About This very handsome 40" tal marble bust was hand-carved in Italy in the Grand Tour period. Made of rouge- grey- and Statuario-Marbles. Circa 1860. It is possibly of Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger.

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John George Sowerby 1849 - 1914 Poppies Watercolour, signed lower right Image size: 9 x 11 ½ inches Original frame Exhibtion: Royal Academy in 1883 number 978 Provenance: Edward Clark Haslam, JP, Newcastle Thence by family descent This stunning watercolour has a strong Pre-Raphaelite inflence, which can be seen from the attention to detail in the poppies and flowers in the grass also the mediaval subject matter. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1883, this picture depicts in the foreground a stunning display of Oriental poppies, with a fine Tudor building in the background. Poppies are often assoicated with imagination, eternal sleep, but also pleasure and death. Sowerby shows a summers day in the garden of a tudor manor. The young maiden reads, she stands tall and thin with the poppies and like them her youth will last for a fleeting moment as poppies flowers last only ten days. It is likely that the girl in the picture depicts the artist’s elder daughter Githa, an author, who moved to London in 1905 with her sister Millicent, who provided illustrations for Githa's novels. Githa is best-known for writing the play Rutherford & Son, the main protagonist a thinly-veiled portrait of her father and largely based upon the angst she felt for her father’s business failings. Patricia Riley’s book Looking for Githa of 2009 is an interesting insight into the fascinating life of the Sowerby family. The year this was painted was the year Augustus Pitt Rivers takes office as Britain's first Inspector of Ancient Monuments and the same year William Robinson's influential gardening book The English Flower Garden was published. So the public viewing this were in tune to the ideals depicted. John Sowerby was born in Gateshead in 1849, the fourth of six children. As the eldest son he fulfilled the wishes of his father by becoming director of the family firm, Ellison Glass Works, one of the world's largest producers of glass at the time. His brother was also engaged at the firm, and their father considerately arranged marriages for their four sisters that would benefit the Sowerby family both financially and socially. John began as a colour mixer and manager at the firm, and introduced a number of aesthetic innovations that helped boost sales. These included incorporating Arts and Crafts designs for glassware, and introducing vitro-porcelain, an innovation that became very popular in Victorian England. At the time that the Ellison Glass Works became a limited company, in 1882, it covered five and a half acres, and employed about a thousand workers, making it one of the world’s largest mass-producers of glass. Sowerby was very interested in sports, promoting boat racing, boxing and wrestling among the workmen. The death of his father in 1879 probably allowed Sowerby greater artistic freedom and, from that date, he began to exhibit paintings of landscapes and gardens at the Royal Academy, such as this one in 1883 and to illustrate children’s books. His early books included Afternoon Tea, At Home, and At Home Again, all published in the early 1880's. Though his first illustrations were considered derivative of Kate Greenaway, he soon established his own distinctive style. In becoming an artist and illustrator, with a special interest in flowers, he followed in the footsteps of several generations of Sowerbys, many of whom were naturalists, including botanical illustrators. By the early 1880s, the Ellison Glass Works was achieving record sales, and Sowerby and his family were living in comfort in Gateshead. However, he soon began to lose significant amounts of money, he is said to have thrown handfuls of gold sovereigns into the glass-furnace to see how they effected the glass-making process and the board of directors forced him to resign. In 1884, he was declared bankrupt and living in furnished lodgings in Whitby, Yorkshire. Despite this nadir in his fortunes, the firm survived, and even flourished, and he returned as a salaried worker. In 1896, disillusioned by his family business and wanting to pursue a career as a professional painter, he eventually sold the business and moved south. Sowerby's landscapes and floral paintings, while not numerous, were described as showing "a genuine Pre-Raphaelite intensity of vision" (Christopher Wood, Victorian Painting in Oils and Watercolours, 1996). In spring 1909, he held a solo show at the Baillie Gallery, London, entitled ‘Cottages and their Gardens’.

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A collection of 19th century photographs of German cities, landscapes and festivals has just been published in a book and provides an intriguing insight into how the country has changed -- and how it has remained the same.

This listing is for a crystal cluster slide with ribbon necklace. When added to a ribbon, it gives it a bolo tie effect but for the 17th or 18th century. The ribbon is adjustable to fit anyone and it simulates the detail from Infanta Maria Luisa de Borbon, gran duquesa de Toscana by Anton Rafael Mengs, circa 1770 (first photo). Remove the pendant, leave the crystal, and wear it as a choker. I have many examples of how this was done on my Pinterest page (https://www.pinterest.com/kkwalte/18th-century-ribbon-ruffle-and-lace-necklaces/). The crystal clusters measure a little over 1/2 inch, the red and peridot are smaller at 3/8 inch. The charms are different and they comes in a kit ready for you to put together. Each kit is listed in the drop down, and the photo should correspond to it. When in doubt, just ask. If you are interested in something that I have sold out, please convo me as I may be able to make another. I also offer these with just the crystal and ribbon - for those who have their own pendant, charm, or locket to hang from it. The drop down will show it as "ribbon only."

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Black And White Industrial Wall Art: Fort Clinch Tunnel Photograph - Loose / Frameable / Unframed / Frameless Wall Art Print - ArtworkAbout This Rustic Home Decor Wall Art: Fort Clinch Tunnel is a vertically oriented black and white interior scene of a hand built tunnelway from historic Fort Clinch in Fernandina Beach, FL. "The Fort Clinch State Park is a Florida State Park, located on a peninsula near the northernmost point of Amelia Island, along the Amelia River. Its 1,100 acres include the 19th-century Fort Clinch, sand dunes, plains, maritime hammock and estuarine tidal marsh. The park and fort lie to the northeast of Fernandina Beach at the entrance to the Cumberland Sound." - WikipediaThis rustic interior wall art print will add a touch of American history to your living and work spaces. Title: Fort Clinch Tunnel Black and WhitePhotographer: Melissa FagueGenre: Architectural photography Created: 2022 SKU: ARCH-0006Orientation: Vertical (Portrait)

Today, furniture fills our living and working spaces. It makes a statement about our taste for practicality and aesthetics. But it wasn't always so. At the beginning of the 18th century, only the aristocracy or merchant class could

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In 2015 I had less than a week to make a gown for the Saturday night gala, so it had to be something simple, fast and straight forward. I decided to make a Victorian court presentation gown after one

About This very handsome 40" tal marble bust was hand-carved in Italy in the Grand Tour period. Made of rouge- grey- and Statuario-Marbles. Circa 1860. It is possibly of Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger.