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Harry Bates’s ‘Mors janua vitae’

12/2007 | 1257 | 149

Pages: 836-843

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Author:

Sharples, Joseph (Sharples, Joseph)

Subjects

artists:

Bates, Harry

dates:

1880-1909

museums and institutions:

National Museums Liverpool, Liverpool, Great Britain / Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Great Britain

places:

Liverpool / England

print:

Bates, Harry

subjects:

British sculpture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

31. Mors janua vitae, by Harry Bates. Exh.1899. Bronze, ivory and mother of pearl, 109.5 cm. high. (National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery).

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32. Detail of base in Fig.31.

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33. Detail of base in Fig.31.

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34. Detail of base in Fig.31

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35. Detail of base in Fig.31.

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36. The story of Psyche, by Harry Bates. Exh.1887. Silvered bronze, side panels 33.6 by 24.1 cm.; centre panel 33.6 by 74.9 cm. (National Museums Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery).

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37a and b. Details of the angel’s helmet in Fig.31.

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38. Portrait of Harry Bates, by William Mouat Loudan. 1894. Canvas, 57 by 47 cm. (Private collection).

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39. St Michael, detail from the Memorial to the Duke of Clarence, by Alfred Gilbert. c.1899. Bronze and sheet metal, painted, 48.2 cm. high. (Albert Memorial Chapel, St George’s Chapel, Windsor).

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40. Into the silent land, by Henry Pegram. Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, London 1905, p.81.

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41. Part of a memorial to an only daughter, by H.H. Armstead. Reproduced in Royal Academy Pictures, London 1890, p.13.

Western art unattributed:

30. Harry Bates with family and friends in front of his statue of Lord Roberts made for Calcutta. Bates stands right of centre, with moustache and cap. Photograph c.1896. (Private collection).

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