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It is now in the National Gallery,
London.

"This is in many respects one of the noblest pictures existing, -a dramatic combination and pictorial completeness which few would now hesitate to prefer to the Transfiguration by Raphael."

Eastlake, Handbook of Painting. Raising of Lazarus. An admired painting by Benjamin West (1738-1820), serving as an altarpiece in Winchester Cathedral, England.

Raising of Lazarus. A picture by Benjamin Robert Haydon (17861846). In the National Gallery, London.

Raising the Body of St. Hubert of Liège. An altar-piece, ascribed to Gerard van Meire, the Flemish painter, but which has also been ascribed to Dierick Bouts and to other painters. It is in the National Gallery of London.

Rake's Progress. A famous dramatic and satirical picture by William Hogarth (1697-1764).

"It would be suppressing the merits of his heart to consider him only a promoter of laughter. Mirth colored his pictures, but benevolence designed them. He smiled, like Socrates, that men might not be offended at his lectures, and might learn to laugh at their own follies." Lord Orford.

wholly by the great Rhamses, in the fifteenth century B.C.; . . . and it may be considered as a typical example of what an Egyptian temple of this age was intended to have been. Its façade is formed by two great pylons, or pyr amidal masses of masonry, which, like the two western towers of a Gothic cathedral, are the most imposing part of the structure externally. . . . They [the palace-temples] do not seem to have been appropriated to the worship of any particular god, but rather for the great ceremonials of royalty, of kingly sacrifice to the gods for the people, and of worship of the king himself by the people." Fergusson.

And thou hast walked about how strange a story!

In Thebes's streets, three thousand years

ago;

When the Memnonium was in all its glory,
And time had not begun to overthrow
Those temples, palaces, and piles stupen-
dous,

Of which the very ruins are tremendous.
Horace Smith.

Rambla. A beautiful promenade in Barcelona, Spain. The name is derived from the Arabic, and signifies a river-bed, which in Spain, being often dry in summer, is used as a road. It is the centre of fashion and amusement.

Ramble, The. A lovely region in Central Park, in the city of New York, with labyrinthine foot-paths winding through acres of woody hills, bordered by a lake. Rambouillet. See HÔTEL DE RAM

BOUILLET.

Rákos, Field of. [Rákos Mezo.] Rameses III., Tomb of. See HARP

See FIELD OF RÁKOS.

Raleigh's House. See MYRTLE GROVE.

Ramaseum [or Memnonium]. An ancient Egyptian palace and temple at Thebes, the residence of Rhamses the Great. It is now a wreck, but the ruins indicate that it was of immense size. Within the palace are the remains of the statue of Rhamses, the largest found in Egypt. The walls are covered with wonderful sculptures, illustrating the adventures and victories of the great king, and his offerings to the gods. [Written also Rhamession.]

"The Rhamession was built

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place of amusement. There persons of inferior rank mingled with the high. est nobility of Britain."

Samuel Rogers. Accordingly, Mr. Stryver inaugurated

the Long Vacation with a formal proposal to take Miss Manette to Vauxhall Gardens; that failing, to Ranelagh; that unaccountably failing too, it behooved him to present himself in Soho, and there declare his noble mind. Dickens.

Vauxhall and Ranelagh! I then had heard Of your green groves, and wilderness of lamps

Dimming the stars, and fireworks magical, And gorgeous ladies, under splendid domes,

Floating in dance, or warbling high in air The song of spirits. Wordsworth.

he should give it, and it was agreed to
call it the Rape of the Sabines."
Sir Joshua Reynolds.

Raphael and his Fencing Master.
A picture in the Louvre, Paris,
by some attributed to Pontormo.
Raphael and Michael Angelo. A
noted picture by Horace Vernet
(1789-1863), the French painter.

"As clever a picture as can be, -clever is just the word, -the groups and drawing excellent, the coloring pleasantly bright and gaudy; and the French students study it incessantly: there are a dozen who copy it for one who copies Delacroix." Thackeray.

Raphael Sanzio.
In

Rape of Europa. A picture by Paul Veronese (1530?-1588). the Doge's Palace, Venice. Rape of Ganymede. 1. The masterpiece of the Athenian sculptor Leochares (fl. 372-338 B.C.) Copies in marble of the bronze original abound. One, and perhaps the best existing, is in the Museo Pio-Clementino, of the Vatican, Rome. There is another copy in the Library of St. Mark's, Venice.

2. A well-known picture by Rembrandt van Ryn (1606-1669), the Dutch painter. Now in the Dresden Gallery.

Now in

Rape of Proserpine. A picture by
Francesco Primaticcio (1490-1570),
the pupil of Raphael.
the Stafford House Gallery.
Rape of Proserpine. A picture,
"with a rich, fantastically lighted
landscape," by Niccolo dell' Ab-
bate, called also Niccolo da Mo-
dena (1512-1571). In the gallery
of Stafford House.

Rape of Proserpine. A picture by
Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640).
Now at Blenheim, England.
Rape of the Sabines. A celebrated
group in marble by Giovanni da
Bologna (1524-1608), and regard-
ed as his masterpiece. In the
Loggia de' Lanzi, Florence, Italy.

"John of Bologna, after he had finished a group of a young man, holding up a young woman in his arms, with an old man at his feet, called his friends together to tell him what name

A celebrated

portrait of himself by the painter. In the collection of autograph portraits in the Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy. There is another in the Louvre, Paris. Raphael, Stanze of. See STANZE

See CAR

OF RAPHAEL. Raphael's Cartoons. TOONS OF RAPHAEL. Raphael's Loggia. See LOGGIA OF RAPHAEL.

Raphael's House. [Ital. Casa da Raffaello.] A well-known house in Florence, Italy, in which Raphael was born and lived. Ras-et-Teen, Palace of. This palace, built by Mohammed Ali, is situated at the western end of the peninsula of the same name, near Alexandria, Egypt. Ratcliffe Highway. A famous London thoroughfare, now called St. George's Street, noted from its association in former times with murders and robberies.

"Many can remember the ter ror which was on every face, the careful barring of doors, the providing of blunderbusses and watchmen's rattles." Macaulay.

"Look at a marine-store deal er's, in that reservoir of dirt, drunkenness, and drabs: thieves, oysters, baked potatoes, and pickled salmon, — Ratcliff Highway." Dickens.

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"His [Vernet's] Rebecca' is most pleasing; and not the less so for a little pretty affectation of attitude and needless singularity of costume." Thackeray.

Red Bull. An old London theatre referred to by Knight as being in 1583 one of the chief London theatres.

"I have seen the Red Bull play. house, which was a large one, so full, that as many went back for want of room as had entered; and, as meanly as you now think of these drolls, they were then acted by the best comediKirkman, 1672. Red Convent. An ancient monastery of Coptic Christians in Upper Egypt.

ans."

Red Deer of Chillingham. A picture by Sir Edwin Landseer (18031873), the most celebrated modern painter of animals.

Red Horse. See VALE OF THE RED HORSE.

Redentore, Il. [The Redeemer.] A grand and noted church of the sixteenth century in Venice, Italy.

Redwood Library. A Doric building in Newport, R.I., erected in 1750, containing a small but choice collection of books, with some works of art. Some of the volumes in this library were pre

sented by the King of England, and others by Bishop Berkeley. Reform Club. 1. A fine building in Pall Mall, London, is owned and occupied by the Reform Club, which was founded by Liberal members of the British Parliament, about the time the Reform Bill was passed, 1830-32. The club is composed of 1,000 members, not including those belonging to Parliament.

4 "Let all strangers who come to London for business, or pleasure, or curiosity, or for whatever cause, not fail to visit the Reform Club. In an age of utilitarianism, and of the search for the comfortable, like ours, there is more to be learned here than in the ruins of the Coliseum, of the Parthenon, or of Memphis."

Viscountess de Malleville.

No Carlton Clubs, Reform Clubs, nor any sort of clubs or creatures or of accredited opinions or practices, can make a Lie Truth, can make Bribery a Propriety. Carlyle.

2. A marble club-house in Philadelphia, Penn. Reformation, The. A well-known picture by Wilhelm Kaulbach (1805-1874), the eminent German painter. [Called also the Epoch of the Reformation.]

Reformation, Oak of. See OAK OF REFORMATION.

Regalia. A general term, usually applied to a valuable collection of jewels and plate kept in the Tower, London. That portion of the Tower where the regalia is now kept is called the Wakefield Tower. A desperate but unsuccessful attempt was made in the reign of Charles II., by the ruffian Blood, to carry off the crown jewels. Blood, though captured, contrived by his great audacity to secure his own release, and even frightened the king into granting him a pension of £500 a

year.

Regent Diamond. See PITT DIA

MOND.

Regent Street. A street in London, nearly a mile in length, designed by John Nash in 1813, and

named from his patron the Prince Regent. The street trends northwest by a Quadrant, giving a very ornamental appearance by its elegant shop-fronts.

"Regent Street has appeared to me the greatest and most oppressive solitude in the world. . . . Here, it is wealth beyond competition, exclusiveness and indifference perfectly unapproachable." N. P. Willis.

The gay old boys are paunchy old men in the disguise of young ones, who frequent the Quadrant and Regent Street in the daytime. Dickens.

King Arthur's self Was commonplace to Lady Guenever; And Camelot to minstrels seemed as flat, As Regent Street to poets. Mrs. Browning. Regents, The. A picture by Ferdinand Bol (1611-1680), the Dutch painter, and considered his best work. It is in the "Leprosenhuys" at Amsterdam, Holland. Regent's Park. An extensive common or pleasure-ground in London, comprising 472 acres. It contains within its boundaries several handsome private residences.

"Regent's Park is larger than

the Jardin des Plantes and the Luxembourg put together." Taine, Trans.

He only left Bombay yesterday morning, was seen in the Red Sea on Tuesday, is engaged to dinner this afternoon in the Regent's Park, and (as it is about two minutes since I saw him in the court-yard) I make no doubt he is by this time at Alexandria or Malta. Thackeray.

Regicides' Cave. A cavern in a rock near New Haven, Conn., where the " regicides "Edward Whalley and William Goffe, two of the judges who had condemned Charles I. to death, and afterwards on the restoration of the Stuarts had escaped from England, were secreted and lived for some time.

Reichenberg Castle. An interesting ruined castle overlooking the Rhine, near Goarshausen. It was built in 1284.

Reichsveste. An ancient imperial castle at Nuremberg, Germ Relay House. The nam given to what is

Washington Junction, a station on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, nine miles from Baltimore, Md. It was noted in the Civil War as the spot seized by Gen. Butler, and from which he pushed on with the Massachusetts and New York troops to the occupation of Baltimore on the night of May 13, 1861.

Religion and Philosophy. A noted picture by Taddeo Gaddi (1300-1352 ?). In the church of Sta. Maria Novella, Florence, Italy.

Reliquary of St. Ursula. A celebrated shrine in the chapel of St. John's Hospital at Bruges, about four feet in length, the whole exterior of which is covered with miniature designs in oil by Hans Memling (d. 1495), the Flemish painter, representing scenes in the life of St. Ursula. These little pictures are described as among the best productions of the Flemish school.

Reliques, Grandes. See GRANDES RELIQUES.

Rendezvous de Chasse. A picture by Adrian van de Velde (1639-1672), the Dutch painter. In the possession of Mr. Baring, London.

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Repentance Tower. A monument near Ecclefechan, Scotland, which has a singular history. According to the account in the Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border," it was built by a certain Lord Herries as an act of penance for having on a voyage from England thrown overboard a number of prisoners. It bears the inscription "Repentance over the door, with a serpent on one side and a dove on the other. Repentant Eve. A work of sculpture by Edward S. Bartholomew (b. 1822). In possession of Joseph Harrison, Philadelphia.

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Reply to Hayne. See WEBSTER'S Y to HAYNE.

Egypt. A very commost pleasing subject of

representation by the mediæval painters, exhibiting the Holy Family as resting on their journey, or at the close of their journey, and seated in a landscape. Of numerous compositions upon this subject, greatly varying in details, the following may be named as among the more important and better known.

Repose in Egypt. A picture by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641). In the Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy.

Repose in Egypt. A beautiful picture by Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641), often copied and engraved. Now in the Grosvenor Gallery.

Repose in Egypt. A well-known picture by Correggio. See MADONNA DELLA SCODELLA.

Repose in Egypt. A picture by Domenico Zampieri, called Domenichino (1581-1641). In the Louvre, Paris.

Repose in Egypt. A picture by Raphael Sanzio (1483-1520), representing the Virgin kneeling and holding the Child in her arms; St. John also kneels, and presents fruits; Joseph leading an ass by the bridle is in the act of raising St. John." This picture is now in the Imperial Gallery in Vienna, Austria.

Repose in Egypt. A picture by Antonio Allegri, surnamed Correggio (1494-1534). In the gallery at Parma, Italy. Called also La Zingarella (the Gypsy), q.v. Repose in Egypt. A picture by Lucas Cranach (1472-1553), a German painter. It is now in the Sciarra Colonna palace at Rome.

"In a singular and charming Ri: poso by Lucas Cranach, the Virgin and Child are seated under a tree; to the left of the group is a fountain, where a number of little angels appear to be washing linen; to the right Joseph approaches, leading the ass, and in the act of reverently removing his cap."

Mrs. Jameson. Representation of Human Life. A noted picture by Jan Steen (1636-1689), the Dutch genre-painter. In the Museum of the Hague. Rescue, The. A group of statua

ry by Horatio Greenough (18051852), "intended to illustrate the struggle between the Anglo-Saxon races and the aborigines." At the Capitol, Washington. Rescue, The. An American exploring ship in the expedition of De Haven and Kane to the Arctic regions in 1850-51. Research, The.

An armor-plated ship of the British navy, launched Aug. 15, 1863.

Resignation of Washington at Annapolis. A large picture by John Trumbull (1756-1843), executed under commission from Congress, for the Rotunda of the Capitol at Washington. It is well known by engravings. Resistance, The. An armor-plated ship of the British navy. She was launched April 11, 1861.

On

Resolute, The. An Arctic explor-
ing ship which sailed from Eng-
land, April 15, 1852, in Sir Ed-
ward Belcher's expedition.
the 25th of August in the same
year she was abandoned in the
ice.. On the 10th of September,
1855, she was found drifting on
the high seas by Capt. Budding-
ton of the American whaling ship
George Henry. All claim to the
Resolute having been relin-
quished by the British govern-
ment, the vessel was purchased
by Congress for the sum of $40,-
000, and sent to Queen Victoria,
as a present, and was formally
presented to her by Capt. Hart-
stein of the United States navy,
Dec. 16, 1856.

Resurrection, The. A noted fres-
co by Giotto di Bondone (1276-
1336). In the Arena Chapel,
Padua, Italy.

Resurrection, The. A fresco painting by Luca Signorelli (da Cortona) (1439-1521). In the Cathedral of Orvieto, Italy. Resurrection, The. A picture by

Francesco Albani (1578-1660). In the S. Maria de Galeria, Bologna, Italy.

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