Female Artists in the Scandinavian Countries.--In Sweden.--Ulrica Pasch.--Danish Women Artists.--A richer Harvest in the Netherlands.--The Belgian Sculptress.--Maria Verelst.--Her Paintings and Attainments in the Languages.--Residence in London.--Curious Anecdote.--Walpole’s Remark.--Women Artists in Holland.--Poetry.--Henrietta Wolters.--Her Portraits.--Invitation from Peter the Great.--Dutch Paintresses.--The young Engraver.--Caroline Scheffer.--Landscape and Flower Painters.--A Follower of Rachel Ruysch.--An Engraver.--In England.--Painting suited to Women.--Literary Ladies.--Effect of the Introduction of a new Manner in Art.--Numerous Dilettanti.--Female Sculptors.--Mrs. Samon.--Mrs. Siddons and others.--Mrs. Damer.--Aristocratic Birth.--Early love of Study and Art.--Horace Walpole her Adviser.--Conversation with Hume.--First Attempt at Modeling.--The Marble Bust and Hume’s Criticism.--Surprise of the gay World.--Miss Conway’s Lessons and Works.--Unfortunate Marriage.--Widowhood.--Politics.--Walpole’s Opinion of Mrs. Damer’s Sculptures.--Darwin’s Lines.--Sculptures.--Envy and Detraction.--Going abroad.--Escape from Danger.--Noble Ambition.--Return to England.--Politics and Kissing.--Private Theatricals.--The three Heroes.--Friendship with the Empress.--Walpole’s Bequest.--Parlor Theatricals, etc.--Removal.--Project for improving India.--Mrs. Damer’s Works.--Opinions of her. From Germany we now turn to the northern countries, to the Netherlands, and England, to glance at their female artists of the eighteenth century. Few are found among the Scandinavian nations. Female talent had greatly aided to bring about the rise of literature in Sweden, as in the instance of Charlotte Nordenflycht and Ulrica Widström by their lyric poems, and Maria Lenngren by her dramatic productions; but only one artist of merit appears--the painter Ulrica Frederika Pasch, who, in 1773, was elected a member of the Academy at Stockholm. In Denmark, where many women cultivated the muses, gaining celebrity for lyric and dramatic productions, a flower-painter, C. M. Ryding, and an engraver on copper, Alexia de Lodde, may be mentioned, as well as Margaretta Ziesenis, who devoted herself to painting portraits and historical pieces, and was somewhat famous for her copies in miniature, such as that of Correggio’s Zingarella. A much richer harvest opens in the Netherlands, in which the number of women pursuing art as a profession was not less than it had been in the preceding century. Among the Belgians the name of the sculptress Anna Maria von Reyschoot of Ghent must not be omitted. MARIA VERELST.