3-053-621 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Mr. E. T. Parris, 1873. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. James Russell and Sons, of the '...historical painter to her late Majesty the Queen Dowager...His labours extended over more than half a century, and were of an extremely varied character. Among his best known works may be mentioned his celebrated picture of the coronation of her Majesty the Queen...For this picture her Majesty favoured Mr Parris with sittings. He also re-painted and restored Sir James Thornhill's paintings in the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral. The flying scaffold and other mechanical arrangements for this dangerous work were designed and constructed by Mr. Parris himself...His panorama of London, at the Colosseum, Regent's Park, which was, we believe, the largest picture ever painted on canvas, was a marvellous work for effect and accuracy. It has given delight to thousands in London; but it was lately purchased and taken to New York for exhibition in a building erected there on purpose to receive it. His smaller works are to be found in numberless collections. Even those executed within the last year of his life prove that old age could not yet rob the artist's hand of its skill, but that his powers were rather matured than impaired'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.