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 gloomy subjects, such as martyrdoms and death scenes. He had a fertile invention, and his compositions are effective, but his design is not always correct, and his chiaro-*scuro is marked by the strong contrasts seen in the works of Guercino and Caravaggio. Among his works are: Frescos in choir and cupola of the Carmine, Modena; History of Pope Celestine V., and St. Catherine, Transept of S. Pietro a Majella, Naples; Return of the Prodigal Son, Naples Museum; A Concert, Palazzo Doria, Rome.—Lanzi, ii. 47; Ch. Blanc, École napolitaine; Seguier, 158; Burckhardt, 790, 798, 800, 803.

CALABRESE RINGENTILITO. See Solimena, Francesco.

CALAIS GATE, Wm. Hogarth, C. F. H. Bolckow, Marton Hall, Middlesborough, England. Original title, The Roast Beef of Old England. Painted by Hogarth as a satire on the French in retaliation for his arrest and deportation to England. A French soldier is arresting the artist while sketching Calais gate; in centre a French cook staggers under an immense piece of beef, just landed from a British packet, and directed to Madame Grand-*sire, the hotel-keeper in Calais affected by the English of the day; a well-*fed monk (portrait of Pine, the engraver) blesses it, while several half-starved soldiers look wistfully on. Painted in 1748, engraved in 1749. Bought by Earl of Charlemont.—Athen., Jan., 1875, 55; Cunningham; Dobson, 68.

Calais Gate, Hogarth.

CALAIS PIER, Joseph M. W. Turner, National Gallery, London; canvas, H. 5 ft. 7 in. × 7 ft. 10 in. The eastern jetty of the harbour; French fishermen preparing for sea; the English packet arriving. Royal Academy, 1803; bequeathed by Turner. Engraved by T. Lupton, J. Cousen; Etched by S. Haden.—Hamerton, Life; Cat. Nat. Gal.

CALAME, ALEXANDRE, born at Vevay, May 28, 1810, died at Mentone, March 19, 1864. Landscape painter; pupil in Geneva of Diday, whom he succeeded as head master of the art school. He was one of the best landscape painters of his day, and the best depicter of Alpine scenery. Visited Germany and the Netherlands in 1839, England in 1840, France in 1842, and Italy in 1845. Medals: 2d class, 1839; 1st class, 1840; L. of Honour, 1842, Member of St. Petersburg and Brussels Academies. Works: Mont Blanc, Jungfrau, Lake of Brienz, Pass of Monte Rosa, Pass of Monte Cerino, Handeck Falls, Bernese Oberland (1838-44); Ruins of Pæstum, Storm in Woods, Leipsic Museum; Noonday in Summer, Autumn Evening, Night in Winter; The Four Seasons, Geneva Museum; The Four Divisions of the Day, Lake of the