LOOK 1800s F. R. PICKERSGILL Engraving “Valley of Humiliation” FRAMED Signed COA$429.00
LOOK 1800s F. R. PICKERSGILL Engraving “Valley of Humiliation” FRAMED Signed COA
$429.00
Artist: Frederick Richard Pickersgill RA (English, 1820 – 1900)
Title: Christian in the Valley of Humiliation
Medium: Antique engraving on wove paper after the original painting by master engraver George Greatbach (British, 1819-1884).
Year: 1864
Signature: Signed in the plate
Condition: Excellent
Dimensions: Image Size 7 5/8 x 9 1/8 inches.
Framed Dimensions: Approximately 17 x 18 inches.
Framing: This piece has been professionally matted and framed using all new materials.
Christian conducted by Charity, Prudence, Piety and Discretion, into the Valley of Humiliation; Christian in armor walking in the center towards the viewer, surrounded by the four allegorical women, a view in the left background.
Frederick Richard Pickersgill RA was an English painter and book illustrator. Born in London into a family of artists, he was admitted to the Royal Academy Schools in 1840. He exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy between 1839 and 1875. Most of these works depicted scenes drawn from literature. Pickersgill’s The Burial of Harold was accepted as a decoration for the Houses of Parliament in 1847 for the sum of £500. He also did some landscapes under the influence of the Pre-Raphaelites. In 1856 Pickersgill was photographed at The Photography Institute by Robert Howlett, as part of a series of portraits of artists. The picture was among a group exhibited at the Art Treasures Exhibition in Manchester in 1857. In addition, Pickersgill seems to have experimented with photography himself. Pickersgill was elected an Associate of the Royal Academy in 1847 and a full Royal Academician in June 1857, but retired in 1888. He was keeper of the Royal Academy Schools from 1873 to 1887.
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