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Title: Illustrated catalogue of paintings, pastels and water colors collected by the late David C. Lyall of Brooklyn
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: American Art Association Millet, Francis Davis, 1846-1912
Subjects: Lyall, David C
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Philadelphia Museum of Art, Library
Digitizing Sponsor: LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation

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1 JEAN FRANCOIS MILLET 26âTHE SURPRISED BATHER 1 A half-crouching nude woman is seen forcingher way through a tangle of tall reeds, in theshelter of which she has apparently been bathingin fancied security from observation. The fleshis strongly accented in light and shade and issolidly relieved against a deep shadow in themasses of gray green. Signed at the right, J. F. Millet. Height, 7 inches; length, 9 inches. ANTON MAUVE 28âCATTLE AND LANDSCAPE I t ^ The sky occupies two-thirds of this composi-tion, and across it stretches a low band of cloudsbroadening to the upper left-hand corner of thecanvas, suggesting the moist atmosphere of theNetherlands. A wide meadow reaches away to alow line of distant trees, and here and there peas-ants at work indicate the busy season of the hayharvest. In the near foreground are two cows,the focus of the picture. Signed at the right, A. Mauve. Height, 9 inches; length, 14^ inches.
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FERDINAND HEILBUTH 29âIN THE GARDEN 1 On the soft grass carpet of a field sloping tothe river from the garden of a summer residence,a mother, in black gown and hat and a whitewrap, sits, holding a small child in her lap. Nearby lies a brown dog half hidden by the rankgrass. Beyond the little group are a rose bushcovered with pink blossoms, the corner of thehouse with trees, and a stretch of distant riverlandscape. Signed at the right, Weilbuth. Height, 11 inches; width, 7 inches. J. JAMES TISSOT 30âON THE SERPENTINE This subject was evidently suggested by awalk in Hyde Park on a summer afternoon. Inthe foreground are a lady and a little girl leaningagainst the iron railing along the terrace overthe water, and a man seated on a lawn bench.In the distance is a high-arched bridge with footpassengers and the familiar hansom, and, below,the quiet water reflects the arches and the greattrees beyond. Signed at the right, J. J. Tissot. Height, 11^ inches; width, 8 inches. L. RUIPEREZ 31â

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