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xvn GERARD TER BORCH 63 a window. A brass chandelier hangs from the ceiling. An exceptionally good picture. Canvas, 32 inches by 26|- inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1826 ; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1884, No. 122. Sales. Beaujon, Paris, April 25, 1787 (4605 francs). Jan Gildemeester, Amsterdam, June II, 1800, No. 28 (5000 florins, Ouderkerk de Vries). (Possibly) Lady Holderness, London, March 6, 1802 (325 : ios., Woodburn) ; it is uncertain whether this was the same picture. In the Royal collection, Buckingham Palace, London, 1885 catalogue, No. 40 ; it was in the Royal collection, 1833 (Sm.). 172. A LADY READING A LETTER. Sm. 15, and Suppl. 14. A fair-haired young lady, almost in profile to the right, sits at a table, on which she rests her arms, and reads a letter which she holds in both hands. She wears a yellow jacket trimmed with white fur and a red dress. A Turkey carpet is pushed back to the right side of the table. Behind the lady is a four-fold screen, above which is seen the top of a canopied bed. In the left foreground, beside the lady, is a basket with a white drapery hanging over the edge. " A beautiful example of the master " (Sm.). [Pendant to 180.] Canvas on panel [canvas, according to Mr. D. S. MacColl], 17 inches by I2| inches. Exhibited at the British Institution, London, 1815; and at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1893, No. 69. Sales. Blondel de Gagny, Paris, December 10, 1776, No. 72 (3902 francs, with 1 80) see Ch. Blanc, i. 335. Poullain, Paris, March 15, 1780 (4550 francs, Le Brun). Proley, Paris, 1787 (6000 francs). Robit, Paris, May 21, 1801, Bryan's catalogue, No. 45 (6750 francs). George Hibbert, London, 1829 (367 : ios.). Sir Simon Clarke, London, 1840 (425 : 155., J. Nieuwenhuys). In the Casimir Perier collection, Paris, 1842 (Sm.). [Sale. Casimir Perier, London, May 5, 1848 (^642, Lord Hertford). Translator.] In the collection of the Marquess of Hertford. In the Wallace Collection, London, 1908 catalogue, No. 236. 173. A TRUMPETER DELIVERING A LETTER TO A LADY. Sm. 55. A trumpeter hands a letter to a lady, in a white satin dress and a red jacket trimmed with fur, who stands beside a table. Near her stands a maid-servant, with an inquisitive look, who is putting on the table a silver salver and ewer. A candlestick, a mirror, and a toilet- box are on the table. On a stool in front lies a dog. At the back is a bed. " An excellent picture, possessing extraordinary breadth and effect." Panel, 22 inches by i8| inches. There are copies I. Panel, 22 inches by 19 inches. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1908, No. 39. In the collection of A. P. Heywood Lonsdale, Shavington.