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 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 Continent. Exhibits at the Boston Art Club. Works: Landscape and Cattle; Summer Afternoon; Apple Orchard—Summer; Cattle on a Hillside; Lake Winnipiseogee from Wolfborough; Wood Interior; Study of Italian Boy.

THOMPSON, CEPHAS GIOVANNI, born in Middleborough, Mass., Aug. 3, 1809. Portrait and figure painter, son and pupil of Cephas Thompson, but mostly self-taught. He has painted in Boston, Providence, Philadelphia, New York, and in other cities in the United States. In 1852 visited London, Paris, Florence, and Rome, where he spent seven years. In 1860 he returned to America, and has since lived in New York. An associate of the National Academy. Works: Guardian Angel, C. H. Rogers, New York; Prospero and Miranda, Mr. Wales, Boston; St. Peter delivered from Prison, Ex-Governor Padelford, Providence; Spring and Autumn, C. Sprague. Portraits: Sebastian Cabot (after Hans Holbein), Charles Fenno Hoffman, Historical Society, New York; Dr. Francis; Hawthorne; Dr. Matthews, New York University; Henry T. Tuckerman; William C. Bryant; Mrs. Bryant.

THOMPSON, ELIZABETH. See Butler.

THOMPSON, HARRY, born in London; contemporary. Genre and landscape painter, pupil in Paris of Charles François Marchal and Charles Busson. Medal, 3d class, Paris, 1884. Works: Tea à 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 Middleborough, 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 Cañon (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 Philadelphia in Aug., 1777 (1878); The Departure—Episode of Colonial Life in Virginia (1879); May-Day in Fifth Avenue—New York (1880); Halt of a Diligence (1881); Passing the Outposts, Union League Club, New York; Old Stone Church—Sleepy Hollow (1882), T. B. Clarke, ib.; Market Place—Biskra, Moorish Hunters returning to Tangier (1884); Winter Morning's Ride, Advance of the Enemy (1885); In the Port of Algiers (1886).

THOMSEN, AUGUST, born at Glücksburg, 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 Doctors (1843); Hans Tausen preaching the Gospel, Church of the Holy Ghost, Copenhagen.—Weilbach, 676; Kunst-Chronik, xxi. 750.