Design for a centre piece in metal, emblematic of the Great Exhibition of 1851
Created by Joseph Robinson Kirk
Date: 1853
Usually date of exhibition rather than production
Object class: metalwork
Object type: figure group
Material: metal
Description: 'Design for a centre piece in metal, emblematic of the Great Exhibition of 1851, represents England standing on a Globe, surrounded by the Four Quarters of the World, to whom she is presenting wreathes; the Lion and the Lamb reposing at her feet, emblematic of universal peace.'
Sources
The Exhibition of the Royal Hibernian Academy, 1853 RHA Annual Exhibition Catalogues
1853
p. 31 (476)
Citing this record
'Design for a centre piece in metal, emblematic of the Great Exhibition of 1851', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/object.php?id=msib3_1202742829, accessed 28 Sep 2023]
