Cover illustration (see description on [page 42]):

Auguste Renoir (1841-1919)
A Girl with a Watering Can
Canvas. 39½ × 28¾ inches. Dated 1876
Chester Dale Collection

French Painting
of the 19th Century
in the
National Gallery of Art

by
Grose Evans
Curator of Extension Services

Washington, D. C.

Copyright 1959
Publications Fund
National Gallery of Art
Washington, D. C.
Revised 1967

Designed, Engraved, and Printed
in the United States of America by
The Beck Engraving Company