isa man verging on the forties, brawny aud muscular, with a good-natured face, that portends no very heavy penalty to the orchard-robber. The latter is trying very hard to cry, but does not seem quite able to manage it. That he meant business by wholesale is plain, not only from the handkerchief before mentioned, 82 POPH COLLECTION. but from the bosom and back of his shirt, and the sleeves of his coat (which he was using asa bag), all bursting with apples. There are three apples on the ground, and one is peeping from the left pocket of his trousers. The village boys are outside waiting for the verdict; the faces of a few of them being visible at a little window on the right. GEORGES JULES VICTOR CLAIRIN. Born in Paris, 1843. Pupil of the Ecole des Beaux Arts and of Picot and Pils. Medals, Paris, 1882, 1885, and 1889 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1888. ad 75 AT THE BAL MASQUE. Height, 60 inches ; width, 36 inches. At an opera ball, from the edge of a box on which she is seated, with mask discarded, an attractive blonde Parisienne views the tumul- tuous scene on the floor below, letting her eyes rest for an instant, per- haps, on some reyeller of the opposite sex who has attracted her atten- tion. The lines of her superb figure are accentuated by the placing of the left arm akimbo; and the costume, with its creamy lace and its white satin, is as rich as the roselike tints of the face, chest, and arms are delicate. * JEAN JOSEPH BENJAMIN-CONSTANT. Born in Paris, 1845. Pupil of Cabanel. Medals, Paris in 1875, 1876, and 1878 (Universal Exposition). Chevalier of the Legion of Honor, 1878 ; officer of the same, 1884. Member of the French Institute, 1893. 76 THE SULTAN’S FAVORITE. Height, 43 inches ; length, 71 inches. With bare, folded arms, and partly covered with gold-embroidered scarlet satin, the favorite of the Sultan lies on a divan, looking at us with an enigmatical expression in her black eyes, and her rich scarlet lips parted. What awealth of decorative material she has about her—a tiger-skin, cushions, rugs, curtains, etc.! And how careless sheseems of those two other decorative adjuncts, seated cross-legged, to the left—the serious eunuch, with his rose-colored turban, and the handsome young girl who listens to probably the latest seraglio gossip! There is strong character in the face of the elder woman, almost savage in her dark beauty. Canvas. Signed ontheright. Dated 1882. FIRST AFTERNOON’S SALE. FRIDAY, JANUARY 24th, BEGINNING PROMPTLY AT 38 O'CLOCK. AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES. ENGRAVINGS, ETCHINGS, AND WATER COLORS. ENGRAVINGS. P. HABCHMANN. 79 “THE CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL.” After Ludwig Knaus. Engraving. Remark proof, tty ogi. AVE RE. YT FF F¥ 3 rae 80 IMMACULATE CONCEPTION. After Murillo. Engraving. Remark proof. te W. H. SIMMONS. 81 “STEADY, JOHN, STEADY.” oy After Erskine Nicoll, A.R.A. Proof. Signed by painter and en- } graver. POPE COLLECTION. LUMB STOCKS. 82 “THE RUBBER.” After Thomas Webster, R.A, Proof engraving, ETCHINGS. CHARLES ALBERT WALTNER. 83 “THE NIGHT WATCH.” After Rembrandt. Signed. Remark proof, with a section or the original plate, showing part of a male head let into the mat. 84 “THE GILDER.” After Rembrandt. Signed. Remark proof. 85 “THE ANGELUS.” After J. F. Millet. One of three remark proofs, with portrait of the etcher, ‘‘In progress for the proprietor.”” Signed, ‘‘a Monsieur, son dévoué, Ch. Waltner.”’ AUGUSTE BOULARD, FILS. 86 ‘““FRENCH CAVALRY PASSING.” After Edouard Detaille. Remark proof. Signed by painter and etcher. FELIX BRACQUEMOND. 87 “THE QUARREL.” After Meissonier. Remark proof. Signed by painter and etcher. roc) ot WATER COLORS, HENRI EMILE LEFORT. 88 “WATCHING THE STEAMER.” After Alfred Stevens. Remark proof. Signed by painter and etcher. J. L. E. MEISSONIER. 89 “TL SIGNOR ANIBALE.” Signed. Proof. 90 “MAN EXAMINING THE SWORD.” Signed. Proof, P. LE RAT. 91 “MAN AT WINDOW.” After J. L. E. Meissonier. Remark proof. Signed by painter and etcher, HAMILTON HAMILTON. 92 “THE COMMUNICANTS.” Afrer Emile Breton. Remark proof. Signed by the etcher. WATER COLORS. BERNHARDT HOPPE. 93 FOREST AND POND. Height, 13% inches ; length, 193 inches. This scene in Holland is of astream deeply fringed with trees, and with birds flying towards the delicate sunset sky. Signed on the left. POPE COLLECTION. F. TALLY LOTT. 94 OLD CASTLE. Height, 12} inches; length, 28 inches. A picturesque old fortress guards what is evidently a port of some little importance, to judge from the shipping. erry st mepae Wet = # Bate vat tee rere BR Rar, Any oe Be Schgih uate: a ae ty | Me Ah Sees ie ae Stare =