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tended to l)c placed in an art gallery, instead 

 of being iisecl as they now are. There are 

 no starvcd-and-skinned Hons like those which 

 (lisfisurc the entrance to the Mrie County 

 Savings Hank, in r.ntTalo. of recent ])er])etra- 

 tion ; nor are there any lions with architectural 

 clover leaves sprouting out of their tails, as 

 api)car at the entrance of another building 

 which we could name, but will uol. In the 

 parlance of the busy street, Mr. ll.u\-ey"s 

 lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and pumas are 

 the real thing, and any ta.xidermist, with an 

 unmounted skin before him, might safely 

 choose a model 

 from this spk-n- 

 d i d a rray of 

 heads and com- 

 plete figures. 



The sound- 

 ness of Profes- 

 sor Osborn's 

 judgment in 

 calling ^I r. 

 Harvey from 

 Paris to execute 

 the seuljitures 

 shown on the 

 Society's finest 

 animal build- 

 ing, has been 

 fully justified. 

 For many years 

 Mr. Harvey has 

 made a special 

 study of large 

 feline animals — 

 especially the 

 lion and tiger — 

 and he brought 

 to this task ripe 

 artistic jndg- 

 m e n t, backed 

 by y^ears of stic- 

 cessful experi- 

 ence in one of 

 the homes of art. 

 His reputation 



in Paris as an animal scul]itor was of the high- 

 est. Thanks to the co-operation of the city 

 authorities, the employment on this work of 

 tile scul])tor specially chosen for it was easily 

 rendered possible. The result will constitute 

 a source of pride to the citizens of New York 

 as long as tlie Lion House stands intact, and 

 the very moderate expense involved is amply 

 justified by the results achieved. 



SKXriNKI, I.IOX, NOW r.KINf, 

 .MAI' 

 KL-prodiiced from Sculptor's Model. 



It is impossiljle to convey, in the limits of 

 this brief notice, an adequate conception of 

 Mr. Harvey's work. Indeed, the work itself 

 is vet far from completion. The pediments, 

 ornamental j^anels, and keystones, all to be 

 cut from solid stone, are as yet wholly unfin- 

 ished, for the reason that the work of the 

 sculptor could not proceed until the stones 

 were in place in the building. It is hardly 

 ])ossible that this outside work can be under- 

 taken during the winter; but the models for 

 it are ready, and show what the finished re- 

 sults will be. .\t jiresent, the only sculptures 

 in place are the 

 ornamental pan- 

 els in terra cotta 

 on the eastern 

 side of the build- 

 ing, those in the 

 interior of the 

 main hall, and 

 the terra cotta 

 cornice. The 

 latter bears a 

 series of headsof 

 pimias, jaguars, 

 and leopards. 

 The heads of 

 lions and tigers 

 are reserved for 

 the large panels 

 which appear in 

 the side walls. 

 The sentinel 

 lions, now being 

 executed in pink 

 marble from 

 Tennessee, and 

 designed to 

 Hank the main 

 doorways, are 

 nearly finished, 

 and it is ex- 

 pected that they 

 will be placed 

 in position early 

 during the com- 

 A photograph of one of these is 



CVRVF.D IN PINK. TENNICSSF.l' 

 ;lil.K. 



Copyright. 1902. by EH Har 



mg sprm 

 reijroduced herewith. 



Altogether, the animal sculptures of the 

 Lion House embrace four sentinel lions, seven 

 life-size lion heads, seven life-size ti.gcr heads, 

 and thirty-eight heads of smaller carnivora in 

 the cornice. Lrom whatever i)oint this build- 

 ing ma\- be viewed, its purpose will be fpiitc 

 apparent. 



