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Friend (1875); Attorney and his Clients, Out all Night, Morning Gossip, There's many a Slip (1876); Consultation, Blood will Tell (1877); Don Quixote and Sancho Panza (1878); Don't You Know Me? (1879); Heirs at Law (1880); Which has Preëmption? (1881); You Can't have this Pup (1882); My Easter's all Spoilt, I don't Believe One Word of It (1883); Detected Poacher (1884). Harry Beard, son of James H. Beard, also paints animals. He exhibited in 1877, Group of Portraits; in 1878, Young Knight, Who Boke Dat, now? and Charles, drive me to Stewart's! and in 1881, Newsboy.



BEARD, WILLIAM H., born in Painesville, Ohio, April 13, 1825. Animal painter; visited Europe in 1857, studied one summer in Düsseldorf, and sketched in Italy, Switzerland, and France. Elected N. A. in 1862. Studio in New York. Works: Dancing Bear (1867); Naughty Cub (1869); Pets on a Spree (1871); The Wreckers (1874); Horse Market in Brittany (1875); Worn Out, Lo the Poor Indian, March of Silenus (1876); Runaway Match (1878); Justice must be Done (1879); Voices of the Night (1880); Spreading the Alarm (1881); In the Glen (1882); Cattle upon a Thousand Hills; Eavesdropper (1884); Bulls and Bears (1885).—Sheldon, 56.


BEATO, IL. See Angelico, Fra.


BEAUBRUN, CHARLES, born at Amboise, France, baptized Feb. 11, 1604, died in Paris, Jan. 16, 1692. Portrait painter, pupil of his uncle Louis, cousin of Henri, whose associate he was until the latter's death. He became member of the Academy in 1651. Works: Portrait of Anne Marie of Burgundy (1655); Portrait of Marie de Medicis (1655); Portrait of Dauphin Louis (1663), Madrid Museum.—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 239; Ch. Blanc, École française.


BEAUBRUN, HENRI, born at Amboise, Feb., 1603, died in Paris, May 17, 1677. Portrait painter; he entered the service of Louis XIII., who took an interest in his education, caused him to study architecture and perspective, and ultimately became his pupil. He was one of the first twelve members of the Academy, founded in 1648.—Ch. Blanc, École française; Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii, 239.


BEAUCÉ, JEAN ADOLPHE, born in Paris, Aug. 2, 1818, died at Boulogne-sur-Seine, July 13, 1875. Military, genre, and battle painter, pupil of C. Bazin. He accompanied the army on several campaigns, and so painted correctly, but with little imagination or life. Medal: 3d class, 1861; L. of Honour, 1864. Works: Capture of Abd-el-Kader's Smala (1844); Charge of Colonel Morris at Isly (1845); Death of Col. Berthier in the Battle of Cerisoles (1846); After Waterloo (1847); Capture of the Bridge of St. Prix (1848); Bravery of the Priest of Pers (1852); Storming of Laghouat (1853); The Sharpshooters, Assault of Zaatscha (1857); Battle of Solferino (1861); Entry of the French into Mexico (1868); Defeat of the 16th Uhlans (1874); Battle of Pa-li-Kiao (1875).—Meyer, Künst. Lex., iii. 240; Kunst-Chronik, ix. 645, 672; x. 561.


BEAULIEU, ANATOLE HENRI DE, born in Paris in 1819, died there, June 6, 1884. Genre painter, one of the most brilliant pupils of Delacroix. Medal, 1868. Works: Scene from Spanish Inquisition (1844); La Romance des Abencérages; Serenade in Venice; Bohemian Tavern in Venice, 1560; Turkish Battery after Bombardment of Sinope, 1853; The Ostrich-egg (1868); The Duel (1870); Volunteers of the Loire Army, Woman in the Pillory in Ancient Stamboul, Well in Pillaged House (1874); The Adder (1875); The Douma (ancient Slavic ballad, 1877); Jessica (1880); Queen of Clubs, Pig Festival at Fest-en-Hoch (1882);