A lover holds a guitar, his mistress some music; on the table is a rose—

If love were what the rose is,
And I were like the leaf,
Our lives would grow together
In sad or singing weather....
If love were what the rose is
And I were like the leaf.

Swinburne: A Match.

999. BY CANDLE-LIGHT.

Godfried Schalcken (Dutch: 1643-1706). See 199.

"To give the most natural effect to his candle-light pieces, Schalcken is said to have adopted the following system:—He placed the object he intended to paint in a dark room, with a candle, and looking through a small hole, painted by day what he saw by candle-light" (Bryan's Dictionary).

1000. THE ESTUARY OF A RIVER.

Bakhuizen (Dutch: 1631-1708). See 204.

1001. HOLLYHOCKS AND OTHER FLOWERS.

Jan van Huysum (Dutch: 1682-1749). See 796.