Sujet

John of the Syde, by F. Weekes, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Creator: W Thomas.

Légende

John of the Syde, by F. Weekes, in the Exhibition of the British Institution, 1864. Engraving of a painting. 'Mosstroopers and Border freebooters, with their adventures, offer endless subjects for the artist, yet they have been almost entirely neglected except by the rising painter one of whose works, from the British Institution, we have engraved...Mr. Frederick Weekes (son of the distinguished sculptor) has made a kind of specialty by his frequent representations of these marauding gentry...The "John of the Syde" here represented was a notorious marauder of the Scottish border. Like many others, he enjoyed a "to-name," or nom-de-guerre, in addition to his own proper name...We see in the picture that he is not this time "lifting" cattle, but he has been contented with sheep tied to the crupper of his saddle. His jaded, overburdened horse can scarcely do more than walk; night threatens to overtake him; there are indistinguishable objects on the dark horizon; but John is alert and ready for any emergency, as far as a dauntless heart, the contents of a carbine, and a good stout sword can make him'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM24A26_036

Model release

NA

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

24,9Mo (2,7Mo) / 21,2cm x 29,5cm / 2504 x 3480 (300dpi)

Mots clés

river animal people male man men animals horses horse riding rider riders arts painting night country crossing art guy sheep British weapon weapons gun guns geography color Scotland armour horseman horsemen war location SCOTTISH century helmet Britain newspapers press picture print concept pictures stealing time of day B&W fording warfare engraved engraving Colour 19th century black & white black and white B W weaponry white and black nineteenth century Scots Scottish Borders The Print Collector geographical feature Illustrated London News TGN ILN newspaper W Thomas Thomas W 19th-century W. Thomas Thomas W. Frederick Weekes Weekes Frederick