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 Morning on Coast of Antibes (1878); Break-*fasting by the Wayside (1882); Itinerant Musicians (1884); Drawing the Seine (1885); On the Stair, J. J. Astor, New York; Courtier, H. V. Newcomb, ib.; Story of the Campaign, J. H. Stebbins, ib.; Outside Attractions, E. B. Warren, Philadelphia.—Meyer, Gesch., 665.

MEISSONIER, (JEAN LOUIS) ERNEST, born in Lyons, Feb. 21, 1815. Genre painter, went in 1830 to Paris, where he was for four months the pupil of Léon Cogniet; but he formed himself chiefly by studying the works of the old masters, especially of the Dutch school. He first became known as an illustrator of books, such as "Paul et Virginie," "Chaumière indienne" (1838), "Les Français peints par eux-*mêmes" (1844), etc., but soon began the series of masterpieces on a small scale, whose wonderful finish, marked character, and peculiar individuality have made his name famous in every part of the civilized world. His first exhibited picture was The Visitors (1834). Medals: 3d class, 1840; 2d class, 1841; 1st class, 1843, 1848; of honour, 1855, 1867, 1878; L. of Honour, 1846; Officer, 1856; Commander, 1867; Grand Officer, 1878; Member of Institute, 1861; Munich Academy, 1867; Honorary member of Royal Academy, London, and other academies. Works: The Visitors (1834), The Bravos (1853), Scene from Decameron (1853), Polichinello (1858), The Halt (1862), Napoleon I. in the Campaign of France, Throwing Dice, The Connoisseurs, Cavalier of Time of Louis XIV., St. John in Patmos, Cavalier of Time of Louis XIII., Musketeer of Time of Louis XIII., Gamblers, Sentinel, Foul Play, Sir Richard Wallace, London; Chess Players, Little Messenger (1836); Monk consoling a Sick Man (1838); The Doctor, The Smoker (1839); The Reader (1840); Chess Players (1841); Smoker, Violoncello Player (1842); Amateurs of Painting (1843; Khalil Bey sale, 1868, 33,800 fr.), M. Léon Say; Painter in his Studio (1843; Lehon sale, 1861, 11,200 fr.); Guard-house, Young Man looking at Drawings, Game of Piquet (1848); Skittle Players (1849); Smoker (1850); Lute Players (1851), Soldier under Louis XIII., Laurent Richard Collection, Paris; The Barricade, Man choosing a Sword (1852), Reader near Window, Reader in White, Le Déjeuner, M. van Praet; Sunday, Incident of Civil War (1852); Young Man Studying, Moreau before Hohenlinden (1853); Lecture chez Diderot (1855), Un Incroyable, Polichinello, Baron Edmond de Rothschild; Guitar Player, Baron Adolph de Rothschild; La Rixe (1855), Buckingham Palace; Confidence, A Painter, Man in Armour, Harque-*busier, Art Amateur, Standard Bearer, Man at a Window (1857); Soldiers at Cards (1858; Wertheimber sale, to M. Demidoff for 28,000 fr.; J. T. Johnston sale, New York, 1876, $11,500); Smoker (1860); Card Party, Expectation, Musician, The Audience, The Farrier (1861); In the Ante-Room, Stirrup-Cup (1862), C. F. H. Bolckow, Middlesborough; Standard Bearer, Musketeer (1862); Napoleon III. at Solferino (1864), Luxembourg Museum; Napoleon I. in 1814 (1864), Ball Players at Antibes (46,700 francs), Le Voyageur (30,500 francs), The Laugher (25,000 francs), Defoer sale, Paris, 1886; Une Chanson (1865), Vicomte de Greffuhle; Cavalry Charge (1867); Portrait of the Sergeant, Chess Players, Baron Schroeder, London; Two Lansquenets, M. van der Vies; Horseman's Rest (1875), Kunsthalle, Hamburg; Voyageur, L'Adieu (1880); Company of Musketeers (sold, 1881, 50,000 fr.); Halt of Cavaliers (J. W. Wilson sale, 1881, 125,000 fr.); Smoker (Tencé sale, 1881, 34,000 fr.); Corporal of the Guard (Arbuthnot sale, 1882, £514); Madonna di Baccio (1883); Paris in 1870-71 (1884); La Ve