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 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. Animal painter, pupil in Boston of Alexander Ransom, portrait painter, and of the National Academy in 1852. First brought into prominent notice in 1855 by a study of Grasses and Flowers. Elected A.N.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 Stockbridge (1876); Granbury Pastures (1877); Cows by the Meadow Brook (1881); Cattle (1882);	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. Landscape and animal painter, pupil of H. C. Ford, Chicago. Associate of Chicago Academy of Design, 1873; member, 1876; honorary 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), Walter 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 Russet Year (1885).

SHEBA, EMBARKATION OF QUEEN OF, Claude Lorrain, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 4 ft. 11 in. × 6 ft. 7 in. signed, dated Rome, 1648. The Queen embarking on the occasion of her visit to Solomon. One of Claude's best pictures. Painted in Rome for the Duc de Bouillon, whence called the Bouillon Claude. Liber Veritatis, No. 114. From Angerstein Collection. Companion to Marriage of Isaac and Rebekah. 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. × 17 ft. 10 in. Solomon, seated high on his throne, with two elders on each side beneath him, stoops forward as if to support 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 negro 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 Hollar.—Ruskin, Mod. Painters, v. 229; Ridolfi, Marav., ii. 57.

SHEE, Sir MARTIN ARCHER, born in Dublin, Dec. 20, 1769. died at Brighton, Aug. 19, 1850. Pupil of Dublin School of Design, and won some repute in that city as a portrait painter; went to London in 1788 and, through advice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, became a pupil of the Royal Academy in 1790. He gradually 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