DOI issue:
No. 54 (September, 1897)
DOI article:The national competition: South Kensington, 1897$nElektronische Ressource
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.18389#0289
The National Competition
H. A. Wright (Bradford),
B. Whittaker (Maccles-
field), Constance Smith
(Glasgow), W. Rewcastle
(Glasgow), and W. F.
Brown (Glasgow), can be
only named in passing,
although these and espe-
cially the frieze and filling
by H. D. Richter (Bath),
and the printed hanging
by J. B. Gibson (Glasgow),
deserve more detailed ap-
preciation.
The sculpture is up to
its high level again. Ruby
Levick (South Kensing-
ton, gold medal) has a
really fine group of two
wrestlers, not merely vigor-
ous in conception but
handled with something
like mastery. Another
group, the same motive,
by John Conway Blatch-
ford (Bristol), is also
extraordinarily good. A
fountain by F. P. Marriott
(New Cross) is pleasant in
every way. A series of
weird (the adjective is used
purposely) imaginings in
bas-relief, by C. A. Shee-
han of Bristol, typifying
" Sin, Poverty, Power,"
and the like, have some-
thing of the extravagance
of Blake; a pulpit by the
same hand is also notable,
but Mr. Sheehan seems in
danger of letting unreality
gain the upper hand. A
good In Memoriam tablet
by James Morris (Birming-
ham) should not be for-
gotten. The gold-medalled
fireplace by E. G. Gillick
(Nottingham), has a very
excellent figure for one of
its caryatides.
The life models, by
Stanley M. Babb (South
Kensington, silver medal),
DESIGNS FOR TAIL-PIECES BY T. T. BI.AYLOCK W, B. BinilS (Bristol),
260
H. A. Wright (Bradford),
B. Whittaker (Maccles-
field), Constance Smith
(Glasgow), W. Rewcastle
(Glasgow), and W. F.
Brown (Glasgow), can be
only named in passing,
although these and espe-
cially the frieze and filling
by H. D. Richter (Bath),
and the printed hanging
by J. B. Gibson (Glasgow),
deserve more detailed ap-
preciation.
The sculpture is up to
its high level again. Ruby
Levick (South Kensing-
ton, gold medal) has a
really fine group of two
wrestlers, not merely vigor-
ous in conception but
handled with something
like mastery. Another
group, the same motive,
by John Conway Blatch-
ford (Bristol), is also
extraordinarily good. A
fountain by F. P. Marriott
(New Cross) is pleasant in
every way. A series of
weird (the adjective is used
purposely) imaginings in
bas-relief, by C. A. Shee-
han of Bristol, typifying
" Sin, Poverty, Power,"
and the like, have some-
thing of the extravagance
of Blake; a pulpit by the
same hand is also notable,
but Mr. Sheehan seems in
danger of letting unreality
gain the upper hand. A
good In Memoriam tablet
by James Morris (Birming-
ham) should not be for-
gotten. The gold-medalled
fireplace by E. G. Gillick
(Nottingham), has a very
excellent figure for one of
its caryatides.
The life models, by
Stanley M. Babb (South
Kensington, silver medal),
DESIGNS FOR TAIL-PIECES BY T. T. BI.AYLOCK W, B. BinilS (Bristol),
260