Identifier: illustratedcatal00amer_8 (find matches)
Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art and literary property collected by the late Henry G. Marquand
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924 Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909
Subjects: Marquand, Henry G
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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oss the front of the bodice, is worn over an underskirt of purple,decorated with gold lace. On a table beside her an hour-glass marks the dull routineof time; while at the right of the chamber stands her prie-dieu, covered with a linencloth, and adorned with two lighted tapers and a crucifix. A picture hangs above it, undera carved canopy, on the corner of which is a lighted lantern. In the corridor, seenbeyond some crimson hangings, a boy approaches with a lute. Take, O, take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn;And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn;But my kisses bring again, bring again;Seals of love, but seald in vain, seald in vain. The picture elaborately illustrates the artists ability to re-create the feeling andenvironment of bygone days, and in the richness of its color, tonal quality, and exquisitehandling reveals his mastery of the water-color medium. Signed at the lower right, «« E. A. Abbey. Height, 18)4 inches ; length, 23^ inches.
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THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, RA. 1727-1788 23 — Shepherd Boys The two lads in this little picture are eminently characteristic of Gainsborough.They have an unaffected rusticity, a natural wholesomeness, the freedom of gesture ofyoung untamed creatures, and added thereto a slight gravity of demeanor, a reflex ofthe painters own gentle, dreamy nature. They are seated on a rocky eminence whichoverlooks a plain, showing blue in the distant atmosphere. Behind them stands art oldoak trunk, between the branches of which appears a patch of blue sky. One of the boysleans, nearly facing us, with one hand extended along the rock, the other holding a crook.His companion sits sideways at his feet, with his hands laid upon his knees, and in front ofhim lies a dog. The glow of the setting sun is concentrated on the back and shouldersof the latter boy, and spreads a pattern of lesser light over the browns and russet tones ofthe foreground, paling into greenish cream in the distant sky. The mingled breadth

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