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rence's death in 1804. In 1806, having

married his brother's widow, he removed to New York and lived there, excepting a short visit to Boston for instruction from Gilbert Stuart, until 1808, when he returned to Philadelphia. In 1809 he went to London, studied several months under Benjamin West, and coming back in 1810, settled permanently in Philadelphia. He again visited England in 1837-38, and in the latter year painted from life a full-length portrait of Queen Victoria. Between 1820 and 1840 he exhibited ten portraits at the Royal Academy. Works: Commodore Decatur, City Hall, New York; Thomas Jefferson (1821), Military Academy, West Point; George Frederick Cooke as Richard III., Pennsylvania Academy; Queen Victoria (1838), St. George Society, Philadelphia; Charles Kemble, Frances Ann Kemble, Rembrandt Peale, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, ib.; Lafayette, Independence Hall; Reverdy Johnson; Charles Carroll; Dr. Benjamin Rush; Washington crossing the Delaware, Boston Museum; Girl offering Flowers at a Shrine, Woman at the Well, Mrs. M. O. Roberts, New York; Isabella, Child and Dog, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Philadelphia.—Dunlap, ii. 101; Tuckerman, 158; Appleton's Journal (1872), viii. 693; Hours at Home, x. 69.

SUMMER, Nicolas Poussin. See Ruth and Boaz.

SUMMER STORM, Titian, Buckingham Palace; canvas, H. 3 ft. 9-1/2 in. × 3 ft. 1-1/2 in. An August squall on the borders of the Alpine country near Cadore. Painted in 1534. Probably the best of Titian's landscapes extant.—C. & C., Titian, i. 396; Gilbert, Cadore, 37.

SUN AND MOON, CREATION OF, Michelangelo, Sistine Chapel, Rome; fresco on ceiling.

SUONATORE. See Violinist.

SUPPER AT EMMAUS, (Luke xxiv. 30, 31). Michelangelo da Caravaggio, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 7 in. × 6 ft. 5-1/2 in. Painted for Cardinal Scipio Borghese; from Palazzo Borghese came into possession of Lord Vernon, who presented it in 1839 to National Gallery. Engraved by A. Testa; B. Vaillant; G. Giovane.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., i. 615, 621.

Supper at Emmaus, Titian, Louvre, Paris.

By Carpaccio, S. Salvatore, Venice; canvas, figures life-size. Christ seated at table, with a disciple wearing a turban at his left, another at his right; at each end of table a pilgrim. Painted about 1510. Commonly attributed to Giovanni Bellini, but one of the finest and most characteristic of Carpaccio's works.—C. & C., N. Italy, i. 208.

By Moretto, Tosi Collection, Brescia; canvas, life-size. Christ behind the table, in a gray hat which overshadows his brow, is breaking the bread, while an apostle at right gazes intently at him; a second apos-