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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: CLOCK, CANDELABRA, AND PORTES BOUQUETS, BY M. POILLEUX..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: clock, candelabra, and portes bouquets, by M. Poilleux, of Paris, 1862. '...the French have long surpassed us in cheapness of production and in artistic taste, knowledge of drawing, and modelling displayed. [Engraving shows]...an ornamental figure clock and candelabra, and two portes bouquets, which are en suite and of oxydised silver-work relieved by gilding. The figure on the top of the clock is that of Penelope, who is represented as having fallen asleep in her weary task of unpicking the net which she had woven by day in the presence of her importunate and eager suitors. The grace of the figure, the classical contour of form, and the management of the drapery reflect very great credit on the artist, M. Julien Rameu, who is the son-in-law of M. Poilleux, and the artist-manager of the firm. The choice of the subject for a timepiece strikes us also as singularly appropriate: the distaff has fallen from the hands of the most faithful wife of antiquity, and in very weariness she seems to have fallen asleep...Let us hope that during her sleep the hours will fly swiftly to the tired watcher. The vases and candelabra are very light and pretty, and consist entirely of ornament very freely and gracefully disposed'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: clock, candelabra, and portes bouquets, by M. Poilleux..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161933
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: CAPITAL AND PORTION OF SHAFT OF COLUMN FROM THE HEREFORD SCREEN, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: capital and portion of shaft of column from the Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A., manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers' Company, Coventry, 1862. 'This work...the grandest and most triumphant achievement of modern architectural art...the largest art-work in metal of which we have knowledge...fitly illustrates the most glorious scene ever enacted on this earth - the Ascension of our Lord... In the cusped oval in the centre of the work, standing upon a capital round which the passion-flower is arranged with peculiar skill, is the Saviour risen above the suffering which the flower portrays...One feature of the screen which should not be overlooked or passed slightingly is the open manifestation which we have, upon viewing it, of the mode of its formation: it has resulted from the work of the hammer and the chisel - it is wrought...Every chemist is acquainted with the beautiful colours of some of the oxydes of the metals; but Mr. Skidmore has attempted the utilising such by applying them to the colouring of the iron; thus, as his work is formed of iron, copper, and brass, he has applied to it the colours of the oxydes of these metals'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: capital and portion of shaft of column from the Hereford Screen, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161904
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: HEREFORD SCREEN, DESIGNED BY G. G. SCOTT, R.A..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A., manufactured by Skidmore's Art-Manufacturers' Company, Coventry, 1862. 'This work...the grandest and most triumphant achievement of modern architectural art...the largest art-work in metal of which we have knowledge...fitly illustrates the most glorious scene ever enacted on this earth - the Ascension of our Lord...At each side are angels...The Trinity is symbolised by three circular spaces around; and surmounting all is the cross...The capitals are formed of sheet metal, worked into form by the point of the hammer...The arches are chiefly filled in with bold filigree-work, and the spandrils with a foliaceous composition...One feature of the screen which should not be overlooked or passed slightingly is the open manifestation which we have, upon viewing it, of the mode of its formation: it has resulted from the work of the hammer and the chisel - it is wrought...Every chemist is acquainted with the beautiful colours of some of the oxydes of the metals; but Mr. Skidmore has attempted the utilising such by applying them to the colouring of the iron; thus, as his work is formed of iron, copper, and brass, he has applied to it the colours of the oxydes of these metals'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: Hereford Screen, designed by G. G. Scott, R.A..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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