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 (1875); Young Franklin and the Press, Buffalo Academy; Hospitality, Words of Comfort (Leland Stanford, San Francisco); Old Lady (Mrs. George Hearst, ib.); Bit of Gossip (1876); Sower (1877); The Story (1878); Tabouret (1880); Mother and Child (1881); Afternoon Nap, Story-Book (1882); Too Little to Smoke, Grandfather's Slippers (1883); What's that you say? Good Doggie! Solitaire, Is Huldy to Home? (1884); The Letter, A Modern Eve (1885); Milkmaid, Fortunes, Portrait of General Grant (1886); Watching the Wheel, C. P. Huntington, New York; Thanksgiving Time, F. C. Sales, Pawtucket, R. I. Water-colours: Anne Hathaway's Kitchen, Month's Darning (1876); Milkmaid, Spun Out, Nice Book (1877).—Sheldon, 70.

PERRY, IONE, born in New York in 1839. Figure painter, pupil of the Cooper Institute schools, and of Henry Loop in New York, where her professional life has been spent. Works: Called by the Angels; Fidalma; Hypatia; Romola; Consuelo; Heavenward; Zenobia; Elsa at the Coming of Lohengrin; Aïda; Portrait of Miss Mary L. Booth (1880); Meditation (1881); Queen of the Amazons (1882); Mariquita (1883).

PERRY'S VICTORY ON LAKE ERIE, William H. Powell, staircase to Senate gallery, Capitol, Washington. Commodore Oliver H. Perry, in a boat, transferring his flag from the disabled flag-ship Lawrence to the Niagara, under a heavy fire, during the battle of Lake Erie, September 10, 1813. Painted in 18— for $25,000.

PERSEUS, Greek painter. Ionic school; pupil of Apelles, about 308 B.C. Apelles dedicated to him a work on painting.—Pliny, xxxv. 36 [111]; Brunn, ii. 257.

PERSEUS AND ANDROMEDA, Rubens, Blenheim Palace; wood, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 3 ft. 1 in. Andromeda, nearly nude, erect, chained to the rock; a Cupid, with a torch, flies over her head; in distance, Perseus on Pegasus approaching through the air.—Smith, ii. 244.

By Rubens, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; wood, H. 3 ft. 2-1/2 in. × 4 ft. 6 in. Perseus, in armour and bearing the shield of Medusa, is advancing with extended hand to Andromeda, who is bound nude to a rock; three Cupids attend her, one of whom is unbinding her; two others hold Pegasus, and a fifth has removed the helmet of Perseus, that Victory may crown him. Engraved by Tardieu. Similar composition, Berlin Museum.—Smith, ix. 301; Meyer, Museen, 392.

By Rubens, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 8 ft. 8 in. × 5 ft. 3 in. Perseus hastens to deliver Andromeda, who is bound to the rock; above, two Cupids. Collection of Charles II.—Madrazo.

By Tintoretto, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; canvas, H. 6 ft. 6 in. × 16 ft. 2 in. The daughter of Cepheus, bound to a rock, is delivered from the monster by Perseus; in background, the palace of Cepheus. Formerly in gallery of Prince B. Kourakine.—Cat. (1869), 55.

Subject treated also by Paolo Veronese, Rennes Museum; Annibale Carracci, Palazzo Farnese, Rome; Giuseppe Cesari, Vienna Museum; Federigo Zucchero, Palazzo Corsini, Florence; Émile Bin (1865), Tours Museum; Raphael Mengs, Hermitage, St. Petersburg; Heinrich Burck (1880).

PERSEUS AND PHINEUS, Luca Giordano, Dresden Gallery; canvas, H. 9 ft. × 12 ft. 10 in.; signed. Perseus overcomes Phineus and his companions by showing them the head of Medusa, by which they are turned into stone. Painted for Duc de Créqui; bought in Paris at Carignan sale (1742) for 2,000 livres. Engraved by J. F. Beauvarlet.—Gal. roy. de Dresde, ii. Pl. 39.

PERSÉUS, EDVARD, born at Lund, Dec. 23, 1841. History and genre painter, pupil of Stockholm Academy; went in 1867 to Düsseldorf, studied in Munich under Piloty (1869-72), went in 1872 to Italy, and returned to Sweden in 1875. Works: Judith; Katharina Månsdotter visiting Erich XIV. in Prison; Katharina Månsdotter in Old Age.—Illust. Tidning, 1876.