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Book Review

Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator

12/2022 | 1437 | 164

Pages: 1300–1301

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artists:

Nash, Paul

subjects:

British art / Designers / Book illustrations / Interiors / Prints / Wood engravers

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Paul Nash: Designer and Illustrator By James King. 216 pp. incl. 120 col. + 40 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2022), £35. ISBN 978–1–84822–445–2. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

6. Cover design for Curwen Press News-Letter 11, by Paul Nash. 1935. Colour lithograph. (Private collection; photograph Robert McNair, Sunoptic Photo).

Article

The lost years of Edward Julius Detmold: art, nature and war

07/2022 | 1432 | 164

Pages: 672-681

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Author:

Morris-Suzuki, Tessa (Morris-Suzuki, Tessa)

Subjects

artists:

Detmold, Edward J. / Detmold, Maurice

dates:

1900-1959

subjects:

British art / Book illustrations / World War (1914-1918) / World War (1939-1945) / Commentaries / Suicide / Mysticism / Nature / Satire / Idealism

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The ant-lion, by Edward Julius Detmold. (From Princess Mary’s Gift Book, London 1914).

Attributed works:

10. The Flying Dutchman, by Edward Julius Detmold. Mid-1920s. Monotype, 35 by 50 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

11. Progress, from The Sword and Gold: What I Have Seen, 1933, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1933. Watercolour, 31 by 18 cm. (Private collection).

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12. Civilisation?, from The Sword and Gold: What I Have Seen, 1933, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1933. Oil on paper, 32 by 18 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

13. Like seed like crop, from The Sword and Gold: What I Have Seen, 1933, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1933. Pencil and watercolour, 33 by 18.5 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. Peace, from The Sword and Gold: What I Have Seen, 1933, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1933. Watercolour, 33 by 19 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

3. Orchis Latifolia, by Edward Julius Detmold. (From M. Maeterlinck: Hours of Gladness, London 1912).

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4. Pelopaeus Spirifex, by Edward Julius Detmold. (From Fabre’s Book of Insects, London 1921).

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5. Shere Khan in the jungle, by Charles Maurice and Edward Julius Detmold. (From C.M. Detmold and E.J. Detmold: Sixteen Illustrations of Subjects from Kipling’s ‘Jungle Book’, London 1903).

Attributed works:

6. The captive, by Edward Julius Detmold. 1923. Etching, 35 by 30 cm. (plate). (Private collection).

Attributed works:

7. Macaws, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1930. (The Sphere, 24th November 1930).

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8. On this dome is a bronze horseman mounted on a horse, from The Story of the Third Calender, by Edward Julius Detmold. (From The Arabian Nights, London 1924).

Attributed works:

9. The seer and the clown, from The Sword and Gold: What I Have Seen, 1933, by Edward Julius Detmold. c.1933. Watercolour, 34 by 18 cm. (Private collection).

Exhibition Review

Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655–Londres, 1725): L’ambition du dessin parfait

07/2022 | 1432 | 164

Pages: 702-704

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Reviewer:

Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)

Subjects

art literature:

Exhibition catalogues

artists:

Chéron, Louis

museums and institutions:

Musée des Beaux-Arts, Caen, France

places:

Paris / London

subjects:

French painting / Drawings / Altarpieces / Huguenot / Attributions / Academies / Book illustrations

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Louis Chéron (Paris, 1655– Londres, 1725): L’ambition du dessin parfait By François Marandet. 288 pp. incl. 299 col. + 9 b. & w. ills. (Musée des Beaux- Arts, Caen, and Illustria – La Librairie des Musées, Deauville, 2021), €30. ISBN 978–2–35404–095–6. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Sketch for The prophet Agabus predicting the fate of St Paul, by Louis Chéron. 1686. Oil on canvas, 61 by 46 cm. (Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).

Attributed works:

2. Standing female nude, by Louis Chéron. c.1722. Black chalk with white highlights on cream paper, 61.1 by 44.6 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).

Attributed works:

3. Cupid and Psyche, by François II Chéreau after Louis Chéron. 1735–55. Engraving, 24.2 by 30.5 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Musée des Beaux Arts, Caen).

Book Review

Renaissance Illuminators in Paris: Artists and Artisans 1500–1715

04/2022 | 1429 | 164

Pages: 418-419

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Reviewer:

Watson, Rowan (Watson, Rowan)

Subjects

media:

Illuminated manuscripts / Books / Book illustrations / Prints

places:

Paris

subjects:

French decorative art / French medieval art / French art

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Renaissance Illuminators in Paris: Artists and Artisans 1500–1715 By Richard H. Rouse and Mary A. Rouse. 280 pp. incl. 65 col. ills. (Harvey Miller, Turnhout and London, 2019), €125. ISBN 978–1–912554–28–7. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Detail from a Book of Hours by Gilles and Germain Hardouin, showing the Annunciation, by Jean Pichore. c.1509. Vellum. (University of California, Los Angeles, Library Special Collections, Rouse BX 2080 A2 1509, fol.B4).

Article

Dante 1321–2021

03/2022 | 1428 | 164

Pages: 270-275

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Author:

Ekserdjian, David (Ekserdjian, David; E., D.)

Subjects

art literature:

Divine Comedy (Dante)

subjects:

Dante Alighieri / Anniversaries / Exhibitions / art history publishing / Illustrators / Book illustrations / Biographies / Italian School / Italian art / Literature / Literature in art

Reviewed Items

subjects:

John Dickson Batten: Illustrations for Dante’s ‘Inferno’. By Peter Hainsworth. 124 pp. incl. 48 col. ills (Panarc Publishing, Ringwood, Hampshire, 2021) £20, ISBN 978–19–161–5666–1. | :

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Scaramuzza: Le tavole per la Divina Commedia, with a preface by Carlo Ossola and texts by Vittorio Sgarbi, Lina Bolzoni and Simone Verde. 316 pp. incl. 283 col. + b. & w. ills. (Allemandi, Turin, 2021), €50. ISBN 978–88–422–2544–7. | :

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Visions of Heaven: Dante and the Art of Divine Light, by Martin Kemp. 240 pp. incl. 122 col. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2021), £45. ISBN 978–18–482–2467–4. | :

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Dante: The Invention of Celebrity, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. (17th September 2021– 9th January 2022) | :

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An Ancient and Honourable Citizen of Florence: The Bargello and Dante, Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence (21st April–31st July 2021). | :

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Dante a Verona, Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona and elsewhere (2020-21) | :

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Dante e la cultura del Trecento a Mantova, Museo di Palazzo Ducale, Mantua (15th October 2021–9th January 2022), | :

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Dante: La visione dell’arte, Musei San Domenico, Forlì (30th April–11th July 2021) | :

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Inferno, Scuderie del Quirinale, Rome (15th October 2021–9th January 2022). | :

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Un splendor mi squarciò il velo: Dante illustrato: dal codice 3285 a Scaramuzza, Complesso Monumentale della Pilotta, Parma (20th November 2021–13th February 2022). | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Virgil, by the Master of Campionese. c.1220. Red Verona marble, 124 by 73 by 40 cm. (Musei Civici, Mantua; Bridgeman Images; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).

Attributed works:

2. Frontispiece of Purgatory, from the Divine Comedy by Dante, copied by Francesco di ser Nardo da Barberino, illuminated by the Master of the Dominican Effigies. 1337. (Codex Trivulsiano 1080, fol.36r; Archivio Storico Civico e Biblioteca Trivulziana, Milan; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

3. Dante Alighieri, by Andrea del Castagno. c.1450. Fresco transferred to canvas, 247 by 153 cm. (Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence; exh. Musei san Domenico, Forlì).

Attributed works:

4. That is the man who went to Hell and came back, by Francesco Saverio Altamura. 1860–65. Oil on canvas, 88 by 203 cm. (Museo dell’ Ottocento, Pescara; exh. Galleria d’Arte Moderna ‘Achille Forti’, Verona).

Attributed works:

5. Cope of Pope Boniface VIII. Opus cyprense, second half of the 13th century. Red silk and gold thread, 140 by 325 cm. (Chapter of the Cathedral Basilica, Anagni; exh. Musei San Domenico, Forlì).

Attributed works:

6. Tree of Life, by Pacino di Buonaguida. 1310–15. Tempera on panel, 248 by 170 cm. (Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence; exh. Museo Nazionale del Bargello, Florence).

Attributed works:

7. Dante in Oxford, from The Poet’s Corner, by Max Beerbohm, London 1904. Lithograph, 37 by 28 cm. (Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

Attributed works:

8. Antaeus, by John Dickson Batten. 1897–1900. Pen-and-ink on paper, 18.4 by 27.7 cm. (Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford; courtesy the Principal and Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford).

Article

Laura Knight on display: book jackets and self-promotion in the 1920s

07/2021 | 1420 | 163

Pages: 594-603

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Author:

Beazley-Long, Sally (Beazley-Long, Sally)

Subjects

artists:

Knight, Laura

dates:

1920-1929

museums and institutions:

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Book covers / Book illustrations / Books / Posters / Prints / Modernism / Art market / Literature / Book design / Woodcuts / Lithographs

subjects:

Jarrolds Publishers, London, Great Britain / British art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Dust jacket for Fidelity by Susan Glaspell, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph, 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021. All rights reserved; photograph courtesy Peter Harrington Books).

Attributed works:

10. A quarrel, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 22 by 17.5 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

11. Evening, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 22.4 by 14.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

12. A crowd, by Laura Knight. 1923. Aquatint, 10.2 by 12.7 cm. (Russell- Cotes Art Gallery and Museum, Bournemouth; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

13. Self-portrait, by Laura Knight. 1922. Lithograph, 14.9 by 13.6 cm. (Frontispiece to C. Marriott: Laura Knight: A Book of Drawings, London 1923; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

14. Self-portrait, by Laura Knight. 1922. Oil on canvas, 59.5 by 59.5 cm. (Museum of New Zealand, Te Papa Tongarewa; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; Bridgeman Images).

Attributed works:

15. Jarrolds advertisement, The Times (8th May 1925), p.9.

Attributed works:

2. Dust jacket for Heart’s Blood by Ethel M. Kelley, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph, 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

3. Dust jacket for Strait is the Gate by André Gide, design by Laura Knight. 1924. Lithograph. 19 by 13 cm. (front cover). (Private collection; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021; photograph courtesy Ashton Rare Books).

Attributed works:

4. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Glory of the Conquered by Susan Glaspell, design by Laura Knight. 1925. Lithograph, 19.5 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

5. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Farthing Spinster by Catherine Dodd, design by Laura Knight. 1925. Lithograph. 19.5 by 14 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

6. The mystery man, by Laura Knight. Black ink on laid paper, 30.2 by 23.9 cm. (National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; © reproduced with permission of The Estate of Dame Laura Knight DBE RA 2021).

Attributed works:

7. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for Spring, by Ladislas St Reymont, design by Paul Nash. 1926. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

8. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for Summer by Ladislas St Reymont, design by Paul Nash. 1926. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

9. Front cover and spine of the dust jacket for The Modern Movement in Art by R.H. Wilenski, design by Edward McKnight Kauffer. 1927. Lithograph. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Article

From Dolly to Dorrit: William Powell Frith’s scenes from Dickens

07/2021 | 1420 | 163

Pages: 576-585

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Author:

Bills, Mark (Bills, Mark)

Subjects

art literature:

Dickens, Charles

artists:

Frith, William Powell / Sibson, Thomas

subjects:

Victorian art / British art / Illustrations / Book illustrations / Versions / Prints / Commissions

subjects:

Novels

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Dolly Varden (‘The laughing Dolly’, second version), by William Powell Frith. 1842. Oil on canvas, 54.6 by 44.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

10. Interior of Marseille prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 60 by 48 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

11. The Marshalsea prison, by Lumb Stocks after William Powell Frith. 1859. Engraving, 22 by 14 cm. (Frontispiece to volume 2 of Little Dorrit in the Works of Charles Dickens, First Library Edition, London 1858–59).

Attributed works:

12. The Marshalsea prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 60 by 48 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

2. Frontispiece to ‘Barnaby Rudge’, by Thomas Sibson. 1842. Etching, 23.5 by 14 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

3. Dolly Varden (‘Dolly and the bracelet’), by Charles Eden Wagstaff, after William Powell Frith. 1843. Mezzotint, 51 by 41 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

4. Oval study for Dolly Varden, by William Powell Frith. 1843. Oil on canvas, 38 by 34 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

5. Kate Nickleby at Madame Mantalini’s, by William Powell Frith. 1856. Oil on canvas, 55 by 44 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

6. Kate Nickleby at Madame Mantalini’s, by William Powell Frith. c.1842–43. Oil on canvas, 61 by 51 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

7. Charles Dickens, by William Powell Frith. 1859. Oil on canvas, 98 by 84 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

Attributed works:

8. The dining room in Dickens’s home at Gad’s Hill, showing Frith’s Dolly Varden and Kate Nickleby, hung as companions flanking the mirror (Charles Dickens Museum, London).

Attributed works:

9. Interior of Marseille prison (a scene from Little Dorrit), by William Luson Thomas after William Powell Frith. 1860. Wood engraving, 30 by 23 cm. (From the Illustrated Times, 21st January 1860, p.89).

Book Review

Painting the Page in the Age of Print: Central European Manuscript Illumination of the Fifteenth Century. Edited by Jeffrey F. Hamburger, Robert Suckale and Gude Suckale-Redlefsen, with Eberhard König, transl. David Sánchez

09/2019 | 1398 | 161

Pages: 782-783

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Reviewer:

White, Eric (White, Eric)

Subjects

dates:

1400-1499

places:

Holy Roman Empire

subjects:

Illuminated manuscripts / Incunabula / Books / Book illustrations / Secular / Religious art

Exhibition Review

Christina Rossetti: Vision & Verse. Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey

03/2019 | 1392 | 161

Pages: 241-243

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Reviewer:

Treuherz, Julian (Treuherz, Julian)

Subjects

art literature:

Rossetti, Christina

dates:

2010-2019

media:

Paintings / Book illustrations

museums and institutions:

Watts Gallery, Compton , Great Britain

styles:

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood

subjects:

Poetry

Illustrations

Attributed works:

13. Christina Rossetti, by John Brett. 1857. Panel, 13.3 by 10.1 cm. (Private collection; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey).

Attributed works:

14. Buy from us with a golden curl, by Charles J. Faulkner after Dante Gabriel Rossetti, frontispiece to Christina Rossetti’s Goblin Market and Other Poems, London 1862. Wood engraving, 17.5 by 11 cm. (Private collection; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey).

Attributed works:

15. Oh what’s that in the hollow…?, by E.R. Hughes. 1893. Watercolour, 63.2 by 93.3 cm. (Royal Watercolour Society, London; exh. Watts Gallery, Compton, Surrey).

Book Review

Interactive and Sculptural Printmaking in the Renaissance (Brill’s Studies in Intellectual History 270/21). By Suzanne Karr Schmidt

11/2018 | 1388 | 160

Pages: 980-981

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Reviewer:

Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)

Subjects

dates:

1400-1499 / 1500-1599

media:

Books / Book illustrations / Prints / Ivories / Furniture

places:

Europe / Germany

subjects:

Printmaking / Printmakers / Cultural history / Social history / Iconography / Religious ceremonies / Reformation / Counter Reformation / Luther, Martin, 1483-1546 / Propaganda / Cabinets of curiosities / Science / Art market / Electronic publishing

Illustrations

Western art unattributed:

4. Diser Bapst Alexander der Sechst. German, after 1555. Hand-coloured woodcut and letter- press, shown both closed, 33.5 by 17 cm., and open. (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich, Einbl. VII,23 a; photograph Creative Commons).

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