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GERARD DOW.
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bunch of onions and carrots are on the sill, and a pair of
scales and a basket hang up at the side; a bas-relievo of
boys adorns the under part of the sill. This picture has been
so severely injured by the sun, and the consequent restora-
tion, that its originality is rendered doubtful. Engraved in
the Stafford Gallery.
18j- in. by 13| in.—P.
In the Bridgewater Collection, Lord Francis Egerton.
18. The Herring Woman. The shopkeeper is here repre-
sented dressed in a white cap, a scarlet gown, and a blue
apron, standing at an arched window holding up a herring
with one hand, and examining a piece of money which she
has on the palm of the other. A boy is near her, holding a
tub on the sill, on which lies a bunch of onions. A cage
hangs up at the side.
12^ in. by 9 int—p. (arched.}
This picture was formerly in the Hesse Cassel Collection, from
which it was removed by the French and presented to the Empress
Josephine, and in 1825 was sold to the Emperor of Russia ; now
in the Palace of the Hermitage. See No. 24, Vol. I.
19. An Artist drawing from a Fiamingo figure of an Infant
by Lamp Light. See No. 31, Vol. I.
This picture was in 1835 in the hands of M. Heris, of Brussels,
for sale, price 6000fs. (240Z.) It has been subsequently purchased
for the Musee of that city.
20. La Liseuse. An elderly woman of a pleasing counte-
nance, having spectacles on, dressed in a plain white cap, a
black gown with scarlet and black sleeves, a blue apron, and
a white kerchief and frill, seated holding open a large book
with both hands, and bending forward to read it. This beau-
tiful little picture is painted with a rich empasto of colour,
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bunch of onions and carrots are on the sill, and a pair of
scales and a basket hang up at the side; a bas-relievo of
boys adorns the under part of the sill. This picture has been
so severely injured by the sun, and the consequent restora-
tion, that its originality is rendered doubtful. Engraved in
the Stafford Gallery.
18j- in. by 13| in.—P.
In the Bridgewater Collection, Lord Francis Egerton.
18. The Herring Woman. The shopkeeper is here repre-
sented dressed in a white cap, a scarlet gown, and a blue
apron, standing at an arched window holding up a herring
with one hand, and examining a piece of money which she
has on the palm of the other. A boy is near her, holding a
tub on the sill, on which lies a bunch of onions. A cage
hangs up at the side.
12^ in. by 9 int—p. (arched.}
This picture was formerly in the Hesse Cassel Collection, from
which it was removed by the French and presented to the Empress
Josephine, and in 1825 was sold to the Emperor of Russia ; now
in the Palace of the Hermitage. See No. 24, Vol. I.
19. An Artist drawing from a Fiamingo figure of an Infant
by Lamp Light. See No. 31, Vol. I.
This picture was in 1835 in the hands of M. Heris, of Brussels,
for sale, price 6000fs. (240Z.) It has been subsequently purchased
for the Musee of that city.
20. La Liseuse. An elderly woman of a pleasing counte-
nance, having spectacles on, dressed in a plain white cap, a
black gown with scarlet and black sleeves, a blue apron, and
a white kerchief and frill, seated holding open a large book
with both hands, and bending forward to read it. This beau-
tiful little picture is painted with a rich empasto of colour,