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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
is painted on fine Avhite kid leather , and ornamented Avith much elaborate pierced pearl-work . Another instance in AA'hich the zeal ancl archaeological skill of the Association were called into exercise , Avas ou the discovery of the A'ery remarkable paintings in Carpenters' Hall . It will be unnecessary here to recount the circumstances under AA'hich the
cliscoA'ery Avas made ; it will suffice to say , that the paintings appear to be of the period of Henry VIII ., and represent scriptural scenes , in Avhich the " art and mystery" of carpentry is alluded to . The first represents the construction of the ark ; the second , King Josiah commanding the money found in the temple to be delivered to the carpenters ; the thirdour Lord
, Avorking at the trade of his reputed father ; and the fourth , the Saviour teaching in the synagogue , and provoking by his Avisdom the astonished query , " Is not this the carpenter ' s son ? " In that compartment which represents King Josiah , the figures are all attired in the costume prevalent in tlie reign of the Eighth Henry , and the Jewish doctors in the last Avear the same dress ;
but Noah ancl his sons have a strange , nondescript kind of clothing , Avhich , perhaps , the painters of that time may have called drapery . All these are beautifully engraved in the Journal of the Association .
In regarding such a series of pictures , our first impulse is to smile at the anachronisms of the dress ancl accessories ; but a moment ' s reflection Avill bring to our recollection that things still more absurd were perpetrated in the time of our fathers , if not in our own . Even UOAV may be occasionally seen , in our cottages , a series of Scripture prints , not more than thirty or
forty years old , representing the history of the Prodigal Son . The first exhibits an aged gentleman in a green coat , longlapelled waistcoat , and buckskin shorts , sitting at a bureau , Avith heaps of guineas before him , while his hopeful younger son , attended by a couple of pointers , ancl carrying under his arm a riding-Avhip , is gracefully raising from his head a hunting-cap .
In the second , a chariot , evidently built on the most approved principles , by Houlditch , of Long Acre , is standing at the door : two Patagonian footmen , in green and gold , stand in severe and stately dignity behind . The mother of the prodigal youth wears the short waist and scanty sleeves Avhich characterize the period , andlike the maid-servantsis wiping her eyes Avith a cambric
, , handkerchief . The riotous living Ave shall forbear minutely to particularize ; but the last scene presents us Avith the return of the prodigal , in tattered raiment , Avhile the butcher , in a blue apron , is sharpening his knife Avith a steel hanging at his Avaisfc , to kill the fatted calf , Avhich is not forgotten in the picture .
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Antiquaries And Antiquities.
is painted on fine Avhite kid leather , and ornamented Avith much elaborate pierced pearl-work . Another instance in AA'hich the zeal ancl archaeological skill of the Association were called into exercise , Avas ou the discovery of the A'ery remarkable paintings in Carpenters' Hall . It will be unnecessary here to recount the circumstances under AA'hich the
cliscoA'ery Avas made ; it will suffice to say , that the paintings appear to be of the period of Henry VIII ., and represent scriptural scenes , in Avhich the " art and mystery" of carpentry is alluded to . The first represents the construction of the ark ; the second , King Josiah commanding the money found in the temple to be delivered to the carpenters ; the thirdour Lord
, Avorking at the trade of his reputed father ; and the fourth , the Saviour teaching in the synagogue , and provoking by his Avisdom the astonished query , " Is not this the carpenter ' s son ? " In that compartment which represents King Josiah , the figures are all attired in the costume prevalent in tlie reign of the Eighth Henry , and the Jewish doctors in the last Avear the same dress ;
but Noah ancl his sons have a strange , nondescript kind of clothing , Avhich , perhaps , the painters of that time may have called drapery . All these are beautifully engraved in the Journal of the Association .
In regarding such a series of pictures , our first impulse is to smile at the anachronisms of the dress ancl accessories ; but a moment ' s reflection Avill bring to our recollection that things still more absurd were perpetrated in the time of our fathers , if not in our own . Even UOAV may be occasionally seen , in our cottages , a series of Scripture prints , not more than thirty or
forty years old , representing the history of the Prodigal Son . The first exhibits an aged gentleman in a green coat , longlapelled waistcoat , and buckskin shorts , sitting at a bureau , Avith heaps of guineas before him , while his hopeful younger son , attended by a couple of pointers , ancl carrying under his arm a riding-Avhip , is gracefully raising from his head a hunting-cap .
In the second , a chariot , evidently built on the most approved principles , by Houlditch , of Long Acre , is standing at the door : two Patagonian footmen , in green and gold , stand in severe and stately dignity behind . The mother of the prodigal youth wears the short waist and scanty sleeves Avhich characterize the period , andlike the maid-servantsis wiping her eyes Avith a cambric
, , handkerchief . The riotous living Ave shall forbear minutely to particularize ; but the last scene presents us Avith the return of the prodigal , in tattered raiment , Avhile the butcher , in a blue apron , is sharpening his knife Avith a steel hanging at his Avaisfc , to kill the fatted calf , Avhich is not forgotten in the picture .