Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of the full-length standing statue of Libussa, by Miller of Munich, set against a white background. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of J. Pradier's statue of a semi-draped Phryne, set against a dark background. A print of this photograph was also shown at the 1852 Royal Society of Arts Photographic Exhibition.
'Le premier berceau' (marble); Debay, A. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of Auguste Debay's statue of seated figure of Eve, holding two children (Cain and Abel) in her lap, set against a dark background: 'In the form and attitude of Eve there is great beauty, truth, and refinement of feeling, and the countenance admirably expres...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of the French sculptor E. L. Lequesne's bronze of a dancing satyr, playing a pipe: 'The motion is easy and natural, and the carefulness of the execution is maintained throughout.' (pp. 1570-71).
'The Cholera' (plaster); Etex. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of A. Etex's group of a seated woman, with a man and a child beside her: 'The allegorical group (in plaster) of the City of Paris imploring heaven to take away the plague of Cholera, is a less agreeable work, on account of the manner in which the subj...
'Cain and his family' (plaster); Etex. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of A. Etex's group, showing a seated Cain, with members of his family gathered around him: 'The characteristics of a base, abandoned nature are admirably expressed in the countenance and coarse clumsy limbs of Cain, which are very carefully studied fr...
'Cephalus and Procris' (marble); Ramus. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of J. M. Ramus' sculpture of Cephalus supporting in his arms a dying Procris, set against a dark background: 'This group is, in its leading lines, very happily composed, and shows in the forms much knowledge of nature; but the modelling is not in a su...
Busts in bronze; Cordier. Photographer: Owen, Hugh
Scope & Content:
Inscription: Inscribed in the negative at bottom left corner with monogram 'H. O.' Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of two bronzes, of male and female negro heads, by C. Cordier.
'Death of the stag' (bronze); Debay, J. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of Jean Debay's group of a hunter and his hound about to despatch a stag: 'This group, from the natural manner of the action, forms a very pleasing composition. The hunter and the animals are modelled with great knowledge and a good style is shown in the ex...
Group of eagles (bronze); Fratin. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Sculpture group of two eagles with a goat, set against a light background. The photograph (in this print at least) is unsuccessful in capturing the much of the detail of this piece from Fratin, 'the most celebrated sculptor of animals in France at the present da...
'Dog protecting a child' (plaster); Lechesne. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of A. Leschesne's sculpture of a dog rescuing a child from a snake: 'These works are very remarkable, from the extraordinary truth and spirit in the modelling and expression of the dog's head. The form of the child, on the contrary, is too swollen and coars...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of Monti's sculpture of a seated naked Eve, with title label reading, 'Eve after the Fall by Raffaelo Monti of Milan,' set against a dark background.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of I. Fraccaroli of Verona's sculpture of David, in the act of slinging the stone at Goliath, set against a dark background: 'The motive of this figure is very spirited, but a little strained; the features have a noble expression. The youthful charact...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of Fraccaroli's statue of the wounded Achilles, looking down towards his heel, set against a dark background.
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of G. M. Benzoni's marble sculpture of a young girl removing a thorn from a dog's foot: 'The motive of these works is attractive, and they are carefully executed in marble, but they are by no means of sufficient importance to be considered adequate re...
'Godfrey de Bouillon' (plaster); Simonis. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of View of Simonis' equestrian statue, cast in plaster from the original in bronze, of Godfrey de Bouillon, raising the banner with which he led the Crusaders to the Holy Land: 'In this work the expression of the head is full of life and animation, the action very ...
Genre: Fine Arts, Photography of Front view of J. Tuerlinckx's sculpture of Giotto as a youth, seated with a drawing tablet, set against a dark background.