. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. een flic active and inactive paws ofthe tiger. Those clutching the prey have the claws well out oftheir sheaths, hooked into the flesh of the gazelle. Those on thehind feet are retracted into the sheath. Markings indicated byparallel Hakvk. Ifeitfht, 4% inches: length, 12% inches. —(16) A Lion Dkvoi kixi; a Hind Green patina. Enjoymentof his meal shows itself in thetail of the lion, which keepstime to the ferocious emo-tion
. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. een flic active and inactive paws ofthe tiger. Those clutching the prey have the claws well out oftheir sheaths, hooked into the flesh of the gazelle. Those on thehind feet are retracted into the sheath. Markings indicated byparallel Hakvk. Ifeitfht, 4% inches: length, 12% inches. —(16) A Lion Dkvoi kixi; a Hind Green patina. Enjoymentof his meal shows itself in thetail of the lion, which keepstime to the ferocious emo-tions of the king of modelling of themane. The peculiar sparequality of the leonine body iswell told. Barve won earlya very false position in the popular mind, as a person who lovedcruel sights, because he represented the carnivorous beasts at-tacking and feasting on their natural prey. lie lived in an agewhen Kngland vied with France in .sentimentality, and Barveoften shocked the devotees of maudlin sentiment by presentingsuch common tragedies of the wildwood. Signed. Haiivk, 1 rt:lT. Height. 5>/a inches; length. 1214 889—(15) Lion Stiukinc at Se*pent 182!J-:}:}. Mottled-green patina. Barve received the decorationof the Legion of Honor after the French government had ac-cepted the model of Lion Crushing a Serpent, the big bronzethat visitors of the gardens of the Tuileries in Paris will remem-ber near the terrace overlooking the Seine. When this big groupwas cast bv the lost wax process and erected near the Tuil-eries. the unveiling was a famous event. This little bronze is reduction of the big one, but it is the same subject, somewhatdifferent in pose. The lion of monument is quieter, and his leftpaw is not raised to strike as here. A lion has placed one of his
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