DOI Heft:
No. 295 (October 1917)
DOI Artikel:Studio-talk
DOI Seite / Zitierlink: https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.21264#0047
Studio-Talk
PROCESSIONAL CROSS IN GILT BRONZE. DESIGNED
BY EDWARD SPENCER, MADE BY ERIC ROSS
AND FRANK JOBE (ARTIFICERS’ GUILD)
gesso gilt or coloured, pearl shell being used
effectively for the nimbus with its gilded motto
on raised gesso, and for the body of the dragon.
The armour of St. George and the dragon’s
head, legs, and wings are gilded, the sword and
rocky ground silvered, while the dark red
lining of the white mantle and the red cross on
the white shield form effective colour-relief in
the general design.
The General Committee appointed in 1915
to carry into effect the decision of the War
Cabinet to establish a National War Museum
has submitted an outline scheme for the con-
sideration of the Government. It is intended
that the proposed museum shall commemorate
“ all the activities called forth by the war at
home, in the Dominions, and in India, at all the
fronts and on the sea,” and it is proposed that
one of its main features shall be a “ Hall of
Honour ” containing portraits and statues of
those whose pre-eminent achievements are
worthy of special honour, while another impor-
tant feature suggested is a memorial gallery
in which'future generations may see inscribed
BRONZE GRAVE CROSS. DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER
MADE BY C. MOXEY (ARTIFICERS’ GUILD)
31
in bronze the names of all the thousands who
have given their lives in the gigantic struggle.
The scheme which the Committee has in view is
a comprehensive and ambitious one, and its
realization must of course wait till the restora-
tion of peace. There are indeed abundant
reasons why an undertaking of this magnitude,
if it is to be truly representative of the nation,
should not be entered upon without ample
opportunities for discussion. The site sug-
gested by the Committee, on the south side
of the Thames, near Westminster Bridge, is
certainly open to criticism, and we should have
thought that some better location could have
been found on the northern side of the river.
And then again, seeing that the co-operation of
artists is to be invoked, it would not be right
PROCESSIONAL CROSS IN GILT BRONZE. DESIGNED
BY EDWARD SPENCER, MADE BY ERIC ROSS
AND FRANK JOBE (ARTIFICERS’ GUILD)
gesso gilt or coloured, pearl shell being used
effectively for the nimbus with its gilded motto
on raised gesso, and for the body of the dragon.
The armour of St. George and the dragon’s
head, legs, and wings are gilded, the sword and
rocky ground silvered, while the dark red
lining of the white mantle and the red cross on
the white shield form effective colour-relief in
the general design.
The General Committee appointed in 1915
to carry into effect the decision of the War
Cabinet to establish a National War Museum
has submitted an outline scheme for the con-
sideration of the Government. It is intended
that the proposed museum shall commemorate
“ all the activities called forth by the war at
home, in the Dominions, and in India, at all the
fronts and on the sea,” and it is proposed that
one of its main features shall be a “ Hall of
Honour ” containing portraits and statues of
those whose pre-eminent achievements are
worthy of special honour, while another impor-
tant feature suggested is a memorial gallery
in which'future generations may see inscribed
BRONZE GRAVE CROSS. DESIGNED BY EDWARD SPENCER
MADE BY C. MOXEY (ARTIFICERS’ GUILD)
31
in bronze the names of all the thousands who
have given their lives in the gigantic struggle.
The scheme which the Committee has in view is
a comprehensive and ambitious one, and its
realization must of course wait till the restora-
tion of peace. There are indeed abundant
reasons why an undertaking of this magnitude,
if it is to be truly representative of the nation,
should not be entered upon without ample
opportunities for discussion. The site sug-
gested by the Committee, on the south side
of the Thames, near Westminster Bridge, is
certainly open to criticism, and we should have
thought that some better location could have
been found on the northern side of the river.
And then again, seeing that the co-operation of
artists is to be invoked, it would not be right