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OPIUM-SMOKING IN CHINA - FROM DRAWINGS BY A NATIVE ARTIST, 1858. FIG. 4. 'HAVING DISPOSED OF HIS COSTLY GARMENTS, THE VICTIM NEXT SELLS HIS FURNITURE, AND AT A RUINOUS SACRIFICE OBTAINS THE MEANS FOR FURTHER INDULGENCE...FIG. 5...[HIS] MEANS BEING ALL EXH
Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Fig. 4. 'Having disposed of his costly garments, the victim next sells his furniture, and at a ruinous sacrifice obtains the means for further indulgence...Fig. 5...[his] means being all exhausted, he becomes dependent upon his wife and child, who support him by the scanty wages obtained by winding silk...Fig. 6....disease and misery have done their work, premature death has seized its prey. The wife and brother mourn over the body laid out on a mat...sticks of incense and rice cakes are presented as an offering to the dead...The engravings show the views of the Chinese themselves as to the evil effects which follow opium-smoking. Reliable witnesses assure us that these illustrations are by no means exaggerated...We cannot but regard it as a blot on the character of our East Indian Government [ie the British East India Company] that for purposes of revenue it should be engaged in cultivating and selling a drug which, invaluable as a medicinal agent, is so antagonistic to the weal of all who employ it as an indulgence. Every well-wisher of his fellow-men must sincerely desire the suppression of a traffic which carries destitution and death into so many Chinese families'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. Opium-smoking in China - from drawings by a native artist, 1858. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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STATUE OF SIR ISAAC NEWTON, INAUGURATED LAST WEEK AT GRANTHAM, 1858. 'THE STATUE OF THE GREAT MATHEMATICIAN AND ASTRONOMER, FROM THE HAND OF W. THEED, ESQ., MAY BE PRONOUNCED A MASTERPIECE OF PORTRAIT SCULPTURE, AND, ADMIRABLY CAST IN LIGHT-COLOURED BRONZ
Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, inaugurated last week at Grantham, 1858. 'The statue of the great mathematician and astronomer, from the hand of W. Theed, Esq., may be pronounced a masterpiece of portrait sculpture, and, admirably cast in light-coloured bronze by Messrs. Robinson and Cottam, is in every respect worthy of the subject and of the arts of the country. Mr. Theed in this work shows the fruit of a long study of the classic models at Rome...The figure, which is twelve feet high, is represented draped in the gown of a master of arts, and as in the act of lecturing to a class. He points with his right hand to a scroll which he holds in his left, upon which is traced the diagram of one of his celebrated problems in the "Principia," that, we believe, upon gravitation. The attitude is full of dignity and intelligence; and the drapery, falling in broad masses, broken sharp folds, is free from heaviness, and with sufficient accuracy indicates the material - silk - supposed to be represented. The likeness appears to be a good one...In modelling the face the sculptor was assisted by the well-known mask taken after death...About two tons of bronze have been employed in it, one half of which was presented in the shape of old cannon by her Majesty'. From "Illustrated London News", 1858. Statue of Sir Isaac Newton, inaugurated last week at Grantham, 1858. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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