DOI issue:
No. 82 (January, 1900)
DOI article:British decorative art in 1899, and the Arts And Crafts Exhibition, [4]
DOI Page / Citation link:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19783#0299
Arts and Crafts
portrait, though based only upon such materials as
were available post mortem. An alternative model
was submitted by Mr. Pomeroy, showing Mr.
Gladstone wearing the robes of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, but was rejected in favour of one
in plain dress. Mr. Pomeroy, however, has intro-
duced the official robe for draping the support
which is of structural necessity for marble figures.
The statue is destined to stand in the Houses of
Parliament, in the lobby between the two chambers,
and will be unveiled probably towards the end of
February when the members re-assemble for the
commencement of the session.
It is evident that Miss E. M. Rope has a peculiar
faculty for the portrayal of child forms in orna-
ment. The plaster relief panel entitled The Morn-
ing of Life, which represents a group of children
playing on the seashore, with the sun, half hidden
behind a ship in full sail, rising over the waters in
the horizon; and that also of Christ Blessing Little
Children, a well-balanced composition, in which
special dignity is given to the central figure by the
heightening of the frame over the head, were both
exhibited at the New Gallery last year. A pleasant
tone is attained by washing the plaster with a thin
wash of brown or buff colour, which, flowing into
the hollows, helps to accentuate the more pro-
minent portions of the modelling.
Miss Helen Langley's ceiling panel was modelled
for Mr. T. E. Collcutt, the architect, foi the house of
one of his clients, as was also a frieze to accompany
the former decoration. Both were exhibited at the
Royal Academy in 1898. A pair of cockatoos are
introduced into the corner space, while the panel,
a graceful and pleasing composition, depicts two
winged children, the one playing upon a horn, and
the other holding a scroll of music. To the Arts and
Crafts Exhibition of the succeeding year Miss
Eangley contributed a replica of the frieze, coloured,
with the background gilt. The subject, in harmony
with that of the ceiling, is a group of five children
CEILING PANEL EY MISS HELEN LAN CLE Y
portrait, though based only upon such materials as
were available post mortem. An alternative model
was submitted by Mr. Pomeroy, showing Mr.
Gladstone wearing the robes of the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, but was rejected in favour of one
in plain dress. Mr. Pomeroy, however, has intro-
duced the official robe for draping the support
which is of structural necessity for marble figures.
The statue is destined to stand in the Houses of
Parliament, in the lobby between the two chambers,
and will be unveiled probably towards the end of
February when the members re-assemble for the
commencement of the session.
It is evident that Miss E. M. Rope has a peculiar
faculty for the portrayal of child forms in orna-
ment. The plaster relief panel entitled The Morn-
ing of Life, which represents a group of children
playing on the seashore, with the sun, half hidden
behind a ship in full sail, rising over the waters in
the horizon; and that also of Christ Blessing Little
Children, a well-balanced composition, in which
special dignity is given to the central figure by the
heightening of the frame over the head, were both
exhibited at the New Gallery last year. A pleasant
tone is attained by washing the plaster with a thin
wash of brown or buff colour, which, flowing into
the hollows, helps to accentuate the more pro-
minent portions of the modelling.
Miss Helen Langley's ceiling panel was modelled
for Mr. T. E. Collcutt, the architect, foi the house of
one of his clients, as was also a frieze to accompany
the former decoration. Both were exhibited at the
Royal Academy in 1898. A pair of cockatoos are
introduced into the corner space, while the panel,
a graceful and pleasing composition, depicts two
winged children, the one playing upon a horn, and
the other holding a scroll of music. To the Arts and
Crafts Exhibition of the succeeding year Miss
Eangley contributed a replica of the frieze, coloured,
with the background gilt. The subject, in harmony
with that of the ceiling, is a group of five children
CEILING PANEL EY MISS HELEN LAN CLE Y