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540 PIETER DE HOOCH SECT. a man who has another child in his arms. The room is paved with black and white marble, and lighted from a window with four casements. Canvas, about 24 inches by 24 inches. In the collection of Edmund Lloyd, Manchester, in 1842 (Sm.). 235*2. Gallant Conversation. A good picture. Canvas. Sale. Van Barneveld van den Haute, Antwerp, February 26, 1844, No. 87. 235^. Interior. Sale. (Supplementary) Paris, March 22, 1845, No. 61 (336 francs). 236. Girl and two Officers. By a large chimney-piece sit two officers conversing with a girl who holds a wine-glass. The man on the left has hung his red jacket with gold-embroidered sleeves on his chair, and has his hat with coloured plumes on his knee. In the background an open door leads into another room, the window of which looks upon a street with sunlit houses and the sky above. On the back wall hangs a large picture ; various other objects are in the room. Canvas, 31^ inches by 26^ inches. Sales. Baronne de V . . . ez, Paris, September 19, 1815 (not sold because the sale was stopped). Earl of Mornington, at Ixelles, June 15, 1846, No. 4. 236*7. [Identical with 114.] 236^. Interior with Figures. A fine composition. Signed ; panel. Sale. Antwerp, February 24, 1851, No. 120. 236^. A Flemish Scene. 24 inches by 26^ inches. Sale. Frank Standish, London, May 27, 1853, No. 173 (a bequest to the late King Louis Philippe). 236^. Interior. Sale. Brussels, August 8, 1853, No. 162. 237. The jovial Party. At a table in an interior sits a young woman with her baby. Near her is a drunken young man ; and a youth stands behind caressing her. Bedclothes and pillows lie about on the wooden floor. An open door looks into an upper room where a servant- girl is busy at a cradle. Canvas, 26 inches by 22^ inches. Sale. A. Hulsen, Amsterdam, May 2, 1854, No. 45. 237*3. Family in an Interior. In a handsomely furnished room, a lady dressed in white silk sits at a table partly covered with a rich cloth, upon which is fruit. She offers a peach to her husband who stands beside her, wearing a large red silk dressing-gown. A pretty little girl sits on