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xvii GERARD TER BORCH 49 master. To the left is a half-opened door, at which a black and white spotted spaniel enters. In the background to the right is a bed. On the wall behind the young gentleman is a picture. The table in front is covered with a Turkey carpet. On it are a candlestick, a rolled-up cloth, a metal box, and the lady's small music-book propped up against a closed book. On the floor in front of the table lies a playing-card, the ace of hearts. A picture of "superior excellence and beauty" (Sm.). Canvas, 26 inches by 22 inches. Engraved by Dunker in the Choiseul cabinet ; and by C. G. Lewis. A copy on canvas, 23 inches by 1 8 inches, without the dog, and with a grey cloth with gold fringe on the table instead of the Turkey carpet was in the sale : Perignon, Paris, 1824 (7500 francs) ; it was in the possession of Sm. in 1833, and in that of a London dealer in 1910. Sales. De Julienne, Paris, March 30, 1767 (2800 francs, Boileau). Due de Choiseul, Paris, April 6, 1772, No. 26 (3600 francs). Prince de Conti, Paris, April 8, 1777 (4800 francs, Langlier). Th. de Pange, Paris, March 5, 1781 (5855 francs, Langlier). De Praslin, Paris, May 9, 1808 (13,001 francs). De Sereville, Paris, January 21, 1812 (15,000 francs). Prince Galitzin, Paris, 1825 (24,300 francs, De la Hante) ; De la Hante sold it at a considerable advance to Joseph Barchard (Sm.). Joseph Barchard, London, 1826 (966, Sir Robert Peel). In the collection of Sir Robert Peel, Bart., London ; bought as a whole in 1871 for the National Gallery. In the National Gallery, London, 1911 catalogue, No. 864. 133. A Young Lady playing a Lute. A replica of the woman's figure in 124 (Antwerp). She wears a red bodice, a broad black kerchief, and a grey dress. Canvas on panel, 10 inches by yj inches. In the collection of the late F. Fleischmann, London. 134. A MUSIC -PARTY. Sm. 2. A lady in a yellow satin jacket trimmed with ermine and a white satin skirt sits with a lute in her lap at a table with a red cover. With her disengaged hand she turns over the leaves of a music-book lying on the table. On the other side of the table sits a fashionably dressed cavalier with long wavy hair ; he wears a sword at his side. He holds a music-book with both hands and looks attentively at the lady. Behind him stands another cavalier, wearing a tall broad-brimmed hat. On the back wall is a picture, above a chair ; in the centre is a half-opened door. Of high artistic quality, which is praised in the old sale-catalogues. " An example of unrivalled beauty and perfection " (Sm.). Panel, 22 inches by 2i| inches. A copy of the lady's figure only was in the sale : J. van der Berge, Amsterdam, July 15, 1833, No. 21. A copy of the whole picture was in the sale : Murchison and others, London, July 17, 1897, No. 89. Etched by P. J. Arendzen. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1819 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1890, No. 72. VOL. V E