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Title: Catalogue of masterpieces by "the men of 1830" : forming the private collection of Mr. H. S. Henry, Philadelphia
Year: 1907 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Woodward, Robert B., 1840-1915, former owner NBB Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912 Kirby, Thomas Ellis, 1846-1924
Subjects: Henry, Harry Samuel, 1856-
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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acteristic of his class: a pointed high hat, striped withtwo or three colors, a full white coarse shirt, short blue knee breeches and raw-hide sandals. Standing near him, back to the spectator, is a companion, whowears riding breeches and closely fitting black boots with spurs. He has depositedhis coat, hat and various other articles on a stool and on the floor nearby. Alarge flask of wine stands on the table, and a small child, just tall enough tolean upon the board, watches the two men. Over the group is a print of theMadonna and Infant with an oil light underneath, and against the wall tothe left hang a gun and a water bottle, while on the right, standing on the shelfof a hooded fireplace, is an earthenware jar. The interior is illuminated by thereflections from a thin, vivid shaft of sunlight which strikes the whitewashedwall just above the childs head. Signed at the lower middle, Dkcamps.Collection Comte Duciiatei., Paris, 188().Collection Fop-Smit.Purchased from Duuani>-Ruel.
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LION ATTAQUE FERDINAND VICTOR EUGENE DELACROIX No. 12FEUDIXAXD VICTOR EUGEXE DELACROIX 1799—1863 LION ATT A QUE Height, 1) inches; lenHh, 11 inches (/ eyesgive his face an expression of feline rage, and his tail, partly curled under him,suggests that he is on the defensive and not over-confident of \ictory. Theattitude and expression show how well tiie artist has observed the characteristicsof the lion, how convincingly and with what simj)le means he has been able toillustrate the enormous strength and the ferocious courage of the beast, notuntainted, however, by cra\en timidity. The animal is stalking along a narrow,flat, grass-grown plateau, beyond which are seen the lofty serrated peaks of anirregular mountain range, partly- in sunlight and partly in shadow, against asimple, luminous, cloud-covered sky. The sunlight falls

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