. Catalogue of highly important collection of French pictures of the eighteenth century and pictures & drawings of the English school of Reginald Vaile. 56. 57 21 F. BOUCHER 57 THE LOVE MESSAGE Here a party of four ladies and a youth are gathered onthe banks of a stream, in which the youth, in scarletcostume and broad-brimmed hat, has been fishing. Theinterest of the moment is the sending away of a dove, thebearer of a message, which the two on the right are holding,and are evidently in doubt as to the wisdom of despatchingit. The two other ladies, one seated with a basket of fruitand flowers
. Catalogue of highly important collection of French pictures of the eighteenth century and pictures & drawings of the English school of Reginald Vaile. 56. 57 21 F. BOUCHER 57 THE LOVE MESSAGE Here a party of four ladies and a youth are gathered onthe banks of a stream, in which the youth, in scarletcostume and broad-brimmed hat, has been fishing. Theinterest of the moment is the sending away of a dove, thebearer of a message, which the two on the right are holding,and are evidently in doubt as to the wisdom of despatchingit. The two other ladies, one seated with a basket of fruitand flowers on her arm, and the other in light browncostume, and holding a basket of grasses, seem equallyconcerned in the enterprise. The background on the rightconsists of slender stems of trees in full foliage, and adwarfed pillar on which stands a massive vase full ofblossoming flowers. On the left there is an expanse ofsoftly clouded blue sky 123f in. by 73* in. From the Collection of the Marquis de Ganay From the Collection of Madame Bidgway Exhibited at the Guildhall, 1902 See Illustration 22 P. BOUCHEE. 58 LOVES OPPEEING Here a popular theme of the Frenc
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