(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.