BREUGUEL tion, Vienna ; Adoration of the Magi, Hos- pital church, Coblentz. Kunst-Chronik, x. 388; W. & W., ii. 452. BREUGHEL. See Brueghd. BREVOORT, JAMES RENWICK, born in Westchester County, N. Y., July 20, 1832. Landscape painter; pupil of Thomas Cummings. Visited Europe in 1873, spend- ing seven years abroad, chiefly in Florence; has sketched at different times in Switzer- land, Holland, England, the Abruzzi moun- tains, and about the Italian lakes. Elected an A.N.A. in 1861, and N.A. in 1863 ; pro- fessor of perspective at National Academy, 1872. Studio in New York. "Works : Scene in Holland near Arnheim, Lake of Corno near Varenna (1878); Storm on English Moor (1882) ; May Morning Lake of Como (1883); New England Scene, Morning in Early Winter (1884). BREYDEL, KAKEL, called the Cheva- lier, born in Antwerp in 1677, died in Ghent, Nov. 4, 1744. Flemish school; painter of scenes from military life, in imi- tation of Van der Meulen, and views of the Rhine in the manner of Jan Griffier : pupil of Peeter Ykens, but really formed himself in Holland and Germany. He led a very erratic life, leaving his wife in Antwerp vainly expecting his return. "Works : Com- bat of Horsemen, Areniberg Gallery, Brus- sels; Two Cavalry Skirmishes. Brussels Museum; Landscape (2), Cassel Gallery. His brother, Frans (1679-1750), was court painter at Cassel, and lived for some time in London. Biog. nat. de Belgique, iii. 37; Michiels, x. 518. BRICHER, ALFRED THOMPSON, born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, April 10, 1839. Landscape and marine painter; self-taught. Began to paint in 1858; sent first picture to National Acad- emy in 1868. Elected A.N.A. in 1879. Studio in New York. "Works in oil : Mill Stream at Newburyport (1868); Ironbound Island Coast of Maine; Baby is King, Day Dreams, Last of Flying Cloud (1880); En- gagement Ring, Castle Rock Marblehead (1881); At Curzon's Mills Newburyport (1882) ; In my Neighbour's Garden (1883). Works in water-colour : Indian Summer's Sunset (1869); Maiden's Rock Lake Pepin (1870); ML Adams (1871); On the Winding Esopus, Time and Tide (1874); Spring Morning (1875); Foggy Morning Grand Menan (1876); St. Michael's Mount (1877); In a Tide Harbour (1878). Art Journal (1877), 174 ; Sheldon, 144. BRIDE OF LAMMERMOOR, John Everett Mtilais, Win. H. Vanderbilt, New York. Lucy Ashton, recovered from her swoon, but not yet from her bewilderment and terror, clings helplessly, yet trustingly, to the arm of the Master of Ravenswood, whose dark and piercing glance indicates the approach of Sir William Ashton, who is not seen ; background a rocky recess, re- lieved by the sparkle of a tiny burn and by a growth of ferns and wild-flowers. Painted in 1878. Engraved by J. O. Barlow. Builder (1878), 449 ; Art Journal (1878), 143. BRIDGES, FIDEUA, born in Salem, Mass. ; contemporary. Landscape and flow- er painter; pupil of W. T. Richards, in Philadelphia ; also studied a year abroad. Elected an A.N.A. in 1874. Works in oil: Wild Flowers in Wheat (1869); Views on the Ausable (1870); Thistles and Yellow- Birds (1873); Salt Marshes (1874); Edge of Rye Field (18.75); Old Grave (1876); Rob- in'sBath (1877); Daisies; Banks of an English Stream, Old Boat's Last Mooring (1881). Water-colours: Pickerel Weed (1871); Lily Pond (1874); Mouth of River (1875); By the Sea, Flock of Snow Birds, Kingfisher and Catkins (1876); Kingbird on the Look- out (1878). BRJDGMAN, FREDERICK ARTHUR, born at Tuskegee, Ala., in 1847. Genre paint- er ; pupil of Brooklyn Art Association, and in 1866 of L. Gerome, in Paris. In 1870-72 he sketched in the Pyrenees, and in 1873-4 in Algiers, Egypt, and Nubia. Medals : Paris, 3d class, 1877 ; 2d class and L. of Honour, 1878. Elected N.A. in 1881. Stu- dio in Paris. Works : Apollo bearing off
