Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Hetzen, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, of a '...beautiful casket, made of the pure gold of New South Wales, which the ladies of that sent as a nuptial gift to the Princess of artist and manufacturer [is] Mr. Julius principal portion of the front is occupied by a classical bas-relief, after Thorwaldsen, the Danish sculptor, representing Hymen and Cupid spinning the thread of life. To the right and left are the Royal arms of Denmark
Casket presented to the Princess of Wales by the ladies of New South Wales, 1864. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. Hetzen, published in the Sydney Morning Herald, of a '...beautiful casket, made of the pure gold of New South Wales, which the ladies of that sent as a nuptial gift to the Princess of artist and manufacturer [is] Mr. Julius principal portion of the front is occupied by a classical bas-relief, after Thorwaldsen, the Danish sculptor, representing Hymen and Cupid spinning the thread of life. To the right and left are the Royal arms of Denmark and an exquisitely-finished bunch of fern-leaves in frosted gold, and above the waratah. Next to the arms of the figure of a native woman carrying a basket and a her the leaves and flower of the native other front corner consists of an aboriginal male, in the act of throwing the crowning point of all [is] the apex of the lid. In the majestic figure of the old emu which surmounts the work the artist has even excelled inside of the box is lined with crimson velvet'. From "Illustrated London News", 1864.
Size: 2482px × 2063px
Photo credit: © The Print Collector / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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