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Turner’s ‘Staffa, Fingal’s Cave’: exporting ‘indistinctness’
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 330-341
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Author:
Warrell, Ian (Warrell, Ian)
Subjects
dates:
1830-1849
museums and institutions:
New York Public Library, New York, United States / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
subjects:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William / Lenox, James / Leslie, Charles Robert / Cultural tourism / Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix / Travel / Critical Reception / Lenox, James / Stanfield, Clarkson
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. James Lenox, by Francis Grant. 1848. Oil on canvas. (New York Public Library)
Attributed works:
10. Cotopaxi, by Frederic Edwin Church. 1862. Oil on canvas, 121.9 by 215.9 cm. (Detroit Museum of Arts; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Bally-burgh Ness, by J.M.W Turner. c.1835. Watercolour and gouache, with scratching-out, on cream wove paper, 8.3 by 13.5 cm. (© President and Fellows of Harvard College; Fogg Museum, Harvard Art Museums).
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2. Staffa, Fingals' Cave, by J.M.W. Turner. 1832. Oil on canvas, 90.8 x 121.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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3. Van Tromp's Shallop, at the Entrance of the Scheldt (previously mistitled Van Tromp Returning after the Battle off the Dogger Bank) by J.M.W. Turner. 1832 (previously misdated 1833). Oil on canvas, 90.5 x 120.8 cm. (Tate).
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4. Fingal's Cave, by J.M.W. Turner, c.1832. Pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, 29.2 x 21.6 cm. (Private collection).
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5. North wall of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery, Showing Turner's Staffa, Fingal's Cave in its original frame/ c.1882. Photograph. (New York Public Library Archives).
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6. Turner's Watteau Study by Fresnoy's rules (1831) in its original frame. Photograph. (Tate).
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7. The New York and London packet ship 'Victoria'. 1000 tons (entering New York Harbour), by Thomas Goldsworth Dutton. 1843. Hand-coloured lithograph, 26.2 by 40.1 cm. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
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8. Lenox Library, from the west, designed by Richard Morris Hunt, by H.N. Tuimann & Co. 1909. Gelatin silver print. 35.5 x 27.8 cm. (Museum of the City of New York).
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9. Detail of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery Digital Recreation, showing the north and west walls. (From S. Webster and D. Schwittek, eds: ‘A digital recreation of the Lenox Library Picture Gallery: a contribution to the early history of public art museums in the United States’, Nineteenth-Century Art Worldwide 17, no.2 (2018)).
Publication Received
The Medici Aesop. Spencer MS 50. From The Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library
02/1991 | 1055 | 133
Pages: 126-127
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Reviewer:
Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
New York Public Library, New York, United States
subjects:
Illuminated manuscripts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Medici Aesop. Spencer MS 50. From The Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library | author: Fahy, Everett , author: McTighe, Bernard
Exhibition Review
William Wordsworth and the Age of English Romanticism. New York, Bloomington and Chicago
03/1988 | 1020 | 130
Pages: 258
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Reviewer:
Wilton, Andrew (Wilton, Andrew)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
New York Public Library, New York, United States
places:
United States / New York
subjects:
Wordsworth, William
subjects:
British painting / Romanticism / Exhibitions / Reviews
Exhibition Review
Max Ernst. New York and Ann Arbor
05/1987 | 1010 | 129
Pages: 351-352
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Reviewer:
Temkin, Ann (Temkin, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Ernst, Max
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
New York Public Library, New York, United States
museums and institutions:
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, United States
places:
United States / New York / Ann Arbor
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
109. Fiat Modes, pereat ars, by Max Ernst. 1919. Lithograph. (Collection Timothy Baum, New York; Exh. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor).
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110. Maximiliana, or the Illegal Practice of Astronomy, by Max Ernst. 1964. (Public Library, New York; Exh. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor).
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111. The Fugitive, pl. xxx of Histoire Naturelle, by Max Ernst. 1926. (Exh. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor).
Article
Newly Discovered Miniatures by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
03/1965 | 744 | 107
Pages: 110-115
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Author:
De Tolnay, Charles (De Tolnay, Charles; Tolnay, Károly; Tolnay, Charles de; Tolnay, C. de; Tolnay, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Bruegel, Pieter, the Elder
artists:
Clovio, Giulio
dates:
1500-1599
museums and institutions:
New York Public Library, New York, United States
places:
Netherlands / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Netherlandish painting / Illuminated manuscripts
subjects:
Marine art / Naval Ships
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Christ in the Sea of Galilee, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (?). Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.11r. (Public Library, New York.)
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12. Epiphany, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder (?). Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.5r. (Public Library, New York.)
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14. Landscape, by Herri met de Bles. (Galleria Borghese, Rome.)
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2. The Last Judgment, by Giulio Clovio, with Seascape Here Attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Towneley Lectionary, fo.23. (Public Library, New York.)
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3. Detail (Enlarged) from Stormy Harbour, Here Attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder, from the Miniature Reproduced in Fig.2. [he Last Judgment, by Giulio Clovio, with Seascape Here Attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Towneley Lectionary, fo.23. (Public Library, New York.)]
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4. View of the Port of Naples, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. (Galleria Doria, Rome.)
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7. Seascape, by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.)
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8. Winter Landscape with Flight into Egypt, Here Attributed to Herri met de Bles. (Museo del Sacro Monte, Varese.)
Attributed works:
9. St Peter Healing the Lame Beggar, Here Attributed to Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.20r. (Public Library, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
10. Three Women at the Tomb and Noli me Tangere. ?Flemish School, c.1553. Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.16r. (Public Library, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
13. Grisaille Figure. ?Flemish, c.1553. Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.4r. (Public Library, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
15. Grisaille Figure. ?Flemish, c.1553. Detail (Enlarged) from Towneley Lectionary, fo.4r. (Public Library, New York.)
Western art unattributed:
5. Relief on the Tomb of Alessandro Contarini. 1553. (Santo, Padua.)
Western art unattributed:
6. Ships at Sea. Italian, c.1460-80. Engraving, Hind II, 59.