Under the Spreading Chestnut Tree. Sculptor: Benjamin Creswick. c.1890. Patinated cast iron, 9 inches high x 15 inches wide x 2 inches deep. The Coalbookdale Foundry created this, which is one the three panels on the famous mantelpiece” by Arthur Heygate Mackmurdo. The photograph in the 1880 Studio states that the three panels were bronze. Private collection. [Detail] Click on image to enlarge it.
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- Bronze Mantelpiece with Creswick's panels
- The Village Smithy (Longfellow) — another version of this subject” by” by Frank Lynn Jenkins and Gerald Moira
- Mr. Arthur H. Mackmurdo and the Century Guild (mentions the firplace)
- The Blacksmiths of Tramore by Sir John Lavery RA RSA RHA (1856–1941)
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Last modified 13 November 2016