Arthur James Lewis - The Cornfield

The Cornfield (Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club)

View Other Original Etching by the Junior Etching Club Published Day & Son, London for Passages from Modern English Poets.

The 'Junior Etching Club' (1857-1864)
The Junior Etching Club (1857-1864), was an institution that greatly contributed to the revival of Etching in England. Members included such prominent British artists as, Sir John Everett Millais, James McNeill Whistler, Sir Francis Powell, Henry Moore, Sir John Tenniel, Charles Samuel Keene, Joseph Clark, John Wright Oakes, Walter Severn, William Gale, Frederick Smallfield, Henry Clarence Whaite, Matthew James Lawless, Arthur James Lewis, Henry Stacy Marks, Charles Rossiter, Vincent Bury, Lord G. Fitzgerald, J. R. Clayton, John Sleigh, and Lord Gerald Fitzgerald. The Junior Etching Club often published their members’ etchings and all of the above named artists contributed to their portfolio, Passages from Modern English Poets, first published by Day & Son Limited, Lithographers & Publishers, London, 1862. In total, that publication contained forty-seven original etchings. The Junior Club also issued, another important publication in 1858, Passages from the Poems of Thomas Hood published by E. Gambart & Co, London. It was also illustrated by its members and contained thirty-four plates.
#	Artist Last Name	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	Source
01.-	Barwell		Sea Beach - Norfolk Fisherman on the Look Out (The Fisherman) by Frederick Bacon Barwell	Frederick Bacon Barwell (London, c. 1831 - 1922)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
02.-	Clark		Hagar and Ishmael by Joseph Clark	Joseph Clark (Cerne Abbas (Dorset), 1834 - Ramsgate, 1926)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
03.-	Gale		The May Wreath by William Gale	William Gale (London, 1823 - 1909)	Original Etching	1861	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
04.-	Keene		Scene of the Plague in London, 1665 by Charles Samuel Keene	Charles Samuel Keene (Hornsea, 1823 - London, 1891	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
05.-	Lawless		Sisters of Mercy by Matthew James Lawless	Matthew James Lawless (Dublin, 1837 - Bayswater, 1864)	Original Etching	1859	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
06.-	Lawless		The Little Shipwrights by Matthew James Lawless	Matthew James Lawless (Dublin, 1837 - Bayswater, 1864)	Original Etching & Aquatint	1859	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
07.-	Lewis		The Cornfield by Arthur James Lewis	Arthur James Lewis 'Arthur Lewis' (London, 1824 - 1901)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
08.-	Millais		Summer Indolence by John Everett Millais	John Everett Millais (Southampton, 1829 - London, 1896)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
09.-	Moore		Moonlight by Henry Moore	Henry Moore (York, 1831 - Margate, 1895)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
10.-	Oakes		The Last Gleam of Day by John Wright Oakes	John Wright Oakes (Middlewich (Cheshire), 1820 - London, 1887)	Original Drypoint & Etching	1859-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
11.-	Powell		The Rainbow by Sir Francis Powell	Sir Francis Powell (Pendleton, 1833 - Dunoon, Scotland, 1914)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
12.-	Rossiter		St. Valentine's Day by Charles Rossiter	Charles Rossiter (London, 1827 - 1897)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
13.-	Severn		Nearing Home by Walter Severn	Walter Severn (Frascati (near Rome), 1830 - London, 1904)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
14.-	Smallfield		Supping on Horrors by Frederick Smallfield	Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
15.-	Smallfield		The Shoe-Black by Frederick Smallfield	Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
16.-	Smallfield		Winter Revels by Frederick Smallfield	Frederick Smallfield (London, 1829 - 1915)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
17.-	Tenniel		War and Glory by Sir John Tenniel	Sir John Tenniel (London, 1820 - 1914)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
18.-	Whaite		Study of a Head by Henry Clarence Whaite	Henry Clarence Whaite (Manchester, 1828 - Conwy Valley, Wales, 1912)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
19.-	Whistler		The Punt by James McNeill Whistler	James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
20.-	Whistler		Sketching by James McNeill Whistler	James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Lowell, MA, 1834 - London, 1903)	Original Etching	1861-62	Published by Day & Son, London, for Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.

View other original works of art by Day & Son 'Royal Lithographers the Queen'.

Day & Son 'Royal Lithographers to Queen Victoria'
#	Image	Title & Artist	Artist Info	Medium	Date	Source	-
Ackermann, London
01.-		Moon Rise in The Valley of Cairn Gorm by Michel Bouquet	Michel Bouquet (Lorient, 1807 - Paris, 1890)	Original Lithograph	1849	Ackermann, London	Sold
Art Treasures of the United Kingdom
01.-		A Limoges Enamel Plaque, Early Sixteenth Century by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1858	Art Treasures of the United Kingdom
02.-		Early Limoges Enamel, 12th or 13th Century by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1858	Art Treasures of the United Kingdom
03.-		Faenza Ware Plate by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1858	Art Treasures of the United Kingdom
04.-		Flemish Ewer, Jug and Stoneware, 16th Century by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1858	Art Treasures of the United Kingdom	Sold
05.-		Portrait of Princess Elizabeth, in Enamel by Limousin by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1858	Art Treasures of the United Kingdom	Sold
Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition
01.-		Altar and Reredos Designed By The Late A. W. Pugin, Carved In Stone By Myers Of London, And Fitted-Up By Hardman Of Birmingham lithography by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1853	Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition	Sold
02.-		Fountain in Iron, Andre of Paris by Francis Bedford	Francis Bedford (London, 1816 - 1894)	Original Lithograph	1852	Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition
03.-		Ornamental Cover of a Colour Box designed by Sliegh for Ackermann & Company	J. Sliegh, (British, active, 19th century)	Original Lithograph	1852	Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition
04.-		Portion of a Shield in Silver by Vechte, for Hunt and Roskell of London by John Alfred Vinter	Vinter, John Alfred (London, 1828 - 1905)	Original Lithograph	1852	Industrial Arts of the Nineteenth Century at the Great Exhibition
Vanity Fair
01.-		Vice - Admiral Caillard by Jean Baptiste Guth	Jean Baptiste Guth (Bayonne, London, died, 1921)	Original Lithograph	1905	Vanity Fair
02.-		Various Vanity Fair Prints (Collection of 40 Original Lithographs)	Miscellaneous Vanity Fair Portraits (Collection of Forty)	Original Lithographs	1875 to 1903	Vanity Fair
03.-		Madam Sarah Bernhardt by a Vanity Fair artist, Monogramme: 'K'	Monogramme: 'K'	Original Lithograph	1912	Vanity Fair	Sold
04.-		The Lord Chief Justice of England (Lord Alverstone) by a Vanity Fair artist, Monogramme: 'W. H.'	Monogramme: 'W. H.'	Original Lithograph	1913	Vanity Fair
05.-		Albert Seymour by Carlo Pellegrini Known as 'Ape'	Carlo Pellegrini 'Ape' (Capua, Italy, 1839 - London, 1889)	Original Lithograph	1877	Vanity Fair
06.-		The Lord Chief Baron (The Right Honourable Sir Fitz Roy Edward Kelly) by a Vanity Fair artist	Vanity Fair artist	Original Lithograph	1871	Vanity Fair
07.-		A Professor (Mr. James Edwin Thorold Rogers) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy'	Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922)	Original Lithograph	1884	Vanity Fair	Sold
08.-		H. A. C. (The Earl of Denbigh) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy'	Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922)	Original Lithograph	1894	Vanity Fair
09.-		The Admiral (Sir James Dairymple Horn Elphinstone, M. P.) by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy'	Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922)	Original Lithograph	1878	Vanity Fair
10.-		Turf Devotee - The Right Honourable Lord Hothfield by Sir Leslie Ward 'Spy'	Sir Leslie Ward, 'Spy' (London, 1851 - 1922)	Original Lithograph	1889	Vanity Fair

Selected Directories in our Gallery (Art of The Print / www.artoftheprint.com), with a focus on the area of interest for this original work of art.
Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com sells international fine art. Our collection consists of original paintings, watercolors, drawings, and original prints, such as etchings, engravings, lithographs, woodcuts, silk-screens, aquatints, mezzotints, linocuts, monoprints, and other mediums of original art. All of these works of art have been created by prominent and established painters, illustrators, watercolour artists and printmakers from around the world. The art in our gallery ranges from the early Renaissance period to the modern and contemporary art period. You can view other original artworks similar to the subject under discussion on this page listed in the following art directories.
Century:
Fine 19th Century Artist Index	The 'Fine 19th Century Art' directory contains a selection original works of art created by international painters, illustrators and graphic artists. These original works date from 1800 to 1899.
Country:
British Artists Index	The 'British Art' directory contains a listing of original works of art created by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and or art with a British theme. The artworks date from the 17th century to the 20th century.
Subject:
Children Portrayed in Art Index	The 'Children in Art' directory contains a selection of original works of art with depictions of children. Children at play and at work and their relationships to others (particularly their mothers) are major themes.
Women Portrayed in Art Index	The 'Women in Art' directory contains a selection of original works of art with depictions of women in an almost infinite variety of roles, such as women as an object of beauty & desire, at work and of course, motherhood are major themes, as well as many other representations of women have emerged in the fine arts throughout the centuries.

Title:	The Cornfield
Artist:	Lewis, Arthur James 'Arthur Lewis' (London, 1824 - 1901)
Date:	1861-62
Medium:	Original Etching
Publisher:	Day & Son in London
Edition:	Passages from Modern English Poets Illustrated by the Junior Etching Club, 1862.
Note:	Arthur James Lewis 'Arthur Lewis': A nineteenth century landscape and portrait artist, Arthur James Lewis regularly exhibited his art at such London venues as the Royal Academy, the British Institution, the Grosvenor Gallery and the New Gallery, from 1848 to 1893. Although he established his reputation primarily with his paintings and watercolours, A. J. Lewis was very active as an etcher during the early 1860's. For Passages from Modern English Poets, for example, he contributed four original etchings. Their titles are A Spring Morning, Spring in the Meadows, The Mountain Stream and The Cornfield.
	Arthur James Lewis was a full member of the Junior Etching Club (1857-1864), an institution that greatly contributed to the revival of etching in England. Other members included the British artists, Sir John Everett Millais, Sir Francis Powell, Henry Moore, Charles Keene, Matthew James Lawless, Walter Severn, Henry Stacy Marks, Frederick Smallfield, William Gale, Joseph Clark, Henry Clarence Whaite and James McNeill Whistler. The Junior Etching Club often published their members’ etchings and the above artists all contributed to their most important portfolio, Passages from Modern English Poets, printed and published during the years 1861 and 1862.
	An original etching by Arthur James Lewis, The Corn-field was commissioned by the Junior Etching Club for its 1862 publication, Passages from Modern English Poets. In total the publication contained forty-seven etchings by member artists. Each etching was accompanied by one or several poems written by various authors. The adjoining poem for A. J. Lewis's original etching was, The Corn-field by Mary Howitt. The final stanza of her poem is quoted below: "O golden fields of bending corn, How beautiful they seem! The reaper-folk, the piled-up sheaves, To me are like a dream; The sunshine and the very air Seem of old time, and take me there." Mary Howitt Mary Howitt, nee Mary Botham (Coleford, England, 1799 - Rome, Italy, 1888 was the author of such fine literature as, "The Spider and the Fly" (1829), "Sketches of Natural History' (1834), "Wood Leighton, or a Year in the Country" (1836), "Hymns and Fireside Verses" (1839), "No Sense like Common Sense" (1843), "The Heir of West Way Ian" (1847), "A Popular History of The United States, in 2 vols (1859), "M. Howitt's Illustrated Library for the Young (1861), "The Cost of Caergwyn" (1864), "Tales for All Seasons" (1881) and many, many other fine works. For the last three years of its publication, Mary Howitt was the editor and contributor of articles for "Fisher's Drawing Room Scrap-Book", in 10 vols (1834-1843). With their numerous translations of Danish, Swedish and German literature, Mary, along with her husband, William Howitt, an eminent author himself, were most instrumental in making authors such as Hans Christian Anderson, Fredrika, Bremer, Carl Goldenchmidt, Sophie von Knorring, and other important novelists accessible to English readers. The complete poem entitled The Corn-fields* along appeared in her book," Fireside Verses", Darton and Clark, London, 1844 " It also appeared in the States in, "Mary Howitt's Story Book: With Illustrations", Mary Botham Howitt, published by C. S. Francis & Co., New York, 252 Broadway., Boston, J. H. Francis, 128 Washington Street., 1850 page 138, 139, & 140. Note: the title of the poem in both books is "Corn-Fields", not "Corn-Field".
	The second poem to accompany this original Arthur James Lewis etching is, The Harvest-Home written by Thomas Haynes Bayly. The first stanza of his poem is quoted below. "The last golden sheaf is borne off from the meadow, The reaper is gone, for his labour is done; The harvest that grew where no cloud threw its shadow, Was gathered to-day in the smiles of the sun. See! see! the tankards foam; Hark! hark! 'tis Harvest-home." Thomas Haynes Bayly Thomas Haynes Bayly (Bath, 1797 - Cheltenham, 1839): An English author, Thomas Haynes Bayly was popular song writer and a highly regarded poet, novelist and playwright in his day. The 1831 "New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal" includes an article on page 172 that reads; "Musical Publications: "Songs for the Grave and Gay", the Poetry written and Melodies selected by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Esq. The lyric talent of Mr. Bayly has for some years past obtained so much of the public favour, that his name alone serves as a passport to publications of the above description....". The oeuvre of T. H. Bayly was diverse; it included, poetry, novels, songs, ballads, plays, and various other forms of literature. He was the author of such fine compositions as, "Parliamentary letters, and other poems" (1818), "The Tribute of a Friend (1819), Miniature Lyrics" (1825), "Isabel", "Come, open your casement, my dear", "I'd be a Butterfly", (1826), "The Aylmers", a novel (1827), "Psychae; or, Songs on Butterflies" (1828), "Fifty lyrical Ballads" (1829), "Long Long Ago" (1833), "Weeds of Witchery" (1837), "Kindness in Women, tales" fiction (1837), "Kate Leslie", David Dumps, Or, The Budget of Blunders" (1837), and many others. A section of the obituary notice for Thomas Haynes Bayly, Esq., in "The Gentleman's Magazine" reads; "Mr. Bayly, besides his many beautiful songs, was the author of, we believe, two or three novels, and thirty or forty pieces for the state. The Public went nightly to theatres to laugh at "Tom Noddy's Secret," to see "Perfection," or witness his other popular productions; ..."* . * "New Monthly Magazine, and Literary Journal", 1831, Part III., Historical Register, London Henry Colburn and Richard Bently, New Burlington-Street. Volume 33, includes an article on page 172. & **"The Gentleman's Magazine, by Sylvanus Urban, Gent. Volume XII New Series. MDCCCXXXKIX, July to December inclusive, London, William Pickering; John Bowyer Nichols and Son. 1839, page 94.
	Day & Son, London: Some of the most ambitious and accomplished printmaking projects of the Victorian era were launched by the publishers, Day & Son. The firm began in the mid 1820's under the title of 'Day & Hague' and assumed its more familiar name 'Day & Son, London' in 1845. Arthur James Lewis's original etching, The Cornfield was published by 'Day & Son, London' between 1861-62. Throughout their early years they printed and published works of art dealing with a wide range of subjects, such as, hunting scenes, genre depictions, landscape scenes and topographical views.
Size:	3 7/8 X 5 7/8 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $295.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon wove paper and with full margins as published in Passages from Modern English Poets in 1862. Bearing the artist's name, "A. J. Lewis" and the publisher's date and details, "London, Published December 1st, 1861 by Day & Sons, Lith. to the Queen" along the lower margin of the plate It also bears the plate's number "36" to the upper right corner of the margin above the image. This impression is in excellent condition throughout without a trace of staining, foxing or fading. The Cornfield represents a fine, original example of the nineteenth century landscape art of Arthur James Lewis.
Subject:	Arthur James Lewis, A. J. Lewis, The Cornfield, a poem by Mary Howitt, original etching, Passages from Modern English Poets, Mary Howitt, nineteenth century landscape etchings, Junior Etching Club, British artists.
Important Information:	The artist biographies, research and or information pertaining to all the original works of art posted on our pages has been written and designed by Greg & Connie Peters exclusively for our site, (www.artoftheprint.com). Please visit us regularly to view the latest artworks offered for sale. We will soon be posting an update of our most recent research and include the biographical and historical information pertaining to our next collection of original works of art created by artists throughout the centuries. We hope you found the information you were looking for and that it has been beneficial. Our Gallery, (Art of the Print / www.artoftheprint.com) guarantees the authenticity of every work of art we sell 100%. Full documentation and certification is provided. We offer a wide selection of international fine art dating from the early Renaissance to the contemporary art period.

Arthur James Lewis (Arthur Lewis)

The Cornfield