RED MOUNTAINS DESERT, CAIRO 136 III. PORTRAITS. PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST. (In the Uffizi Gallery, Florence) 3 PORTRAIT OF THE HON. MABEL MILLS 36 _By the kind permission of Lady Hillingdon._ PORTRAIT OF CAPTAIN (SIR) RICHARD BURTON 36 PORTRAIT OF SIGNOR COSTA 40 PORTRAIT OF THE LADY SYBIL PRIMROSE 46 _By the kind permission of Lord Rosebery._ IV. STUDIES AND SKETCHES. TWO EARLY PENCIL STUDIES 6 SCHEME FOR A PICTURE, "THE PLAGUE IN FLORENCE" 8 STUDY FOR A HEAD--"THE DEAD ROMEO" 14 A PENCIL STUDY 16 A LEMON TREE. (A pencil study) 18 BYZANTINE WELL-HEAD. (A pencil study) 18 STUDY FOR "THE DAPHNEPHORIA" 34 STUDY FOR "ELIJAH IN THE WILDERNESS" 38 STUDY FOR "CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE" (nude) 56 STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "CAPTIVE ANDROMACHE" 56 STUDY FOR "ANDROMACHE" 56 STUDY FOR "PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA" 58 STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "THE BATH OF PSYCHE" 58 STUDY FOR "SOLITUDE" 58 STUDY FOR A FIGURE IN "THE RETURN OF PERSEPHONE" 60 STUDY FOR "PERSEPHONE" 60 STUDIES FOR THE DECORATION OF THE CEILING OF A MUSIC ROOM 62 CAIN AND ABEL { } MOSES VIEWS THE PROMISED LAND { From Dalziel's } SAMSON AND THE LION { "Bible Gallery" } 70 SAMSON CARRYING OFF THE GATES { } _By permission of Messrs. J. S. Virtue and Co. and the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge._ "A CONTRAST" 72 A STUDY IN OILS. (Head of a girl, back view) 74 HEAD OF A YOUNG GIRL. (A Study in oils) 76 _By the kind permission of Lady Hallé._ STUDY OF A HEAD 78 STUDY OF A HEAD 80 A STUDY IN OILS. (Head of a girl) 82 V. FRESCOES, WALL PAINTINGS, ETC. TWO FRIEZES--MUSIC, THE DANCE 44 DECORATION FOR THE CEILING OF A MUSIC ROOM 62 THE INDUSTRIAL ARTS OF WAR. (From the fresco at South Kensington Museum) 64