Women Painters in the United States of America

DURING the 19th century, in the United States of America, there came slowly into existence a new school of painting—new often in temper rather than in manner, for its followers usually came to Europe for their methods. Race, climate, religion, commerce, social life, influence art, and the painters of the United States reveal in their work all the characteristics for which their country has long been famous: vivacity, invention, constant enterprise, a democratic enthusiasm, a love of truth (truth often united with romance or else with sensationalism), and last, but not least, a rare felicity in transforming borrowed knowledge into something quite original. It is not often that a civilisation embodies itself in the genius of one man, giving an epitome of all its dominant qualities; but in Mr. John S. Sargent, R.A., we recognise a painter of tremendous gifts who does for the United States what the manly, swaggering Rubens did for Flanders, symbolising a people and a civilisation.

One sign of the democratic spirit in the progress of American Art is to be noticed in the fact that women have participated largely in the honours gained by the pioneers. It is noteworthy, for instance, that the first book on Women Painters should have been written by an American lady, Mrs Ellet, as far back as 1859. Mrs. Ellet showed great industry, but following a custom rashly encouraged by writers on art, she believed that she could teach painting and sculpture by the use of words alone, in recording biographical facts, and in offering criticisms on work that her readers could not see in illustrations. Written history is the phonograph of all past centuries, but the understanding of art owes little to its words.

Still, the enthusiasm that fired Mrs. Ellet was shared by many of her countrywomen, and to it we owe some truly clever artists, like the four sculptors, Harriet Hosmer, Florence Freeman, Edmonia Lewis and Emma Stebbins, or like the following painters: Emily Sartain (portraits and genre), Sara M. Peale (portraits), Mrs. J. W. Dewing (portraits, subject pictures, flowers and still-life), Annie C. Shaw (cattle and landscapes), Mrs. Adèle Fassett (portraits) Mrs. Elisa Greatorex (landscapes), Mrs. Henry A. Loop (portraits), Ella A. Moss (portraits), Jennie Brownscombe (subject pictures), May Alcott (copies after J. M. W. Turner and still-life), Elizabeth Boott (figure subjects), Charlotte B. Coman (landscapes in the manner of Corot), and that delicate recorder of pleasant secrets learnt from nature in the fields, Fidelia Bridges. The very titles of this lady's pictures have the fragrance of field flowers or else they glow with the plumage of birds. It has been said of Fidelia Bridges that her art sings little pastoral lyrics, and her art is certainly very fresh and sweet, charmed with much sympathetic appreciation of nature in some of her unnumbered smiling moods. For Fidelia Bridges, like Birket Foster, paints as though the year were all springtime, a series of twelve May months, all full of gaiety and bounty. She seldom takes heed of that eternal warfare which accompanies Nature's bountifulness, filling the seed-carrying winds with the presence of death, and setting every living thing to prey upon another. To this part of Nature's life Fidelia Bridges usually shuts her eyes, unlike Miss E. M. Carpenter, whose landscape art reveals at times the menacing suggestion of great rivers and of high solitary mountains.

It would serve no useful purpose to enumerate all the earlier women painters of the United States. They worked bravely and well, and if their doings are now forgotten or undervalued, it is only because the harvest sowed by them is being reaped by the present generation. To-day the names of at least two American women painters, Mary Cassatt and Cecilia Beaux, are known in every country where good art is studied. Mary Cassatt, the only pupil of Degas, is bracketed always with Berthe Morisot, for both ladies became Impressionists at about the same time, adding the charm of their personalities to a rugged revolt in art. The work of each has great interest, but that of Mary Cassatt is the more attractive and the more enduring. It is not overburdened with a heavy adherence to methods originated by men; and it is richer with the emotions of the painter's own heart. To Mary Cassatt, Impressionism is a chosen dialect, a means by which she can express herself in colour and form; to Berthe Morisot, on the other hand, it was in itself the final word in painting. So, mistaking the clay of art for the finished statue, she obeyed the methods of a school with so much zeal and so much self-sacrifice that her own nature became enslaved to the difficulties of technique. Compare Berthe Morisot's able study (page 211) with the charming homeliness of Mary Cassatt's picture (page 157), and you will see at a glance how wide is the difference between the emotional and æsthetic value of the subjects represented. Berthe Morisot remains a student, while Mary Cassatt passes beyond technique to a universal delight in childhood. She feels both the pathos and the humour of the beginnings of our life, and she makes infancy welcome in art because she understands it and shows no maudlin sentiment.

Something of the same kind is done by Miss Cornelia Conant, in her domestic picture called "The End of the Story" (page 151); and another view of child-life, delightfully rendered by Helen Hyde, may be seen in colour on page 145.

The pictures by which Miss Cecilia Beaux is represented in this book show very clearly that her genius has dramatic strength, sustention, and flexibility. The portrait on page 162 is handled with a sculptural vigour that responds admirably to the character of the sitter, while the "Mother and Child" (page 121) has a quietness of tone, a reserved simplicity of style, a permeating suggestion of pathos, having much in common with Whistler's portrait of his mother. Miss Cecilia Beaux is a dramatist in her studies of character, and her art is probably more subtle and more various than that of any woman painter who has devoted her life to portraiture. The reader will do well to contrast her style with that of Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt, the first woman painter whose work was purchased by the Chantrey Fund, London (page 139).

It is fitting now that a list should be given of other leading artists of the United States, though their work is not represented here, owing to the adventures in delays that attend a despatch of letters from London to America.

1. Sarah C. Sears (Mrs. J. Montgomery Sears), pupil of Turner, Brush and Tarbell; prizes at New York, 1893, Chicago, 1893, Paris, 1900, Buffalo, 1901, Charleston, 1902. 2. Miss Mary L. Macomber, pupil of Boston Museum; prizes at Boston, 1895, Atlanta, 1895, National Academy of Design, 1897, Pittsburgh, 1901. 3. Miss Katherine Abbot, bronze medal at Paris, 1900. 4. Miss Elizabeth F. Bonsall, pupil of Howard Pyle, prize winner at Philadelphia, 1885, 1888, 1897. 5. Miss Matilda Browne, pupil of Dewey and Bisbing, medals at Chicago, 1890, National Academy of Design, 1899 and 1901. 6. Miss Maria Brooks, pupil of the Royal Academy Schools, London. 7. Mrs. Brewster Sewell, pupil of Duran in Paris, of Chase in New York; winner of several prizes, as at Charleston in 1902. 8. Rosina Emmet Sherwood, pupil of Chase and of Julian's School, Paris; prizes in Paris, 1889, Chicago, 1893, Buffalo, 1901. 9. Mrs. Emily M. Scott, prizes at Buffalo, 1901, New York, 1902. 10. Miss Rhoda H. Nicolls, born in England and studied in England; a frequent prize-winner. 11. Edith M. Prellwitz, a frequent prize-winner and a pupil of Brush, in New York, of Julian, in Paris. 12. Lydia Field Emmet, pupil of Bouguereau, in Paris, of Chase, in New York; prizes at Chicago, 1893, Atlanta, 1895, Buffalo, 1901. 13. Mrs. Kenyon Cox, pupil of the National Academy of Design; prize-winner at Paris, 1900, at Buffalo, 1901. 14. Emma L. Cooper, Medals at Chicago, 1893, Atlanta, 1895. 15. Mrs. Charlotte B. Comans, Medal at San Francisco, 1894. 16. Miss Clara S. MacChesney; and last, but not least, Miss Mary F. MacMonnies.

W. S. S.

British School, Contemporary

THE QUEEN AND THE PAGE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY DIXON & SON, LONDON Mrs. Marianne Stokes, Painter

British School, XVII Century

PORTRAIT OF THE ENGLISH POET, ABRAHAM COWLEY (1618-1667). FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. A. MANSELL & CO., AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON Mrs. Mary Beale, born Cradock, Painter 1632-1697

PORTRAIT OF KING CHARLES II OF ENGLAND. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. A. MANSELL & CO., AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON Mrs. Mary Beale, born Cradock, Painter 1632-1697

British School, XVIII Century

CARICATURE OF EDWARD GIBBON, HISTORIAN. IN THE PRINT ROOM, THE BRITISH MUSEUM Lady Diana Beauclerk, Amateur 1734-1808

CUPIDS. AFTER AN ENGRAVING BY F. BARTOLOZZI, R.A. Lady Diana Beauclerk, Amateur 1734-1808

British School, XVIII Century

ARIADNE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE DRESDEN GALLERY, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY V. A. BRUCKMANN, MUNICH Maria Angelica Kauffman. R.A., Painter 1741-1807

British School, XVIII Century

PORTRAIT OF MISS HARRIOT POWELL. FROM A MEZZOTINT BY RICHARD HOUSTON. THE PROOF LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Miss Catharine Read, Painter Died about 1786

PORTRAIT OF MISS JONES. FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. WATSON, DATED 1767. THE PRINT LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Miss Catharine Read, Painter Died about 1786

British School, Contemporary

"THE FISHER WIFE." AFTER THE DRAWING IN WATER-COLOUR AND CRAYON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. E. GRAY, LONDON Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, XVIII Century

PORTRAIT (PAINTED BY HERSELF) OF ANGELICA KAUFFMAN, R.A., AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE UFFIZI GALLERY. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY ALINARI Maria Angelica Kauffman, R.A., Painter 1741-1807

THE VESTAL VIRGIN. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN THE ROYAL GALLERY, DRESDEN, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HANFSTAENGL Maria Angelica Kauffman, R.A., Painter 1741-1807

School of British Water-Colour, 1793

RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE WITH A CASTLE IN THE DISTANCE. PAINTED IN 1793, WHEN TURNER AND GIRTIN WERE ONLY EIGHTEEN. THE BREADTH AND MANNER OF THIS DRAWING ARE THEREFORE REMARKABLE, ESPECIALLY AS COMING FROM A LADY OF THAT TIME. THE SCENIC POMP OF THE DESIGN POINTS TO THE INFLUENCE OF FRANCIS NICHOLSON. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR (19-5/8 INCHES BY 26-3/4 INCHES) IN THE PRINT ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. E. GRAY Amelia Hotham, Painter End of 18th Century

British School, End of XVIII Century and Beginning of XIX Century

A COUNTRY BOY. REPRODUCED FROM AN ORIGINAL SOFT-GROUND ETCHING THAT SHOWS THE MINGLED INFLUENCES OF GAINSBOROUGH AND MORLAND Catherine Maria Fanshawe, Painter-Etcher 1765-1834

PORTRAIT OF SARAH, COUNTESS OF KINNOULL, FROM A STIPPLE ENGRAVING AFTER A MINIATURE BY SAMUEL SHELLEY Caroline Watson, Engraver to Queen Caroline 1760(?)-1814

British School, Early XIX Century

A PINCH OF SNUFF. AFTER AN ENGRAVING BY MADAME BOVI, A PUPIL OF F. BARTOLOZZI, R.A. THE PRINT LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Lavinia Countess Spencer, Amateur Died 1831

PORTRAIT OF PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792-1822). AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. CASWALL SMITH Miss A. Curran, Amateur Died 1847

British School, Contemporary

"FLORA." REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Evelyn Pickering (Mrs. William De Morgan), Painter

British School, Early XIX Century

PORTRAIT OF MRS. STUART FROM A MEZZOTINT BY S. W. REYNOLDS, KINDLY LENT BY MR. ALFRED DAVIS Mrs. J. Robertson, Painter Worked 1824 to 1844

PORTRAIT OF LADY DALRYMPLE HAMILTON, DAUGHTER OF ADMIRAL LORD DUNCAN FROM AN ENGRAVING BY J. AGAR Mrs. Anne Mee, born Foldsone, Painter Died very old in 1851

British School 1764 to 1826

VASE OF FLOWERS. PAINTED IN 1764 AND FORMERLY IN THE COLLECTION OF QUEEN CHARLOTTE. AFTER THE TEMPERA PAINTING AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Mary Moser, R.A. (Mrs. Hugh Lloyd) 1744-1819

GROUP OF FLOWERS IN A JAR. PAINTED IN 1806 FOR PRINCESS ELIZABETH, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE III. AFTER THE WATER-COLOUR AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Mrs. Margaret Meen, Painter Worked 1775 to 1810

FLOWERS AND GRAPES. PAINTED IN 1826. AFTER THE WATER-COLOUR AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Miss Anne Frances Byrne, Painter 1775-1837

WOOD SCENE. AFTER THE DRAWING IN INDIA INK ON A WATER-COLOUR TINT AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Viscountess Templetown, Amateur Died 1824

School of British Water-Colour, Early XIX. Century

BACKWATER, WEYMOUTH, DORSET. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. E. GRAY, LONDON Mrs. Matilda Heming, born Lowry, Painter 1808-1855

LANDSCAPE AT KENILWORTH AFTER AN ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR BY THE GRANDMOTHER OF MRS. HELEN ALLINGHAM, R.W.S. Mrs. John Herford, Amateur

British School, Early XIX Century

PORTRAIT OF HENRIETTA SHUCKBURGH, AFTER THE WATER-COLOUR IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, born Geddes, Painter 1793-1872

PORTRAIT OF MARGARET CARPENTER. AFTER THE WATER-COLOUR IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, born Geddes, Painter 1793-1872

LODONA. FROM POPE'S "WINDSOR FOREST." FROM THE ENGRAVING BY F. BARTOLOZZI, R.A. Mrs. Maria Cosway, born Hadfield, Painter 1759-1838

British School, Contemporary

"ELSPETH." AFTER THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT IN BODY-COLOUR, BY KIND PERMISSION OF MRS. J. M. CURRIE, LONDON Miss Ann Macbeth, Painter

School of British Water-Colour, XIX Century

PALM BRANCHES. AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. CASWALL SMITH, LONDON Louisa Marchioness of Waterford, Painter 1818-1891

SPRING. AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN WATER-COLOUR FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. CASWALL SMITH Louisa Marchioness of Waterford, Painter 1818-1891

British School, XIX Century

PORTRAIT OF JOHN GIBSON, R.A., SCULPTOR (1791-1866). AFTER THE PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. A. MANSELL & CO. Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, born Geddes, Painter 1793-1872

PORTRAIT OF R. P BONINGTON, PAINTER (1801-1828). AFTER THE PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY, LONDON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY W. A. MANSELL & CO. Mrs. Margaret Carpenter, born Geddes, Painter 1793-1872

British School, XIX Century

JESUS CHRIST AMONG THE DOCTORS AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY J. CASWALL SMITH Louisa Marchioness of Waterford, Painter 1818-1891

School of British Water-Colour, XIX Century

STUDY OF A BIRD'S NEST. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN WATER-COLOUR BY PERMISSION OF MESSRS. BROWN & PHILLIPS Mrs. Helen Cordelia Angell, born Coleman, Painter 1847-1884

British School, 1901

"TO-DAY FOR ME." FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY H. DIXON & SON, AFTER THE WATER-COLOUR IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS EVANS Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, 1871

ELAINE. REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY PERMISSION OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, THE WALKER ART GALLERY, LIVERPOOL Mrs. Sophie Anderson, Painter

British School, 1873

SINTRAM AND HIS MOTHER (VIDE DE LA MOTTE FOUQUE). REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY PERMISSION OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, THE WALKER GALLERY, LIVERPOOL Louisa Starr (Madame Canziana), Painter

School of British Water-Colour, 1875-1895

THROUGH THE WOOD. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Miss Ivy Heitland, Painter 1875-1895

MOTHER AND CHILD. DATED 1894. FROM THE WATER-COLOUR IN THE IONIDES COLLECTION AT SOUTH KENSINGTON Miss Mary L. Gow, R.I., Painter

British School, 1880

"BLANCHISSEUSES." REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING BY PERMISSION OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, THE WALKER ART GALLERY, LIVERPOOL Miss Alice Havers, Painter Died 1890

School of British Water-Colour, Contemporary

A COTTAGE NEAR CROCKEN HILL FROM THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Mrs. Helen Allingham, R.W.S., Painter

School of British Water-Colour, 1888

THE POTATO HARVEST. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR, DATED 1888, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH KINDLY LENT BY THE ARTIST Miss Edith Martineau, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, 1890

IN MEMORIAM. AFTER A PHOTOGRAPH BY HENRY DIXON & SON, BY KIND PERMISSION OF MISS MARY A. DICKSEE AND FRANK DICKSEE, ESQ., R.A. Miss Margaret Isabel Dicksee, Painter 1858-1903

British School, 1887 and 1890

GOOD FRIENDS. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, DATED 1887, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY NEWIDEIN, PARIS Mrs. Elizabeth Strong, Painter

THE END OF A STORY. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Miss Emily Hart, Painter

British School, 1900

"SLEEP, THAT KNITS UP THE RAVELL'D SLEAVE OF CARE." FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY DIXON & SON, LONDON, AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS EVANS Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, Painter

British School, Contemporary

LABOURERS OF THE NIGHT. FROM THE STUDY IN OIL-COLOUR ON DRAWING PAPER Miss Lucy E. Kemp-Welch, Painter

British School, Contemporary

STUDY FROM THE LIFE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL CHALK DRAWING Evelyn Pickering (Mrs. William De Morgan), Painter

British School, Contemporary

YELLOW ROSES. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Mrs. William Duffield, R.I.

FROM A NEAPOLITAN VILLA. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Miss A. M. Youngman, R.I.

ROOM AT LEICESTER IN WHICH SHAKESPEARE IS SAID TO HAVE ACTED BEFORE QUEEN ELIZABETH. AFTER THE ORIGINAL SKETCH IN WATER-COLOUR DATED 1903 Miss Alice M. Hobson, R.I., Painter

British School, Contemporary

"A FOR APPLE-PIE: E EAT IT." AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN THE COLLECTION OF JOHN GREENAWAY, ESQ. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF FREDERICK WARNE & CO. Miss Kate Greenaway, Illustrator 1846-1901

"WHO LOVES A GARDEN LOVES A GREENHOUSE TOO" AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE EXHIBITED AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF WATER-COLOUR IN 1904 Miss A. M. Youngman, R.I.

British School, Contemporary

ST. BRIDGET. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY R. J. W. HAINES Mrs. Louise Jopling, R.B.A., Painter

WAIFS FROM THE GREAT CITY. COPYRIGHT RESERVED BY THE ARTIST Mrs. Staples (M. Ellen Edwards), Illustrator

United States of America, Contemporary

MOTHER AND CHILD AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Cecilia Beaux, Painter

British School, Contemporary

DRAPERY STUDY. REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL DRAWING Evelyn Pickering (Mrs. William De Morgan)

PORTRAIT OF THE LADY ALIX. EGERTON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Biddie Macdonald, Painter

British School, Contemporary

WHITE TREASURES AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTOTYPE CO. NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON Miss Florence White, Painter

"HUSH! REMIND NOT EROS OF HIS WINGS." AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Miss Katharine Cameron, Painter

British School, 1904

AFTER WORK A STUDY IN LEAD PENCIL Miss Lucy Kemp-Welch, Artist

British School, Contemporary

"OLIVIA." REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING BY PERMISSION OF MESSRS. BROWN & PHILLIPS, LONDON Mrs. Mary Young Hunter, Illustrator

"HE MARRIED A WIFE." AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR IN THE COLLECTION OF MISS EVANS Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, XIX Century

"A. FOR APPLE PIE: C. CUT IT." AFTER THE WATER COLOUR DRAWING IN THE COLLECTION OF JOHN GREENAWAY, ESQ., REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF MESSRS. FREDERICK WARNE & CO., OWNERS OF THE COPYRIGHT Miss Kate Greenaway, Designer 1846-1901

British School, Contemporary

PORTRAIT OF THE HON MRS. WALTER JAMES. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY MESSRS. DIXON & SON, LONDON Mrs. Marianne Stokes, Painter

British School, Contemporary

AN INTERESTING STORY AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Miss Marian Chase, Painter

"WHERE SHALL WISDOM BE FOUND?" AFTER AN ORIGINAL PICTURE PAINTED IN 1902 Mrs. Mary Young Hunter, Painter

British School, 1904

PORTRAIT OF MRS. BLAIR WITH HER DOGS. AFTER AN ORIGINAL PAINTING THAT GAINED A "MENTION HONORABLE" IN THE SALON OF 1904 Miss Margaret Cameron, Painter

British School, Contemporary

A SONG OF THE SEA FROM THE ORIGINAL ETCHING Miss Amelia Bauerlë, Painter-Etcher

FAUNS FROM THE ORIGINAL ETCHING Miss Amelia Bauerlë, Painter-Etcher

British School, 1895

THE SENSE OF SIGHT. REPRODUCED FROM THE PAINTING IN THE WALKER GALLERY, LIVERPOOL, BY PERMISSION OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE Mrs. Annie L. Swynnerton, Painter

British School, Contemporary

RIVERSIDE LANDSCAPE AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Alice Fanner, Painter

MEMORIES. AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR EXHIBITED IN 1904 AT THE ROYAL INSTITUTE OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOUR Miss Gertrude Demain Hammond, R.I., Painter

British School, 1903

BLUEBELLS FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1903 Miss Christabel A. Cockerell (Mrs. Geo. Frampton), Painter

School of British Water-Colour, 1904

PONTE WIDMAN, VENICE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL OUT-DOOR SKETCH IN WATER-COLOUR Mrs. Helen Allingham, R.W.S., Painter

CAMPANILE SAN STEFANO, VENICE. AFTER THE ORIGINAL OUT-DOOR SKETCH IN WATER-COLOUR Mrs. Helen Allingham, R.W.S., Painter

British School, 1904

THE HERDSMAN OF ADMETUS AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE EXHIBITED IN 1904 AT THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER-COLOURS. COPYRIGHT RESERVED Miss Constance Phillott, A.R.W.S., Painter

United States of America, 1890

"LOVE LOCKED OUT." AFTER THE PAINTING IN THE CHANTREY COLLECTION IN THE TATE GALLERY, LONDON, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY HANFSTAENGL Mrs. Anna Lea Merritt, Painter

British School, Contemporary

Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, Illustrator

Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, Illustrator

British School, Contemporary

REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL DRAWING IN CRAYONS. Miss E. Fortescue Brickdale, Illustrator

LE REPAS. EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS SALON IN 1903 Miss Beatrice How, Painter

THE LATE CECIL RHODES. AFTER THE PENCIL DRAWING The Marchioness of Granby, Portraitist

THE LATE LORD SALISBURY. AFTER THE PENCIL DRAWING The Marchioness of Granby, Portraitist

British School, Contemporary

ON THE WAY TO THE HORSE FAIR. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTOTYPE CO., NEW OXFORD STREET LONDON Miss Lilian Cheviot, Painter

ALMOND BLOSSOM IN LONDON AFTER THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Miss Rose Barton, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, Contemporary

DAY-DREAMS. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN WATER-COLOUR Jane M. Dealy (Mrs. Lewis), R.I., Painter

BABY. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PORTRAIT IN WATER COLOUR Jane M. Dealy (Mrs. Lewis), R.I., Painter

United States of America, Contemporary

"DAY DREAMS." FROM THE COLOURED WOODCUT IN THE JAPANESE MANNER. PRINTED IN JAPAN BY NATIVE WORKMEN UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF THE ARTIST. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF MR. C. KLACKER. 12, HAYMARKET, LONDON. COPYRIGHT IN ALL COUNTRIES Miss Helen Hyde, Designer and Painter

British School of Water-Colour, Contemporary

"IN WITH YOU!" REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN BODY-COLOUR Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S., Painter

"CUCKOO." REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE IN BODY-COLOUR Mrs. Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, Contemporary

IN THE REIGN OF TERROR. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING, DATED 1891, IN THE WALKER GALLERY, LIVERPOOL Miss Jessie Macgregor, Painter

IN A DUTCH COTTAGE. AFTER AN ORIGINAL PAINTING EXHIBITED AT THE PARIS SALON IN 1904 Miss Beatrice How, Painter

British School of Water-Colour, 1904

MAY EVENING AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Mrs. E. Stanhope Forbes, A.R.W.S., Painter

British School, Contemporary

A COTTAGE GIRL. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL WATER-COLOUR Miss Minnie Smythe, A.R.W.S., Painter

PORTRAIT OF SIR CHARLES HOLROYD. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Lady Holroyd, Painter

United States of America, 1880

THE END OF THE STORY. REPRODUCED FROM A COPYRIGHT PHOTOGRAPH BY PERMISSION OF BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Cornelia W. Conant, Painter

British School, 1890

OPHELIA: "THERE'S RUE FOR YOU." REPRODUCED BY KIND PERMISSION OF THE ARTS COMMITTEE, THE WALKER ART GALLERY, LIVERPOOL Mrs. E. Normand (Henrietta Rae), Painter

British School, 1897

"STEADY THE DRUMS AND FIFES!" FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, BY KIND PERMISSION OF LADY ELIZABETH BUTLER AND OF MESSRS. GOUPIL & CO., LONDON AND PARIS, PUBLISHERS OF THE LARGE REPRODUCTION RECENTLY ISSUED Lady Elizabeth Butler, Painter

British School, Contemporary

AFTER THE BULL-FIGHT FROM THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Miss Margaret Cameron, Painter

WINTRY WEATHER AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Lily Blatherwick (Mrs. A. S. Hartrick), Painter

British School, Contemporary

A YORKSHIRE TROUT STREAM. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE Miss Alice Fanner, Painter

PORTRAIT OF MISS ANNA ALMA-TADEMA. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Anna Alma-Tadema, Painter

United States of America, Contemporary

BABY'S TOILETTE. REPRODUCED FROM THE ORIGINAL PASTEL, BY PERMISSION OF MESSRS. DURAND-RUEL & SONS, PARIS THE OWNERS OF THE COPYRIGHT. Miss Mary Cassatt, Pastellist and Painter

British School, Contemporary

FROM THE ORIGINAL PEN-DRAWING Miss Jessie M. King, Illustrator

THE MUSIC LESSON Mrs. J. M. Swan, Painter

PANEL OF A SCREEN AFTER THE ORIGINAL PAINTING Miss Amy Sawyer, Painter

British and American Schools, Contemporary.

OPHELIA. FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY THE AUTOTYPE CO., NEW OXFORD STREET, LONDON Miss Offor (Mrs. F. Littler), Painter, England.

PRAYER. AFTER THE ORIGINAL PICTURE, FROM A CARBON-PRINT PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Mrs. Cecilia Wentworth, Painter, U.S.A., America.

United States of America, Contemporary

THE PEACE BALL AFTER THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE: THE FRENCH OFFICERS, LAFAYETTE AND ROCHAMBEAU, BEING INTRODUCED TO WASHINGTON'S MOTHER. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF C. KLACKNER, HAYMARKET, LONDON Miss Jennie Brownscombe, Painter

United States of America, Contemporary.

PORTRAIT. REPRODUCED FROM A PHOTOGRAPH OF THE ORIGINAL PAINTING KINDLY LENT BY THE ARTIST. Miss Cecilia Beaux, Painter.

United States of America, Contemporary

THE BAMBOO FENCE. FROM A WOODCUT DESIGNED IN THE JAPANESE MANNER AND PRINTED IN COLOURS BY JAPANESE WORKMEN. REPRODUCED BY PERMISSION OF C. KLACKNER, NEW YORK, U.S.A., AND 12, HAYMARKET, LONDON. DATE OF COPYRIGHT, 1904 Miss Helen Hyde, Designer

French School, 1755-1842

PORTRAIT OF MADAME VIGÉE LE BRUN AND HER DAUGHTER. AFTER THE PAINTING IN THE LOUVRE, FROM A PHOTOGRAPH BY BRAUN, CLÉMENT & CO., PARIS Madame Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, Painter 1755-1842