SALE THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 17, BEGINNING AT 7.30 O'CLOCK, PROMPT, AT THE AMERICAN ART GALLERIES, LINE ENGRAVINGS AND ETCHINGS. Works with an asterisk (*) affixed were loaned by Mr. Beecher to the First Exhibition of Engravings held in the United States, in behalf of the U. S. Sanitary Fair in Brooklyn, A.D. 1864. FRAMED ENGRAVINGS. ANDORFF. 3675 Grabdenkmal der Konigen Louise. BELLOWS (A. F.). Born Milford, Mass.; died 1883. Studied Paris and Antwerp. 1861. Began in 1865 to work chiefly in water-color. N. Y. Etching Club and Painter-Etcher Society. 3676 The Waterside Inn. Artist proof. 3677 Flowers for the Hospital. Artist proof. BLANCHARD (Aug.). Born Paris. Five medals, Chev. Legion of Honor, H. C. 3678 Murillo. Very choice impression. After Rauch Elected N. A., Member of the Murillo 3679* Christus Remunerator. Choice India proof before letters. BRIDOUX (A.). Ary Scheffer Born Abbeville. Prize of Rome. Two medals, Legion of Honor, H. C. 3680* The Assumption of the Virgin. Choice proof before letters. BURNETT (John). 3681 The Shipwreck (painted 1805). Murillo J. M. W. Turner, R.A. Fishing boats endeavoring to rescue the crew. BRUNET-DEBAINES (ALFRED). Born Havre. Pupil of Gaucherel and Lalaunne. Hors Concours. 3682 La Pastorale. CHAUVEL (TH.). Corot Born Paris. Pupil of Picot, d'Aligny and Bellet. "Hors Concours." One of the most skillful reproductive etchers of the time. Born Paris, 1797. Legion of Honor. Studied with Guerin and Bervic. Grand Medals, Officer of 3688 Mystic Marriage of St. Catharine. Artist proof. India paper. Correggio "The youthful saint, according to her vision, is betrothed to the divine infant, in presence of St. Sebastian and of the Virgin, who carefully superintends the holy rite." "A mythological legend illustrated by ecclesiastical art. DURAND (A. B., N.A.). Born Springfield, N. J.; died, 1886. Self-taught, but studied with Maverick. He was the most eminent of American engravers and a distinguished landscape painter. President of the Nat. Academy of Design for many years. 3689 W. C. Bryant. EARLOM (R.). A. B. Durand Born London, 1743; died, 1822. Pupil of Cipriani. As an engraver introduced many improvements in the process of mezzotint. 3690 An Iron Forge. Mezzotint. FARRER (HENRY). Jo. Wright Born England. President New York Etching Club. Member of Painter Etchers' Society. 3691 The Light House. 3692 Woods in Winter. A fine chromo-lithograph of the entire ceiling, of which the originals of the above are part, is No. 3663 of this collection. GIBBON (BENJ. PHELPS). Born Wales, 1802; died 1851. Pupil of Simon and J. H. Robinson. 3703* The Highland Shepherd's Home. E. Landseer, R.A. 3705 Mt. St. Michael. Artist's proof. Earnest, skillful transcript of nature, commends all his work. 3708 Head of a Hound. India proof before all letters. JAZET (I. P. M.). Sir E. Landseer Born Paris, 1780. Pupil of Debecourt, Legion of Honor, 1816; died 1864. 3709 The Last Moments of Queen Elizabeth. The earliest mezzotint of any importance, engraved in France. the rarest excellence."-Art Journal. LANDSEER (THOMAS, A.R.A.). 3710 The Deer Pass. India proof before letters. De La Roche "A print of Sir E. Landseer 3711 The Horse Fair. India proof before letters. Rosa Bonheur The plate was destroyed Dec. 13, 1858. The painting was purchased from Gambart the publisher, by W. T. Wright, Esq.. Weehawken, N. J., and by him loaned for public exhibition in N. Y., and is now, through gift of Cornelius Vanderbilt, the property of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The engraver's reputation was largely increased by the success of this plate. He left at his decease five thousand pounds for a legacy, free of duty, to the Artists' General Benevolent Institution. Born Monza, 1760; died 1831. Succeeded R. Morghen as Professor in same 3714 La Sposolizo. Marriage of the Virgin. Fine proof before letters, with quotation. 3715* La Maddelena del Correggio. Raphael Berlin. LUDERITZ (G.). 3716 Head of the Saviour crowned with Thorns. Very early proof before letters. MACBETH (ROB'T WALKER). Correggio Born Glasgow, 1848. Pupil of his father. Studied in schools of Royal Academy. Member of Painter-Etcher Society, 1861. Now in Spain, etching from celebrated paintings there, for an English publisher. 3717 The Pied Piper of Hamelin (vide Browning's poem). J. G. Pinwell The painter was born London, 1842; died 1875. Won a high rank in his The subject is full of tenderness and sympathy. short career. Prize of Rome. Four medals, Legion of Honor, H. C. 3721 Das Jungste Bruderchin. Leo. Roberto Meyer von Bremen 3724 Children in the Woods. Advance proof. Etching. J. Sant PICHLER (J.). Born Bozen, 1765; died, Wien, 1806. Pupil of Schmuzer and Jacobi. 3725* Der Heil Magdalena. Mezzotint. Fine impression of a noble work. P. Battoni |