"Private view of my first R.A. picture," April 1876.
Besides "The Three Ravens" he exhibited in 1876 the metal bas-relief of a "Horse Fair in Brittany," reproduced opposite. This was a more masterful production than the picture, and attracted great attention in the Royal Academy Exhibition. It was mentioned in the Times of that year, and in the Saturday Review, June 10th, 1876, we read:—
"Of low relief—taking the Elgin frieze as the standard—one of the purest examples we have seen for many a day is Mr. Caldecott's bas-relief, 'A Horse Fair in Brittany.' Here a simple and almost rude incident in nature has been brought within the laws and symmetry of art."
"A Horse Fair in Brittany."
Metal bas-relief exhibited in the Royal Academy, 1876.
Cat. No. 1499. Size 14 × 5-1/2 in.
In 1876 Caldecott also produced a relief in metal of "A Boar Hunt," which was exhibited in the Grosvenor Gallery in 1878.