Mediaeval Court: The Great Exhibition of 1851
Medium
Hand-colored lithograph; proof
Dimensions
image: 13 3/4 x 19 9/16 in. (34.9 x 49.7 cm) sheet: 18 1/8 x 25 7/8 in. (46 x 65.8 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1941
Accession Number
41.123.3(5)
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About this artwork
This prints titled "Mediaeval Court: The Great Exhibition of 1851" by Joseph Nash|Dickinson Brothers dates to 1854. Executed in hand-colored lithograph; proof, this work exemplifies the craftsmanship associated with Drawings and Prints. The piece demonstrates the technical skill and artistic vision characteristic of its period. The work's presence in a major museum collection attests to its significance in the broader narrative of art history. As part of institutional holdings, it serves both sc...
About the Artist
Joseph Nash|Dickinson Brothers · 1809–1878
Joseph Nash (1809–1878) was a British watercolorist and lithographer whose richly detailed depictions of English medieval and Tudor architecture established him as one of the most accomplished architectural illustrators of the Victorian era. Born in Great Marlow, Buckinghamshire, Nash trained under Augustus Charles Pugin, the distinguished architectural draughtsman and father of the Gothic Revival...