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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur, the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq., New York
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association
Subjects: Lawrence, Cyrus J
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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I) ANTOINE LOUIS BARYELION RECLINING Water-Color Lions have always been remarkable for their repose comparedwith other big cats. That quiet and the big mane and headhave given it a reputation for nobility of nature as well asmajesty of pose. To this is due the many fables of thegrateful lion and the preference shown for this beast inheraldry. A big male reposing after the hunt in a landscapewhich would not be out of place in the Euphrates Valley or theSouth African veldt. Signed at lower. Height, 9/4 inches; length. 1.! inches.
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E ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE LEOPARD AND SNAKE Water-Color A tragedy of the wilds of Central America, the duel to thedeath between the largest cat of the New World, called to thisday the tiger by the Spanish Americans, and the largestknown snake in the world, the Python. The jaguars cautiousapproach is due to the fear of getting caught in the constrictorfolds of the giant serpent. He is bound to catch him behindthe head and break his back before he can be entangled in thePythons coils. Signed at the lower right, Bar ye. Height, 11/2 inches; length, 16% inches.

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