Main entry:

Weekes, Henry, 1807-1877.

Title & Author:

The prize treatise on the Fine Arts Section of the Great Exhibition of 1851 : submitted to the Society of Arts in competition for their medal / by Henry Weekes, A.R.A.

Publication:

London : Vizetelly and Company, 135 Fleet Street, 1852.

Description:

viii, 150 pages ; 20 cm (8vo)

Notes:
"Printed by Vizetelly and Company, Printers and Engravers, Peterborough Court, Fleet Street" (t.p. verso).
Another copy [B] inscribed on front free endpaper "To Wm. Smith Esq with the author's kind regards."
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Copies [A] and [B] donated by Charles Wentworth Dilke.
Copy [C] donated by John Forster.
Cover title: The prize treatise by Henry Weekes A.R.A.
Donated by William Smith.
Edition bound in red ribbed-morocco grain cloth, panel stamped in blind with the title and author's name lettered in gold on front cover.
Labelled "Duplicate for special use - Smith Bequest."
Library's copy [A] has ownership inscription on title page: "C Wentworth Dilke."
Pencil annotation on t.p. verso: "Copy from Smith bequest to replace damaged Library copy."
Reviewed in Irish Quarterly Review, v.3 : no. 9 (March 1853), p.1-16.
The treatise was written during the time of the Great Exhibition and submitted anonymously in competition for the gold medal offered by the Society of Arts, which it won. Henry Weekes was a sculptor himself and this subject is emphasised.
Preface -- Introduction. The origin of the fine arts. Their value as helping to promote civilisation -- Ch. 2. A slight sketch of modern British art up to the present time. The circumstances that have tended to promote or impede its progress -- Ch. 3. Sculpture -- Ch. 4. Of the materials and processes used in the fine arts -- Ch. 5. Of ornamental art in general -- Ch. 6. Stained glass -- Ch. 7. Concluding remarks.
Dilke, p. 88

Subject:

Great Exhibition 1851 : London, England) (Class XXX. Sculpture, models (in architecture, topography and anatomy) and plastic art)
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England) Prizewinners.
Great Exhibition (1851 : London, England)
Great Exhibition.

Form/genre:

Ribbed morocco grain cloth bindings England 1852.
Authors' presentation inscriptions.
Blind-blocked bindings (gathered matter components.
Edition bindings.
Gilt lettering (layout feature)
Ownership inscriptions.
panel stamp bindings.
treatises.

Added entries:

Dilke, Charles Wentworth, Sir, 1810-1869, donor.
Smith, William, 1808-1876, donor.
National Art Library (Great Britain). Forster Collection.
Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (Great Britain)
Vizetelly and Co., printer.
England London.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 55675
Call No.: T690 (W6016)
Status: Available