Front matter
Reading edition
Cover illustration (see description on page 42):
Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) A Girl with a Watering Can Canvas. 39½ × 28¾ inches. Dated 1876 Chester Dale Collection
French Painting of the 19th Century in the National Gallery of Art
by Grose Evans Curator of Extension Services
Washington, D. C.
Copyright 1959 Publications Fund National Gallery of Art Washington, D. C. Revised 1967
Designed, Engraved, and Printed in the United States of America by The Beck Engraving Company
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