that she was familiar with the more usual phases of country life.  At the Knowles sale in London, in 1865, her picture of “Spanish Muleteers Crossing the Pyrenees,” one of the results of the above sojourn in these mountains, sold for two thousand guineas, about ten thousand dollars.  I believe that, in spite of the large sums of money that she received, her habitual generosity and indifference to wealth prevented her amassing a large fortune, but her fame as an artist and her womanly virtues brought the rewards which she valued above anything that wealth could bestow—­such rewards as will endure through centuries and surround the name of Rosa Bonheur with glory, rewards which she untiringly labored to attain.

BONSALL, ELIZABETH F. First Toppan prize, and Mary Smith prize twice, at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Member of Plastic Club, Philadelphia.  Born at Philadelphia.  Studied at the above-named Academy and in Paris; also at the Drexel Institute, Philadelphia, under Eakins, Courtois, Collin, and Howard Pyle.

Miss Bonsall is well known for her pictures of cats.  She illustrated the “Fireside Sphinx,” by Agnes Repplier.  Her picture of “Hot Milk” is in the Pennsylvania Academy; her “Suspense,” in a private gallery in New York.

An interesting chapter in Miss Winslow’s book, “Concerning Cats,” is called “Concerning Cat Artists,” in which she writes:  “Elizabeth Bonsall is a young American artist who has exhibited some good cat pictures, and whose work promises to make her famous some day if she does not ’weary in well-doing.’”

Miss Bonsall has prepared a “Cat Calendar” and a “Child’s Book about Cats,” which were promised to appear in the autumn of 1903.

BONSALL, MARY M. First Toppan prize at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts.  Member of the Plastic Club, Philadelphia.  Studied at above academy under Vonnoh, De Camp, William Chase, and Cecilia Beaux.

This artist paints portraits, which are in private hands.

BONTE, PAULA. Born in Magdeburg, 1840, and from 1862 to 1864 was a pupil of Pape in Berlin.  She travelled and studied in Northern Italy and Switzerland, and from these regions, as well as from Northern Germany, took her subjects.  She has exhibited pictures at various exhibitions, and among her best works should be mentioned:  “The Beach at Clovelly in Devonshire,” “From the Bernese Oberland,” “The Riemenstalden Valley,” etc.

BOOTT, ELIZABETH. Born in Cambridge.  Miss Boott was one of those pupils of William M. Hunt to whom he imparted a wonderful artistic enthusiasm, energy, and devotion.  After studying in Boston she studied in Paris under Duveneck—­whom she afterward married—­and under Couture.  Her subjects were genre, still-life, and flowers, and were well considered.  Among her genre pictures are “An Old Man Reading,” an “Old Roman Peasant,” and a “Girl with a Cat.”  When in Italy she painted a number of portraits, which