THE BRASSEY TESTIMONIAL; The centre of the shield, surrounded with an elaborate wreath of oak leaves, contains the inscription, and the arms of Brassey, as derived from an uninterrupted line of ancestry dating from the Brasseys, of Bulkeley, in county Chester, 1340. The next portion of the circle, which is concave in form, is divided into twelve arch-headed niches, richly sculptured, from the keystone of which are suspended medallions containing miniatures of the engineers under whom Mr. Brassey has executed railway works. Above these arches, on the flat margin of the shield, and immediately over the portraits, are twelve other oval tablets, each one being a miniature picture of some great work of the respective engineers before mentioned. Beyond these views, and forming the outer edge of the shield, is a beautiful chaplet of laurel leaves, divided by thirty-six bands, or ribbons, each bearing the name of one of Mr. Brassey's agents, enamelled on gold, 1851 engraving
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THE BRASSEY TESTIMONIAL; The centre of the shield, surrounded with an elaborate wreath of oak leaves, contains the inscription, and the arms of Brassey, as derived from an uninterrupted line of ancestry dating from the Brasseys, of Bulkeley, in county Chester, 1340. The next portion of the circle, which is concave in form, is divided into twelve arch-headed niches, richly sculptured, from the keystone of which are suspended medallions containing miniatures of the engineers under whom Mr. Brassey has executed railway works. Above these arches, on the flat margin of the shield, and immediately over the portraits, are twelve other oval tablets, each one being a miniature picture of some great work of the respective engineers before mentioned. Beyond these views, and forming the outer edge of the shield, is a beautiful chaplet of laurel leaves, divided by thirty-six bands, or ribbons, each bearing the name of one of Mr. Brassey's agents, enamelled on gold, 1851 engraving

Date

1851

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection/Quint Lox Limited

Notre référence

LZT13A41_419

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

69,7Mo (4,0Mo) / 41,3cm x 42,3cm / 4875 x 5000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

BRASSEY TESTIMONIAL centre shield surrounded elaborate wreath oak leaves contains inscription arms Brassey derived uninterrupted line ancestry dating Brasseys Bulkeley county Chester 1340. portion circle concave form divided twelve arch-headed niches richly sculptured keystone suspended medallions containing miniatures engineers Mr. Brassey executed railway works. arches flat margin shield immediately portraits twelve oval tablets one miniature picture great work respective engineers mentioned. views forming outer edge shield beautiful chaplet laurel leaves divided thirty-six bands ribbons bearing name one Mr. Brassey's agents enamelled gold 1851 engraving engraved image history illustrative technique engravement engraving victorian Arts Culture 19th Century Style Retro Styled Vintage retro arkheia nineteenth century engraving historic art

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