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Article
The decoration of the ballroom wing at Buckingham Palace, 1850–56
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 368–379
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Author:
Rumley, Peter T.J. (Rumley, Peter T.J.)
Subjects
artists:
Moxon, Charles (1808–1890) / Gruner, Ludwig / Consoni, Nicola (1814–1884) / Blore, Edward / Cubitt, Thomas / Pennethorne, James
buildings:
Buckingham Palace, London, Great Britain
dates:
1850-1859
patrons:
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
subjects:
British art / British architecture / Interiors / Conservation / Victorian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.10, showing the archivolt and throne dais in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace.
Attributed works:
10. The Ballroom, Buckingham Palace, 17th June 1856, by Louis Haghe. 1856. Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 31.7 by 47.7 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
11. Part of the frieze in the Promenade Gallery (now West Gallery), Buckingham Palace, London, by Nicola Consoni. 1852. Oil on canvas. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
12 and 13. Paintings by Nicola Consoni in the Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, by Robert Howlett. 1856. Albumen prints, 10.2 by 5.6 cm and 10.5 by 5.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
15. Urn of flowers, by Charles Moxon. Oil on canvas. (Promenade Gallery, now West Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
16. The Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace, by Hills and Saunders. 1873. Albumen print, 16 by 20.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
17. The children’s fancy ball at Buckingham Palace, 7th April 1859, by Eugenio Agneni. 1859. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 31 by 45 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
18. The ballroom at Buckingham Palace, London, arranged for a banquet. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
19. The Approach Gallery, Buckingham Palace, by Hills and Saunders. 1873. Albumen print, 14.7 by 20.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of a plan of the south-west wing of Buckingham Palace, London, showing the Ball and Concert Room, Ball Supper Room, Promenade Gallery and Approach Gallery, by James Pennethorne. 1852. (National Archives, London, work 34/371).
Attributed works:
4. Design for the new ballroom at Buckingham Palace, London, by James Pennethorne. 1852. Pen and ink on paper. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle; © His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
5. Elevations of the front and side of the organ in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London, by James Pennethorne. c.1852. Pen and ink with watercolour, over pencil, 43.8 by 61.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
6. Organ in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London, designed by Henry Cephas Lincoln. 1818–55. Painted and gilded maplewood and gilt metal. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
7. Charles Moxon, by William Quiller Orchardson. 1875. Oil on canvas, 116.8 by 83.8 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
8. First hour of the night, by Michelangelo Maestri. c.1800. Watercolour and gouache over engraved outline on card, 44.5 by 34 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
9. Parnassus, by Raphael. 1511. Fresco, width 6.7 m. (Stanze della Segnatura, Apostolic Palace, Vatican).
Western art unattributed:
14. Decoration in the Promenade Gallery, now the East Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, revealed during redecoration in 1981. (Photograph Louis Randall).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of The Scala Regia, Vatican, Rome. 1870. Engraving. (Liszt Collection; 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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Article
The Chamber Floor of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, 1815–45
10/2022 | 1435 | 164
Pages: 986-999
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Author:
Conrad, Stephen (Conrad, Stephen)
Subjects
artists:
Nash, John, 1752-1835 / Crace and Son, London, Great Britain
buildings:
Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Great Britain
patrons:
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria
styles:
Chinoiserie
subjects:
British architecture / Interiors / Bedrooms / Furniture / Wallpaper / Cross sections / Royalty
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Staircase at the North End of the Long Gallery, by John Nash. 1823. Aquatint. (From J. Nash: Views of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, London 1826).
Attributed works:
10. Detail of Fig.4, showing rooms that were modified for use by Queen Victoria and her children.
Attributed works:
11. Bedroom used by the Duke of Clarence, Chamber Floor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Attributed works:
12. Fragment of blue flowered wallpaper from the Prince Regent’s original Bedroom. Wallpaper with overlaid additions, 40.7 by 55.9 cm. (Royal Pavilion, Brighton; R6013/2; photograph Alexandra Loske).
Attributed works:
13. Bedroom used by the Duke of York, Chamber Floor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Longitudinal section of the Pavilion, by John Nash. 1823. From left to right the ground floor rooms are the Banqueting Room Gallery, the Saloon and the Music Room Gallery. Aquatint (From J. Nash: Views of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, London 1826).
Attributed works:
3. Plan of the Chamber Floor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Before 1842. North is on the left. (Royal Collection; RCIN 918963)
Attributed works:
4. Plan of the Chamber Floor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton (Good 18), by Joseph Good. c.1832. North is at the top. Pen and ink on paper, 53.5 by 173.5 cm. (Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Archive; RG000308).
Attributed works:
5. Queen Victoria’s Bedroom before the reinstatement of the original Chinese wallpaper, Chamber Floor, Royal Pavilion, Brighton.
Attributed works:
6. Detail of Fig.4, showing some of the rooms used by Queen Victoria.
Attributed works:
8. The Double Lobby or Gallery (South) above the Corridor, by John Nash. 1823. Aquatint. (From J. Nash: Views of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton, London 1826).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.4, showing the rooms that were planned for use by the Duchess of Kent and her entourage.
Exhibition Review
Raphael: Prince Albert’s Passion
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 64-67
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Reviewer:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Raphael / and / followers of
collectors and dealers:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Drawings / Prints / Photographs / Cartoons (working drawings) / Tapestries
museums and institutions:
The Lightbox, Woking, Great Britain
subjects:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain) / Collections, Private / Reproductions / Copies
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Raphael: Prince Albert’s Passion The Lightbox, Woking 3rd October 2020– 31st January 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Conversion of the proconsul, by Raphael. c.1514. Metalpoint, brown wash, white heightening and later pen and ink over stylus lines, pin-pointing and black-chalk underdrawing on paper, 26.9 by 35.4 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021; exh. The Lightbox, Woking).
Attributed works:
11. Nude study, after Raphael, by Queen Victoria. 1860. Pen, ink and pencil on paper, 17.7 by 11.1 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021; exh. The Lightbox, Woking).
Attributed works:
12. Three men, after Raphael. c.1853–60. Albumen print, 22.9 by 15.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021; exh. The Lightbox, Woking).
Attributed works:
13. Colonna Madonna, after Raphael. c.1848–58. Berlin porcelain plaque in gilt-wood frame, 74.2 by 58.3 (plaque), 133.8 by 86.8 (frame). (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II 2021; exh. The Lightbox, Woking).
Exhibition Review
A Prince’s Treasure. From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion: The Royal Collection Returns to Brighton
01/2021 | 1414 | 163
Pages: 67-70
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Reviewer:
Maxwell, Christopher L. (Maxwell, Christopher L.)
Subjects
buildings:
Buckingham Palace, London, Great Britain / Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Great Britain
dates:
2020-2030
patrons:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
styles:
Chinoiserie
subjects:
Furnishings / Interiors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Prince’s Treasure. From Buckingham Palace to the Royal Pavilion: The Royal Collection returns to Brighton Royal Pavilion, Brighton 21st September 2019–Autumn 2021 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Console table by Edward Bailey, after a design by Adam Weisweiler, in the Music Room Gallery at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. 1819. Oak, ebony, gilt and painted bronze, marble and mirror glass, 96 by 162 by 52 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; photograph Paul Highnam/ Country Life).
Attributed works:
15. The Kylin clock, in the Saloon at the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. Jingdezhen, Jiangxi province, China, second half of the eighteenth century. Porcelain and gilt bronze, 111.7 by 81.3 by 36.9 cm. (Royal Collection, on loan to the Royal Pavilion, Brighton; photograph Royal Pavilion and Museums Trust, Brighton).
Attributed works:
16. The Music Room, the Royal Pavilion, Brighton. The chimneypiece is flanked by porcelain pagodas that are among the loans from the Royal Collection. (Photograph Paul Highnam/ Country Life).
Article
Henry de Triqueti’s ‘Vase of dreams’
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 924-933
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Author:
Dagorne, Richard (Dagorne, Richard)
Author:
Robinson, Alicia (Robinson, Alicia)
Subjects
artists:
Triqueti, Henri-Joseph-François / Carrier-Belleuse, Albert Ernest
dates:
1860-1869
media:
Vases / Ivory / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain
styles:
British art
subjects:
Iconography / Carvings / Allegory / Dreams / Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 / Neo-classicism / Renaissance art / Deaccessioning / Destruction
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, by George Washington Wilson. Albumen photographic print, 33.9 by 46.1 cm (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
Attributed works:
10. Ice bucket, designed by Jules Klagmann and executed by Jean- Valentin Morel and Henri Duponchel. c.1844. Cast and engraved silver, 38.5 by 29.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).
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11. Vase of creation, by Antoine Vechte. 1848–61. Repoussé silver, 93 by 38 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).
Attributed works:
12. Preparatory model for the young man’s dreams from the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Patinated plaster, 28.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
13. Vase, by Albert Carrier-Belleuse. Minton & Co., 1862. Bone china, painted and gilded, height 95.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Vase and tripod, designed by Constant Sevin and made by Ferdinand Barbedienne. 1862. Gilt bronze and champlevé enamel, height 78.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. Vase of the vintage, by Henry de Triqueti. 1839–44. Patinated bronze, height 108 cm. (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris).
Attributed works:
16. Mother of Moses, by Henry de Triqueti. 1852. Terracotta, 21 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans).
Attributed works:
17. Laura and Petrarch at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Lithographic stone, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
18. Laura and Petrarch, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31.4 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
19. Dante presented to Homer by Virgil, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
2. Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. 1860. Chromolithograph, from J.B. Waring: Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, London 1863. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Sappho and Cupid, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1851. Ivory, height 64 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
Attributed works:
8. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pen and brown ink, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pencil, pen and black ink, with white chalk, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).
Attributed works:
Below left 4. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the maiden’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Below right 5. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the young man’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Bottom left 6. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of productive labour’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Bottom right 7. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of intelligence’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
Queen Victoria’s Equestrian Portrait Statues. By Philip Ward-Jackson
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 979
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Reviewer:
Darby, Elisabeth (Darby, Elisabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Thornycroft, Thomas / Wyatt, James / Marochetti, Carlo, Baron
subjects:
Equestrian statues / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / British sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Queen Victoria’s Equestrian Portrait Statues By Philip Ward-Jackson. 88 pp. incl. 11 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Public Monument and Sculpture Association, London, 2019), £8.95. ISBN 978–1–912793–01–3. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
8. Queen Victoria, by James Wyatt. 1845. Print from a paper negative in the Royal Photographic Society Collection, which shows the plaster version of the work as exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Jules Dalou’s royal commissions from Queen Victoria
08/2014 | 1337 | 156
Pages: 526-529
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Author:
Ward-Jackson, Philip (Ward-Jackson, Philip; Ward-Jackson, Phillip; Jackson, Philip Ward; Ward-Jackon, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Dalou, Aimé Jules
artists:
Boehm, Joseph Edgar
dates:
1870-1879
museums and institutions:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
patrons:
Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
subjects:
Commissions / Patronage / French sculpture / Portraits
subjects:
Sitters / Memorials
Illustrations
Attributed works:
30. Angel with children. A memorial to the grandchildren of Queen Victoria, by Jules Dalou (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
Attributed works:
31. Fig.30 in a photograph taken in 1924 when the sculpture was in the Infants' Hospital, Vincent Square, London (London Metropolitan Archives)
Attributed works:
32. Angel with a child, by Jules Dalou. Here identified as a sketch model for a Memorial to Princess Marie of Hesse (Musée du Petit Palais, Paris)
Attributed works:
33. Joseph Edgar Boehm in his studio (with bust by Dalou at upper left), by J.P. Mayall (National Portrait Gallery, London)
Attributed works:
34. Bust of Joseph Edgar Boehm. Here identified as a marble by Robert Glassby of 1891, after a model by Jules Dalou of 1875 (Royal Collection, Windsor Castle)
Article
A diplomatic tour of 1855: Queen Victoria, King Victor Emmanuel II and Carlo Marochetti
11/2013 | 1328 | 155
Pages: 774-778
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Author:
Guerrini, Alessandra (Guerrini, Alessandra)
Subjects
artists:
Marochetti, Carlo, Baron
dates:
1850-1859
patrons:
Vittorio Emanuele II, King of Italy, 1820-1878 / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
places:
Paris / London
subjects:
Diplomacy / History / Commissions / Italian sculpture / Busts / Portraits
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Bust of Massimo d'Azeglio, by Carlo Marochetti (Museo Nazionale del Risorgimento Italiano, Turin)
Attributed works:
36. Bust of Victor Emmanuel II, by Carlo Marochetti (Royal Armoury, Turin)
Attributed works:
37. Bust of Mary, Princess of Cambridge, by Carlo Marochetti (Royal Collection)
Western art unattributed:
33. Camillo Cavour and Massimo d'Azeglio. Illustrated London News (1st December 1855), p.633
Western art unattributed:
35. Investiture of the King of Sardinia with the Order of the Garter at Windsor Castle. Illustrated London News, (15th December 1855), p.704
Book Review
Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen
06/2012 | 1311 | 154
Pages: 429-430
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Reviewer:
Olausson, Magnus (Olausson, Magnus)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022
print:
Miniatures (paintings)
subjects:
Collections, Private / Miniatures (paintings) / Paintings / Victorian / British / English / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Victorian Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen | author: Remington, Vanessa
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