Fine Arts & Crafts (including Martin Ware) - 21st June 2023
Lot 388
Sir Hubert Von Herkomer RA (1849-1914)
Estimate £12,000 - £18,000 | Hammer £12000
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Description
Sir Hubert Von Herkomer RA (1849-1914)
The Triumph of the Hour, 1898
four Limoges enamel paintings on copper from The Triumph of the Hour shield, comprising
The Lowest Shall Destroy The Highest,
The Raised Shall Touch the Fallen,
The Mistaken Shall Fail,
Faith Shall Engender Hope,
three panels signed HH and dated 98,
29 x 19cm (largest panel - The Lowest Shall Destroy the Highest), (4)
Exhibited
Royal Academy, 1899, where the shield won a gold medal.
An Exhibition of 19th & 20th Century Decorative & Novelty Silver, Nicholas Harris, 23rd October-2nd November 1984.
Bushey Museum, 1988.
Literature
The Magazine of Art, 1899, page 186 for the shield illustrated and an article on Herkomer's enamel
A L Baldry Hubert von Herkomer, page 69 for an illustration of the shield.
Lee, MacCormick & Edwards Herkomer a Victorian Artist, page 80, figure XXIV the enamels illustrated.
Catalogue notes
These are the only known enamel panels from the shield that have survived.