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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capitalLemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

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A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital

Name: A rough sketch of modern Paris : $b or, Letters on society, manners, public curiosities, and amusements, in that capital
Author: Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Lemaistre, J. G. (John Gustavus)

Paris (France) -- Description and travel

No. 212. The Archbishop of Milan, St. Ambrose.
        213. The carrying the Bodies of St. Gervais and St. Protais, from
               the spot where they were found, to the cathedral of Milan,
               by order of the Archbishop.
        214. A dead Christ extended on the Bier.
        215. The Supper.
        216. The Nuns.
        217. Philip of Champagne, painted by himself, in 1668, at the age
               of 66 years.

    CLAISSENS (ANTONY.)

    No. 218. The Judgment of Cambyses.
        219. Cambyses orders an unjust Judge to be flayed alive, directing
               his skin to be turned into a cover for the bench of his
               successor.

    DURER (ALBERT)

    No. 249. The Portrait of a Geometrician.
        250. The Portrait of a Musician.
        251. A Crucifix.

    DYCK (ANTONY VAN.)

    No. 252. Christ lying dead in the Arms of the Virgin: near him are
               St. Magdalen and St. John.
        253. St. Augustin in a Swoon.
        254. Charles the First, king of England.—(A delightful picture.)
        255. The Mother of Pity.
        256. Francis of Moncade, Marquis d’Aylonne, governor of the
               Netherlands for Philip the Fourth.—This man was both a
               warrior and an historian.
        257. St. Martin cutting his Cloak, in order to give half of it to
               a poor Man.—(This is one of the most interesting pictures
               in the whole collection.)
        258. Antony van Dyck.
        259. _Comte de Luck_, holding an orange in his hand.
        260. Half-length Picture of a Man, with his hand on his breast.
        261. The Picture of a Man in Black.
        262. The _Ex-voto_ and the Virgin.
        263. Jesus carrying his Cross.
        264. The Portraits of Charles the First, Elector Palatine, and
               Prince Robert his Brother, both in military dresses.
        265. The Portrait of a Man on Foot, holding his daughter, who is
               on horseback, by the hand.
        266. The Portrait of a Lady and her Son.
        267. The half-length Portrait of a Man of 37, having a glove on
               his left hand.
        268. Half-length Portrait of a young Woman, with a fan of feathers
               in her hand.
        269. John Richardot (president of the privy council of the
               Netherlands), one of the negotiators sent by the king
               of Spain to Vervins—died in 1609.
        270. Portrait, in the shape of a bust, of a Man in a black Cloak.
        271. Venus soliciting from Vulcan Arms for Æneas.
        272. The taking down from the Cross, a sketch.

    DYCK (PHILIP VAN) CALLED THE LITTLE VAN DYCK, PUPIL OF ARNOLD BOONEN.

    No. 270. B. Sarah presenting Agar to Abraham.
        271. B. Agar repudiated by Abraham, at the instigation of Sarah.
        272. B. Judith giving to her Maid the Head of Holophernes.
        273. A Woman at her Toilet.
        274. A young Woman playing on the Guitar.

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