Weaving, ceramic manufactures, clothing and coiffure displayed through personifications as industrial arts applied to peace. Process print after C. Brown after F. Leighton.
- Frederic Leighton
- Date:
- 1800-1899
- Reference:
- 3069835i
- Pictures
About this work
Description
A Graeco-Roman arcade on a waterfront. Left, oriental traders disembark with Persian or Turkish rugs; right, purveyors of pottery present their wares; centre, women are adorned with fine clothing and jewellery. The building itself may illustrate the arts of masonry, architecture, metalwork, etc., and a boat in the foreground to navigation, ship-building etc. In the background, a prospect of a citadel (the acropolis of Athens?)
Publication/Creation
1800-1899
Physical description
1 print : process print, printed in brown ; image 34.1 x 79 cm
Contributors
Lettering
The industrial arts applied to peace. From the fresco by Sir Frederick Leighton, P.R.A. in the South Kensington Museum. C. Roberts f.
Reference
Wellcome Collection 3069835i
Reproduction note
After a wood engraving by C. Brown published as a supplement to The graphic, 15 June 1889, after a fresco painted by Leighton from 1870 to 1872 in the Victoria and Albert Museum
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Where to find it
Location Status Access Closed stores