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Obituary
Jacob Rothschild (1936–2024)
05/2024 | 1454 | 166
Pages: 538–540
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Waddesdon Manor, Waddesdon, Aylesbury, Great Britain / Spencer House, London, Great Britain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Heritage Memorial Fund / Heritage Lottery Fund
patrons:
Rothschild, Jacob
subjects:
Patronage / Commissions / Country houses / Collecting / Collectors / French art / French decorative art / Restoration (process)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild (‘Man in a Chair’), by Lucian Freud. 1989. Oil on canvas, 114.3 by 79.7 cm. (Private collection, on loan to the National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Louis XVI, by Antoine-François Callet, in a frame attributed to François-Charles Buteux. 1781–82. Oil on canvas in gilded oak frame, 280 by 180 cm. (Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire).
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3. Boy building a house of cards, by Jean-Siméon Chardin. 1735. Oil on canvas, 81 by 101 cm. (Private collection, on loan to Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire; Bridgeman Images).
Article
Prince Albert, architect: the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 842–851
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Gruner, Ludwig / Humbert, Albert Jenkins / Frankl, Albrecht / Muller, Anton
artists:
Theed the Younger, William (1804-1891)
dates:
1860-1869
patrons:
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
places:
Frogmore, Home Park, Windsor
subjects:
Victoria, Duchess of Kent (1786–1861) / Mausoleums / British architecture / Sculpture / Temples / Sarcophagi / Architects / Buildings
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, by George Washington Wilson. c.1876. Albumen print, 24 by 16.8 cm. (detail). (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of the interior of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, showing a cherub’s head carved by William Theed the Younger. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
2. The ducal mausoleum at Coburg, by T.J.L. Rothbarth. 1860. Watercolour on paper, 31.2 by 46.8 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
3. The Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, seen from below, by William Leighton Leitch. Watercolour on paper, 12 by 17.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
4. Frogmore House from across the lake, by J.G.P. Fischer. 1847. Watercolour on paper, 40 by 52 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
5. The Pelham Mausoleum, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, by James Wyatt. 1787–92. (English Heritage Archive; photograph Janet Tierney).
Attributed works:
6. Interior of the Pelham Mausoleum, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1810. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 64 by 49 cm. (Tate Britain, London, Turner Bequest CXCV 130).
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7. Detail of the bronze doors of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, showing palm branch decoration designed by Prince Albert. (Photograph the author).
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8. The entrance to the burial chamber of the Duchess of Kent, Frogmore, by William Corden. 1861. Watercolour on paper, 24.9 by 17.8 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
9. The interior of the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum, Frogmore, by Gabriele Carelli. 1880. Graphite and watercolour on paper, 40.5 by 33 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III 2023; Royal Collection Trust).
Obituary
Mark Girouard (1931–2022)
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1171-1172
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
art literature:
Girouard, Mark
subjects:
Architectural historians / British architecture / Country houses / Urban history / Social history
subjects:
Country Life (publishers), London, Great Britain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Mark Girouard, photographed in the early 1960s. (Photograph Country Life / Future Publishing Ltd).
Article
Horace Walpole’s queer Gothic
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 264-269
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain / Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic Revival
subjects:
British architecture / Queer theory / Homosexuality
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Horace Walpole, by J.G. Eccardt, 1754. Oil on canvas, 39.4 by 31.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, by J.G. Eccardt and John Wootton. c.1754, frame c.1680. Oil on canvas, 50.8 by 101.6 (painting). (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
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3. Frontispiece to ‘Memoirs of George II’ by Horace Walpole, by Richard Bentley. 1752. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
4. Miss Prettyman in clover, by ‘Truepenny’. 1785. Etching, 17.3 by 12.5 cm. (New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’, by Richard Bentley, from Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London 1753. Etching, 37.3 by 27.3 cm. (page). (British Library, London).
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The ‘Virgin and Child’ by Jean Guillemin
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 727
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Guillemin, Jean
buildings:
Saint Paul's Cathedral, London, Great Britain / Brompton Oratory
subjects:
Commemorative monuments / Newman, John Henry / Mary, Virgin: and Child
Article
The crystal sceptre of the City of London
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 827-831
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
dates:
1350-1399 / 1400-1449
museums and institutions:
Corporation of the City of London, London, Great Britain / Guildhall Art Gallery, London, Great Britain / Mansion House, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Regalia / Rock crystals / Gold / Art objects / Provenance
subjects:
Composition (artistic arrangement) / Jewellery
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
10. Unicorn Sword of Burgundy, made for Philip the Good, c.1420-30 (Hofburg, Vienna)
Western art unattributed:
11. Crown of Blanche of Lancaster. Paris, 1370-80, and London, 1402 (Schatzkammer der Residenz, Munich)
Western art unattributed:
12. Details of the enamel rose setting of the crown of Margaret of York. Paris, c.1460 (Domschatz, Aachen)
Western art unattributed:
4. Crystal sceptre of the City of London. Paris and London, 1380-1421 (The Corporation of the City of London)
Western art unattributed:
5. Base of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. London and Paris, 1419-21
Western art unattributed:
6. Crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. Paris, c.1380-1400
Western art unattributed:
7. Arms of England under a crystal disc in the crown of the crystal sceptre illustrated in Fig.4. After 1406
Western art unattributed:
8. Arms of Humphrey of Lancaster, Duke of Gloucester (1390-1447). London, c.1430-40 (British Library, London, Royal Ms 2 BI, fol.7r)
Western art unattributed:
9. Reliquary casket. Burgundian or Paris, c.1450-70 (Walters Art Museum, Baltimore)
Short Notice
Gianlorenzo Bernini’s third design for the east façade of the Louvre of 1665, drawn by Mattia de Rossi
07/2007 | 1252 | 149
Pages: 478-482
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo / Rossi, Mattia de'
buildings:
Palais du Louvre, Paris, France
dates:
1650-1699
print:
Bernini, Gian Lorenzo
print:
Rossi, Mattia de'
subjects:
Architectural drawings / Drawings / Italian architecture / Italian
subjects:
Commissions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
24. Design for the east front of the Louvre: third project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper, 18.9 by 49.4 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
25. Design for the east front of the Louvre: first project, by Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen and ink on paper, 16.5 by 21.7 cm. (Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
26. Design for the east front of the Louvre: first project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 40 by 67.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, 91 DE 4842/ rec.1, fol. 4)
Attributed works:
27. Plan of the ground floor of the Louvre: first project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1664. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 52.9 by 76 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris, 91 DE 4850/ rec.1, fol.3).
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28. Design for the east front of the Louvre: second project, by Mattia de Rossi for Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Pen and ink on paper, 34.7 by 60.1 cm. (National Museum, Stockholm, THC 5146).
Attributed works:
29. The east front of the Louvre: formerly called the third project, by Jean Marot, after Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Engraving, 45 by 102.5 cm. (Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
Attributed works:
30. The interior facade of the Louvre: third project, by Jean Marot, after Gianlorenzo Bernini. 1665. Engraving, 45 by 102.5 cm. (Conway Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).