. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. Lions at 183o. Bronze - brown andgreen patina. Visitorsto the small Zoo inCentral Park have beenamused at times by thewrestling of younglions born in the lionhouse and now fairlygrown. The sculptorhas taken occasion toform a closely-knit andwell-composed group ofa similar scene. Youngmails old enough toshow their manes arcindulging in a playful-ness so strenuous thtitit differs little from aserious figlit The lionwhose side is
. Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York [electronic resource]. Lions at 183o. Bronze - brown andgreen patina. Visitorsto the small Zoo inCentral Park have beenamused at times by thewrestling of younglions born in the lionhouse and now fairlygrown. The sculptorhas taken occasion toform a closely-knit andwell-composed group ofa similar scene. Youngmails old enough toshow their manes arcindulging in a playful-ness so strenuous thtitit differs little from aserious figlit The lionwhose side is being bitten thinks that fun can go too far, andprotests with fearful snarls. Able composition, up to this timeunsurpassed hv anv of the great host of beast-sculpiors who havefollowed in Baryes path. Signed on the base, Bahye. //tight, 7 inches; length, (>% inches. 337—(17) A Tigkr Dkvo thing a Gazelle 183+. Brown patina. A tiger, having struck down and mor-tallv hurt a gazelle, is enjoying itself by sucking the prettycreatures blood, having buried its fangs in the artery of theneck. How closely Uarve studied these creatures is shown by. flic difference In- makes between 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,
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