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3 2 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. In the collection of Henry Harvey, London, 1868. In the collection of William Harvey, London, 1895. 78. A COUPLE DRINKING. Sm. 40, and see 26. A lady, wearing a grey silk skirt, a red bodice, and a black cap, sits at a table. She holds a glass of wine in her right hand, and rests her left hand on the table. Beside her stands an officer, dressed in black with a gold- embroidered sash ; he has long hair and wears a broad-brimmed hat. His right hand rests on his hip ; his left hand, holding his gloves, is on the table. A bottle stands on the table, which is covered with a dark brown cloth. The officer looks at the lady, and she at him. Three-quarter length. Canvas, iyi inches by 15^ inches. Sales. Van Leyden, Paris, September 10, 1804, No. 92 (1270 francs, Erard). X. de Burtin, Brussels, July 21, 1819, No. 177. In the collection of Mrs. Young. Sale. Price and others, London, May 6, 1893, No. 107. Acquired from a Vienna dealer in 1899 by the Kaiser Friedrich Museums- verein. In the Kaiser Friedrich Museum, Berlin, 1906 catalogue, No. 79 iH. 79. A WOMAN DRINKING AND A SOLDIER ASLEEP. See Sm. 13. A woman, in a white satin gown, with a dark wrap on her shoulders and a piece of light stuff round her head, sits at a table in profile to the right. In her right hand she holds a small earthenware jug. With her left hand she raises a glass to her lips, and looks sideways and upwards. Farther back to the right is a soldier asleep with his head on the table, on which are a glass, a plate, and two pipes. In the right background is the chimney-piece. [See 81, a replica.] Canvas, 15 inches by i inches. The composition was engraved by Wille and by Chevillet under the title " La Sante Rendue " ; and by Duval. A copy panel, 15^ inches by 14 inches is in the St. Petersburg Academy, Koucheleff-Besborodko collection, 1886 catalogue, No. 73. It was in the sale Koucheleff-Besborodko, Paris, June 5, 1869, No. 35 (10,000 francs). Sm., Suppl. 7, mentions it as in the collection of Count Koucheleff-Besborodko, St. Petersburg, 1842, and describes it and its pendant (see 178) as "duplicates of unquestionable originality and also of fine quality." Other examples, which may or may not have been identical with the above or with one another occurred in the 1. Sale. W. Coole, Rotterdam, August 6, 1782, No. 83 panel, 14 inches by 13 inches. 2. Sale. D. Mansveld, Amsterdam, August 13, 1806, No. 24 (83 florins) canvas on panel, 16 inches by 14 inches. 3. Sale. Amsterdam, June 22, 1814, No. I canvas. 4. Sale. Dr. Luchtmans, Rotterdam, April 20, 1816 (90 florins) canvas, 14^ inches by 12 inches. 5. Sale. Amsterdam, August 6, 1816, No. 8 canvas. 6. In the collection of Smith Owen, Condover, 1833 (Sm.). 7. Sale. Dientl and others, Vienna, November 23, 1869, No. 162 panel, 12 inches by io inches.