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 THOMPSON at William Wells sale (1848) to Marquis of Hertford for .2,992 10s. Curtis, 270. THOMPSON, ALBERT, born at Woburn, Mass., in 1853. Landscape and animal painter ; pupil of W. E. Norton. In 1872 and in 1874 he visited Europe, travelling through Great Britain, France, and Italy, and studying in the art galleries of the Con- tinent. Exhibits at the Boston Art Club. Works : Landscape and Cattle ; Summer Afternoon ; Apple Orchard Summer ; Cat- tle on a Hillside ; Lake Winnipiseogee from Wolfborough ; Wood Interior ; Study of Italian Boy. THOMPSON, CEPHAS GIOVANNI, born in Middle borough, Mass., Aug. 3, 1809. Portrait and figure painter, sou and pupil of Cephas Thompson, but mostly self-taught. He has painted in Boston, Providence, Phil- adelphia, New York, and in other cities in the United States. In 1852 visited Lon- don, Paris, Florence, and Rome, where he spent seven years. In I860 he returned to America, and has since lived in New York. An associate of the National Acad- emy. Works: Guardian Angel, C. H. Rog- ers, New York ; Prospero and Miranda, Mr. Wales, Boston ; St. Peter delivered from Prison, Ex - Governor Padelford, Provi- dence ; Spring and Autumn, C. Sprague. Portraits : Sebastian Cabot (after Hans Hol- bein), Charles Fenno Hoffman, Historical Society, New York ; Dr. Francis ; Haw- thorne ; Dr. Matthews, New York Univer- sity ; Henry T. Tuckerman ; William C. Bryant ; Mrs. Bryant. THOMPSON, ELIZABETH. See Sutler. THOMPSON, HARRY, born in London ; contemporary. Genre and landscape paint- er, pupil in Paris of Charles Frau9ois Mar- chal and Charles Busson. Medal, 3d class, Paris, 1884. Works : Tea a la russe (1876) ; Sheep (1878) ; Sheepfold, View at Allery (1879) ; Flock in Valley of the Somme, Landscape (1880) ; Corner of the Orchard, Cross Road (1882) ; Among the Dunes (1883) ; Old Road in Picardy, A Calvary- Sheep (1884) ; Corner of the Fortifications of Paris (1885) ; Old Cemetery at Hocquin- court (1886). THOMPSON, JEROME, born in Middle- borough, Mass., Jan. 30, 1814, died at Glen Gardner, N. J., May 2, 1886. Landscape and figure painter ; studied for a short time under his father, Cephas Thompson, and with Morse and Jarvis. Elected an A.N.A. in 1850. Painted in England and France in 1851-52. Works : Land of Beulah ; Voice of the Great Spirit ; Woodman, spare that Tree (1871) ; Valley of Baca (1875) ; Dakota Cafion (1880) ; Gates Ajar (1881) ; Spring Trap (1882) ; Fallen Oak (1883) ; Indian Prayer (1884) ; Study from Nature (1886). THOMPSON, WORDSWORTH, born in Baltimore, Md., May 26, 1840. Genre and history painter, pupil of Charles Gleyre, Lambinet, and Passini, in Paris, 1861-64. Has sketched in Morocco, Algiers, and Spain. Elected an A.N.A. in 1873 and N.A. in 1874. Studio in New York. Works : Moorlands of Au-Fargi (1865); Annapolis in 1776, Academy of Fine Arts, Buffalo ; View of Mt. Etna (1869); Desolation (1873); Mid- summer's Day on Long Island (1876) ; By the Sea Mentone (1877); Review at Phila- delphia in Aug., 1777 (1878) ; The Depart- ure Episode of Colonial Life in Virginia (1879) ; May-Day in Fifth Avenue New York (1880) ; Halt of a Diligence (1881) ; Pass- ing the Outposts, Union League Club, New York ; Old Stone Church Sleepy Hollow (1882), T. B. Clarke, ib. ; Market Place- Biskra, Moorish Hunters returning to Tan- gier (1884) ; Winter Morning's Ride, Ad- vance of the Enemy (1885) ; In the Port of Algiers (1886). THOMSEN, AUGUST, bom at Glflcks- burg, Sept. 3, 1813, died at Copenhagen, Sept. 6, 1886. History painter, pupil of Copenhagen Academy, where he won medals in 1837 and 1838. Works : Presentation in the Temple (1841) ; Christ among the Doc- tors (1843) ; Hans Tausen preaching the Gospel, Church of the Holy Ghost, Copen- hagen. Weilbach, 676 ; Kunst-Chrouik, xxi. 750.