Sujet

Chased silver shield, by Lambert, in the International Exhibition, 1862. Creator: Unknown.

Légende

Chased silver shield, by Messrs. Lambert, the silversmiths, of Coventry-street, in the International Exhibition, 1862. 'Perhaps to show that this shield is thoroughly English the exhibitors wisely reject the French word repoussé, which would, however, accurately describe the work, and adhere to the older English and less-used participle, embossed. The shield has been designed and executed by Mr. Thomas Pairpoint...and illustrates the defeat of the Iceni by Suetonius, and the death of their Queen, Boadicea...the work is ambitious of great promise; but its execution, often careless and somewhat clumsy, does not by any means equal its promise. The conception of the struggling crowd of figures, Briton in deadly struggle with Roman, the intense hatred in the faces, the tension of the muscles, and the evident feeling of the artist in his work, are deserving of all praise; but Mr. Pairpoint...is wrong in foreshortening, and exhibits grave faults in drawing. But, notwithstanding these drawbacks, the young artist is one of great promise...Mr. Pairpoint has, besides, the merit of being thoroughly English, without affectation of style, and perfectly pure and chaste in treatment, which is more than can be said of the foreign artists'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.

Date

1862

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A09_078

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

26,4Mo (1,8Mo) / 25,7cm x 25,7cm / 3035 x 3035 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy event arts country Rome shape round metal sculpture art British color fighting fight decoration decorative silver relief Romans Roman war location circular century Britain newspapers press print SHIELD concept battle exhibition decorated silverware B&W embossed engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W white and black nineteenth century The Print Collector Briton cultural event Illustrated London News repousse silverwork World's Fair Boudicca ILN newspaper Unknown Thomas Boedicea Boudicea Boadicea Boudica Queen Boadicea Great London Exposition International Exhibition of 1862 repoussé 19th-century Britons 1862 International Exhibition Thomas Pairpoint Pairpoint Thomas J. Pairpoint Thomas J.