Relief in the pediment of the Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, depicting the female figure of Birmingham holding a laurel wreath, as if to crown the efforts of the artists either side of her. On the right, sculpture is represented by a young man holding a completed statuette; on the left, painting is represented as a young woman observing her subject (perhaps the young man represending sculpture), while sketching. Two pairs of plump cherubs are busy with painting and sculpting in the corners.
Sculptor
Francis John Williamson (Hampstead, London 1833 - Esher, Surrey 1920), British sculptor (Wikipedia).
