b'13511331131 1133ELIZABETH THOMPSON (1846 - 1933) LEXDEN LEWIS POCOCK (1850-1919),The 28th Regiment at Quatre Bras, New Life,aquatint, 1875, watercolour,30 x 63cm. signed lower right Lexden L. Pocock,The original oil painting on which this aquatint is based,76 x 99cm.is in the collection of the National Gallery of Victoria. Little is known about Lexden Lewis Pocock (18501919), The Battle of Quatre Bras was fought on 16 June 1815, as aother than he was born and lived in London, that he studied at preliminary engagement to the decisive Battle of Waterloo thatthe Slade School of Art and the Royal Academy Schools, and occurred two days later. The battle took place near the strategicalso travelled, studied and taught art in Rome. He was known crossroads of Quatre Bras and was contested betweento have exhibited at the Royal Academy, the Royal Society of elements of the Duke of Wellingtons Anglo-allied army and theBritish Artists, and the Royal Institute.left wing of Bonapartes French Arme du Nord under MarshalNew Life, a rare example of Victorian-era mourning art, would Ney. While the battle was a coalition victory, Napoleon achievedhave been commissioned by the grieving parents of the little his larger strategic aim of preventing Wellingtons forces fromblond boy/angel depicted in the painting. The mother and child, aiding the Prussian army at the Battle of Ligny, which theboth in black, are depicted in a graveyard, uncharacteristically the French won the same day. mother relaxing on the grass while her son chases a butterfly.$150200The 1800s saw tragedy and death far too often. Disease and infection increased death rates, and it was tragically common 1132 for children to die before turning five. Obviously devastated, parents wanted to memorialise what little they could of their NIKOLAOS XIMONAS (1866-1929), children, so they generally employed photographers to capture farmyard scene with chickens, their childs image one last time before sending them to their oil on canvas, graves. The children were dressed in their finest attire and were signed lower left Ximonas, posed carefully to maintain the integrity of their forms. In some 41 x 30cm cases, an infant would be propped up with a post, or held by their mother who wore a black veil. Wealthier families would $400600 sometimes avail themselves of the services of an artist. This is the only example known by Pocock.$12,00016,000'