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Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day — John Shaqi

Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day

History

Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day

Painting -- History; Women painters -- Biography

Chapter I: "WOMEN PAINTERS IN ITALY SINCE THE FIFTEENTH CENTURY."
                  By Walter Shaw Sparrow

      Chapter II: "EARLY BRITISH WOMEN PAINTERS." By the Editor.

     Chapter III: "MODERN BRITISH WOMEN PAINTERS." By Ralph Peacock.

      Chapter IV: "WOMEN PAINTERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA." By
                  the Editor.

       Chapter V: "OF WOMEN PAINTERS IN FRANCE." By Léonce Bénédite.
                  Translated into English by Edgar Preston.

      Chapter VI: "WOMEN PAINTERS IN BELGIUM AND IN HOLLAND." By N.
                  Jany. Translated into English by Edgar Preston.

     Chapter VII: "WOMEN PAINTERS IN GERMANY AND AUSTRIA, IN RUSSIA,
                  SWITZERLAND AND SPAIN."  By Wilhelm Schölermann.
                  Translated into English by Wilfrid Sparroy.

    Chapter VIII: "SOME FINNISH WOMEN PAINTERS." By Helena Westermarck.

FACSIMILE PLATES IN COLOUR

    1. Mrs. Mary Young Hunter. "JOY AND THE LABOURER"       Frontispiece

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    2. Lady Elizabeth Butler (Elizabeth Thompson). "MISSED!"           9

    3. H.I.M. The Empress Frederick of Germany (1840-1891). "THE
       AKROPOLIS, ATHENS: FROM THE BALCONY OF THE CROWN PRINCE'S
       HOUSE"                                                         56

    4. Miss Eleanor Fortescue Brickdale, A.R.W.S. "YOUTH AND THE
       LADY"                                                          73

    5. Miss Ann Macbeth. "ELSPETH"                                    97

    6. Mrs. Helen Allingham, R.W.S. "A COTTAGE NEAR CROCKEN HILL"    109

    7. Helen Hyde. "DAY DREAMS"                                      145

REMBRANDT PHOTOGRAVURES

    1. Rosalba Carriera. "PORTRAIT OF A LADY UNKNOWN"                 20

    2. Madame Vigée Le Brun. "HERSELF AND HER DAUGHTER"              166

    3. Madame Adèle Romany. "PORTRAIT OF GAËTANO APOLLINO
       BALDASSARE VESTRIS, DANCER"                                   171

    4. Mademoiselle Marie Amélie Cogniet. "PORTRAIT OF MADAME
       ADÉLAÏDE D'ORLÉANS"                                           189

    5. Rosa Bonheur. "SHEPHERD WATCHING HIS SHEEP"                   205

    6. Francine Charderon. "SLEEP"                                   229

MONOCHROME PLATES

    1. H.R.H. the Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll.
       "AN ENGLISH HEBE."                                             13

    2. Sophonisba Anguisciola. "HER THREE SISTERS PLAYING AT CHESS"   25

    3. Artemisia Gentileschi. "MARY MAGDALENE"                        31

    4. Rosalba Carriera. "CHARITY AND JUSTICE"                        37

    5. Elisabetta Sirani. "THE DREAM OF ST. ANTHONY OF PADUA"         43

    6. Signorina Elisa Koch. "THE LITTLE SISTER"                      49

    7. Catharine Read. "THE LADY GEORGIANA SPENCER"                   61

    8. Angelica Kauffman, R.A. "THE SIBYL"                            67

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Women Painters of the World: From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day

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