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1878; member of Society of American Artists, of which he was the first president; professor in Art Students' League, New York; member of Chicago Academy. Studio in New York. Works: Eager for the Fray (1861); Toning the Bell (1874); Sheep Shearing—Bavarian Highlands (1876); Good Morning (1878); Gretchen, Burgomaster, Task (1879); Capellmeister, Marble Quarry, Indian Girl, Very Old, Autumn (1880); Tom-Boy (1881); Gossip, Tuning Up (1844); Sorry for the Gorse, Under the Cornstack (1885); Jealousy (1886).—Am. Art Rev. (1881), 97, 145; Sheldon, 96.
SHORE, JANE, Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury, Luxembourg Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 8 in. × 5 ft. Condemned as a sorceress and adulteress, she is pursued through the streets of London and insulted by the populace. Salon, 1850.
SHRIMP GIRL, Hogarth, National Gallery,
London; canvas, H. 2 ft. 1 in. × 1 ft.
8 in. Half-length, face nearly full, with
mouth half-open. She wears a white cap
with a dark cloth over her head, on which
she bears a tray containing shrimps and a
small metal measure. Leigh Court sale
(1884), 256 guineas.—Art Journal (1885), 8.
SHULAMITE, Alexandre Cabanel, Miss C.
L. Wolfe, New York; canvas, signed, dated
1875. Life-size, sitting on the floor of a
highly decorated apartment, with a column
and rich stuffs in background. One hand
is raised to her head; the other is partly
veiling her bosom, from which the gauze has
fallen. Photogravure in Art Treasures of
America, i. 120.
SHUMWAY, HENRY COLTON, born in
Middletown, Conn., July 4, 1807, died in
New York, May 6, 1884. Portrait and miniature
painter, pupil of the National Academy,
and one of its earliest members, having
been elected in 1832. For many years
a successful miniature portrait painter in
New York and in other American cities, and
a regular exhibitor at the Academy. He
went to Washington, D. C., in 1838 to paint
Henry Clay, and had many other distinguished
sitters.
SHURTLEFF, ROSWELL MORSE, born
at Rindge, N. H., June 14, 1841. Landscape
and animal painter, pupil of the Lowell
Institute, Boston, and of the National Academy,
New York, where he first exhibited in
1872. Studio in New York. Elected an
A.N.A. in 1881. Works: American Panther
(1876); Race for Life (1877); The Still-Hunter;
On the Alert (1879); Autumn Gold,
Pedro (1880); Blue Heron (1881); October
Hunting, Under the Beeches (1882); Foot
of the Mountain, Ray of Light, In the Wild-Wood
(1883); Mt. Porter—Adirondacks, By
Still Water (1884); October, Road to the
Mill (1885); Song of Summer Woods, Morning
in the Forest (1886).—Sheldon, 211.
SIBERECHTS, JAN, born in Antwerp,
baptized Jan. 29, 1627, died in London in
1703. Flemish school; landscape painter,
admitted to the guild in 1648. Painted
many English landscapes for the Duke of
Buckingham, who took him to England,
where he was employed four years in the
decoration of Cliefden House, and afterwards
at Newstead and Chatsworth. Was
distinguished for his water-colours. Endeavoured
successfully to imitate Berchem
and Karel du Jardin. Works: Miracle of
St. Francis of Assisi (1666), Antwerp Museum;
Farm Yard (1660), Brussels Museum;
Leasehold Farm, Valenciennes Museum;
Landscapes with Figures and Cattle (2, 1663,
1670), Lille Museum; do. (1), Bordeaux Museum;
do., Liechtenstein Gallery, Vienna;
Mother sewing by the Cradle (1671), Copen-