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Container Reference (shelfmark) X.1067, 4

31. X.1067, 4(1570a)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570a)
Title:
'Phryne' (marble); Pradier. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

32. X.1067, 4(1570b)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570b)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

33. X.1067, 4(1570c)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570c)
Title:
'Dancing faun' (bronze); Lequesne. Photographer: Ferrier, Claude-Marie
Scope & Content:
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).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

34. X.1067, 4(1570d)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570d)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

35. X.1067, 4(1570e)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570e)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

36. X.1067, 4(1570f)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570f)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

37. X.1067, 4(1570g)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570g)
Title:
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.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

38. X.1067, 4(1570h)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1570h)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

39. X.1067, 4(1572a)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1572a)
Title:
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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item

40. X.1067, 4(1572b)

Reference (shelfmark):
X.1067, 4(1572b)
Title:
'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...
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1851
Extent:
1 item