. Studio international . ned by M. Bonnat—drawings formerly celebrated in England, andwhich Landseer was never tired of studying at thehouse of Mr. Russell, in whose possession theythen were; or that lion with eyes voluptuouslyclosed and in the act of crunching a bone whichhe holds between his paws; or else, at the BritishMuseum, that other lion, emaciated by the trialsof captivity, but whose sadness and persistentdignity well agree with the two Latin versesinscribed at the bottom of the masters sketch : Jam pigei et longo jacet exarmatus ab aevo; Magna tamer] facies et non adeunda senectus. T
. Studio international . ned by M. Bonnat—drawings formerly celebrated in England, andwhich Landseer was never tired of studying at thehouse of Mr. Russell, in whose possession theythen were; or that lion with eyes voluptuouslyclosed and in the act of crunching a bone whichhe holds between his paws; or else, at the BritishMuseum, that other lion, emaciated by the trialsof captivity, but whose sadness and persistentdignity well agree with the two Latin versesinscribed at the bottom of the masters sketch : Jam pigei et longo jacet exarmatus ab aevo; Magna tamer] facies et non adeunda senectus. The lioness eating and the one in repose, whichalso belong to the British Museum, are no lessremarkable. The last two drawings I have seen, andcertainly they are very lifelike studies ; but I havesought in vain for the drawing with the Latininscription, and it does not seem to be known tothe attendants in the Print Room of our NationalMuseum. However, whatever may be thequalities of the sketch to which M. Michel refers,. 1
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