GAY, MARIE FRANCOISE SOPHIE

(1776-1852), Fr. novelist (Directoire and Empire periods), playwright, song-writer and musician; mother of Delphine G.,| or Ss. H. Gay. (q.v a Hoe went Europe in 1876 and studied under| Bonnat in Paris, becoming a regular contributor to the Salon. Notable among his paintings are Bendicite, Amiens Museum, France; Cigarette Sel-| lers in the Luxembourg, and Spinners in the Metropolitan, New York. Others| are in the Send of Art, Boston, and public galleries in Chicago, Pittsburgh and Tate Gallery, London. He is a} commander of the Legion of Honor. Barbaro Interior is in the Boston Mu-| seum; The Medallions in the Luxembourg and Interior of the Petit Trianon at the| Providence School of Design.