Sketch for Medallion, "For Dogs Have Compassed Me..."
Datec. 1890-1910
Artist
Frederic James Shields
(English painter, illustrator, and designer, 1833–1911)
MediumInk and graphite on paper
Dimensions5 3/4 × 5 1/8 in. (14.6 × 13 cm)
frame: 22 5/8 × 18 3/4 in. (57.5 × 47.6 cm)
frame: 22 5/8 × 18 3/4 in. (57.5 × 47.6 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. E. M. Hinchley
Object number1900-32.2
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextThis drawing is one of numerous preparatory sketches made by the Pre-Raphaelite artist, Frederic Shields. In 1887, Shields was commissioned to create a non-denominational chapel, based on early Italian models, in the Bayswater section of London. His scheme for the interior decoration took over twenty years to complete. The upper sketch is, according to the artist, "a veiled Rabbi, lifting up the roll of the Law." The subject depicted in the two bottom images relates to Psalm 22, verse 16, "the dogs have encompassed me..." and relates to Christ's Passion. Both were part of the decorative scheme of the chapel, and was intended to fill one of the many spandrels of the interior.
Frederic James Shields
not dated
