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THE ILLUSTRATIONS 115

[[por-]] trait of Duchess Georgiana,and it certainly gives little impression of her beauty, charm, and fascination.

A Study (p. 68). A graceful study in black chalk, belonging to Mr. Henry Pfungst.

Sketch (p. 68). This pretty study of the garden scene seems to have formed a portion of Gainsborough's St. James's Park, as a similar figure is introduced into that delightful work.

Study for a Portrait Group (p. 68). A delightful study of three ladies who were supposed to represent the three Princesses in the celebrated group at Buckingham Palace.

Gainsborough's House in London (p. 70). The wing on the right of Schomberg House was that occupied by Gainsborough and his family, and through the door at which, in the photograph, a policeman is standing, Sir Joshua Reynolds passed when he called to visit the dying artist in the month of July, 1783.

The Woodcutters (p. 72). A clever unfinished sketch in oil over a ground of black chalk. This is one of the artists many experiments to obtain novel effects by the use of different mediums.

The Hon. Mrs. Graham (p. 74). This lady was the second daughter of Charles, ninth Lord Cathcart. She was born in 1757, and married in 1774 Thomas Graham of Balgowan, afterwards Lord Lynedoch, a distinguished Peninsular general, who, born in 1748, lived until 1843. Mrs. Graham died in 1792. This picture, as has already been said, was bricked up by her husband after her death, and was forgotten for a half century. When it was discovered it was as fresh as on the day on which it was painted. It was bequeathed to the National Portrait