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1820-23 and in 1832, lived at Bristol, where she died, Feb. 10, 1838. Her brother James, who also painted portraits, died in Bristol in 1839. Another brother, Felix, painted and died in North Carolina.—Dunlap; Walter, Memorials of Washington (New York, 1887).
SHATTUCK, AARON DRAPER, born in
Francestown, N. H., March 9, 1832. Animal
painter, pupil in Boston of Alexander
Ransom, portrait painter, and of the National
Academy in 1852. First brought into
prominent notice in 1855 by a study of
Grasses and Flowers. Elected A.N.A. in
1856, N.A. in 1861. Studio in New York.
Works: White Mountains in October (1868);
Sunday Morning in New England (1873);
Sheep and Cattle in Landscape (1874), J. H.
Sherwood, New York; Autumn near Stockbridge
(1876); Granbury Pastures (1877);
Cows by the Meadow Brook (1881); Cattle
(1882); Landscape with Cattle—Avon, Conn.
(1883); Peaceful Days,Farm by the Sea (1884).
SHAW, ANNIE CORNELIA, born at
West Troy, N. Y., Sept. 16, 1852. Landscape
and animal painter, pupil of H. C.
Ford, Chicago. Associate of Chicago Academy
of Design, 1873; member, 1876; honorary
member of Art Institute, Chicago,
1886. Works: On the Calumet (1874), J.
H. Dole, Chicago; Willow Island (1876), C.
L. Hutchinson, ib.; Keene Valley—N. Y.
(1875), A. A. Munger, ib.; Ebb Tide on
Coast of Maine (1876), William Butterfield,
ib.; Head of Jersey Bull (1877), Mrs. Jenny
F. Kempton, ib.; In the Rye Field (1880),
Mrs. Larned, Providence, R. I.; Road to the
Creek (1880), B. P. Hutchinson, Chicago;
Close of a Summer Day (1882), Edwin B.
Haskell, Boston; July Day (1883), J. H.
Dole, Chicago; In the Clearing (1883), Walter
C. Larned, ib.; Fall Ploughing (1884),
George A. Brackett, Minneapolis, Minn.;
Ashen Days (1884), Mrs. C. Brown, Chicago;
The Corn-Field (1884), do. ready to Harvest
(1885), Charles E. Gifford, Jr., ib.; The Russet
Year (1885).
SHEBA, EMBARKATION OF QUEEN
OF, Claude Lorrain, National Gallery, London;
canvas, H. 4 ft. 11 in. × 6 ft. 7 in.
signed, dated Rome, 1648. The Queen embarking
on the occasion of her visit to Solomon.
One of Claude's best pictures. Painted
in Rome for the Duc de Bouillon, whence
called the Bouillon Claude. Liber Veritatis,
No. 114. From Angerstein Collection.
Companion to Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah.
Engraved in Gallery Angerstein, by
Varrall in National Gallery, and in L'Art.
Replica, painted in 1677, Lord Cathcart.—Waagen,
Treasures, i. 340; Cat. Nat. Gal.;
Pattison, Claude Lorrain, 228; Athen., 1876.
SHEBA, QUEEN OF, AND SOLOMON,
Paolo Veronese, Turin Gallery; canvas, H.
11 ft. 3 in. × 17 ft. 10 in. Solomon, seated
high on his throne, with two elders on each
side beneath him, stoops forward as if to support
the Queen of Sheba, who, kneeling and
nearly fainting, looks up to him with tears
in her eyes; beside her kneels a maid of
honour, who looks back to encourage a negro
girl carrying presents; a little dog in
front barks furiously at an attendant who
has set down a golden vase near him. A
picture of "inestimable value." Painted for
Charles, Duke of Savoy. Engraved by Hollar.—Ruskin,
Mod. Painters, v. 229; Ridolfi,
Marav., ii. 57.
SHEE, Sir MARTIN ARCHER, born in
Dublin, Dec. 20, 1769.
died at Brighton, Aug.
19, 1850. Pupil of
Dublin School of Design,
and won some
repute in that city as
a portrait painter;
went to London in
1788 and, through advice
of Sir Joshua Reynolds,
became a pupil
of the Royal Academy in 1790. He gradually
won his way and became a successful
portrait painter of men, his earliest works
being theatrical portraits. He also painted
some subject works, but they did not add
to his reputation. In 1798 he was elected
A.R.A., in 1800 R.A., and in 1830 president