. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. ainted in the Winterof I8i>!>. The ground is covered with snow and the streets arealive with hurrying pedestrians, men, women and children,while cabs and carriages pass to and fro, adding to the move-ment of the picture. Oil the left rise the white walls of theold Fifth Avenue Hotel and on the right are the leafless treesof beautiful Madison Square. The centre of the scene is occu-pied by the beautiful triumphal arch erected by the genius o
. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. ainted in the Winterof I8i>!>. The ground is covered with snow and the streets arealive with hurrying pedestrians, men, women and children,while cabs and carriages pass to and fro, adding to the move-ment of the picture. Oil the left rise the white walls of theold Fifth Avenue Hotel and on the right are the leafless treesof beautiful Madison Square. The centre of the scene is occu-pied by the beautiful triumphal arch erected by the genius ofStanford While in honor of Admiral Dewey and his bravesailors. An avenue of graceful double columns supported bystatues forms a vista leading the eye to the culminating beautyof the arch, its beautiful proportions set oft by the superposedstatue of victory drawn by her prancing horses. Iteyond thearch, the buildings of Fifth Avenue appear in the distance,and overhead the sky is a brilliant blue, in which float afew fleecy clouds. Signed at the loner right, .I. F. , Skw York, !• hue, <)£). Height, -lit inches: length, :W No. 7!i JEAN FRANCOIS ItAFFAELLI FRENCH ( ) PLACE l)E LA Till KITE. PARIS The wide square is alive with a hurrying throng of Parisians,men, women and children. An elderly eouple walk away fromthe spectator near a mendicant with a basket: a woman in abrown dress steps off the sidewalk and a group of nurses jost leeach other in the distance. An omnibus with three horsesheaves in sight round the corner and various cabs and fiacresadd to the throng and hustle. The time is late autumn, anda few withered leaves still cling to the bare twigs of the the corner to the right a furniture shop displays its goodson the sidewalk, to the inconvenience of the traffic, whileacross the street the Eglise de la Trinite raises its ornatefront, surmounted by its lofty dome and golden cross, whilethe facades of the lofty houses form a fitting ba
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