DOI issue:
No. 128 (November, 1903)
DOI article:Browne, G. Ulick: Some remarks on the work of S. Pepys Cockerell
DOI Page / Citation link: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.19880#0136
The Work of S. Pepys Cockerell
call ed, is evidently derived from Greek Art in the
first place, and then from the Renaissance.
As an example of the foregoing very brief and
meag re remarks the mural monument in the church
at Haslemere, Surrey, may be cited. The calm,
beautiful expression on the faces, and the floating
attitudes of the figures of the angels, convey a
deeply religious and reverential feeling—the rigid,
folds of the draperies, being hard and sharp after
the manner of Mino da Fiesole, give an idea of
severity; while the whole effect, suggesting, as it
does, rest, peace, and faith,* without being sombre
or heavy, is singularly beautiful and refined both
in design and treatment.
Moreover, the laws of dynamics are not over-
* The motto ("Pax et Fides") ot the man to whom the
memorial is dedicated is incised in the actual monument over the
heads of the angels.
medallion portrait of s. pepys cockerell
by onslow ford, r.a.
looked or outraged, as is fre-
quently the case in similar
instances. The scrolls at the
ends of the large, heavy slab
which bears the inscription
serve the purpose of handles,
and give the idea that the
weight can thereby be easily
supported.
The full-sized plaster cast of
this monument was exhibited
at the Royal Academy this
year.
In the drawing room at
Lythe Hill, Haslemere is a
ceiling divided into panels sur-
rounded by arabesques. These
panels, numbering in all ten,
are by Pepys Cockerell. They
are in bas-relief. That in
the centre represents the four
seasons — four female figures
circling round each other, de-
picting by draperies, fruits, and
other accessories the times and
seasons of the year, and their
products. The other panels
contain similar groups of two or
single figures, and all give an
idea of sweeping, graceful move-
ment without being fidgety or
" busy." Over a bay window is
' cupid seated on a hare " by s. pepys cockerell a vei7 pleasing design of Venus
"9
call ed, is evidently derived from Greek Art in the
first place, and then from the Renaissance.
As an example of the foregoing very brief and
meag re remarks the mural monument in the church
at Haslemere, Surrey, may be cited. The calm,
beautiful expression on the faces, and the floating
attitudes of the figures of the angels, convey a
deeply religious and reverential feeling—the rigid,
folds of the draperies, being hard and sharp after
the manner of Mino da Fiesole, give an idea of
severity; while the whole effect, suggesting, as it
does, rest, peace, and faith,* without being sombre
or heavy, is singularly beautiful and refined both
in design and treatment.
Moreover, the laws of dynamics are not over-
* The motto ("Pax et Fides") ot the man to whom the
memorial is dedicated is incised in the actual monument over the
heads of the angels.
medallion portrait of s. pepys cockerell
by onslow ford, r.a.
looked or outraged, as is fre-
quently the case in similar
instances. The scrolls at the
ends of the large, heavy slab
which bears the inscription
serve the purpose of handles,
and give the idea that the
weight can thereby be easily
supported.
The full-sized plaster cast of
this monument was exhibited
at the Royal Academy this
year.
In the drawing room at
Lythe Hill, Haslemere is a
ceiling divided into panels sur-
rounded by arabesques. These
panels, numbering in all ten,
are by Pepys Cockerell. They
are in bas-relief. That in
the centre represents the four
seasons — four female figures
circling round each other, de-
picting by draperies, fruits, and
other accessories the times and
seasons of the year, and their
products. The other panels
contain similar groups of two or
single figures, and all give an
idea of sweeping, graceful move-
ment without being fidgety or
" busy." Over a bay window is
' cupid seated on a hare " by s. pepys cockerell a vei7 pleasing design of Venus
"9