The =French= school, although incomplete (_Prudhon_, _Ingres_ and _Antoine Watteau_ are not represented), is nevertheless rich and instructive. First of all an _anonymous_ 17th century Portrait of an Architect, whose pale harsh face arrests the attention and haunts the memory. _Ph. de Champaigne_ is represented by the Good Shepherd; _Restout_ by a Jesus at Emmaüs; _Mignard_, by A Judgment by Midas; _Largillière_, by a very fine portrait of his father-in-law, the painter, John Forest; _Douvé_ (native of Lille), by a fine portrait of the painter Savage; _Jean Voilles_, by a delightful portrait of Madame Liénard; _François Watteau_ (grand nephew of Antoine Watteau), by two amusing sketches: Procession of our Lady of the Vine in 1789 and The Old Clothes Market of Lille; _David_, by his first picture after returning from Rome, "Bélisaire" (1781), of which there is a reduced copy in the Louvre (this painting marks the re-birth of the antique); _Boilly_, a native of the district of Lille, is fully represented by his Triumph of Marat--masterpiece of great truth and delicacy--and 28 portraits of artists painted for the picture "Réunion d'artistes dans l'atelier d'Isabey." The following are the names of these portraits: _Van Dael_, flower painter; _Houdon_, sculptor (grey overcoat); _Chaudet_, sculptor (seated); _Duplessis Berteaux_, designer (head resting on hands); _Hoffman_, art critic (long powdered hair); _Redoute_, flower painter; _Bourgeois_, designer; _Demarne_, painter; _Thibaut_, architect; _Swibach_, genre painter; _Lemot_, sculptor; _Serangeli_, historical painter (half-length, hands in pockets); _Taunay_, landscape painter; _Isabey_ (red coat); _Percier_, architect (looking at a plan); _Talma_, actor; _Drolling_, portrait-painter (red waistcoat); _Corbet_, sculptor (grey coat and white waistcoat); _Meynier_, painter; _Fontaine_, architect; _Blot_, engraver; _Bidault_, painter; _Boilly-Chenard_, singer; _Girodet-Trioson_, _Gerard_ and the remarkable group _Lethière_ and _Carle Vernet_. [Illustration: +THE TRIUMPH OF MARAT+, _by Boilly (Cliché LL.)_] In the =modern= school, the following are especially noteworthy: La Medée, by _Eugène Delacroix_ (strikingly dramatic), L'après-diner à Ornans, by _Courbet_, the colouring of which is unfortunately fading; La Becquée, charming genre painting by _Millet_; Effet du Matin, by _Corot_, remarkable for its beautiful effects of silvery light. [Illustration: MEDEA KILLING HER CHILDREN _by Delacroix (Cliché LL.)_] II.--Sculpture Of the collections of sculpture, only the fine =bust= of Bonaparte by _Corbet_, dated 1799, is worthy of special mention. III.--Archeological and Lapidary Museum