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THE CRYSTAL PALACE AND ITS CONTENTS;
An advertisement wns issued on
the 23yd of,March, I860, and exten-
sively published in tho English and
Foreign journals, inviting tho artists
of all countries to compote for tho
designs for the reverses of three bronze
medals, illustrative of t-lio objects of
the Exhibition, or appropriate as tho
reward of successful competition] and
offering at tho same time three pr
of 100!. each for the throe designs for
the reverses which might appear tho
most meritorious and tho most suit-
able to tho purposes of the Commis-
sioners, and throe prizes of o02. each
for tho •three best designs which were
not accepted, the Commission era re-
serving to themselves tho right of
mating such arrangements for exe-
cuting tho successful designs as might
appear.to tltcm to bo tho best. In
consequence of this advertisement, one
hundred and twenty-nine designs were
sent in, and were publicly exhibited
in the rooms of the Society of Arts.
Tho Commissioners appointed tho fol-
lowing gentlemen to act as a committee
for soloctiiig tho best designs:—Lord
Colborno, W. Dice, Esq., K.A., J. Gib-
son, Esq., R.A., M Eugene Lami,
0. Newton, Esq., of tho British Museum, Hcrr
Gustavo "Waagcn, who, on the 2'Jth of June, rcpor
j that they had selected the following
| of Paris; Mr. Leonard C. Wyon, c
THE PRIZE MEDALS. £100 EACH.
J. D. Passavaut, and Br. j fully modelled group,
■ted to the Commissioners j Motto—"ArtiScis tacitie quod
-100/. each iMons.HippolytoEormanle]
London; Mr. G. G. Adams, of Loudon!
502. each : Mr. John Hancock, of Lon.
don; Mods. L. Wiener, of Brussels;.
Mons. Gayrard, of Paris. We a\-'t
engravings of tho three medals ac-
cepted.
M. Boimardel's Medal shows Mer-
eury holding a female figure by the
hand (apparently intended to represent
Industry, from the anvil, locomotive, .
&c,, near her), in front of a figure of
Britannia, standing on a slightly nitc-l
platform, with both hands extended,
holding wreaths: flags of different
nations make up the background. ;
E= Motto: "Est etiam in magno quted&u
* - rcspublica inundo."
' Mr, Wi/on'n Medal—Britannia,seated,
~" is placing with one hand a laurel
wreath on the head of an emblematical
figure of Industry; and leading li«
forth with the right hand. Behind, at*
representations of the four 'quarters
of the world, who have brought In-
dustry to Britannia. To tho .right are
emblems of the four sections:—1. Tho
cotton plant and wheat-sheaf; 2. A
wheel; 3. A balo of goods; i. "Avaa
Motto—" Dissociate locis concordi p*s
ligavit."
Mr. G. G. Jfatois's Medal is a gracs-
low relief, of Fame, [Industry, and Commerce.
THE AMAZON, BY KISS OF BERLIN:
Thi; Colossal Group of tho Amazon attacked by a tigress, by Kiss of
Berlin, is one of tho miu'vels of tho Great Exhibition', and has received mora
tributes of unqualified praino than perhaps any uthev single object in tho
Crystal Palace. It is certainly a wry masterly production, and in a. style which
is almost new to sculptors of our day ; though at the same time, from the
nature of the subject, it is not entitled to rank with works in the highest
class of sculpture. It is moro animal than spiritual; the conception more
startling than poofcic. For tho Amazon, it is a figure of tremendous
energy, Tho manner in which she ia represented, ns having thrown herself
back out of her ordinary scat, in order to got beyond tho reach of j*
tiger, whoso claws arc already deep dug in the neck and flanks of tho hoj-';. F>,
whilst she takes deliberate aim for a single and critical blow at the bea" ^
the'savage monster, is admirably conceived and carried out; tho face fl'i
its mixed expression of terror and determination, is of it-self a study s"^ :
cientfor an entire work in sculpture. Tho horse and tiger are °°\ f
masterpieces-in their way, but unfortunately moro than divide tho '" j|~0 >
with the human subject. This work is a copy in zinc, bronzed, *"!'onl(TS
original in bronze, erected in 1S30, at tho foot of the steps before t
Museum at Berlin; having boon made a present io the King of Prussia "•
Society of Amateurs.
An advertisement wns issued on
the 23yd of,March, I860, and exten-
sively published in tho English and
Foreign journals, inviting tho artists
of all countries to compote for tho
designs for the reverses of three bronze
medals, illustrative of t-lio objects of
the Exhibition, or appropriate as tho
reward of successful competition] and
offering at tho same time three pr
of 100!. each for the throe designs for
the reverses which might appear tho
most meritorious and tho most suit-
able to tho purposes of the Commis-
sioners, and throe prizes of o02. each
for tho •three best designs which were
not accepted, the Commission era re-
serving to themselves tho right of
mating such arrangements for exe-
cuting tho successful designs as might
appear.to tltcm to bo tho best. In
consequence of this advertisement, one
hundred and twenty-nine designs were
sent in, and were publicly exhibited
in the rooms of the Society of Arts.
Tho Commissioners appointed tho fol-
lowing gentlemen to act as a committee
for soloctiiig tho best designs:—Lord
Colborno, W. Dice, Esq., K.A., J. Gib-
son, Esq., R.A., M Eugene Lami,
0. Newton, Esq., of tho British Museum, Hcrr
Gustavo "Waagcn, who, on the 2'Jth of June, rcpor
j that they had selected the following
| of Paris; Mr. Leonard C. Wyon, c
THE PRIZE MEDALS. £100 EACH.
J. D. Passavaut, and Br. j fully modelled group,
■ted to the Commissioners j Motto—"ArtiScis tacitie quod
-100/. each iMons.HippolytoEormanle]
London; Mr. G. G. Adams, of Loudon!
502. each : Mr. John Hancock, of Lon.
don; Mods. L. Wiener, of Brussels;.
Mons. Gayrard, of Paris. We a\-'t
engravings of tho three medals ac-
cepted.
M. Boimardel's Medal shows Mer-
eury holding a female figure by the
hand (apparently intended to represent
Industry, from the anvil, locomotive, .
&c,, near her), in front of a figure of
Britannia, standing on a slightly nitc-l
platform, with both hands extended,
holding wreaths: flags of different
nations make up the background. ;
E= Motto: "Est etiam in magno quted&u
* - rcspublica inundo."
' Mr, Wi/on'n Medal—Britannia,seated,
~" is placing with one hand a laurel
wreath on the head of an emblematical
figure of Industry; and leading li«
forth with the right hand. Behind, at*
representations of the four 'quarters
of the world, who have brought In-
dustry to Britannia. To tho .right are
emblems of the four sections:—1. Tho
cotton plant and wheat-sheaf; 2. A
wheel; 3. A balo of goods; i. "Avaa
Motto—" Dissociate locis concordi p*s
ligavit."
Mr. G. G. Jfatois's Medal is a gracs-
low relief, of Fame, [Industry, and Commerce.
THE AMAZON, BY KISS OF BERLIN:
Thi; Colossal Group of tho Amazon attacked by a tigress, by Kiss of
Berlin, is one of tho miu'vels of tho Great Exhibition', and has received mora
tributes of unqualified praino than perhaps any uthev single object in tho
Crystal Palace. It is certainly a wry masterly production, and in a. style which
is almost new to sculptors of our day ; though at the same time, from the
nature of the subject, it is not entitled to rank with works in the highest
class of sculpture. It is moro animal than spiritual; the conception more
startling than poofcic. For tho Amazon, it is a figure of tremendous
energy, Tho manner in which she ia represented, ns having thrown herself
back out of her ordinary scat, in order to got beyond tho reach of j*
tiger, whoso claws arc already deep dug in the neck and flanks of tho hoj-';. F>,
whilst she takes deliberate aim for a single and critical blow at the bea" ^
the'savage monster, is admirably conceived and carried out; tho face fl'i
its mixed expression of terror and determination, is of it-self a study s"^ :
cientfor an entire work in sculpture. Tho horse and tiger are °°\ f
masterpieces-in their way, but unfortunately moro than divide tho '" j|~0 >
with the human subject. This work is a copy in zinc, bronzed, *"!'onl(TS
original in bronze, erected in 1S30, at tho foot of the steps before t
Museum at Berlin; having boon made a present io the King of Prussia "•
Society of Amateurs.