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CA TA LOG l * E 
 
 OF THE PitIVATE COLLECTION OF 
 
 PAINTINGS 
 
 BKLONOINO TO 
 
 Mr. LAFREKCE THOMSEN, 
 
 Of Baltimore , 
 
 WITH A FEW VALUABLE ADDITIONS FROM OTHER PRIVATE SOURCES. 
 
 tq mm ®Qi&m mw 
 
 I1V 
 
 ROBERT SOMERVILLE, 
 
 At His GJ-allei*^, No. S3 Filth Avenue, 
 
 Corner of Fourteenth Street , 
 
 Dm Tuesday Evening? Marelli TOi, 18711? 
 
 AT HALF-PAST SEVEN, PRECISELY. 
 
 
 K3TEs:hibition NOW OPEN, and every Day and Evening until time of Sale. 
 
 PLEASE PRESERVE THIS CATALOGUE. 
 
CL. 
 
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 LIBRARY 
 
 NO. 
 
 
 M.KNOEDLER&GO. 
 
 
 1 8 
 
 556-8 Fifth Ave. 
 
 ACC. 
 
 New York 
 
R. Somerville 
 
 <=^«^ a/ a£ /e-i 
 
 82 FIFTH AVENUE, cor. 14th St. 
 
 ON THE EVENING OF 
 
 Twmsmm f * M&m@m ffw>m g $&f£» 
 
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 At Half-past Seven, precisely, 
 
 Mr. LAURENCE THOMSEN, of Baltimore, 
 
 Sold on account of change of residence, to which has been added a few excellent 
 works from other private sources. Specimens will be found by the following 
 leading American Artists: Durand, Eastman Johnson, Kensett, Huntington, 
 Jas. M. Hart, Casilear, Boughton, Gifford, W. T. Richards, Guy, McEnteb, 
 J. G. Brown, Whittredge, Shattuck, Cropsey, W. Hart, Smillib, Henry, &c. 
 Also, a number of popular Foreign Artists are represented, such as Duverger, 
 Troyon, Seignac, Beranger, Giradet, Caille, Lemmens, Patrois, Pecrus, Couder, 
 Monfallet, Von Schendee, Bourges, Engeehardt, Henrietta Ronner, Triebel, 
 &c. The Pictures have been well selected as to sizes, subjects and artists, and 
 with their Frames are in excellent order. 
 
 ^To-Z/ection njf 
 
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 (The Sale to be made without Reservation .) 
 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
[7'o be Sold Tuesday Evening, March 7th, 7877, at 
 Half-past Seven.] 
 
 CATALOGUE. 
 
 1. STELLEGERS, 
 
 View on Hudson. 
 
 2 . 
 
 2a. 
 
 UNKNOWN (Old Picture), 
 
 Landscape and Cattle. 
 
 J. F. CROPSEY, 
 
 White Mountain Notch. 
 
 3. PIOPPELL, 
 
 Italian Peasant. 
 
 4 . 
 
 
 BOUTELLE, 
 
 Landscape. 
 
 4a. J. F. CROPSEY, 
 
 Study from Nature. 
 
4 
 
 CALMELET, 
 
 Scene in Savoy. W. C. 
 
 6 . 
 
 COPY FROM TITIAN, 
 
 Ecce Homo. (On Copper.) 
 
 7. 
 
 H. HILLIARD, 
 
 Study of Rocks. 
 
 8 . 
 
 9. 
 
 II. W. ROBBINS, 
 
 The Waterfall. 
 
 % 
 
 Mlle. GIRADIN, 
 
 Flowers. (Water Color.) 
 
 UNKNOWN (Old Picture), 
 
 German Musical Party. 
 
 11 . 
 
 A. PARTON, 
 
 Spring Time. 
 
 12. 
 
 G. SMILLIE, 
 
 Lake Scene. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 of Baltimore 
 
 of Paris 
 
0 
 
 13. 
 
 14. 
 
 15. 
 
 1 / 
 
 16. 
 
 17. 
 
 18. 
 
 19. 
 
 20 . 
 
 T. A. RICHARDS, 
 
 English Landscape. 
 
 H. B. BROWN, 
 
 Coast of Maine. 
 
 WM. HART, 
 
 Near Hurley, N. Y. 
 
 E. SAINTIN, 
 
 The First-born. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 E. D. E. GREENE, 
 
 The Album—The Miniature. 
 
 LILY M. SPENCER, 
 
 Flowers and Fruit. 
 
 
 F. G. MELBY 
 
 River Scene 
 
 .. 
 
 '■ in Jamaica. 
 
 / 
 
 VON SEVERDONCK, 
 
 Sheep and Fowls. 
 
 
6 
 
 A. J. MILLER, 
 
 Wind Lake, Oregon. 
 
 22 . 
 
 23. 
 
 JOHN POPE, 
 
 May Flowers. 
 
 HENRIETTA RONNER, 
 
 “ My Pups.” 
 
 S. COLMAN, 
 
 Genesee Valley. 
 
 BAINBRIDGE BISHOP, 
 
 The Little Knitter. 
 
 J. W. CASILEAR, 
 
 Swiss Scene. 
 
 BORNSCIILEGEL, 
 
 The Surprise ! 
 
 5 
 
 J. F. KENSETT, 
 
 Coast Scene. 
 
 ol Baltimore 
 
 of Berlin 
 
7 
 
 IH) 
 
 29. 
 
 CHAMERLAT, 
 
 Little Mother. 
 
 30. ^ ^ A. J. WAY 
 
 Study of Grapes. 
 
 of Baltimore 
 
 31. 
 
 
 W. HASELT1NE, 
 
 Rocks at Narragansett. 
 
 32. GEO. C. LAMBDIN, 
 
 The Letter. 
 
 A 
 
 33. n i j /LEMMENS 
 
 Meal Time. 
 
 1/S 
 
 35. 
 
 \ J. G. BROWN, 
 
 Crossing the Lot. 
 
 BOURGES, 
 
 The Breakfast. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 of Paris 
 
 36. 
 
 j (T 6 
 
 A. D. SHATTUCK, 
 
 Autumn in Vermont. 
 
8 
 
 P. HOYALL, 
 
 The Scholars. 
 
 TRIEBEL, 
 
 Ruined Mill, Tyrol. 
 
 WM. HART, 
 
 Cloud Effect. 
 
 40. 
 
 MONFALLET, 
 
 The Fortune Teller. 
 
 P. P. RYDER, 
 
 The Promenade. 
 
 42 
 
 - tl. W. ROBBINS, 
 
 Scene in Connecticut. 
 
 43. ^ 
 10 
 
 44. 
 
 6 
 
 LANFANT De METZ, 
 The Little Story. 
 
 R. GIGNOUX, 
 
 Early Winter. 
 
 of London 
 
 of Munich 
 
 of Paris 
 
 of Paris 
 
9 
 
 
 45^ /? / VON SCHENDEL, 
 
 Candle-Light Effect. 
 
 46. 
 
 S. R. GIFFORD 
 
 The Campagna 
 
 \.s/o 
 
 47. 
 
 48. 
 
 4ST 
 
 50. 
 
 51. 
 
 52 . 
 
 / 
 
 FAUVELET, 
 
 The Musician. 
 
 R. W. I1ITBBARD, 
 
 Lake Scene. 
 
 CAILLE, 
 
 Temporal Instruction. 
 
 of Paris 
 
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 A. F. BELLOWS, 
 
 Evening in New England. 
 
 COUDER, 
 
 Peaches, Grapes, &c 
 
 J. W. CASILEAR 
 
 Lake George. 
 
 IW 
 
 of Paris 
 
 of Paris 
 
10 
 
 53. 
 
 54. 
 
 55. 
 
 ROCHENOIRE, 
 
 The Convalescent. 
 
 GEO. C. LAMBDEST, 
 
 W 
 
 of Paris 
 
 Ask me no more.”— {Tennyson.) 
 
 C. PECRTTS, 
 
 Fair Embroiderer, 
 
 of Paris 
 
 56. 
 
 57. 
 
 58. 
 
 i/ 
 
 A. PARTON, , y~ 
 
 Study of a Brook. /yv' 
 
 
 SEIGNAC, 
 
 Trying the Vintage. 
 
 W. T. RICHARDS, 
 The Old Mill. ' 
 
 ) (m) 
 
 of Paris 
 
 of Pliilaclelpliia 
 
 59. 
 
 59a. 
 
 PATROIS, 
 
 Convalescent Sister. 
 
 
 of Paris 
 
 S. J. GUY, 2j / 
 
 “Twinkle, Twinkle, Littl^* Star.” 
 
60. 
 
 J. F. KENSETT, 
 
 Autumn Woods 
 
 . )<ro 
 
 61. 
 
 02 . 
 
 DUVERGER, 
 
 The Pet Bird. 
 
 T. P. ROSSITER, 
 
 The Fireside. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 63. 
 
 64. 
 
 65. 
 
 66 . 
 
 E. LEMMENS, 
 
 Poultry, &c. 
 
 <T 
 
 T 
 
 or. 
 
 fm) 
 
 rW W1 
 
 W. WIIITTREDGE, / e 
 
 Shawangunk Mt., N. Y. 
 
 n 
 
 BER ANGER, 
 
 The Prisoner 
 
 J. W. CASILEAR, 
 
 The Brookside. 
 
 TROY ON (Deceased), / 
 
 Landscape and Cattle. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 0' 
 
 A 
 
 of Paris 
 
12 
 
 WM. HART, 
 
 Autumn Afternoon. 
 
 D. HUNTINGTON, 
 
 The White Plume. 
 
 (A well-known Picture.) 
 
 J. G. BROWN, 
 
 “The Girl of the Period.” 
 
 71. 
 
 72. 
 
 NGLEHART, 
 
 Pithal, in the Tyrol. 
 
 BURGER, 
 
 Industry. 
 
 A. B. DURAND, 
 
 A Summer Afternoon. 
 
 J. G. BROWN, 
 
 A Bit of Sunshine. 
 
 E. L. HENRY, 
 
 Holborn Hill, London. 
 
 of Munich 
 
 of Berlin 
 
13 
 
 76 . 
 
 77 . 
 
 GIRADET, / 
 
 French Landscape. 
 
 of Paris 
 
 J. F. CROPSEY, 
 
 A Storm in the Wilderr 
 
 78 . 
 
 79 . 
 
 80 . 
 
 81 . 
 
 82 . 
 
 83 . 
 
 V/' 
 
 E. W. PERRY, 
 
 Italian Market Woman 
 
 JAS. M. HART, 
 
 Sunday Afternoon. 
 
 (Engraved by Goupil.) 
 
 S. J. GUY, 
 
 The First Ride. 
 
 E. JOHNSON, 
 
 The Woodcutter. 
 
 A. D. SHATTUCK, 
 
 Lake Champlain. 
 
 P. HOYALL, fD 
 
 Gathering Flowers. 
 
 / OS 
 
 of London 
 
 / 
 
J. McENTEE, 
 
 Early Winter—Twilight. 
 
 W. S. MOUNT, 
 
 The Confederate in Tow. 
 
 86. 
 
 S. R. GIFFORD, 
 
 On the Susquehanna. 
 
 87 . 
 
 
 ,_4^F. BELLOWS, 
 
 / ■ j White Mt. Waterfall. 
 
 J. F. CROPSEY, 
 
 Indian Summer—Hudson River. 
 
 GEO. C. LAMBDIN, 
 
 Spring Flowers. 
 
 J. W. CASILEAR, 
 
 Lake Scene. 
 
 J. F. KENSETT, 
 
 The Cliffs—Newport. 
 
! 
 
 15 
 
 92. 
 
 G. H. BOUGHTON, 
 
 Young Navigators. 
 
 93. 
 
 94. 
 
 1 / 
 
 J. O. B. INMAN, 
 
 Peasant Children. 
 
 L. B. MIGNOT (Deceased), 
 
 Landscape—Summer. 
 
 95. 
 
 AMY BISHOP, 
 
 The Domino House. 
 
 96. 
 
 H. W. BOBBINS, 
 
 Virginia Scenery. 
 
 97. 
 
 98. 
 
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 J. F. CBOPSEY, 
 
 Evening—Italy. 
 
 THION YAN NIB BLAND (1649), 
 
 Pan and Apollo—Trial of Skill. 
 
 (A Picture long in the family of Mr. Thomsen.) 
 
 99. 
 
 PBOOF COPY CHBOMO of 
 
 Church’s Niagara. 
 


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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