Narrow Results By
Boats, Winches and Pulleys
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactcoj.03.035
- Date
- c. 1870
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.035
- Description
- The frame has been divided into three squares, from top left to right; - no. 1 12.5x9cm. has two pole shapes and wires running from it. - the no. 2, 9x10cm. is shaded shapes. - the third in the shape of a backwards L could be the front part of a ship with the anchor winch shown and a large block an…
1 image
- Title
- Boats, Winches and Pulleys
- Date
- c. 1870
- Medium
- graphite on paper board
- Dimensions
- 26.5 x 18.5 cm
- Description
- The frame has been divided into three squares, from top left to right; - no. 1 12.5x9cm. has two pole shapes and wires running from it. - the no. 2, 9x10cm. is shaded shapes. - the third in the shape of a backwards L could be the front part of a ship with the anchor winch shown and a large block and tackle on cable above. Marks; the cardboard has been cracked through the vertical middle.“Collings spent the first 40 years of his life in South Devon, only a few miles from the coast. Harbour views, often with boats, dominate his early work. This studious sketch, with the paper divided into three sections to accommodate mast, reflection, and winch details, was probably made when the artist was about 20.” -- “Charles John Collings, 1848-1931” Catalogue Raisonne by Linda Heath
- Subject
- landscape
- Credit
- Gift of John Rivette, Seymour Arm, 1984
- Catalogue Number
- CoJ.03.035
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.
Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)
https://archives.whyte.org/en/permalink/artifactsep.15.01
- Date
- prior to 1880
- Medium
- silk
- Catalogue Number
- SeP.15.01
- Description
- A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) …
1 image
- Title
- Procession of Daimyo (Feudal Lords)
- Date
- prior to 1880
- Medium
- silk
- Dimensions
- 40.0 x 84.0 cm
- Description
- A three-dimensional silk scene of various insects in procession depicting a feudal lord going up to the capital city. The insects and all elements of the picture are hand made of silk on a silk background. Extremely fine work, exceptional detail. Leading the procession are 3 grasshoppers (heralds) followed by: 2 wasps carrying blue flowers, 2 crickets carrying morning glory flowers, 2 grasshoppers (big and strong) carrying biggest standards, 2 mantis carrying chest, 4 bearers (grasshoppers, 2 carrying, 2 backups) carrying a golden beetle (feudal lord) in a fine insect cage, 8 dancers (wasps), one lagging behind, 1 large grasshopper bearing beetle (parade marshall), 11 wasps and grasshoppers carrying food staples. i.e. honeycone, rice, wheat, beans, persimmon hill left foreground and right background with light brush strokes depicting grasses. Gold powder used as scenery highlights. Ref. pp 14-15, Vol.I,E.S. Morse Japan Day by Day, Houghton Mifflin Co., Riverside Press Cambridge, Boston and New York, 1917. Same artist, Seppo, made fans 103.08.0261 in Whyte House - WH-U2 sw.
- Subject
- mythological
- insect
- Credit
- Gift of Catharine Robb Whyte, O. C., Banff, 1979
- Catalogue Number
- SeP.15.01
Images
This material is presented as originally created; it may contain outdated cultural descriptions and
potentially offensive content.
Read more.