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28 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. Salf. Schamp d'Avcschoot, Ghent, September 14, 1840, No. 228 (no francs) ; it was in this collection in 1833 (Sm.). 68. A Young Lady at her Toilet. A young lady is having her hair dressed by a maid, with the advice of an elderly woman. Another maid, who is leaving the room, turns her head to the woman speaking. The pleasant expression of the figures and the excellent technique entitle this picture to be regarded as a good work of the master, although it does not belong to his last and finest period. Canvas, ii inches by 15^ inches. Sale. Leipzig, March 31, 1845, No. 263. 69. A Lady with her Maid (or, The Beautiful Back). Sm. Suppl. 28. A lady, wearing a white satin bodice and a red skirt, sits with her back to the spectator. Her right arm is over the back of her chair, and her left arm rests in her lap. Beside her is a table with a cover. Beyond the table stands a young woman carrying a silver salver and a ewer. On the right is an old projecting chimney-piece. Canvas on panel, 15^ inches by 12 inches. Sales. Amsterdam, August 9, 1739 (Hoet, i. 595), No. 6 (150 florins). Amsterdam, May 23, 1764, No. 16 (78 florins, Kramer). Sir Simon Clarke, Bart., London, May 8, 1840 (.435:158., Nieuwenhuys according to Art Saks, ii. 333 ; but 96 : I2s., Nieuwenhuys, according to Sm., although that price may have been paid for 66). Due de Richelieu, London, 1848 (49:75., Emery) possibly a copy. 70. The Toilet. A lady is dressing in front of a mirror which stands with other objects on a table. She wears a yellow silk bodice trimmed with black and a pink satin skirt. In the background waits a maid holding a silver ewer and basin. A work of high quality. Sa k- Henry Arteria, London, April 23, 1850, No. 88 (215 : 55.). 70*. The Satin Gown. Exhibited at Leeds, 1868, No. 724. In the collection of Russell Gurney. In the collection of Wynn Ellis, London, 1868. 70^. An Interior. A cavalier, who has breakfasted, pulls on his boots. Beside him is a man-servant. Signed with the monogram ; panel, 15^ inches by 12^ inches. Sale. Treuer and others, Frankfort-on-Main, April 27, 1891, No. 109. 70<r. A Mother scolding her Child. Broad and well painted, and very natural. Canvas, 24 inches by 17^ inches. Sale. F. J. O. Boymans, Utrecht, August 31, 181 1, No. C. 92. 71. THE SEMPSTRESS. In a room with a tall chimney-piece t sits a Dutch woman sewing a piece of linen which lies on a n cushion in her lap. She wears a black velvet jacket trimmed with