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Joint Investment, G. N. Moore, Louisville; Strictly Confidential (1880); Uncle Ned and I (1882); Neglecting Trade (1883); Portrait of Professor Torrey (1884), Vermont University; The Difficult Text, The Jack-o'-Lantern (1885); Putting on Airs, The Secret (1886). Water-colours: Dull Times (1879); Sunday Morning, Poor White, Charles Stewart Smith, New York; Thinking it Over, Cup that Cheers (1881); Local Reporter (1883); First Business Venture, Good Night! (1884).—Sheldon, 109.

WOODFORDE, SAMUEL, born at Castle Cary, Somersetshire, in 1763, died at Bologna, Italy, July 27, 1817. Portrait and history painter; student at Royal Academy in 1782, and in Italy in 1786; elected an A.R.A. in 1800, and R.A. in 1807. Among his principal works are: Calypso lamenting the Departure of Ulysses, Diana and Nymphs, Charles I. taking leave of his Children, and Spanish Shepherd and Dog.—Sandby, i. 328.

WOODS, HENRY, born at Warrington, Lancashire, April 23, 1846. Genre painter; pupil of Warrington and South Kensington Art Schools; became a magazine illustrator, and was long attached to the London Graphic; in 1876 accompanied his brother-in-law, Luke Fildes, to Venice and has since remained there. Elected an A.R.A. in 1881. Works: Street in Venice, Sunshine (1877); Convalescent (1878); Venetian Ferry, Street Life in Venice (1879); Three Venetian Sketches (1880); At the Foot of the Rialto—Venice, Gondolier's Courtship (1881); Bargaining for an Old Master (Holbrook Gaskell, London), Venetian Fan Seller (1882); Preparation for First Communion (1883); In the Sun, Zucca Seller in Venice, Il mio Traghetto, Venetian Cloisters (1884); Cupid's Spell (1885); Choosing the Summer Gown, Water-Wheels of Savassa (1886).—Art Journal (1886), 97.

WOOL-CARDER, Jean François Millet, Mrs. Paran Stevens, New York. A woman seated, carding wool; on each side, a basket of wool; in background, a spinning-wheel. Painted in 1862; Salon, 1863.

WOOTTON, JOHN, born (?), died in London, January, 1765. Pupil of John Wyck (died 1702), battle painter; began as a painter of race-horses at Newmarket, and later executed landscapes and hunting scenes. His horses are well drawn and spirited, but his landscapes are coarse. Works at Blenheim, Althorp, Ditchley, and other country houses.—Redgrave; F. de Conches, 341.

WOPFNER, JOSEF, born at Schwaz, Tyrol, March 19, 1843. Genre and landscape painter, pupil of Piloty in 1869-72, having for years endured great hardships as apprentice to house painters in Munich. In 1872 he first began his studies from nature at the Chiem Lake, whither he has since returned every summer, and which has furnished the motives for his finest productions. Works: Wood Interior; School Children frightened by Boar; Procession on Starnberg Lake; Fugitive Alsacians looking back upon their Burning Village; Hansl and Gretl; Rübezahl; Schneewittchen; Däumling; Das Lachspassen; Ave Maria (25 times); Going to Baptism; Going to Communion; Fishermen Family on Chiem Lake; Pursuit of Poachers on Chiem Lake (1884).—Allgem. K. C., viii. 222, 531; ix. 877; Illustr. Zeitg. (1886), i. 187; Kunst-Chronik, xviii. 419; xix. 631, 659; xx. 279; Zeitschr. f. b. K., xx. 74.

WORLD, CREATION OF THE, Raphael. See Raphael's Bible.

WORMS, ANTON VON. See Woensam.

WORMS, JULES, born in Paris, Dec. 16, 1832. Genre painter, pupil of Lafosse. Has travelled in various countries, especially in Spain. Medals: 1867, 1868, and 1869; 3d class, 1878; L. of Honour, 1876. Works: Field Forges, Dragoon courting Nurse (1859); Arrest for Debt (1861);