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Paul Sandby and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn revisited
03/2025 | 1464 | 167
Pages: 258–61
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Author:
Fairclough, Oliver (Fairclough, Oliver)
Subjects
artists:
Sandby, Paul
buildings:
Wales
dates:
1770-1779
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
patrons:
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Fourth Baronet, 1749-1789
subjects:
Patrons / Patronage / Aquatints / Gouaches / Topographical views / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bala in the county of Merioneth: A rejoicing scene when Sir W.W. Wynn visited that place August 22 1771, by Paul Sandby. Bodycolour over pencil on linen, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
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2. The iron forge (incorrectly titled Aber Glaslyn in the county of Merioneth), by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
3. The iron forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, from XII Views in North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1776. Aquatint on paper, 29 by 38 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
4. Waterfall at Tanberis North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing Sir William- Wynn and his party arriving in Bala.
Editorial
Essential arts
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 667
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
subjects:
Arts funding / Museums
Short Notice
A ‘Morris room’ in Cardiff: Mary Lobb and the National Museum of Wales
04/2023 | 1441 | 165
Pages: 418-421
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Author:
Cooper, Thomas (Cooper, Thomas)
Subjects
artists:
Morris, May / Morris, William
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Lobb, Mary / Jewellery / Embroidery / Museums / Displays / British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Mary Lobb. c.1910s. Postcard, 15 by 10.5 cm. (National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
12. Hair ornament, designed and made by May Morris. c.1905. Silver, pearls, opals and garnets, 14.7 by 3.1 by 14.8 cm. (National Museum Cardiff).
Attributed works:
13. Acanthus bedcover, designed by William Morris and embroidered by Jane Morris (and possibly Jenny Morris). c.1890s. Twisted and floss silk on linen, 260 by 200 cm. (National Museum Cardiff).
Attributed works:
14. Section “William Morris”, Exposition Organisée par le Gouvernement Britannique, Palais du Louvre, Pavillion de Marsan. (From exh. cat. Arts Décoratifs de Grande-Bretagne et d’Irelande, London 1914; courtesy Syndics of Cambridge University Library).
Book Review
Pastures Green and Dark Satanic Mills: The British Passion for Landscape, by Tim Barringer and Oliver Fairclough
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 981-982
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Reviewer:
Smith, Greg (Smith, Greg)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain / Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, United States / Frick Art Museum, Pittsburgh, United States / Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, United States
museums and institutions:
Utah Museum of Fine Arts, Salt Lake City, United States
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works) / Exhibition catalogues / British painting
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
45. Steelworks, Cardiff, at Night, by Lionel Walden. c.1895-97 (National Museum Wales, Cardiff)
Exhibition Review
Ivor Davies
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 310-311
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Reviewer:
Green, Alison (Green, Alison)
Subjects
artists:
Davies, Ivor
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
places:
Wales / Cardiff
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
83. Annotated copy of Tom Picton's photograph of DIAS participants, 1966 (Courtesy the artist; exh. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff)
Attributed works:
84. Eyes and lips, collaged cardboard boxes used in Adam on St Agnes's Eve, performed in Swansea, 21st January 1968. Studio photograph, 2015 (Courtesy the artist; exh. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff)
Attributed works:
85. Prelude to Anatomic Explosions, performed in Edinburgh, 1st September 1966. Photograph by Beaverbrook Newspapers (exh. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff)
Article
Edouard Manet’s ‘The roundhouse on the Paris–Sceaux railway’
03/2016 | 1356 | 158
Pages: 200-202
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Author:
Lilley, Ed (Lilley, Ed; Lilley, Ed)
Subjects
artists:
Manet, Edouard
dates:
1870-1879
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
places:
Paris / Sceaux
subjects:
French painting / Collections, Private / Identification / Collections, Public / Railways
Illustrations
Attributed works:
47. The railway station at Sceaux, here identified as The roundhouse on the Paris-Sceaux railway, by Edouard Manet. 1870 (Private collection)
Attributed works:
48. Effect of snow at Petit-Montrouge, by Edouard Manet. 1870 (National Museum of Wales, Cardiff)
Attributed works:
50. Roundhouse on the Paris-Sceaux railway, from J.-M. Jacquemin: La Ligne de Sceaux au fil des temps, Paris 1986, p.45 (Photograph from the Archives of the RATP, Paris)
Attributed works:
51. Detail of Plan géométral de Paris et de ses arrondissements, by Eugène Andriveau-Goujon. 1869 (University of Chicago)
Attributed works:
52. Roundhouse for thirty-two locomotives, at Nevers, on the Bourbonnais railway, by Auguste-Hippolyte Collard. c.1860-63 (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles)
Western art unattributed:
49. Terminus of the Paris-Sceaux railway line at the Barrière d'Enfer, now Place Denfert-Rochereau. c.1900 (Private collection)
Exhibition Review
Richard Wilson. New Haven and Cardiff
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 545-547
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Reviewer:
Robinson, Duncan (Robinson, Duncan)
Subjects
artists:
Wilson, Richard, ca. 1713-1782
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States / National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
places:
Wales / United States / New Haven / Cardiff
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
46. The temple of the Sibyl and the Campagna, by Richard Wilson (National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin; exh. National Museum Wales, Cardiff)
Attributed works:
47. Rome from the Villa Madama, by Richard Wilson (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. National Museum Wales, Cardiff)
Exhibition Review
The Ford Collection
05/2014 | 1334 | 156
Pages: 339-341
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Author:
Green, Richard (Green, Richard)
Subjects
artists:
Wilson, Richard, ca. 1713-1782
collectors and dealers:
Ford, Richard, 1796-1858 / Ford, Brinsley
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Gainsborough's House, Sudbury, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States / National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
places:
Wales / United States / Sudbury / New Haven / England / Cardiff
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections, Private
Illustrations
Attributed works:
56. Villa Aemiliana, near Rome, by Richard Wilson (Ford Collection; exh. Gainsborough's House, Sudbury)
Attributed works:
57. Syon House from Richmond Gardens - evening, by Richard Wilson (Ford Collection; exh. Gainsborough's House, Sudbury)
Attributed works:
58. Casa de Sanchez: An old house in the Alhambra, by John Frederick Lewis (Ford Collection; exh. Gainsborough's House, Sudbury)
Western art unattributed:
59. Torre de las Damas, Alhambra, Granada. (Photograph by the present reviewer)
Exhibition Review
Land Art in Britain 1966–79. Southampton; Cardiff; Warwick; Wakefield
08/2013 | 1325 | 155
Pages: 570-572
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Reviewer:
Wilson, Andrew (Wilson, Andrew)
Subjects
artists:
Smithson, Robert / Holt, Nancy Louise
dates:
2010-2019 / 1960-1979
museums and institutions:
Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Great Britain / National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain / University of Warwick Arts Centre, Mead Gallery, Coventry, Great Britain / Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, Wakefield, Great Britain / John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, Great Britain
places:
Southampton / Warwick / Wales / Wakefield / England / Cardiff
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Land art / British
Illustrations
Attributed works:
44. A line made by walking, by Richard Long (Courtauld Gallery, London; exh. Southampton City Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
45. Landscape for fire II, by Anthony McCall (Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London; exh. Southampton City Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
46. New stones - Newton's tones, by Tony Cragg (Arts Council Collection, Southbank Centre, London; exh. Southampton City Art Gallery)
Editorial
Cardiff: Wales and the bigger picture
12/2011 | 1305 | 153
Pages: 783
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Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
places:
Cardiff / Wales
print:
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
subjects:
Editorials / Collections, Public
subjects:
Art galleries / Art museums / Galleries (display spaces)
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