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eymoon," known as the "Roebucks," 4,042; 

 " Deerhound and Mastiff " (1838), 1,470 ; " None 

 but the Brave deserve the Fair" (1838), 4,620; 

 " Otter and Salmon " (1842), 1,365 ; " Not 

 caught yet " (1843), 3,150 ; " Terrier and Dead 

 Wild Ducks" (1845), 2,730; "Spaniel and 

 Pheasant " (1845), 1,575 ; " Retriever and Wood- 

 cock " (1845), 2,205 ; " Browsing " (crayon 

 drawing, 1857), 2,200. William Mulready, "A 

 Dog of Two Minds," 1,213. Sir Joshua Rey- 

 nolds, "Meditation" (1819), 1,155. C. Stan- 

 field, " Near Sepolina, Como," 1,113. Turner, 

 " Sheerness," 7,450 (sold in Dobree sale, 1842, 

 for 178 10s., and in Baring sale to Mr. Wells 

 for 577 10s.). D. Willde, "Distraining for 

 Rent," 2,310 ; " The Jew's Harp " (1807), 446. 

 R. Wilson, "The Village Festival" (study of 

 National Gallery picture), 1,890. Hobbema, 

 "View in Westphalia," 2,855. Rembrandt, 

 " The Artist's Wife," 1,690. Jacob Ruysdael, 

 " The Flooded Road," 997. W. Vandervelde, 

 " Sea View with Boats," 1,207. Murillo, " Head 

 of a Bacchante, 1.365. 



At the sale of the pictures of the late John 

 Cawardine, Feb. 22, George Romney's " Contem- 

 plation Lady Hamilton " brought 1,102, and 

 his "Mrs. Butler "1,837; Sir J. Reynolds's 

 " General Morgan, 315, and " The Death of Di- 

 do" (1781), 420; Sir David Wilkie's "The 

 Pinch of Snuff," 278. 



At a sale of the pictures of Rev. T. H. Tragett 

 and others, March 1, William Collins's " Shrimp 

 Boys at Cromer " brought 1,260 ; his " Capstan 

 at Work" (1820), 840; and "The Kitten de- 

 ceived " 682. John Linnell, Sr., " The Flight 

 into Egypt" (1841), 556. Edwin Long's "A 

 Question of Propriety" (1670), 1,050. 



At a sale of the pictures of the late C. R. Pem- 

 berton and others, March 17, Frans Hals's " Por- 

 trait of a Gentleman " brought 1,995. 



At the sale of the collection of the late Will- 

 iam Carver, of Manchester, March 22, 13 of 

 the principal works of George F. Watts were 

 disposed of at good prices. Among the highest 

 were : " The Red Cross Knight and Una," 1,732 ; 

 " Love and Death," 1,386 ; " The Rider on the 

 White Horse," 1,522; "The Rider on the Red 

 Horse," 236 ; " The Rider on the Black Horse," 

 388 ; " Death on the Pale Horse," 236. 



At a sale of pictures of the English school, 

 March 29, George Romney's " Sensibility Lady 

 Hamilton" brought 3,045. C. R. Leslie's 

 " Princes in the Tower" sold for only 12, show- 

 ing the present-day depreciation of that artist. 



At a sale of various owners, April 26, Sir Ed- 

 win Landseer's "Uncle Tom and his Wife for 

 Sale " (1857) brought 1,291. Sir John Millais's 

 " Asleep " 1,400. J. Linnell, Sr., " The Har- 

 vest Field," 1,701 ; " The Road through the 

 Forest," 1,102. 



At the sale of the collection of Charles Neck, 

 May 3, J. C. Hook's "The Nearest Way to 

 School" brought 1,417; "Cornish Mermaid," 

 1,417; and " 'Tis an 111 Wind that does No- 

 body Good," 2,572. John Linnell, Sr., " Pons 

 Asinorum," 945; "The Barley Harvest," 1,- 

 207 ; " Woods and Forests," 1,995 ; and " Point- 

 ing the Way," 1,197. 



At a sale of various owners, June 21, Frans 

 Hals's "Portrait of his Wife" brought 1,837; 

 " Immaculate Conception," by Murillo, 399. 



At the sale of the Farnley Hall collection of 

 Ayscough Fawkes a large number of water-color 

 sketches by Turner were disposed of at good 

 prices, 29 of them realizing sums over 100 each. 

 Among those which brought more were : " Win- 

 dermere," 1,200 ; " Loch Tyne," 724 ; " Vevey," 

 997 ; " Valley of Chamouni," 840 ; " Lau- 

 sanne," 735 ; ' Lake Lucerne from Fluelen," 2.- 

 310 ; " Mont Blanc," 1,050. The following in 

 oil, also by Turner, were sold ; " Lake of Gene- 

 va, 2,625; "Scene in the Apennines," 808; 

 " The 'Victory ' returning from Trafalgar," 2,- 

 152 ; " The Sun rising in a Mist," 1,050. 



The Stover collection, late the property of the 

 twelfth Duke of Somerset, was sold on June 28, 

 together with several other properties. Among 

 the 53 pictures from Stover House were: Paul 

 Potter, "The Dairy Farm," (1646), 6,090; Hob- 

 bema, " Woody Landscape," 2,730 ; Gainsbor- 

 ough, " Portrait of Lord Hamilton." 4,410. and 

 of Alexander, Duke of Hamilton,"l,575 : Van- 

 dyke, " Queen Henrietta Maria," 1,050 ; John 

 Hoppner, " Portrait of a Lady." 1,575 ; Rubens. 

 " Portrait of a Philosopher," 315. On the same 

 day was sold Romney's " Lady Hamilton as 

 Circe," 4,042 ; Vandyke, " The Marquis of Vieu- 

 ville," 945. 



Gibson's famous statue, " The Tinted Venus," 

 executed in Rome in 1852. and exhibited at the 

 London Universal Exhibition of 1862, was sold 

 at Christie's, June 28, for $9,185. 



An equestrian statue of Prince Albert was in- 

 augurated in the park of Windsor Castle, May 12. 

 in the presence of the Queen and the royal family 

 and of the King of the Belgians. The statue 

 was given by the women of England to the 

 Queen on the occasion of her Jubilee. 



The Bern Exhibition. The first national 

 exhibition of the fine arts in Switzerland was 

 held at Bern, May 1 to June 12, in the halls of 

 the Kunst Museum. It comprised 403 works, of 

 which 280 were in oil, 63 water colors and pastels, 

 33 sculptures, and the remainder engravings, de- 

 signs, pictures on porcelain, etc. 



Dresden Exhibition. The third annual wa- 

 ter-color exhibition, held in August and Septem- 

 ber, comprised 2,500 numbers. Gold medals were 

 awarded to Charles Gehrts and Eugene Duiker, 

 both of Diisseldorf. Silver medals to Hans Herr- 

 mann, Berlin ; Heinz Heim, Darmstadt ; and Ales- 

 sandro Zezzos, Venice. Diplomas to Mme. Cour- 

 tois, Lhermitte, Dagnan-Bouveret, Paris; and 

 Eugene Jettel, Vienna. 



The Hague Exhibition. The exhibition 

 held in the Academy of Painting in the Princesse- 

 gracht, was opened on the 12th of May and 

 closed on the 29th of June. 



Mnnich Exhibition. The third annual ex- 

 hibition at Munich opened July 1 and closed Oct. 

 15. The following awards were made in the 

 section of painting : First-class medals to Rob- 

 ert Haug, Stuttgart ; Albert Meuhuys, the 

 Hague; James Guthrie, Glasgow; Paul Albert 

 Besnard, Paris. Second-class medals to Carl 

 Seiler, Munich; Ovien Pech, Munich; Gottfried 

 Kallstenius, Stockholm; Leo van Aken, Ant- 

 werp ; Alexander Strays, Mechlin ; Alexander 

 Harrison, Paris: Arthur Kampf, Dusseldorf; 

 Theophilus de Bock, the Hague ; Jean Boldini, 

 Paris; Julien Dupre, Paris ; K. Pochwalski, Cra- 

 cow; Albert Caertsoer, Ghent ; John Robertson 



