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THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "LINNETS DEFENDING THEIR NEST AGAINST A DORMOUSE"..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: "Linnets Defending their Nest against a Dormouse", modelled in wax by A. Cain, 1862. 'The title of this most elaborate and delicately-executed model suggests a furious and perhaps prolonged struggle between antagonists curiously but not very unequally matched...Our linnet and common wild species of dormouse are respectively among the smallest of birds and quadrupeds...The action of the little creatures is given with immense spirit. The great loir, crouching and persistent, has broken down one side of the nest and already cracked two or three eggs; but the so-called linnets, especially the female, will not be scared away, but flutter over and cling to it, and with all the feathers of their polls on end, and screaming from their little throats, usually so melodious, and attacking with their sharp little beaks the heartless thief, defend it to the last extremity. The delicacy and minuteness of the work, and the truth of the textural imitation, are, however, still more surprising. The feathers of the little birds, the coat of the loir, every twig and filament of the nest, and every ramification of fibre in the ivy, are imitated with marvellous accuracy'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: "Linnets Defending their Nest against a Dormouse"..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (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) 601162929
THE OPENING OF THE HARTLEY INSTITUTION AT SOUTHAMPTON BY LORD PALMERSTON..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The opening of the Hartley Institution at Southampton by Lord Palmerston: arrival of His Lordship at the Institution, 1862. 'A large body of the inhabitants...assembled...to welcome his Lordship [the British prime minister], who was greeted with the warmest enthusiasm. The approach of the carriage of the noble Lord was the signal for vociferous cheering, while the band of the Coldstream Guards, of her Majesty's ship Boscawen, of the Volunteer Artillery Corps, of the Foresters, Royal Marines, Odd Fellows, and Hants Yeomanry, struck up a lively strain...The bells of the different churches were also rung, and the arrival of his Lordship at the institution...was the signal for a salvo of artillery...The Hartley Institution has been established in pursuance of a most liberal bequest for that purpose by a native of Southampton - Henry Robinson Hartley, who left the whole of his property to the Corporation of the borough to promote the study and the advancement of the sciences of natural history, astronomy, antiquities, and classical and Oriental literature in the town of Southampton, and the amount, with the interest which accumulated during a litigation which subsequently ensued, reached £100,000'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The opening of the Hartley Institution at Southampton by Lord Palmerston..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162734
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: "THE EMIGRANTS' FAREWELL" BY CARL HÜBNER, 1862. CREATOR: W THOMAS.
The International Exhibition: "The Emigrants' Farewell" by Carl Hübner, 1862. 'The number of German emigrants who pass through Liverpool - the port of final embarkation [to America] to which this poor family is destined, as we see by a label on one of their packages - is often much larger than any one not acquainted with that city would readily credit...It would seem that sometimes a village is half depopulated in this way. Some such a petty exodus is represented as about to take place in the picture...the family...have come to take a last farewell look at the village graveyard, that sacred spot of earth which will be remembered in the far-off home...There is real intense grief in the honest faces of the sturdy man and wife as if at some recent bereavement. The kneeling sister with her humble package, including the family bible...wears an expression of pious sympathy and grief...The old granddams hobbles along to the sad spot with her stick and her bundle as fast as her rheumatic limbs will carry her. Poor old lady! she has not much to look forward to; unless, indeed, she finds the El Dorado in her family's happiness; her sun will soon set if she ever reaches that land of the West where the sun himself goes to his nightly rest'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: "The Emigrants' Farewell" by Carl Hübner, 1862. Creator: W Thomas. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162564
VIEW OF AUCKLAND, FROM THE CRATER OF MOUNT EDEN..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
View of Auckland, from the crater of Mount Eden, from a drawing by Major Stack, 1862. 'The foreground of this Engraving represents an extinct crater, 600 yards in circumference, 200 yards in diameter, and about 60 or 70 yards in depth. The summit is about 1000ft. above the level of the sea, of which a fine view is obtained, dotted with numerous islands, the triple peaks of the extinct volcanic Rangitoto being most conspicuous, and the great and little barrier islands in the extreme distance... But the scenery for several miles around Auckland...is almost entirely devoid of wood, open, and undulating, dotted here and there with small volcanic hills of moundlike form, and intersected in all directions by the numerous branches of the Waitemata and the creeks of the Manukau. The greater part of the isthmus is already in cultivation; not a stump of a tree has been left in the ground, and solid stone walls and hedges of whitethorn and furze are generally taking the place of the temporary fences of posts and rails. In every direction may be seen grass and clover paddocks, as large, as rich, as well laid down, and as substantially fenced as any grass land in England, and the country around has all the appearance of a homelike English landscape'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. View of Auckland, from the crater of Mount Eden..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162504
GARIBALDIAN PRISONERS ON THEIR WAY….TO THE FORTS OF GENOA - FROM A SKETCH BY M. BEAUCÉ, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Garibaldian prisoners on their way from Aspromonte to the forts of Genoa - from a sketch by M. Beaucé, 1862. '...a detachment of 200 of the youthful patriots on their way up to the forts on the coast of Genoa...The Aspromontian captives were escorted militarily by a number of the Royal Carbineers, aided by certain police agents...[The] prisoners...were nearly all young men of from eighteen to twenty-four years of age, badly dressed, some almost in rags, many without shoes and bareheaded. Several had much trouble to proceed, tired and worn out by the fatigue and privations they had lately undergone. Their condition was an evident proof of the inaccuracy of General Cialdini's statement, in his official report of the Aspromonte affair, to the effect that large sums of money had been distributed by Garibaldi to his followers...which led to their surrender - a statement that has since been indignantly denied...by several of the respectable young men who...had persevered in their fidelity to the liberator...with all the ardour of youth, in an attempt to carry out what must be dear to every honest Italian's heart. It is well they should be spared the humiliation of a trial, for their country may yet stand in need of their services'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Garibaldian prisoners on their way….to the forts of Genoa - from a sketch by M. Beaucé, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162209
THE PRESTON GUILD FESTIVAL: MEETING OF THE ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The Preston Guild Festival: meeting of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society on the Holmsfield, Penwortham, 1862. 'The rain utterly ruined what would otherwise have proved a most successful meeting...Those who are acquainted with Preston will know the Holme whereon the society had pitched its tent. It is a plot of pasture-ground skirted by the Ribble. Some thirty acres of this were inclosed, and the Horticultural and Fiorticultural Society obtained a portion of it for their marquee...The attendance on Wednesday was comparatively small, and on Thursday it was smaller. During the night the freshes had carried away the temporary bridge erected by the society, and obliged visitors to get across by boat or to make a circuitous route by Penwortham-bridge. The ground lying in ridge and furrow was bad enough the previous day, but on Thursday it was frightful. The persevering critic was fain to make literally flying visits from shed to shed, as the furrows lay full of water. The sheep and pigs, which had passed a terrible night of exposure, pent up within a small space, presented a miserable picture, and the attendants, who had been doing their best to make them comfortable, looked drenched to the skin'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The Preston Guild Festival: meeting of the Royal North Lancashire Agricultural Society..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601162004
THE AYE-AYE, RECENTLY ADDED TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION, REGENT'S PARK, 1862. CREATOR: PEARSON.
The aye-aye, recently added to the Zoological Society's collection, Regent's Park, 1862. 'The aye-aye (Cheiromys Madagascariensis) is one of the rarest and least known of the monkey tribe...[It] was discovered by the French traveller Sonnerat, in the forests of Madagascar...It received its name from the expression of surprise said to have been used by the natives when it was first seen...The Zoological Society have...succeeded in obtaining the first specimen...that has reached Europe alive. Edward Mellish, of the Mauritius...knowing the interest that attached itself to the aye-aye, made great exertions to procure a living specimen...through the assistance of some correspondents in that island, [he] most liberally transmitted a fine full-grown example of this animal by the last overland mail to the Zoological Society of London, to be added to their splendid collection of living animals in Regent's Park. The aye-aye reached England in safety, though in rather poor condition from the effects of close confinement and want of its habitual food during the transport home. It is now rapidly recovering itself, though, from its nocturnal habits and health being not quite re-established, it is not yet visible to the ordinary visitors to the gardens'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The aye-aye, recently added to the Zoological Society's collection, Regent's Park, 1862. Creator: Pearson. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161849
THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION: THE OUTRAM SHIELD, 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
The International Exhibition: the Outram Shield, exhibited by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell - from a photograph by the London Stereoscopic Company, 1862. Testimonial manufactured by Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, and presented to Sir James Outram, consisting of '...a large shield of oxydised silver, iron, and steel, richly damascened in gold....The centre group, which is in high relief and treated somewhat conventionally, represents Sir Henry Havelock, after the relief of Lucknow, restoring to Sir James Outram the command of the British forces...A small circle of steel damascened with gold, which separates this from the low relief, contains eight medallion portraits of Sir James's companions in the Lucknow campaign...The inscription dedicates the shield to Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram..."in token of the affectionate regard of his friends and admirers and brother officers, and in appreciation of his sterling and brilliant qualities which have ever marked his career, and in lasting testimony of his gallantry, self-devotion, and highly chivalrous bearing during the operations attending on and following the relief of Lucknow, 1857." The shield is...a noble and conscientious piece of art-work, conferring great credit on the artist, Mr. Armstead'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. The International Exhibition: the Outram Shield, 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161699
VOLUNTEER REVIEW AND FETE AT SHRUBLAND HALL, NEAR IPSWICH..., 1862. CREATOR: UNKNOWN.
Volunteer review and fete at Shrubland Hall, near Ipswich. [Suffolk], the seat of Sir George Broke-Middleton, 1862. 'It occurred to Sir George, when attending a meeting for the consideration of the best means for alleviating the distress prevalent in the cotton-manufacturing districts, that a volunteer review might be turned to account for the benefit of the starving operatives...The park was open free to the public, but to the gardens and pleasure-grounds a charge of half-a-crown was made for the purpose...of raising a fund for the alleviation of the distress in Lancashire...The battalion was under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Schreiber and Adjutant Blake...The men, numbering about 400, being all upon the field, the review commenced. There were from 3000 to 4000 spectators present, besides those who were promenading m the gardens. The men were put through severe battalion exercise, and several of the movements were many times repeated. The volley-firing in battalion was particularly good. The Ipswich companies were put through skirmishing drill, the remainder of the battalion forming the reserve...The exercises occupied more than two hours and a half. At the conclusion of the movements the battalion marched past the flag'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Volunteer review and fete at Shrubland Hall, near Ipswich..., 1862. Creator: Unknown. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
(RM) 601161259
CHECKMATE - NEXT MOVE, BY J. C. HORSLEY, A.R.A., FROM THE EXHIBITION OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, 1862. CREATOR: H. HARRALL.
Checkmate - Next Move, by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A., from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Engraving of a painting. The great merit of the picture is its very admirable painting of interior perspective and its still more remarkable representation of the effects of sunlight...how pleasantly the certainty of victory is indicated in the action and expression of the lady of the hall in her smile of self-complacency, her rallying look at her absorbed antagonist, her partial withdrawal from the chessboard...Look, too, at the wicked eyes of that pretty party to the plot standing, in the olden fashion, dutifully behind mamma's chair, and, like a well-bred girl as she is, suppressing the involuntary titter with her fan. How are we to apply the apparent double entendre of the title? Will the old gentleman be "mated" as well as "checkmated," for in chess parlance the one is identical with the other?...What is the young gallant - the son, we may suppose, of the older victim - whispering?...The background...is an interior at Haddon Hall...The room here represented is of the time of Henry VII...Mr. Horsley is, we believe, the only painter who has taken important portions of the building literally as backgrounds to elaborate subject pictures'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862. Checkmate - Next Move, by J. C. Horsley, A.R.A., from the exhibition of the Royal Academy, 1862. Creator: H. Harrall. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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