Emily Reid Gouache Painted Salt Print on Paper of a Jean Pénicaud III Ewer

Item Details

A salted paper print with applied gouache paint of an enameled limoges ewer by Emily Reid (19th-century), executed c. 1882. Hand painted detailed over a photograph depicting an enameled ewer originally created by famed Limoges painter Jean Pénicaud III (died c. 1580). The artist recreates the vibrancy and magnificence of the ewer with fine, exacting detail in excellent color. the ewer features the mythological scene Triumph of Neptune and Ceres. Signed to the lower left, ‘Emily Reid’ ‘Sk Mus.’ Mounted to foam core with a white matting and wrapped in acetate.

The annotation ‘Sk Mus’ references the South Kensington Museum in London now referred to as the Victoria and Albert Museum. In the late 19th-century it became popular to hand color photographs of highly decorative objects, especially those found in museums such as South Kensington and the Louvre. J.I. Williamson (British, 19th/20th-century) is known for producing similar paintings of such objects.

Dimensions

- measures the matting; visible image 5.25" W x 8" H.

Item #

16CIN997-1267