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round by the S., it describes a semicircle, then flows N.N.E. and N.E., being joined by the Kirenga and the Vitim, both from the right; from 113° E. it flows E.N.E as far as See also:

YAKUTSK

Yakutsk (62° N., 127° 40' E.), where it enters the lowlands, after being joined by the Olekma, also from the right. From Yakutsk it goes N. until joined by its right-See also:

hand affluent the Aldan,which deflects it to the See also:

north-See also:

west; then, after receiving its most important See also:

LEFT

left-hand tributary, the Vilyui, it makes its way nearly due N. to the Nordenskjold See also:

Sea, a See also:

DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of the See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

Arctic, disemboguing S.W. of the New Siberian Islands by a See also:

DELTA (from the shape of the Gr. letter A, delta, originally used of the mouth of the Nile)

delta 1o,800 sq. m. in See also:

AREA

area, and traversed by seven See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal branches, the most important being Bylov, farthest See also:

east. The See also:

TOTAL

total length of the river is estimated at 286o m. The delta arms sometimes remain blocked with See also:

ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

ice the whole See also:

YEAR

year round. At Yakutsk See also:

NAVIGATION (from Lat. navis, ship, and agere, to move)

navigation is generally practicable from the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of May to the end of See also:

OCTOBER

October, and at Kirensk, at the confluence of the Lena and the Kirenga, from the beginning of May to about the same See also:

time. Between these two towns there is during the See also:

SEASON (0. Fr. seson, seison, mod. saison, Lat. satio, sowing time, the spring, from serere, to sow; in Late Lat. the word is found with its present meaning, the spring being considered as particularly the season of the year)

season See also:

REGULAR

regular steamboat communication. The area of the river See also:

basin is calculated at 895,500 sq. m. See also:

Gold is washed out of the sands of the Vitim and the Olekma, and tusks of the See also:

mammoth are dug out of the delta. See G. W. See also:

Melville, In the Lena Delta (1885).

LE NAIN, the name of three See also:

BROTHERS, RICHARD (1757-1824)

brothers, Lours, See also:

ANTOINE, ANDRE (1858- )

ANTOINE and MATHIEU, who occupy a See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar position in the See also:

HISTORY

history of See also:

French See also:

art. Although they figure amongst the See also:

ORIGINAL

original members of the French See also:

Academy, their See also:

WORKS

works show no trace of the influences which prevailed when that See also:

BODY

body was founded. Their sober See also:

EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution and choice of See also:

COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour recall characteristics of the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish school, and when the See also:

WORLD

world of See also:

Paris was busy with mythological allegories, and the " heroic deeds " of the See also:

king, the three Le Nain devoted themselves chiefly to subjects of humble See also:

LIFE

life such as " Boys Playing See also:

CARDS, PLAYING

Cards," " The Forge," or " The Peasants' MeaI." These three paintings are now in the Louvre; various others may be found in See also:

LOCAL

local collections, and some See also:

FINE

fine drawings may be seen in the See also:

BRITISH

British Museum; but the Le Nain See also:

SIGNATURE (through Fr. from Lat. signature, signare, to sign, signum, mark, token, sign)

signature is rare, and is never accompanied by See also:

INITIALS (Lat. initialis, of or belonging to a beginning, initium)

initials which might enable us to distinguish the See also:

WORK

work of the brothers. Their lives are lost in obscurity; all that can be affirmed is that they were See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

LAON

Laon in See also:

PICARDY (La Picardie)

Picardy towards the See also:

close of the 16th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century. About 1629 they went to Paris; in 1648 the three brothers were received into the Academy, and in the same yearboth Antoine and See also:

Louis died. Mathieu lived on till See also:

AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1677; he See also:

BORE

bore the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

chevalier, and painted many portraits. See also:

Mary of See also:

Medici and See also:

MAZARIN, JULES (1602-1661)

Mazarin were amongst his sitters, but these works seem to have disappeared. See Champfleury, Essai sur la See also:

vie et l'ceuvre See also:

des Le Nain (1850), and See also:

CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue des tableaux des Le Nain (1861).

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