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 SI1ATTUCK 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. Ani- mal painter, pupil in Boston of Alexander Ransom, portrait painter, and of the Nation- al Academy in 1852. First brought into prominent notice in 1855 by a study of Grasses and Flowers. Elected AN.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 Stock- bridge (1876) ; Granbury Pastures (1877) ; Cows by the Meadow Brook (1881) ; Cattle (1 882) ; 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. Land- scape and animal painter, pupil of H. C. Ford, Chicago. Associate of Chicago Acad- emy of Design, 1873 ; member, 1876 ; hon- orary 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), Wal- ter 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 Rus- set Year (1885). SHEBA, EMBARKATION OF QUEEN OF, Claude Lorrain, National Gallery, Lon- don ; canvas, H. 4 ft. 11 in. xfi ft. 7 in. signed, dated Rome, 1648. The Queen em- barking on the occasion of her visit to Sol- omon. One of Claude's best pictures. Paint- ed in Rome for the Due de Bouillon, whence called the Bouillon Claude. Liber Verita- tis, No. 114. From Angersteiu Collection. Companion to Marriage of Isaac and Rebek- ah. 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. x 17 ft. 10 in. Solomon, seated high on his throne, with two elders on each side beneath him, stoops forward as if to sup- port 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 ne- gro 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 Hol- lar. Ruskin, Mod. Painters, v. 229 ; R'idolfi, Marav., ii. 57. SHEE, Sir MARTIN ARCHER, born in Dublin, Dec. 20, 1769. died at Brighton, Aug. 19, 1850. Pupil of Dublin School of De- sign, and won some . repute in that city as a portrait painter; went to London in 1788 and, through ad- vice of Sir Joshua Rey- nolds, became a pupil of the Royal Academy in 1790. He gradu- ally 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 173