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THE WINTER EXHIBITION, PALL-MALL: "MORNING", BY DICKSEE, 1862. CREATOR: W THOMAS.
The Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall: "Morning", by Dicksee, 1862. Engraving of a painting. '...the morning of life...just opening from the maiden bud into the flower of womanhood...that pretty modern modification of the Montero hat, and its buckled black plumes dancing at every step, which, worn by young persons, gives by contrast such brilliancy to the peachlike complexion; lastly, held in the hand, that single spray of lily of the valley - fit emblem of sweet-scented innocence and spotless virginal purity - all telling in rainbow tints and dulcet harmonies of hope, youth, health, of wholehearted peace, and the bliss of young existence. The face, retaining its girlish grace yet borrowing a riper loveliness, suggests the very impersonation of morning, tinged with the flush of health and mantling roseate, like a fleecy cloud at dawn; the lips are a rosebud itself, pouting to "dispart" the eyes like nothing under under the morning azure, save the little starry forget-me-not; the hair is of course auburn - the auburn of the poets. It is a face, in short, not ideal, not classical, but of a romantic yet natural loveliness which, when seen in extreme youth, should be a sufficient excuse for even a wilder rhapsody than that in which we indulge'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Winter Exhibition, Pall-Mall: "Morning", by Dicksee, 1862. Creator: W Thomas. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RMc) 601162969
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: BRITISH GUIANA AND BARBADOES COURTS..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: British Guiana and Barbadoes Courts - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Display entered through an '...arch formed by the feathery grass-blades of the sugarcane...[On the right] is what may be called a statue of a negress in the conventional costume of the colony. Behind this is a collection of stuffed birds, embracing a number of specimens of the endless varieties which throng the river-colonies of Demerara, Berbice, and Essequibo...The grasses and fibres which grow in rich abundance in the colony are also exhibited, and many of them are shown as manipulated by the native Indians, or "Bucks," as they are familiarly called - a race fast dying out - especially in the shape of hammocks and baskets...on the left centre of the picture...[are] several glass shades beneath which are placed specimens of the flowers of the island, beautifully executed in wax...In another case will be found specimens in wax of the fruits of the island...and an excellent imitation of a section of the sugarcane...It may be as well to state that Barbadoes has always been a cotton-growing country, and, though the quantity produced is small, the quality has always been esteemed good'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: British Guiana and Barbadoes Courts..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162419
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "THE SLEEP OF SORROW AND THE DREAM OF JOY"..., 1862. CREATOR: E. SKILL.
The International Exhibition: "The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy", sculpted by R. Monti, 1862. 'Nothing can be embodied more abstract and insubstantial than a dream; and nothing can be...more conventional than the representation of two figures as one and the same person...The success of the sculptor is due to the force of the sorrowful expression in the sleeper, and the felicity with which the elated buoyancy of the spirit is rendered - disembodied as it seems to be in sleep, though still wearing a thin veil of earth - floating away to dreamland, that home and resting-place, those Elysian fields...As we look at this poor sleeping maiden, at the contorted, uneasy position of her limbs, the still painfully-contracted brow, we see that sleep has come from exhaustion as a respite...The roses are still within her grasp, but they are unplucked, and she seems to have found only their thorns in her path. Is the overturned empty cup at her side an emblem of her life?...The execution of this upper figure is extremely refined; the action is very graceful and expressive, the buoyancy...admirably expressed, and the technical difficulty of representing "flying drapery" (in marble even more than in painting) perfectly mastered'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: "The Sleep of Sorrow and the Dream of Joy"..., 1862. Creator: E. Skill. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161868
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "THE PERI", A MARBLE STATUE, BY J. S. WESTMACOTT, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: "The Peri", a marble statue, by J. S. Westmacott, 1862. 'The most beautiful and deservedly-popular tale in Moore's "Lalla Rookh" is, without doubt, that of "Paradise and the Peri." The charming creation of Eastern romance and mythology, the aerial Peri...has often been represented by artists, but never, we think, so successfully...The face and figure are of an unearthly type and character of loveliness, but the idealisation is not of that meaningless kind to remove it from our sympathy. On the contrary, the expression of the bowed head and wringing hands is very touching; and we can almost fancy we hear the sigh escaping from the exquisitely-chiselled "disparted" lips. The figure is the exact mean; it is neither, on the one hand, too grandiose, nor, on the other, too attenuated for the conception; and it is equally far removed from mere sensuous redundancy. The execution is as delicate as the feeling is refined. The features - the mouth especially - are admirably modelled, and the wings are skilfully cut and treated. The only objection we should make is that the drapery of the raised leg advances too much, by which the markings or the kneejoint and patella are lost, and the leg made apparently too short'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: "The Peri", a marble statue, by J. S. Westmacott, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601160009
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: MARBLE STATUE - "PURITY" BY MATTHEW NOBLE, 1862. CREATOR: MASON JACKSON.
The International Exhibition: marble statue - "Purity" by Matthew Noble, 1862. '...we may say that there is a sort of double conventionalism in the abstract representations of the virtues and vices. They are the result of an advanced stage of civilisation in a nation...In the whole range of these abstractions there is not one perhaps so peculiarly eligible for sculpturesque treatment as the subject of the statue we have engraved. The spotless colour of marble and the delicacy of its crystalline texture are directly suggestive of purity, and a favourite figure with the poets, as Shakspeare has it, "pure as monumental alabaster." The age and sex our artist has chosen is the sweetest embodiment of his theme. The purity of infancy is mere vacuity, that of maidenhood is a vestal garb worn "unspotted from the world." Mr. Noble has dealt with his subject very artistically. The attitude is graceful without affectation. The expression is as simple and chaste as it is beautiful. Though very appropriate, it hardly needed for its explanatory value the action of placing the symbolical lily on the equally spotless virginal bosom. There is nothing in the treatment of the hair and drapery which does not harmonise with the conception'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: marble statue - "Purity" by Matthew Noble, 1862. Creator: Mason Jackson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601159534
BUST OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS ALICE, BY MRS. THORNYCROFT, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Bust of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, by Mrs. Thornycroft, 1862. Engraving of a sculpture. '...this accomplished lady...shares equally with her husband the honour of ranking among our most distinguished sculptors...[She] has attained eminence in an art which, if not more difficult than painting, is certainly one in which her sex has hitherto much more rarely excelled...the Princess Alice displayed so much filial constancy and affectionate attention to her Royal mother on her recent bitter bereavement that she must have endeared herself to all, and her portrait will therefore be especially welcome in every English home. Her face is...a faithful index to her character. It at once guarantees a gentle, unassuming, amiable nature, almost nervously sensitive in its refinement, and with a shade of pensiveness which, when found in so young a face, seems always to convey the assurance of a sincerity and truthfulness not always the characteristics of extreme youth...The hair does not, properly speaking, "ripple," but has an easy, playful wave; and it is in the bust looped up and knotted behind, leaving one or two pendent curls, very much after the simple, graceful fashion of Greek busts. A wreath of roses appropriately crowns the head'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Bust of Her Royal Highness the Princess Alice, by Mrs. Thornycroft, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601158913
WINTER ENTERTAINMENTS AT ST. LUKE'S HOSPITAL: VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL CONCERT ON WEDNESDAY WEEK, 1862 CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Winter entertainments at St. Luke's Hospital for Lunatics, [Old Street, London]: vocal and instrumental concert on Wednesday week, 1862. Concert '...for the amusement and recreation of the patients. The room is long and lofty...There are two recesses in its length which contain large windows, looking into the courtyard in front of the building, and which, in accordance with the plan of the building, break the monotony of a long wall, and afford excellent spaces in the rooms occupied by the patients for the placing of musical instruments, bagatelle-boards, worktables, &c. In the concert-room one of these recesses is occupied by benches, in which the female patients chiefly sit, although care is taken not to segregate the inmates wholly from the visitors who attend on these occasions...At the extreme end of the room is a platform, slightly raised, on which the lecturers, musical performers, or singers, as the case may be, appear; and it is backed by a well-painted scene, something on the plan of the drop scene at a theatre...the room is profusely decorated with evergreens, artificial flowers, and ribbons; and, when lighted up, it presents not only a cheerful but a gay, and indeed brilliant, appearance'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Winter entertainments at St. Luke's Hospital: vocal and instrumental concert on Wednesday week, 1862 Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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