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pictures in the Church of the Trinity and decorative panels in the Ministry of War.—L'Art (1878), xiii. 144; Bellier, ii. 565.
Incredulity of St. Thomas, Cima da Conegliano, Venice Academy.
THISBE, Edwin Long, Gibbs Collection,
England. The tragic amour of Pyramus
and Thisbe, in Bablyon, has been immortalized
by Ovid in his "Metamorphoses" (IV.),
and burlesqued by Shakespeare in "Midsummer
Night's Dream." Royal Academy,
1884; at William Graham sale, London,
1886, to Gibbs for 840 guineas. Engraved
by G. Bertinot (1886).
THOM, JAMES CRAWFORD, born in
United States; contemporary. Landscape
and genre painter, pupil in Paris of Édouard
Frère; first exhibited at the Royal
Academy, London, in 1864. Works: Returning
from the Wood (1864); Love in
the Kitchen; Return of the Conscript; Going
to Church, Christmas Eve (1876); Le
jour de la Toussaint (1878); Watering his
Horse, Morning Ride (1880); Rustic Sport,
Summer Afternoon (1882); Old Farm House,
South River, River Bank (1884); The Pets
(1885).
THOMAS, ADOLF, born at Zittau, Sept.
28, 1834. Landscape painter, pupil of Dresden
Academy and of Ludwig Richter; then
studied in Munich, where he was greatly
influenced by Lier and Friedrich Voltz.
Works: View near Brannenburg (1866),
Dresden Gallery; Landscape (1867); Evening
in Capri (1872); Landscape with Mythological
Figures.—Müller, 519.
THOMAS, ALEXANDRE, born at Malmedy,
Belgium, in 1820. History painter,
pupil of Düsseldorf Academy. Officer of
Order of Leopold. Works: Judith; Children
of Edward; Solomon's Judgment;
Descent from the Cross; Judas on Night
before the Crucifixion (1854), Barabbas at
the Foot of Calvary (1857), Brussels Museum.—Müller,
519.
THOMAS, CHARLES ARMAND, born
in Paris; contemporary. Still-life painter,
pupil of Leclaire. Medal, 3d class, 1886.
Works: June Flowers (1880); Corner of
the Conservatory (1881); The Cellar of Père
Jacquemin (1882); Gay Morning (1883);
Still-life (1884); At the Studio (1885); Eve
of Festival (1886).
THOMAS, GEORGE HOUSMAN, born
in London, Dec. 17, 1824, died at Boulogne,
France, July 21, 1868. History and portrait
painter. began as a wood engraver in
London and afterwards in Paris, whence he
went to New York to aid in illustrating a
pictorial journal. In 1848 he returned to
Europe and went to Italy to study; was in
Rome during its siege by the French, of
which he furnished sketches to the Illustrated
London News; and represented that
paper in the Crimea in 1854. On his return
to London he obtained the patronage
of the Queen, for whom he painted Marriage
of the Prince of Wales at Windsor,
Marriage of the Princess Alice at Osborne,
The Princess Royal at the Coronation of
the King of Prussia, Distribution of the
Victoria Medals, and others. He illustrat-