1863 litho, London Expo - bronze statues by Graux Marley, etc. - heroic warrior

Description

1863 chromolithographed print:
“BRONZE STATUES -
1. by M Graux Marley 2. J Boy 3. M Minoy Paris”
This is a plate from a large, lavishly illustrated volume published in London in 1863,
Masterpieces of Industrial Art & Sculpture, at the International Exhibition, 1862.
This International Exhibition was sponsored by the Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Trade, and featured over 28,000 exhibitors from 36 countries. The expo was a tremendous popular success, attracting over six million visitors during the run of the expo in 1862.
The sheet measures 11.5 x 16.5 inches in size, and is blank on the reverse side. It is in excellent and attractive condition, with warm and vibrant colors.
Above the image it is labelled in small print
“FRANCE — PLATE 284.”
The credit line below the image reads:
“London. Chromolithographed & Published by Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen. J.B. Waring, direx.”
The print presents three statues each portraying a noble figure, each standing atop a small pedestal and gripping different implements. One is a soldier wearing armor and a helmet, another is barechested and wearing a loincloth, and an elaborate robe flowing down his back from a headdress, and the third is adorned in a fancy gold-decorated jacket, with a horn in his belt, and a lean hound dog at his side.
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