Art treasures of the United Kingdom from the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester. Edited by J. B. Waring. Chromo lithographed by F. Bedford. The drawings on wood by R. Dudley. With essays by Owen Jones, Digby Wyatt, A. W. Franks, J. B. Waring, J. C. Robinson & G. Scharf, Jun (1858)
Waring, J. B. (John Burley), 1823-1875, Dudley, Robert, Lynch, James Henry, -1868, Bedford, Francis, 1816-1894, Walker, Edmund, Vinter, John Alfred, approximately 1828-1905 · London, Day and Son · leaf 227
s worked with sculpture. In 1380 (inventory of Charles V.), bellows ornamented with enamel and a large pearl, and two of silver enamelled with fleurs-de-lis and the arms of the Dauphin. In the “ Comptes royaux,” 1391, we find they were suspended by rings, of course close to the fireplace : the… … A Pair of Bellows, from IheSotUageS collection. Remission,” a. i>. 1400, — “ Tay toi, tu n’yez pas digne de parler, mets ta teste en un soufflet.” During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, bellows became a favourite subject for the sculptor in wood and metal to exercise his art upon; in the…
Art Treasures Exhibition (1857 : Manchester, England)
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