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Allegorical figures from classical antiquity are used to give the design stature and gravitas—with Athena or Minerva (goddess of wisdom, craft, and war) to the right and Asclepius (hero and god of medicine) to the left, and possibly Marcus Aurelius on horseback in the centre. This design is very similar to other commemorative plates by Smirke dating from 1803, such as his famous ‘The Victory of the Nile’ (National Portrait Gallery, London), engraved by John Landseer, which features medallion portraits of Lord Nelson and his fourteen naval captains, flanked by allegorical figures of Fame and Nile—in tribute to Nelson's victory over the French at the Battle of the Nile in 1798.This beautiful study has a sensitivity and charm which is lost in the more grand and formal finished, engraved plates.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is one of two drawings by Smirke that we have for sale, which we acquired as a pair.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Somerset \u0026 Wood","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51993199903049,"sku":"JJ-254","price":280.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0930\/4306\/5161\/files\/jj-254.jpg?v=1743155005"},{"product_id":"copperplate-poem-elegy-to-edward-with-mother-child-ink-drawing-1834-jm-014","title":"Mother \u0026 Child with Copperplate Poem, Elegy To Edward – 1834 Ink Drawing","description":"\u003cp\u003eAn original 1834 pen \u0026amp; ink drawing Copperplate Poem Elegy To Edward with Mother \u0026amp; Child Drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA poignant elegaic poem in beautiful copperplate, by an unknown hand. 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The image is a curious hybrid of rational mathematics and opposing Dionysian sensuality. Two satyrs encircle the cartouche, punningly winged like the 'satyr' butterfly, holding 3D shapes; the figure in the centre is possibly Euclid, the Greek mathematician often referred to as the 'founder of geometry'. The composition is also a sumptuous example of fluid and scrolling rococo design, with a touch of the grotesque.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBarrett is best known for his book 'The History and Antiquities of the City of Bristol', 1789, which he illustrated with copper-plate engravings and opens with a cartouche design similar in style to the present drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn grisaille wash on laid paper. 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From what at first appears an unassuming sketch unfolds a story of one of the 18th century's most important feminists and a home at the centre of an alternative, bohemian social milieu of Regency England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBenham Park was the home of Elizabeth Craven (1750–1828), author, playwright and travel writer. Elizabeth, née Berkeley, was married to William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, until his death in 1791. Benham, as it is seen in this drawing, was built for William Craven by Henry Holland and Capability Brown in 1775, designed in a handsome neoclassical style. The house overlooks the picturesque valley of the River Kennet to the south, an area formerly water meadows, crossed by several waterways.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElizabeth Craven was a celebrated society hostess and beauty. She included amongst her friends Horace Walpole, visiting his home at Strawberry Hill and some of her early work was published on the Strawberry Hill Press. But she had been pushed to marry William against her will aged just sixteen, and their marriage was unhappy and full of scandal. After thirteen years, seven children, and affairs reported on both sides, the couple parted permanently in 1780. Thereafter she lived at Versailles, Paris and travelled extensively on the Continent and in the Levant. In 1789 Walpole encouraged her to publish the story of her travels, 'A Journey through the Crimea to Constantinople'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst in Europe, Elizabeth became involved with Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach. During her years at the Ansbach court, she formed an amateur theatre at court and wrote several plays in French. She went on to marry the Margrave in 1791. Back in England, they bought a house at Fulham overlooking the Thames which they called Brandenburg House. Here Elizabeth mounted numerous theatrical productions at her private theatre and also at Benham Park. Often these plays touched on the theme of women’s status in marriage or the oppressive custom of arranged marriage. She and her circle of unconventional friends, artists, musicians, writers, French emigrés, wits and wags, created a high-spirited atmosphere and a riot of amusement.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmongst these friends was the wealthy London merchant and accomplished amateur artist and actor John Colley Nixon (c.1755–1818), who has here drawn Benham Park in 1800. Nixon acted in many of Craven's productions at Benham and at Brandenburg House. He was a part of the fashionable artistic set and served as Secretary of the bohemian Beefsteak Club, one of London's earliest clubs. He was a close friend of Thomas Rowlandson and was himself a talented caricature artist. He also produced many topographical drawings and was friends with the topographer and satirist Captain Francis Grose, who accompanied him on one of the frequent trips to Ireland. 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In 1841–2 he worked in Rome as an assistant to the major neoclassical sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen. Steven's own work was strongly influenced by Italian High Renaissance style; this neoclassical frieze design features a winged putto, classical pedestals, scrolls and laurel wreath, along with ribbon festoons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExecuted in black chalk with black wash, the design is inscribed 'Black Panel[?]', suggesting that it is possibly the design for a cast iron fire surround or chimney piece; highlights in white bodycolour mimic the sheen on black cast iron. In 1850 Stevens became chief designer to a Sheffield firm, Messrs. Hoole and Robson, who specialised in metalwork and won renown for metalwork exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He also did work for the Coalbrookdale Iron Company. The festoon ribbons in this design are similar to a cast iron fire surround designed by Stevens for Colebrookdale, now in Colebrookdale Museum of Iron. Stevens' most famous commissions include the chimneypiece for the dining room of Dorchester House in London, and the monument to the Duke of Wellington in St Paul's Cathedral. His work was highly influential to sculptors of the New Sculpture movement, Frederic Leighton, George Frederic Watts and Hamo Thornycroft.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis design is perhaps particularly interesting as evidence of the artist's working process, given the fragmented, composite nature of the piece. The paper appears to have been repeatedly recomposed and extended, consisting of at least four separate segments, which have been laid down on a backing—apparently by the artist himself. The backing sheet has a further sculptural head sketch on the verso, along with the artist's signature. 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The print closely, but not exactly, matches the present drawing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whereabouts of the Bunbury original is unclear, as is its relationship to our drawing, but the style and competence of the hand, and the existence of the complementary pair, suggest that this is likely by Bunbury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe subject of the drawing is Rebecca Rushout (1740–1818), daughter of Humphrey Bowles of Wanstead, who married John Rushout in 1766. He succeeded his father as 5th Baronet in 1773 and was created Baron Northwick in 1797. Lady Rushout is depicted with two of her five children—possibly the two eldest, Anne and Harriet. John Rushout became celebrated as one of the most important collectors of Old Master Pictures in the 19th Century, as well as of works by contemporary British artists. 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