Paintings, Prints & Drawings — C.1856
The Dress Carriage of Viscount Eversley in Hyde Park
The dress carriage owned by Charles Shaw-Lefevre, Viscount Eversley,( 1794-1888) is shown passing the statue of Achilles on the Ring Road in the south-east corner of Hyde Park. Shaw-Lefevre was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1839 to 1857. He was elevated to peerage following his retirement from office.
Several details in Edwin Holt's painting allude to combat: a sheet of paper in the foreground inscribed with 'GOING TO/TAKE UP REGULATIONS'; a soldier in the park on the left and the Achilles monument, erected in 1822, which commemorated the efforts of the Duke of Wellington and his troops. Hyde Park had ben a fashionable venue for horse and carriage riding since the eighteenth century but by the date of this work the brougham and the railway were gaining in popularity.
Edwin Holt flourished between 1853 and 1856 and exhibited a broad range of mythological, biblical historical and genre subjects.
- Category:
- Paintings, Prints & Drawings
- Object ID:
- A20709
- Object name:
- The Dress Carriage of Viscount Eversley in Hyde Park
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- Artist/Maker:
- Holt, Edwin Frederick
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- Production date:
- c.1856
- Material:
oil, canvas, wood
- Measurements/duration:
- H 597 mm, W 903 mm (unframed), H 710 mm, W 1020 mm, D 65 mm (framed)
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
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digital image © London Museum
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