Rosa Bonheur

The Project Gutenberg eBook, Rosa Bonheur, by Fr. (François) Crastre, Translated by Frederic Taber Cooper
ROSA BONHEUR MASTERPIECES IN COLOR
MASTERPIECES IN COLOUR EDITED BY - - M. HENRY ROUJON
ROSA BONHEUR (1822-1899)
PLATE I.—THE LION MEDITATING (Rosa Bonheur Museum)
According to artists, the lion is the most difficult of all animals to paint, on account of the prodigious mobility of his physiognomy. Rosa Bonheur was able, thanks to her inimitable art, to catch and reproduce the fugitive facial expressions of the kingly beast,—expressions that the artist succeeded in securing during a visit to a certain menagerie, and which she managed to record with a most surprising vigour and fidelity.
BY FR. CRASTRE
TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH BY FREDERIC TABER COOPER
ILLUSTRATED WITH EIGHT REPRODUCTIONS IN COLOUR
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY NEW YORK—PUBLISHERS
COPYRIGHT, 1913, BY FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
August, 1913