DOI Heft:
No. 293 (August 1917)
DOI Artikel:Wood, T. Martin: The Beauchamp miniatures at the Victoria and Albert Museum
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21263#0111
The Beauchamp Miniatures at the Victoria and Albert Museum
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the countess of ormonde william, lord russell lady mary wortley-montagu
by nathaniel hone, r.a. (1639-1683) possibly by nathaniel
(signed and dated 1759) artist unknown hone, r.a.
on extraneous sentimental appeal. It is this ideal before the miniaturist was no longer that
last element that disintegrates their style. of a painting, but that of a daguerreotype;
Typical of this weakness is the Engleheart finally it was altogether that of a fashionable
miniature, General Henry, Earl Beauchamp. photograph, in the production of which it seems
To force the sentimen- a retoucher's special
tal appeal this artist ^^SSSSSm^. function to obliterate
generally enlarged the ^<^«<**,***^HB^ everything upon which
eyes of his sitters out of JilfiML. ^@S^ intimate revelation of
all proportion to their &w character depends.
face, aiming at a sweet- Mm ^fIWWk* iHBk _
ness of expression, even mm mm' ■ ^Jm iMk r™, ...
, • , . , m PIL 0tf M ■ 1 he text lllustra-
m male sitters, which mm . ;f<« m ,. ,
mm \w Wm. tions to the foregoing
was truer to a senti- r.m *t ->JlJ mm a. , , ,
/<;■ ■'■k —-3Pf IB article have been re-
mental age and to his ..'pi v^. / n , , ,
„ , ■* IM produced from the
German ancestry than O^H • fflm „. . . , , ,
, , vH Wm sm official photographs ot
to any one he had to IK l^g^ll 3M ,, . . , ,
, 4Ess£*S^§3Es Sm the originals, and we
paint. Miiii^^MB^i^gsS^ ' .mm
The Beauchamp mini- VpH E^S^^SSSr^MWk -Hm)
atures as they 'are set ■ Mm
out at South Kensing- vS H^^^^|n . . yjm
, r TmSmm ttsSSf-SisMSHft; <W- / to use these copyright
ton show specimens of vtlflH ■Egs^mft , , ,
, , HralMH Hȣ2?s5Sii-' photographs, and also
the art upon patch- mWaBKBmmmWZmT ■ 5 \-
r rp. , ., . ^IKsH m affording facilities
boxes. The portrait of ^t^^mWSSsmWiMm ,
r ., ... ,t. ^hBi i II 11 tUE> lor the reproduction of
a favourite like Ninon ^VSb&Ss2s§0|^^ ,
, T , i j i *" the examples which we
de Lenclos would be .
general henry, earl beauchamp illustrate in Colour.—
copied from surface to (1784-1863)
surface with amazing by ge0rge engleheart Ihe Editor.]
skill in preserving the
accepted likeness. But there can be no doubt The pictures purchased by the Chantrey
that the dignity of the miniature suffered in Trustees from the recent Royal Academy ex-
descending from character-reading to titiva- hibition are : A Young Breton, by Glyn Philpot,
tion. Miniaturists ceased to regard their art A.R.A., and Forward,—The Guns, by Lucy
with the former pride. Great artists left Kemp-Welch. Through a misapprehension the
smaller ones to reduce and reproduce their reproduction of Mr. D. Y. Cameron's picture
pictures, until at last we are aware that no The Hills of Lome appeared in our June issue
masters remain in the business, only exquisite with an inscription stating that this work had
copyists, curtailing all promise for the future of been purchased by the Trustees. It has, we
original work. Then came the stage when the learn, been acquired by a private purchaser.
95
desire to acknowledge
the courtesy of the
Director in allowing us
/
the countess of ormonde william, lord russell lady mary wortley-montagu
by nathaniel hone, r.a. (1639-1683) possibly by nathaniel
(signed and dated 1759) artist unknown hone, r.a.
on extraneous sentimental appeal. It is this ideal before the miniaturist was no longer that
last element that disintegrates their style. of a painting, but that of a daguerreotype;
Typical of this weakness is the Engleheart finally it was altogether that of a fashionable
miniature, General Henry, Earl Beauchamp. photograph, in the production of which it seems
To force the sentimen- a retoucher's special
tal appeal this artist ^^SSSSSm^. function to obliterate
generally enlarged the ^<^«<**,***^HB^ everything upon which
eyes of his sitters out of JilfiML. ^@S^ intimate revelation of
all proportion to their &w character depends.
face, aiming at a sweet- Mm ^fIWWk* iHBk _
ness of expression, even mm mm' ■ ^Jm iMk r™, ...
, • , . , m PIL 0tf M ■ 1 he text lllustra-
m male sitters, which mm . ;f<« m ,. ,
mm \w Wm. tions to the foregoing
was truer to a senti- r.m *t ->JlJ mm a. , , ,
/<;■ ■'■k —-3Pf IB article have been re-
mental age and to his ..'pi v^. / n , , ,
„ , ■* IM produced from the
German ancestry than O^H • fflm „. . . , , ,
, , vH Wm sm official photographs ot
to any one he had to IK l^g^ll 3M ,, . . , ,
, 4Ess£*S^§3Es Sm the originals, and we
paint. Miiii^^MB^i^gsS^ ' .mm
The Beauchamp mini- VpH E^S^^SSSr^MWk -Hm)
atures as they 'are set ■ Mm
out at South Kensing- vS H^^^^|n . . yjm
, r TmSmm ttsSSf-SisMSHft; <W- / to use these copyright
ton show specimens of vtlflH ■Egs^mft , , ,
, , HralMH Hȣ2?s5Sii-' photographs, and also
the art upon patch- mWaBKBmmmWZmT ■ 5 \-
r rp. , ., . ^IKsH m affording facilities
boxes. The portrait of ^t^^mWSSsmWiMm ,
r ., ... ,t. ^hBi i II 11 tUE> lor the reproduction of
a favourite like Ninon ^VSb&Ss2s§0|^^ ,
, T , i j i *" the examples which we
de Lenclos would be .
general henry, earl beauchamp illustrate in Colour.—
copied from surface to (1784-1863)
surface with amazing by ge0rge engleheart Ihe Editor.]
skill in preserving the
accepted likeness. But there can be no doubt The pictures purchased by the Chantrey
that the dignity of the miniature suffered in Trustees from the recent Royal Academy ex-
descending from character-reading to titiva- hibition are : A Young Breton, by Glyn Philpot,
tion. Miniaturists ceased to regard their art A.R.A., and Forward,—The Guns, by Lucy
with the former pride. Great artists left Kemp-Welch. Through a misapprehension the
smaller ones to reduce and reproduce their reproduction of Mr. D. Y. Cameron's picture
pictures, until at last we are aware that no The Hills of Lome appeared in our June issue
masters remain in the business, only exquisite with an inscription stating that this work had
copyists, curtailing all promise for the future of been purchased by the Trustees. It has, we
original work. Then came the stage when the learn, been acquired by a private purchaser.
95
desire to acknowledge
the courtesy of the
Director in allowing us