File:Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions (1881) (14801702543).jpg

Identifier: examplesofworkso01sout (find matches)
Title: Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions
Year: 1881 (1880s)
Authors: South Kensington Museum
Subjects: Art objects
Publisher: London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Smithsonian Libraries

View Book Page: Book Viewer
About This Book: Catalog Entry
View All Images: All Images From Book
Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book.

Text Appearing Before Image:
'
Text Appearing After Image:
1-33 EN i R A L .. - L O A N C 0 Li ; St U T H KENSINGTON MliSEO M VIEW ACROSS THE CENTRAL OR LOAN COURT. CAPTAIN FOWKE, R.E. (who died in December, 1865) designedthis court, which was opened in 1862 ; and the decorations areby Godfrey Sykes. Brown relieved with gold and blue with white formthe key of the scale of colour. All the iron columns, ribs, and girdersare exposed to view and have been treated as surfaces for decoration ; eventhe bolts and rivets form ornamental details. On the upper part are shown some of the portraits, in mosaic, of menconnected with the arts from the earliest times to the present. 7 !;„: _ „ »„ ; ; -;, V*;, tI ,1™ BaKSBmHiLWJiii 1 yt 1 I.jjj h,: if 1 P^^^^^8K!H!8li I Hi !i liffrl 1 11 E.■ ~;l ; 11 wBk^Ji/ vskbskiijilfp/ ^-^pM ■:!; 1111 j; (;;j;Bfr^jf jr 1 ) i ,/i IK ■^k\ 1 1 1 lli 1 IT sSCmSwI f ■ ■■■■■a 1 ■-■^iy lli 111 mmM ! : !;/ -fr -. ■- j-_ j — ■- .... fe — ^.—^^^-- =- —~=z i.fi Wm^^m ~~ ■ - 3il, Panel of W

Note About Images