Fountain Panel
Thomas Jeckyll
1871
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
76.2 × 111.8 cm (30 × 44 in.)
Classification
bronze
Department
Applied Arts of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
214308
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
In the 1850s, the ironworks firm Barnard, Bishop and Barnards contracted Thomas Jeckyll in an effort to adhere to the decade’s burgeoning design reform. In an era increasingly dominated by cheaply produced, low-quality goods, designers began considering how to improve both the design of objects and the conditions of the workers who made them. Having gained prominence through several successful Japanism installations at international exhibitions, Jeckyll became a fashionable designer and the uppe...