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THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
which aims at combining the fanciful with the useful.
The female figure is one of those classic productions so
frequently to be found emanating from the prolific ideality
of our Gallic neighbours, possessing the usual pure and
graceful outline which characterises the beautiful in sculp-
ture; it is not, however, of that dignified beaiity which
marks so many of the productions of the ancients, but
rather of that subordinate kind known as the attractive
amongst the various styles. Our artist has sketched these
objects and figures from the stalls of those two manu-
facturers, and displayed his own taste and skill in their
grouping and disposition. Altogether, this group may be
said to exhibit a successful combination of the artistic and
the utilitarian—an end of no small importance in these
iron timts.
by Messrs. Messenger and Sons, of Birmingham—a
interesting group; and Sappho, an exquisitely w"!
subject. In both there is grace, truth, and rmagmatioT
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ttt'EEN MARGAltET AND HER SOX.
Here we<have two most interesting statuettes-Queen
Margaret and her Son interceding with the robbers, de-
signed and modelled by John Bell, and executed in bronze
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SAPPHO.
and it is no small recommendation to them that they can
be produced in a material which is not only elegant and
lasting, but which has the further advantage of being
cheap. The love of the beautiful may thus -be fostered
and encouraged; and it is at least probable that if men's
dwellings arc made more like homes—if their firesides are
sanctified by the presence of grace and loveliness—theft
feelings will become more humanised, more exalted, more
noble, more godlike.
It wants but little imagination to realise the situation in
which the unfortunate Margaret of Anjou was placed after
the disastrous battle of Hexham. She is presenting her
infant boy to the daring robber with the words—" My
friend, to your care I commit the safety of your King's
son ;" and, that poetical justice resulted from so romantic
an incident, it is pleasant to recollect that the fierce man
of blood was touched by her appeal, and that lie not only
defended the Queen and her son from further insult, but
concealed them in the forest till they were enabled to
escape to Flanders. Of a truth, nobility of mind is not
confined to the wearers of court dresses.
THE ILLUSTRATED EXHIBITOR.
which aims at combining the fanciful with the useful.
The female figure is one of those classic productions so
frequently to be found emanating from the prolific ideality
of our Gallic neighbours, possessing the usual pure and
graceful outline which characterises the beautiful in sculp-
ture; it is not, however, of that dignified beaiity which
marks so many of the productions of the ancients, but
rather of that subordinate kind known as the attractive
amongst the various styles. Our artist has sketched these
objects and figures from the stalls of those two manu-
facturers, and displayed his own taste and skill in their
grouping and disposition. Altogether, this group may be
said to exhibit a successful combination of the artistic and
the utilitarian—an end of no small importance in these
iron timts.
by Messrs. Messenger and Sons, of Birmingham—a
interesting group; and Sappho, an exquisitely w"!
subject. In both there is grace, truth, and rmagmatioT
-"""Jiiii-.^imSi'1
ttt'EEN MARGAltET AND HER SOX.
Here we<have two most interesting statuettes-Queen
Margaret and her Son interceding with the robbers, de-
signed and modelled by John Bell, and executed in bronze
-=vii3S50
SAPPHO.
and it is no small recommendation to them that they can
be produced in a material which is not only elegant and
lasting, but which has the further advantage of being
cheap. The love of the beautiful may thus -be fostered
and encouraged; and it is at least probable that if men's
dwellings arc made more like homes—if their firesides are
sanctified by the presence of grace and loveliness—theft
feelings will become more humanised, more exalted, more
noble, more godlike.
It wants but little imagination to realise the situation in
which the unfortunate Margaret of Anjou was placed after
the disastrous battle of Hexham. She is presenting her
infant boy to the daring robber with the words—" My
friend, to your care I commit the safety of your King's
son ;" and, that poetical justice resulted from so romantic
an incident, it is pleasant to recollect that the fierce man
of blood was touched by her appeal, and that lie not only
defended the Queen and her son from further insult, but
concealed them in the forest till they were enabled to
escape to Flanders. Of a truth, nobility of mind is not
confined to the wearers of court dresses.