Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . o pierce the early morning mist, behind whose filmy cur-tain it shines like a ball of molten brass. A man and hisattendant cavalier ride across the centre of the picture, themans collar turned up about his throat to keep off the chillair. A huntsman in scarlet coat mounted on a white horseuncovers in salutation to the newcomers, and in the distance aman is urging the hounds into the covert with his hat. Signed tit the lower right, John Lewis Brown, 1885. Height, dV2 in
Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus JLawrence, Esq., New York . o pierce the early morning mist, behind whose filmy cur-tain it shines like a ball of molten brass. A man and hisattendant cavalier ride across the centre of the picture, themans collar turned up about his throat to keep off the chillair. A huntsman in scarlet coat mounted on a white horseuncovers in salutation to the newcomers, and in the distance aman is urging the hounds into the covert with his hat. Signed tit the lower right, John Lewis Brown, 1885. Height, dV2 inches; length, 8/4 inches. No. 41 LOUIS METTLIXG FRENCH ( 1847-1894) G YPSY The head and shouldersof a young gypsy wears a picturesquecostume of pink andwhite, trimmed with sil-ver and hung with smallmetal buttons. Aroundher throat is a brownkerchief, knotted looselyand falling upon herbreast. Her dark hair isunbound and falls uponher shoulders, framing aswarthy face with fullred lips and dark lustrouseyes which gaze with a somewhat defiant expression straightat the spectator. Signed at the loner left, Height, 9 inches; width. 7 inches. No. 42S. W. VAX SCHAICK HEAD OF A TURK The head and shoulders of a noble-faced old musselman. Hewears a loose, flowing robe of black over a white linen shirtopen at the neck to show his swarthy chest. On his head is acrimson turban and his face is fringed by a tufted grey beardand whiskers. His head is slightly raised, his narrow eyeslooking up out of the picture to the left, whence the light pro-ceeds, casting deep shadows on his cheek. Signed at the loner left, Van Schaick, 1881. Height, 10 inches ; width, 8 inches No. 43LEON DE BELLEE FRENCH WINTER The scene shows the outskirts of a small village, with a roadrunning through the centre of the picture, rising gently to thecrest of a low hill and disappearing beyond. On the right area few houses and their gardens, the trees in which are bared andleafless against the sky and i
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