AN ENGLISH HEBE.
AFTER THE ORIGINAL DRAWING
H.R.H. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll


CONTENTS

[Preface:]"On the Scope of the Present Volume." By the Editor.
[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