Examples of the works of art in the Museum and of the decorations of the building, with brief descriptions (1881)
South Kensington Museum · London, S. Low, Marston, Searle, and Rivington · leaf 7
ds. Nor is the subject always limited tosecular matters : scripture histories are often carved. Upon mirror cases,combs, or other toilet articles, of these stories from the Bible the messagefrom David to Bathsheba is the most frequent. This mirror case measures nearly six inches in diameter. Bought… … T^HE present volume contains representations of nearly eighty speci-mens of works of art, selected from the collections in the SouthKensington Museum. These are printed from etchings which have beenmade by the students—past and present—in training as Art teachers, inthe etching class at the South…
Art objects
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