Sujet

Casket for the Address presented by the Corporation of London to the Prince of Wales, 1876. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Casket for the Address presented by the Corporation of London to the Prince of Wales, 1876. 'The casket presented by the Corporation of the city of London to the Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the reception at the Guildhall, was manufactured by Mr. J. H. Benson, of Ludgate-hill and Old Bond-street. The form and details of this work of art-jewellery are Indian: the oblong box is supported by Hindoo pillars, each corner bearing a finely-modelled head of an elephant. The casket is enriched with the arms of his Royal Highness in enamel and with the insignia of the city of London. One side bears an inscription; the whole is surmounted by a figure of Britannia with a lion couchant at her feet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1876.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM23A81_286

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

62,3Mo (2,4Mo) / 37,2cm x 42,0cm / 4392 x 4960 (300dpi)

Mots clés

India Indian arts country art box British color jewellery jewelry boxes gift present location century Britain object newspapers press print B&W engraved engraving Colour item casket 19th century enamel black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Hindoostan Illustrated London News ILN newspaper Unknown Prince of Wales Prince Edward King Edward VII Edward VII Wettin Prince Albert Edward enamelled bassetaille Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David King of Great Britain and Ireland 19th-century HRH The Prince of Wales J. W. Benson Ltd