Vyse A Bit of Old Chelsea
The narrative of Vyses’ A Bit of Old Chelsea (Fig. 130) is of a worthy housewife that Vyse met one day, and on behalf of an out of work husband, at the off-license counter of the local public house. However, it was common for women to buy a jug a beer from the public house’s off licence bar during the nineteen thirties. The Vyse figure subject is half concealing her beer jug with her apron, out of respect to the Mrs Grundy’s of the neighbourhood. Moreover, this portrait of a woman possibly known personally to Vyse, which he recorded with pathos and sensitivity. However, it is debatable if Vyse knew his A Bit of Old Chelsea, had a marked similarity to an etching by George Belcher, titled A Lady of Battersea (Fig 131). The similarity between the two is possibly coincidental, for both Vyse and Belcher were keen to observe and enjoyed sketching from life. Belcher originally published the etching from his premises in William Street, Knightsbridge.
Vyse The Horse Fair
Vyse’s figure group of a man and horse, the outcome of the numerous studies of ‘gypsy types’ he made at Barnet Fair. In the countryside, horse traders were fast-disappearing before the onslaught of motorcar and the aeroplane. Vyse’s additional figure group possesses a sculptural …show more content…
However, this audacious scheme, instigated by a group of distinguished churchmen, politicians, and like-minded literati, became known as The Peace Ballot in the country at large, and an impressive single enterprise, launched by a modern British promotional group. After all, her preparations for Walker’s show were completed; Nell Vyse a passionate advocate for peace volunteered her services to canvass for the ballot in Chelsea Borough. Paradoxically, Nell in dedicating herself to ensure peace for the nation put at risk her own amity with Vyse, both domestically and in the
The narrative of Vyses’ A Bit of Old Chelsea (Fig. 130) is of a worthy housewife that Vyse met one day, and on behalf of an out of work husband, at the off-license counter of the local public house. However, it was common for women to buy a jug a beer from the public house’s off licence bar during the nineteen thirties. The Vyse figure subject is half concealing her beer jug with her apron, out of respect to the Mrs Grundy’s of the neighbourhood. Moreover, this portrait of a woman possibly known personally to Vyse, which he recorded with pathos and sensitivity. However, it is debatable if Vyse knew his A Bit of Old Chelsea, had a marked similarity to an etching by George Belcher, titled A Lady of Battersea (Fig 131). The similarity between the two is possibly coincidental, for both Vyse and Belcher were keen to observe and enjoyed sketching from life. Belcher originally published the etching from his premises in William Street, Knightsbridge.
Vyse The Horse Fair
Vyse’s figure group of a man and horse, the outcome of the numerous studies of ‘gypsy types’ he made at Barnet Fair. In the countryside, horse traders were fast-disappearing before the onslaught of motorcar and the aeroplane. Vyse’s additional figure group possesses a sculptural …show more content…
However, this audacious scheme, instigated by a group of distinguished churchmen, politicians, and like-minded literati, became known as The Peace Ballot in the country at large, and an impressive single enterprise, launched by a modern British promotional group. After all, her preparations for Walker’s show were completed; Nell Vyse a passionate advocate for peace volunteered her services to canvass for the ballot in Chelsea Borough. Paradoxically, Nell in dedicating herself to ensure peace for the nation put at risk her own amity with Vyse, both domestically and in the