Gems of the Great Exhibition No. 4: The Foreign Department
Date:
1852 or 1854
Materials & Techniques:
Aquatint and stipple engraving with color woodcut on medium, smooth, cream wove paper, laid on dome-shaped gold paper, laid on contemporary mount made of thick, smooth, beige card
Dimensions:
Mount: 8 3/8 x 13 1/16 inches (21.2 x 33.2 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed in graphite, on mount, upper left: "11 (encircled)"; on back of mount, upper left: "14. (underlined) | 24 | Gem No 4 of Gt_ Exhibition" | D[...] | £4 | Dog + Serpent | The attack"; on back of mount, upper center: "11 (encircled) | No 4 (underlined) | Death of the Stag in Bronze (underlined) | Bronzed vases | attack of | the Eagle | in front. (underlined)"; on back of mount, upper left: "L/-"; on back of mount, center left: "Dog + Serpent | The Defence (sic)"
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1977.14.10623
Classification:
Prints
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
emperor | bird | building | chandelier | French | statues | costume | architectural subject | fear | serpent | silk | bonnets (hats) | vases | historical subject | architecture | branch | sculptures | sword | hunting | top hat | flags | organ (aerophone) | children | deer | vulture | women | boys | frock coat | animal art | pointing | gesture | capes | embracing | interior | men | pedestals | stag | danger | dog (animal) | audience | balcony | mother | bronze | urns | The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 | World's Fair | death | exhibition
Associated Places:
Greater London | Crystal Palace | England | United Kingdom | City of Westminster | London | Hyde Park