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LAIS received by Cybele, Museum, Vienna ; Al- legory, Liechtenstein Gallery, ib. ; Portrait of Himself, Uffizi, Florence ; others in Augs- burg Gallery. CL. Blanc, Ecole hollandaise; Fetis, Les Ar- tistes beiges a 1'ctranger, i. ./; 1(; 7; Mich- rVZ. iels, x. 184; <w Iinmerzeel, ii. 150 ; Kramni, iii. 932 ; Kugler (Crowe), ii. 320 ; Kiegcl, Beitriige, ii. 307. LAIS COKIXTHIACA, Huns II<,ll,c.in, the younger, Basle Museum ; wood, H. 1 ft. 2 in. X 10 in. ; inscribed Lais Corinthiaca, 152(>. Portrait of a young -woman, Doro- thea Oft'enburg, half-length, elegantly clad, as Lais. From Auerbach Collection. En- graved by Frederic Weber. The same lady figures also as Venus in another picture by Holbein in the Basle Museum. Wolt- mann, Holbein, ii. 100 ; Miuitz, Holbein, 188. LAKE GEORGE, John Frederick A'en- xi'//, Morris K. Jcsup, New York ; canvas, H. 4 ft. x (i ft. At right, an open foreground of rocks, with a fallen tree ; in background, high hills ; and between, the placid lake, with wooded islands and steep forest-clad headlands. Philadelphia Exhibition, LS70. L'ALLEMAXD, FRITZ, born at Hanau in 1812, died in Vienna, Sept. 20, 1S(J(J. Battle and military genre painter, pupil of the Vienna Academy. Attracted general at- tention in 1840 by an episode from the Span- ish guerilla-war, and was encouraged by nu- merous orders from the court and thenobility to treat the same class of subjects. Was appointed professor at the Vienna Academy before 18G5. "Works : Skirmish near Znaim ; Scenes from Radetzky's Campaign in 1849 ; Archduke Charles at Stockach ; Skirmishes near Oberselk ; Oeversee and Veile in 1804 ; Banquet at Schimbrunn ; Banquet of Eepre- i sentatives of the Army in Schonbrunn Park. ' -Allgem. d. Biogr., xvii. 530 ; Kuust-Chro- nik, i. 142 ; Wurzbach, xiv. 13. L'ALLEMAND, SIGMUND, born in Vi- enna, March 8, 1840. Battle and genre painter, nephew and pupil of Fritz, and scholar of Vienna Academy under Ruben ; exhibited his first important works in 1864, after the Schleswig-Holstein campaign, in which lie had taken part. He also followed the Austrian army to Italy in 18G6. Med- als : Paris, 2d class, 1867, 1878. Member of Vienna Academy. Works : Storming of the Konigsberg, Battle at Oeversee (1864); Victory of the Austrians at Kollin (1867); Battle of Caldiero ; Scenes from Italian Campaign of 1859 ; Battle of Custozza in 1866 ; Mute Cry for Help ; Equestrian Por- trait of General Laudon (1878); Victory at Martinestic in 1789 (1879). Muller, 9; Wurzbach, xiv. 15. LAMBDIX, GEORGE COCHRAN, born at Pittsburgh, Pa,, in 1830. Portrait, genre, and llower painter, studied with his father, J. R. Lambdin, portrait painter, and then in Munich and Paris. Professional life spent in Philadelphia, with the exception of two years (1868-70) in New York. Elected N.A. in 1868. Works: Our Sweetest Songs arc those which tell of Saddest Thoughts (1858); Dead Wife (1867); Twilight Reverie ; Happy Mornings of Life and of May, Mrs. Joseph Harrison, Philadelphia ; Ask me no more ; Little Knitter ; June Roses (1880); Willow Seat (1881); La Pactole and La France, Roses (1882) ; As Ear as Angels Ken, Viva (1884) ; Pink and Yellow Roses (1885); Hesperus (1886). Tuckerman, 450. LAMBERT, GEORGE, born in Kent in 1710, died in London, Nov. 30, 1765. Pu- pil of William Hassel and of John Wooton ; painted landscapes chiefly, after the manner of Gaspar Poussin. Some of his figures are attributed to Hogarth, of whom he was a convivial friend. Lambert was first presi- dent of the Society of Artists, and founder of the Beefsteak Club. With Scott, painted six large pictures of Eastern settlements that were in the India House. Redgrave ; Taylor, Fine Arts, ii. 94.