POPP, BABETTE. Born in Regensburg, 1800; died about 1840.  Made her studies in Munich.  In the Cathedral of Regensburg is her “Adoration of the Kings.”

POWELL, CAROLINE A. Bronze medal at Chicago, 1893; silver medal at Buffalo, 1901.  Member of the Society of American Wood-Engravers and of the Boston Society of Arts and Crafts.  Born in Dublin, Ireland.  Pupil of W. J. Linton and Timothy Cole.

[Illustration:  Doge’s Palace, Venice

ST. CHRISTOPHER

ENGRAVED BY CAROLINE A. POWELL]

Miss Powell was an illustrator of the Century Magazine from 1880 to 1895.  The engraving after “The Resurrection” by John La Farge, in the Church of St. Thomas, New York, is the work of this artist.  She also illustrated “Engravings on Wood,” by William M. Laffan, in which book her work is commended.

Miss Powell is now employed by Messrs. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., and writes me:  “So far as I know, I am, at present, the only woman in America engaged in the practise of engraving as a fine art.”

PRESTEL, MARIA CATHARINA; FAMILY NAME HOLL. Born in Nuremburg, 1747.  Her husband, Johan Prestel, was her teacher, and she was of great assistance in the work which he produced at Frankfort-on-the-Main, in 1783.  In 1786, however, she separated from him and went to London, where she devoted herself to aquatints.  She executed more than seventy plates, some of them of great size.

PRESTEL, URSULA MAGDALENA. Born in Nuremburg. 1777-1845.  Daughter of the preceding artist.  She worked in Frankfort and London, travelled in France and Switzerland, and died in Brussels.  Her moonlight scenes, some of her portraits, and her picture of the “Falls of the Rhine near Laufen,” are admirable.

PREUSCHEN, HERMINE VON SCHMIDT; married name, Telman.  Born at Darmstadt, 1857.  Pupil of Ferdinand Keller in Karlsruhe.  Travelled in Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, and Denmark.  She remained some time in Munich, Berlin, and Rome, establishing her studio in these cities and painting a variety of subjects.  Her flower pictures are her best works.  Her “Mors Imperator” created a sensation by reason of its striking qualities rather than by intrinsic artistic merit.  In the gallery at Metz is her picture of “Irene von Spilimberg on the Funeral Gondola.”

In 1883 she exhibited in Rome, “Answered,” a study of thistles; “In Autumn,” a variety of fruits; and “Questions,” a charming study of carnations.  At Berlin, in 1890, “Meadow Saffron and Cineraria” was praised for its glowing color and artistic arrangement.  A Viennese critic, the same year, lamented that an artist of so much talent should paint lifeless objects only.  In Berlin, in 1894, she held an exhibition, in which her landscapes and flower pieces were better than her still-life pictures.  Frau Preuschen is also a musician and poet.