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EECK1IOTTT Christ and the Doctors (1002), Abraham casting off Hagar, Isaac blessing Jacob, Old Pinakothek, Munich ; David and Abigail, Schleisshcim Gallery; Presentation in the Temple, Mercury killing Argus (1GGG), Rais- ing of Jairus' Daughter, Berlin Museum ; Triumph of Mordecai, Guard House, Lord Bute, London ; Portrait of the Historian Dapper (1609), Stiidel Institute, Frankfort. Ch. Blanc, Ecole hollandaise ; Allgem. d. Biogr., v. 053 ; Im- incrzecl, i. 210 ; Ivramm, ii. 415 ; lliegel, Beitriige, ii. 273. EECKHOUT, JACOB JOSEPH VAN DEN, born in Antwerp, Eeb. 0, 1793, died in Paris in 1801. History, genre, and por- trait painter, pupil of Antwerp Academy ; then practised sculpture, in which he ob- tained a prize in 1821 ; took up painting without a master, and in 1823 obtained the first prize in Ghent, and soon after a medal at Douai. In 1831 settled at The Hague, where in 1839 he became director of the Academy ; moved to Mechlin in 1844, then to Brussels, and in 1859 to Paris. Member of Amsterdam, Antwerp, Brussels, and Rot- terdam Academies. Works : St. Nicholas Festival, Checkmate (1823); Peasant plough- ing in a Storm (1829); Battle of Bautersnm, Conquest of Tirlemout (1831); Doctor's Visit, Savoyard with Dog and Monkey, Nuptials of Jacqueline of Bavaria with Duke Jan of Brabant (1839), National Museum, Amsterdam ; Abdication of Jacqueline of Bavaria, Peter the Great atZaandam (1840); Death of "William the Silent, Death of Van Spuyk (together with Wappers), Hambroek on Isle of Formosa (1841); Orphans coming from Church, Departure of Scheveningen Recruits, Domestic Scene at Scheveningeu, Paternal Admonition, Old "Woman reading aloud, The Poor Blind, Rabbit on the Wall, Pay-Day, Return from the Chase, Return from Fishing; Collection of portraits of mod- ern artists born in the Netherlands (1822). Immerzeel, i. 217 ; Kramm, ii. 414. EERTVELT. See Artcelt. EFFIE DEANS, Sir John Everett Mil- lais, Robert Loder, Esq., M.P. ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 9 in. x 3 ft. in. Scene from Sir Walter Scott's " Heart of Midlothian ; " one of the clandestine meetings between Effie Deans and Geordie Stauuton or Robertson. The outlaw, in a slate-coloured coat with the deep cuffs of the period and wearing a Lowland broad bonnet, is on the further side of a wall in a wood ; Effie, on the side toward the spectator, attired in a loose pink costume and holding her blue snood in her hand, turns her eyes upward with a hope- less expression as she listens to her betray- er's words ; at her feet sits a faithful collie, looking wistfully up into her face. Painted in 1877 ; Arbuthnot sale (1882), 892. EGG, AUGUSTUS LEOPOLD, born in London, May 2, 1816, died in Algiers, March 25, 1803. History and genre painter, pupil in drawing of Henry Sass, and student at Royal Academy in 1836 ; became an A.R. A. in 1848, and R.A. in 1860. Won a well-de- served reputation as a painter of social his- tory subjects. Works : Spanish Girl (1838) ; Laugh when you Can (1839); Scene from Henry IV. (1840); Scene from Le Diable | Boiteux (1844), National Gallery ; Bucking- ham Rebuffed (1846); Wooing of Katherine, Luceutio and Bianca (1847); Peter the Great and Catherine (1850); Pepys's Introduction to Nell Gwynne (1851); Life of Bucking- ham, Death of Buckingham (1855); Knight- ing of Esmond (1857); Night before Naseby, Madame de Maintenon and Scan-on (1859) ; Katherine and Petruchio (1860), his last picture. Cat. Nat. Gal.; Ch. Blanc, Ecole anglaise ; Redgrave ; Sandby, ii. 310. EGGERS, JOHANN KARL, born at Neu- strelitz, Mecklenburg, in 1790, died there in 1803. History and portrait painter, pupil in Dresden of Matthai. At Rome Le aided in the revival of fresco painting, and at Ber- lin assisted Cornelius in decorating the por- tico of the new Museum with frescos. Works : Mater Dolorosa, Sleeping Venus (1819); Cu- pid (1823), BeUevue Castle near Berlin ; 10