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The Westminster Portrait of Richard II
11/1934 | 380 | 65
Pages: 220-222
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Beauneveu, Andre
artists:
Hesdin, Jacquemart de
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
dates:
1350-1399
patrons:
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
places:
England / Netherlands
subjects:
Richard II, King of England, 1367-1400
subjects:
British painting / Patronage / Portraits
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Influence
subjects:
Documents / Attributions
Article
English Primitives: The Ascoli Cope and London Artists
06/1929 | 315 | 54
Pages: 304+307-308
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
dates:
1250-1299
patrons:
Nicholas IV, Pope, 1227-1292
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
England / London
places:
Saint Albans
subjects:
Textiles / Attributions / Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework)
subjects:
Ecclesiastical / Garments / Visual sources
subjects:
British painting / Medieval / Influence
subjects:
Ecclesiastical vestments
subjects:
Ecclesiastical vestments
works:
Ascoli Cope (Pinacoteca Civica, Ascoli Piceno)
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Figure 1. A-Spandrel Filling from an Illumination by W. de Brailes. B-Spandrel Filling from Wall Painting at St. Albans
Western art unattributed:
Figure 2. A-Scroll from Hood of Cope. B-Foliage Filling the Spandrels on the Cope
Article
English Primitives-London Painters and Opus Anglicanum
10/1928 | 307 | 53
Pages: 173-175+177-178
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Thomas of Westminster, act. 13th c.
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
dates:
1200-1499
places:
England / London
subjects:
Early English / British painting / Textiles
subjects:
Embroidery / Opus Anglicanum (English Medieval Needlework)
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Westminster (style) / Influence
subjects:
Christian iconography / Mary, Virgin
subjects:
Ecclesiastical vestments
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
A and B-Embroidered Book Cover; Opus Anglicanum, 1290-1300. (British Museum). English Primitives-London Painters and Opus Anglicanus
Western art unattributed:
Figure 1-A, B and C
Western art unattributed:
Figure 2. Pattern and Ground in Gold Thread. (British Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Figure 3. Pattern and Ground in Gold Thread. (Lyons Museum)
Article
English Primitives
08/1924 | 257 | 45
Pages: 78+80-81
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
dates:
1300-1399
dates:
1500-1549
patrons:
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
places:
England / Rochester / Ely / Nottingham
subjects:
British painting / Medieval / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion / Iconography
subjects:
Stained glass / Iconography / Patronage
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
A-Crucifixion in Prior Crauden's Chapel, Ely. English, about 1330. Drawing Made about 1850. (Burges Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum). English Primitives
Western art unattributed:
B-Detail of Foreground Vegetation in Prior Crauden's Chapel. Drawing. (Victoria and Albert Museum). English Primitives
Letter
Mediaeval Paintings Called English
06/1923 | 243 | 42
Pages: 312
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
subjects:
Medieval / British painting / German painting / Attributions
Article
A Fourteenth-Century English Triptych
09/1922 | 234 | 41
Pages: 110-111+113-115+119
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
dates:
1350-1399
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Triptychs / Medieval
subjects:
Documents / Donors
subjects:
Francis of Assisi, Saint
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. The painted arcade form the triptych.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. A sketch of the shield represented in the triptych.
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. A 14th-Century English Triptych. Wood and Copper. Size When Open, 0.84 m. by 1.12 m. (Messrs. Durlacher & Co.)
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. St. Francis Preaching to the Birds. St. Paul and St. Hugh. St. Clare and St. Andrew. Franciscan Subjects from the Doors of a Triptych. English, 14th Century. Panel. (Messrs. Durlacher). A 14th-Century English Triptych
Article
English Primitives-IX. Master Walter of Durham, Kings' Painter, c. 1230-1305-(2)
11/1918 | 188 | 33
Pages: 169-172
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Walter of Durham
dates:
1200-1299
places:
England
subjects:
Paintings / British painting / Medieval / Primitives (Late Medieval and Early Renaissance)
subjects:
Painted / Furniture / Funerary structures
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fig 1.-Details of Ornament of the Coronation Chair
Attributed works:
Fig. 2.-Ornament in the Spandrils in the Pediment of the Canopy over the Tomb of Aveline, Countess of Lancaster; from a Print by J. Basire, for the Society of Antiquaries, Published in 1780
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3.-Pattern of Gesso from Tomb Statue
Article
English Primitives-VIII. Master Walter of Durham, King's Painter c. 1230-1305
07/1918 | 184 | 33
Pages: 3-5+7-8
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Walter of Durham
dates:
1250-1299
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
England / London
subjects:
British painting / Early English
subjects:
Wall paintings / Lost works
subjects:
Medieval / Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fig. 2.-Boss from the Ceiling of the Painted Chamber, Westminster
Attributed works:
Paintings by Master Walter of Durham, King's Painter c. 1230-1305, and His Son, Thomas (?) Henry III and Edward II, by Master Thomas (?) (Sedilia, Westminster Abbey) from Watercolour Copies by Mr. W. E. Tristram
Attributed works:
Paintings by Master Walter of Durham, King's Painter c. 1230-1305, and His Son, Thomas (?) Restoration of the Painted Chamber, Westminster (Master Walter), from a Water-Colour by Mr. Matthew Dawson.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1.-Curtain from a 13th-Century Ms., for Comparison with the Dado of the Chamber
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3.-Sir Otho de Grandison from Embroidery at Berne.
Article
English Primitives-VII (2). The English School in Sweden and Norway (Conclusion)
12/1917 | 177 | 31
Pages: 233-235
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
places:
England / Sweden / Norway
subjects:
Paintings / Medieval / British painting / Scandinavian / Influence
subjects:
Christian iconography / Jesus Christ / Jesus Christ: Crucifixion
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Fig. 7. Miniature by Matthew Paris (Ms. Cotton, Nero D, 1; British Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 6. Altar-Frontal No. II from Nes, Norway, from a Drawing by Herr B. E. Bendixen (Bergen Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Plate III. Centre of Altar-Frontal No. II, from Nes, Norway, from a Photograph by Herr Andreas Lindblom (Bergen Museum). English Primitives-VII (2)
Article
English Primitives-VII. The English School in Sweden and Norway
11/1917 | 176 | 31
Pages: 192-195+198-199
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Author:
Lethaby, W. R. (Lethaby, W. R.; L., W. R.; Lethaby, William Richard)
Subjects
dates:
1200-1299
places:
England / Sweden / Norway
subjects:
British / British painting / Scandinavian / Paintings / Influence / Medieval
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts / Christian iconography / Saints / Saints / Jesus Christ
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 1. Diapers of Panels of the Tomb of William Longespee, Salisbury Cathedral.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 2. Detail of Foliage. Tomb of William Longespée
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 3. Altar-Frontal of the "Beau Christ" from Ulvik, Hardanger, Norway; From a Drawing by Herr B. E. Bendixen (Bergen Museum),
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 4. Detail of Diaper of Background, Altar-Frontal from Hitterdal, Telemarken, Norway (Christiania Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Fig. 5. Altar-Frontal from Dale, Norway, after a Drawing by Herr B. E. Bendixen (Bergen Museum)
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. (A) Centre of the Altar-Frontal from Hitterdal, Telemarken, Norway (Christiania Museum). From Photographs by Herr Andreas Lindblom. English Primitives-VII
Western art unattributed:
Plate I. (B) Altar-Frontal from Kinsarvik, Hardanger, Norway (Bergen Museum). From Photographs by Herr Andreas Lindblom. English Primitives-VII
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. (C) Altar-Frontal of S. Botulph, from Aardal, Norway (Bergen Museum). From a Photograph by Herr Andreas Lindblom. English Primitives-VII
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. (D) Altar-Frontal of S. Olaf, from Holtaalen (?), Guldalen, Norway (Copenhagen Museum). English Primitives-VII
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