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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

GYZEN (PETER.)

    No. 295. A Village Holiday.—(A very laughable picture.)

    HOLBEIN (HANS OR JOHN) PUPIL OF JOHN HOLBEIN, HIS FATHER.

    No. 313. The Portrait of a Man, with a black Cat.
        314. Thomas Moore (lord chancellor of England) beheaded by order
               of Henry VIII.
        315. The Portrait of a young Man carrying a Hawk.
        316. The Sacrifice of Abraham.
        317. A young Woman in a Necklace of Pearls, and a red Jacket.
        318. Erasmus.
        319. A young Woman with a yellow Veil.
        320. Robert Cheeseman, at the age of 48, with a Hawk.
        321. Master Nicholas Kratzer, astronomer of Henry VIII of England.
        322. The Archbishop of Canterbury, painted in 1528, at the age of
               70.
        323. Ann of Cleves, wife of Henry VIII of England.—(Henry the
               eighth married her on seeing this picture, but repudiated
               her six months after, finding that her beauty by no means
               equalled that which had been given her by the painter.)
        324. The Portrait, in miniature, of Erasmus.

    PAUL POTTER.

    No. 446. Landscape, with Cattle.—(This is the picture in which I
               particularly admired the exact and wonderful imitation
               of Nature.)
        447. A Meadow.
        448. A Meadow watered by a River, in which animals are drinking
               and men bathing.—(This is a charming picture.)
        449. Oxen and Pigs in a Pasture, near a cottage.
        450. Two Horses at a Trough, near the door of a public house. A
               man brings them water.
        451. A Field.—In the front, three cows are standing under an oak;
               and, on the left, an ox with white and black spots.

    REMBRANDT (VAN RYN PAUL.)

    No. 455. The Head of a Man, with a hat ornamented with black feathers.
        456. Portrait of Rembrandt in his youth, taken by himself.
        457. The Head of a Woman, dressed in long ear-rings, and a fur
               cloak.
        458. The good Samaritan.
        459. The Head of an old Man with a long beard, who is also bald.
        460. A Jewish Bride.
        461. The Head of a young Man with a black cap, and a golden chain
               round his neck.
        462. The meditating Philosopher.
        463. The contemplating Philosopher.
        464. Small Head of a Man, dressed in a straw bonnet.
        465. The Family of a Joiner.
        466. Tobias and Family prostrate before the angel Raphael, who
               disappears from their sight, after making himself known.
        467. Susannah at the Bath.
        468. The Pilgrims of Emans, and the breaking of Bread.
        469. The Presentation of Jesus in the Temple.
        470. St. Matthew, the Evangelist.
        471. The Portrait of Rembrandt, in a more advanced period of life
               than that of 456.
        472. Venus and Cupid.
        473. An old Man at his Meditations.

    RUBENS (PETER PAUL.)

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