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 !6 GERARD TER BORCH SECT. 31. THE DESPATCH. See Sm. n. An officer in a cuirass, with his head bare, sits seen in full face at a table covered with a Turkey carpet, on which lie his large plumed hat and writing materials. To the left a trumpeter in high boots, with his trumpet on his back, waits, hat in hand. Beside him stands a dog. In the right side-wall is the chimney- piece. At the back is a bed. On the floor in front lie a letter and a broken pipe. Signed with the monogram ; canvas, 22 inches by 17 inches. A replica on canvas, 29^ inches by 24 inches was in the collection of Baron Konigswarter, Vienna, but did not occur in the sale of November 20, 1906. In this replica the dog and the letter on the floor were omitted; a stick lying on the table was added, and the table-cover was smooth and without any pattern. The picture was In the Brooks collection, Paris, 1877. Sale. Max Kann, Paris, March 3, 1879, No. 65 (1880 francs). In the possession of the Paris dealer C. Sedelmeyer, "Catalogue of 300 Paintings," 1898, No. 214. Engraved by Burnett. Exhibited at the Royal Academy Winter Exhibition, London, 1881, No. 1 08 ; and at the South Kensington Museum, 1891-98, No. 70. In the collection of the brothers Jan and Pieter Bisschop, Rotterdam, 1752 (Hoct, ii. 528; see Qud Holland, xxviii. p. 168) ; the collection after the death of Jan Bisschop was acquired as a whole by Adriaen and Jan Hope, Amsterdam. In the collection of Henry Philip Hope, 1833 (Sm.). In the collection of Henry Thomas Hope, 1854 (Waagen, ii. 116). In the collection of Lord Francis Pelham Clinton Hope, Deepdene ; bought as a whole in 1 898 by the London dealers P. and D. Colnaghi and A. Wertheimer. In the collection of the late W. L. Elkins, Philadelphia. 310. A Soldier reading. A fine picture. i6 inches by 14^ inches. Sale. C. A. de la Court, widow of J. Meerman, Leyden, October 25, 1754, No. 25 (140 florins, Morel of Hamburg). 31^. An Officer writing a Letter. A trumpeter waits for it in a tent. Sale. Amsterdam, June 5, 1765, No. 3. 3 if. The Despatch. A room with an officer at a table writing a despatch, for which a trumpeter waits. Beside him is a hound. Panel, 23 inches by 19 inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 4, 1766, supplement, No. 19. . An Officer reading a Letter. Possibly a replica of 27. 15 inches by 13^ inches. Sale. Amsterdam, June 26, 1799, No. 22 (103 francs, Coders). 32. The Despatch. Sm. n. An officer sits writing a letter on a drum-head. A richly dressed trumpeter stands waiting before him. A large dog crouches at the officer's feet. Good drawing, good expression, and fine colour.