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<b>SALLES, ADELHEID.</b> Born in Dresden, 1825; died in Paris, 1890. Pupil of Bernhard and Jacquand, she established her studio in Paris. Many of her works are in museums: "Elijah in the Desert," at Lyons; "The Legend of the Alyscamps," at Nîmes; "The Village Maiden," at Grenoble; "Field Flowers," at Havre, etc.
Delaroche, Chevalier. "Joas taken from among the Dead." "The Death of Queen Elizabeth." "Hecuba going to be Sacrificed." Drolling, Chevalier. Dubois. "Young Clovis found Dead." Henry, Chevalier. "The Massacre of St. Bartholomew." Guerin, Chevalier. "Cain, after the Death of Abel." Jacquand. "Death of Adelaide de Comminges." "The Death of Eudamidas." "The Death of Hymetto."
Without loss of time her parents called in a skilful physician, who, with his experienced eye, saw at once that it was indigestion, and prescribed accordingly. Residing at Boulogne in 1851, was a French painter named Francois Jacquand, who had obtained distinction by his pictures of monks, and "a large historical tableau representing the death chamber of the Duc d'Orleans."
In an oil painting which he made of Burton and his sister, and which is here reproduced for the first time, Burton appears as a pallid young military man, heavily moustached, with large brown eyes ; and his worn and somewhat melancholy face is a striking contrast to the bright and cheerful looks of his comely sister. Our portraits of the Misses Stisted are also from paintings by Jacquand.
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