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:
historical subject | flags | organ (aerophone) | sword | urns | vases | sculptures | statues | chandelier | bonnets (hats) | top hat | frock coat | costume | capes | building | pedestals | silk | balcony | hunting | bronze | audience | emperor | architecture | women | men | boys | children | mother | French | fear | gesture | danger | interior | embracing | architectural subject | vulture | bird | serpent | dog (animal) | branch | stag | pointing | deer | animal art | The Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851 | exhibition | World's Fair | death
Associated Places:
England | United Kingdom | Crystal Palace | Hyde Park | Greater London | London | City of Westminster