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23 J. MARIS 1837-1899 THE BRIDGE — In the immediate foreground a canal crossed by a bridge on which stands a woman. Below and close to the spectator a man in a barge engaged in lighting his pipe. To the left a greatly inclined road along which walk two peasant women in single file carrying yokes from which milk cans are suspended. Houses beyond bridge to right and left, town in the distance. Grey sky.

The International Studio of February, 1907, speaks as follows of this picture: "The largest and most important Maris in the collection (i.e. Alexander Young's) is 'The Bridge,' a work treated in the artist's broadest and most vigorous style. The composition and decorative qualities which are seen here are only surpassed by the masterly brushwork and the truthfulness of the atmospheric effect."

Painted in 1885. Illustrated in "Nineteenth Century Art," by D. S. MacColl, between pp. 84 and 85. An etching of this painting by Philip Zilcken was published in 1887. Exhibited: Glasgow International Exhibition, 1901 No. 1370. Exhibited; Guildhall, London, 1903, No. 92. SIgned at the lower right, "J. Maris." Canvas: W. 54 3/4; H. 44 1/2. Collection: J. S. Forbes, London. Alexander Young, London.

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24 METZU, GABRIEL 1630-1667 LADY IN BLUE — "A lady habited in a blue neglige bordered with ermine, and a white satin petticoat, seated at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, holding a miniature portrait in her hand. A Silver box and a glass are on the table; on the opposite side is a page pouring water from a vase into a silver basin, and in the back of the room is a female making a bed." (See Smith's Catalogue Raisonne, part IV, p. 101, No. 89."

Canvas: W. 16 3/4; H. 20 3/8 Collection: Lormier. Hope, Deepdene, England.

25 MILLET, J. F. 1814-1875 LA FEMME A LA LAMPE — By the flickering light of a primitive lamp suspended from a horizontal bar a young woman seated, sews on a sheepskin coat. Her costume is that of a peasant of la Hague (Northern France), country fo the painter. She wears a white cap on her inclined head a pink scarf over her shoulders and a thick woolen dress o ffaded blue. Near her to the left of the picture sleeps a child. On the right part of a spinning wheel is seen.

Illustrated and described in Vol I, part 8, of "Masters in Art." where it is stated that this picture was painted in 1872.

This paining is also mentioned in Sensier's Life of Millet, p. 358

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