Two Vintage Jigsaws Dante & Beatrice by Henry Holiday incl Home Library 1
The facebook group, The Den of Discerning Dissectologists, have a theme of Pre-Raphaelite paintings until the end of the year. I wanted to showcase vintage version of this 1883 painting, Dante & Beatrice by Henry Holiday. It portrays Dante's meeting with Beatrice by the banks of the Arno in Florence, and was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1883. In 1881, Holiday had travelled to Florence in order to make studies for this picture, and carried out meticulous research to ensure that the correct buildings and architectural features were present. He also created rough clay models of some of the buildings to set the scene. The pigeons in the picture were painted by John Trivett Nettleship.
Henry Holiday (1839 – 1927) was a British historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator and sculptor. He is part of the Pre-Raphaelite school of art.
These two vintage jigsaws clearly demonstrate the effect of differing cut styles on the clarity of the assembled image.
Top Right: Home Library jigsaw 618pc measuring 22x15in. It has 6repl and was bought in Nov 2018 from Dave Cooper, former owner of the British Jigsaw Library. This was clearly a jigsaw that was heavily borrowed. It is cut in a semi-interlocking style, without much line-cutting. The pieces have long-necked knobs, and generally only one each.
Other Photos: 635pc A line-cut, push-fit jigsaw, cut into simple shapes with few and shallow knobs. This once belonged to stgenix, but I bought it from another owner in Aug 2017. This is the jigsaw shown on Jigasaurus.
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/unidentified_makers/da...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Holiday
Holiday was born in London, showed an early aptitude for art and was given lessons by William Cave Thomas then attended Leigh's art academy . In 1855, at the age of 15, was admitted to the Royal Academy. Through his friendship with Albert Moore and Simeon Solomon he was introduced to the artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, who would be pivotal in his future artistic and political life. He also made the first of his trips to the Lake District. Holiday worked in both oils and watercolours. In 1858, his first picture, a landscape painting, was exhibited at the Royal Academy and immediately sold; from that year his work was frequently shown at the Academy and elsewhere. Holiday spent much time at the studios of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, where groups of artists would meet to discuss, exchange and pool ideas.
In 1861, Holiday accepted the position of stained glass window designer for Powell's Glass Works, after Burne-Jones had left to work for Morris & Co. During his time there he fulfilled over 300 commissions, mostly for customers in the United States. He left in 1891 to set up his own glass works in Hampstead, producing stained glass, mosaics, enamels and sacerdotal objects. Holiday's stained glass work can be found all over Britain. Some of his best is at the chapel of Worcester College, Oxford (c.1865) & Westminster Abbey (the Isambard Kingdom Brunel memorial window, 1868).
Holiday worked for architect William Burges for a period, including providing wall and ceiling paintings for Worcester College, Oxford (1863–64)[9] and furniture paintings – including Sleeping Beauty for the headboard in the bedroom – at Burges's London home, The Tower House. In October 1864, Holiday married Catherine Raven and they moved to Bayswater, London. His wife was a talented embroiderer who worked for Morris & Co. They had one daughter, Winifred.
In 1867, Holiday visited Italy for the first time and was inspired by the originality of the Renaissance artists he saw on display there. In 1871 he went to Ceylon as part of the "Eclipse Expedition". His astronomical drawings were subsequently published in the national press and attracted great interest. On his return to England in 1872, he commissioned architect Basil Champneys to design a new family home in Branch Hill, Hampstead, which was named "Oak Tree House".
In January 1874, Holiday was commissioned by Lewis Carroll to illustrate The Hunting of the Snark. He remained a friend of the author throughout his life. Holiday's illustrations contain cryptic pictorial references to the etching The Image Breakers by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, to William Sidney Mount's painting The Bone Player, and to a photograph by Benjamin Duchenne used for a drawing in Charles Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals.
From 1899, Holiday worked with Jessie Mothersole as studio assistant and she remained closely associated with the family until Holiday's death. In 1907, Holiday went to Egypt, painting a series of watercolours and illustrations on ancient Egyptian themes. These were exhibited at Walker's Gallery, London, in March 1908 jointly with Mothersole who had been working on Egyptian archaeological drawings and watercolours since 1903/4. In 1907–08, he commissioned the building of a holiday home, Betty Fold, in his favourite part of the Lake District. Between 1912 and 1919 he painted the apse of the east end of St Benedict's Church at Bordesley, Birmingham, depicting Christ in Glory with angels, and saints in arcading, below, in Byzantine style.
Holiday had been a socialist throughout his life and, together with his wife Kate and daughter Winifred, supported the Suffragette movement. The family were close acquaintances of Myra Sadd Brown and Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, and had organised local suffragette meetings in the Lake District.
Two Vintage Jigsaws Dante & Beatrice by Henry Holiday incl Home Library 1
The facebook group, The Den of Discerning Dissectologists, have a theme of Pre-Raphaelite paintings until the end of the year. I wanted to showcase vintage version of this 1883 painting, Dante & Beatrice by Henry Holiday. It portrays Dante's meeting with Beatrice by the banks of the Arno in Florence, and was exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery in 1883. In 1881, Holiday had travelled to Florence in order to make studies for this picture, and carried out meticulous research to ensure that the correct buildings and architectural features were present. He also created rough clay models of some of the buildings to set the scene. The pigeons in the picture were painted by John Trivett Nettleship.
Henry Holiday (1839 – 1927) was a British historical genre and landscape painter, stained-glass designer, illustrator and sculptor. He is part of the Pre-Raphaelite school of art.
These two vintage jigsaws clearly demonstrate the effect of differing cut styles on the clarity of the assembled image.
Top Right: Home Library jigsaw 618pc measuring 22x15in. It has 6repl and was bought in Nov 2018 from Dave Cooper, former owner of the British Jigsaw Library. This was clearly a jigsaw that was heavily borrowed. It is cut in a semi-interlocking style, without much line-cutting. The pieces have long-necked knobs, and generally only one each.
Other Photos: 635pc A line-cut, push-fit jigsaw, cut into simple shapes with few and shallow knobs. This once belonged to stgenix, but I bought it from another owner in Aug 2017. This is the jigsaw shown on Jigasaurus.
www.thejigasaurus.com/jigasaurus/v/unidentified_makers/da...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Holiday
Holiday was born in London, showed an early aptitude for art and was given lessons by William Cave Thomas then attended Leigh's art academy . In 1855, at the age of 15, was admitted to the Royal Academy. Through his friendship with Albert Moore and Simeon Solomon he was introduced to the artists Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Edward Burne-Jones and William Morris, who would be pivotal in his future artistic and political life. He also made the first of his trips to the Lake District. Holiday worked in both oils and watercolours. In 1858, his first picture, a landscape painting, was exhibited at the Royal Academy and immediately sold; from that year his work was frequently shown at the Academy and elsewhere. Holiday spent much time at the studios of Sir Edward Burne-Jones, where groups of artists would meet to discuss, exchange and pool ideas.
In 1861, Holiday accepted the position of stained glass window designer for Powell's Glass Works, after Burne-Jones had left to work for Morris & Co. During his time there he fulfilled over 300 commissions, mostly for customers in the United States. He left in 1891 to set up his own glass works in Hampstead, producing stained glass, mosaics, enamels and sacerdotal objects. Holiday's stained glass work can be found all over Britain. Some of his best is at the chapel of Worcester College, Oxford (c.1865) & Westminster Abbey (the Isambard Kingdom Brunel memorial window, 1868).
Holiday worked for architect William Burges for a period, including providing wall and ceiling paintings for Worcester College, Oxford (1863–64)[9] and furniture paintings – including Sleeping Beauty for the headboard in the bedroom – at Burges's London home, The Tower House. In October 1864, Holiday married Catherine Raven and they moved to Bayswater, London. His wife was a talented embroiderer who worked for Morris & Co. They had one daughter, Winifred.
In 1867, Holiday visited Italy for the first time and was inspired by the originality of the Renaissance artists he saw on display there. In 1871 he went to Ceylon as part of the "Eclipse Expedition". His astronomical drawings were subsequently published in the national press and attracted great interest. On his return to England in 1872, he commissioned architect Basil Champneys to design a new family home in Branch Hill, Hampstead, which was named "Oak Tree House".
In January 1874, Holiday was commissioned by Lewis Carroll to illustrate The Hunting of the Snark. He remained a friend of the author throughout his life. Holiday's illustrations contain cryptic pictorial references to the etching The Image Breakers by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder, to William Sidney Mount's painting The Bone Player, and to a photograph by Benjamin Duchenne used for a drawing in Charles Darwin's The Expression of Emotions in Man and Animals.
From 1899, Holiday worked with Jessie Mothersole as studio assistant and she remained closely associated with the family until Holiday's death. In 1907, Holiday went to Egypt, painting a series of watercolours and illustrations on ancient Egyptian themes. These were exhibited at Walker's Gallery, London, in March 1908 jointly with Mothersole who had been working on Egyptian archaeological drawings and watercolours since 1903/4. In 1907–08, he commissioned the building of a holiday home, Betty Fold, in his favourite part of the Lake District. Between 1912 and 1919 he painted the apse of the east end of St Benedict's Church at Bordesley, Birmingham, depicting Christ in Glory with angels, and saints in arcading, below, in Byzantine style.
Holiday had been a socialist throughout his life and, together with his wife Kate and daughter Winifred, supported the Suffragette movement. The family were close acquaintances of Myra Sadd Brown and Emmeline Pankhurst and her daughter, and had organised local suffragette meetings in the Lake District.