. Catalogue of highly important collection of French pictures of the eighteenth century and pictures & drawings of the English school of Reginald Vaile. 68. 59 23 F. BOUCHER 59 EVENING Here a shepherdess, at fall of day, is seated by a littlestream, asleep, a narrow ribbon circling her wrist andattached to a sheep-dog. She wears a blue gown and whitebodice trimmed with pink, and her straw hat lies besideher. A youth, with loose red coat, has come stealthilynear, and is touching the girls cheek with a straw. Theleafage above is specially well delineated by Boucher, thehigh overhanging branches
. Catalogue of highly important collection of French pictures of the eighteenth century and pictures & drawings of the English school of Reginald Vaile. 68. 59 23 F. BOUCHER 59 EVENING Here a shepherdess, at fall of day, is seated by a littlestream, asleep, a narrow ribbon circling her wrist andattached to a sheep-dog. She wears a blue gown and whitebodice trimmed with pink, and her straw hat lies besideher. A youth, with loose red coat, has come stealthilynear, and is touching the girls cheek with a straw. Theleafage above is specially well delineated by Boucher, thehigh overhanging branches coming harmoniously across thedeep of the evening sky 124 in. by 71f , and dated 1757 From the. Collection of the Marquis de GanayFrom the Collection of Madame BidgwayExhibited at the Guildhall, 1902See Illustration Jzs-tk^ FINIS
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