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Title: Illustrated catalogue of 100 paintings of old masters of the Dutch, Flemish, Italian, French, and English schools : belonging to the Sedelmeyer Gallery, which contains about 1000 original paintings of ancient and modern artists
Year: 1894 (1890s)
Authors: Galerie Sedelmeyer
Subjects: Painting
Publisher: Paris : (The Gallery)
Contributing Library: Getty Research Institute
Digitizing Sponsor: Getty Research Institute

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LAWRENCE Sir Thomas) ( I 769-1830) 87. Portrait of Miss Siddons; daughter ofthe famous actress, Mrs. Siddons Life-size; three-quarter figure; full front. Seated in an arm-chair.Fair face, blue eyes; curly, auburn hair falling over her fore-head.Low, yellow dress, trimmed with brown fur, with a blue sasharound the waist. In her left hand she holds the corner of a bluishdrapery which lies over her arm and falls down to the floor. Behindher, a red curtain. On the left of the picture, a landscape withcloudy sky. Canvas, 49 1/4 in, by 3g; 1/4 in. LAWRENCE (Sir Thomas) (1 769-183o) 88. Portrait of Mrs. Kemble; the actress Half-length, with full front. Her hair, parted in the middle,covering part of the fore-head. Broad-rimmed velvet hat withfeather. She wears a low-cut yellow dress; a nose-gay is stuck inher belt. Canvas, 2? /12 in. by 20 1/2 in — 102 —
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MORLAND (George)(1763-1804) 89. — The Wood-gatherers On a clearing in the forest three are three figures : a man, womanand child. The man is standing with a load of dry wood on hisshoulders, talking to the woman who, kneeling, is in the act of tyingher bundle of dry branches. The girl, on the left, is playing with adog, placing a stick of wood on its back. Blue sky and light cloudson the left. Canvas, 2> 1/2 in. by 17 1/2 in. MORLAND (George)(1763-1804) 90. — In the Snow A snow-covered landscape. At the foot of a leafless tree, a wood-cutter, in a light-coloured cloak with red hood, is in the act ofplacing some dry wood on the ground, preparatory to making atire. His companion, in a white, round jacket, brings anotherbundle of wood In. the background, on the right, is a hut, withsnow on the roof. Panel, 16 1/2 in. by 1 in. - 104 —

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