Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 127
FIG. iy7.—WRFSTLIXc;, AT BFXI-HASAN (After Champollion). improve the details and to copy nature more faithfully. He ismore successful with animals than with human beings; who hasever rendered the cat lying in wait among the reeds at once 107 ART IN EGYPT … FIG. igS.—PORTRAIT OF SIESIS(Museum, Cairo). (Phot. E. Brugsch.) with greater realism and greater brilliance ? Every characteristichas been seized, the extension of the neck, the quivering of the spine, the contractions of the tail,the slight recoil of the body beforespringing upon the prey, and…
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