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Article
Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the silver Buckingham Vases
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 502-511
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Author:
Chambers Mills, Rosie (Chambers Mills, Rosie)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / Storr, Paul,
collectors and dealers:
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
dates:
1810-1819
media:
Silverwork / Marbles / Etchings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Stowe House, Buckingham, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Vases / Sculpture / Antiquities / Antiquarianism / Workshops (Organisations) / Copies / Influence / Art market / Designers
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Buckingham Vase, marked by Paul Storr, London. 1811–12. Silver, 40 by 35.6 by 26.7 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the family of Sir Arthur Gilbert, and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
10. Study of an altar, by Bernardino Ciferri. c.1710–30. Red chalk on paper, 30.3 by 28 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. Her Majesty’s departure from Stowe House, from the Illustrated London News, 25th January 1845. Engraving. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Marble vase from Hadrian’s Villa, by Henry Moses. Engraving. (Repr. Vorbilder für Fabrikanten und Handwerker, Berlin 1830, part 1, section 2, pl.23; Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of the Innovo Vase, by Michael Eden. 2016. Coated nylon. 50.2 by 40.6 by 29.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Shannon and Peter Loughrey, and Heidi Wettenhall and Said Saffari through the 2016 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA ). (  Michael Eden; photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA.
Attributed works:
2. The Stowe Vase (front), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37.5 cm.
Attributed works:
3. The Stowe Vase (side), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37 cm.
Attributed works:
4. The Stowe Vase. Rome, 2nd century BC. Marble, 119.4 by 101.6 by 76.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
5. Doncaster Race Cup, marked by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard. 1828. Silver with gilding, height 39.4 cm. (Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of a design for a sauce tureen, from an album, ‘Designs for plate etc. by John Flaxman’, by Edward Hodges Baily, fol.16r. c.1820. Pencil and ink on paper, 51 by 31.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Pair of wine coolers, marked by Benjamin Smith, London. 1814–15. Silver with gilding, each 36.7 by 34.3 by 24.8 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, gift of Rita R. Gans; photograph Katherine Wetzel).
Attributed works:
8. Wine cooler (one of four), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. 1828–29. Silver with gilding, 36.2 by 30.5 by 22.2 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis).
Attributed works:
9. Wine cooler (one of a pair), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. torted the profile of the Stowe Vase to match the other vase, 1831–32. Silver with gilding, height 37 cm. (British Museum, London).
Article
The design of New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 840-849
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Author:
Salmon, Frank (Salmon, Frank)
Subjects
art literature:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore / Pevsner, Nikolaus / Hilton, Boyd
artists:
Rickman, Thomas / Mead, John Clement / Hutchinson, Henry / Wilkins, William, 1778-1839 / Browne, Arthur / Hullmandel, Charles Joseph
buildings:
St John's College, Cambridge, Great Britain
dates:
1800-1849 / 1810-1819 / 1820-1829 / 1830-1839
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural components / Sketches / Stone
museums and institutions:
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Cambridge
subjects:
British architecture / Universities / Colleges / Staircases / Bridges / Windows / Gates / Spires / Cloisters / Vaults / Lanterns (roof appendages) / Brick / Building materials / Gothic Revival / Neo-classicism / Romanticism / Picturesque, the / Ornament / Visual sources / Cathedrals / Symmetry / Commissions / Competitions / Criticism / Tudor Revival / Elizabethan revival / Jacobean / Religion / Religious architecture / Architects / Architectural historians / Diaries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. November 1826. Pen and ink on paper, 62 by 108 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC4/4)
Attributed works:
11. The Bridge of Sighs, viewed westward from the Third Court loggia, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph © Tim Rawle)
Attributed works:
12. Detail of Fig.10, showing the design for an iron Bridge of Sighs.
Attributed works:
13. The New Court ‘Bridge Passage’, St John’s College, Cambridge, viewed westward towards the cloister with the entrance to A Staircase on the right, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph Tim Rawle).
Attributed works:
14. Detail of Fig.2, digitally rendered to show the building as it would have appeared if built in red brick.
Attributed works:
2. South front of New Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. 1827–31. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
Attributed works:
3. Perspective view of a design for New Court from the south-east, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 68 by 124 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/10).
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4. Detail of a design for the east elevation of New Court, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 70 by 98 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/5).
Attributed works:
5. The Shrewsbury Tower gatehouse in Second Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Ralph Symons and Gilbert Wigge. 1598–1602. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, by John Clement Mead. October 1824. Ink and wash on paper, 70 by 98 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC2/2).
Attributed works:
7. South side of Second Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Ralph Symons and Gilbert Wigge. 1598–1602. (Photograph © Tim Rawle).
Attributed works:
8. Detail of a design for the south elevation of New Court, St John’s College, Cambridge, by Arthur Browne. April–September 1825. Pen, ink and grey wash on card, 22 by 55 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC3/3).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of a plan of a design for New Court, by Arthur Browne. April–September 1825. Pen, ink and wash on card, 22 by 56 cm. (By permission of the Master and Fellows of St John’s College, Cambridge, SJCA/MPSC3/2).
Western art unattributed:
1. New Court and the Bridge of Sighs, St John’s College, Cambridge, viewed from the Kitchen Bridge to the south-east. Mid-nineteenth century. Engraving, 8.5 by 13.5 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Painting in Latin America, 1550–1820: From Conquest to Independence, L.E. Alcalá and J. Brown, eds.
12/2015 | 1353 | 157
Pages: 856
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Reviewer:
Cruz González, Cristina (Cruz González, Cristina)
Subjects
dates:
1550-1599 / 1600-1799 / 1810-1819
subjects:
Paintings / Latin American / Spanish Colonial / Art historiography
subjects:
Mexican School / Mexican painting
Exhibition Review
The Congress of Vienna
06/2015 | 1347 | 157
Pages: 436-439
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Reviewer:
Clegg, Elizabeth (Clegg, Elizabeth)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1810-1819
museums and institutions:
Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna, Austria
places:
Vienna / Austria
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Napoleon I, Emperor of the French / Royalty / Portraits / War
subjects:
Austrian / French / Russian / British / German / History
Illustrations
Attributed works:
65. Clemens, Prince Metternich, by Thomas Lawrence (Fürst von Metternich'sche Domäne Schloss Johannisberg-Rheingau; exh. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna)
Attributed works:
66. Masked ball at the Imperial Winter Riding School, Vienna, on the evening of 9th October 1814, by Johann Nepomuk Höchle (Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna; exh. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna)
Article
The architect and the philhellene: newly discovered designs by John Nash for Frederick North’s London house
07/2014 | 1336 | 156
Pages: 445-451
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Author:
Bradney, Jane (Bradney, Jane)
Author:
Hetherington, Paul (Hetherington, Paul; Hetherington, P. B.; H., P.; Hetherington, P.)
Subjects
artists:
Nash, John, 1752-1835
dates:
1810-1819
museums and institutions:
British Library, London, Great Britain
patrons:
North, Frederick, Fifth Earl of Guilford, 1766-1827
places:
Carlton House Terrace, London, Great Britain / London
subjects:
Architectural drawings / British architecture / Collections, Public / Houses
subjects:
Commissions / Unexecuted designs
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Projected plan for southern end of 'The new street' opposite Carlton House, now Waterloo Place, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
34. Design for façade with two-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
35. Design for façade with single-storey temple front for Frederick North's house, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
36. Ground plan for Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
37. Plan of first floor of Frederick North's house and conservatory, by John Nash (British Library, London)
Attributed works:
38. Waterloo Place, looking towards Regent Street, from a drawing by Thomas H. Shepherd (From Metropolitan improvements; or London in the nineteenth century, London n.d.)
Article
Canova as hairdresser
01/2014 | 1330 | 156
Pages: 26-28
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Author:
Ferando, Christina (Ferando, Christina)
Subjects
artists:
Canova, Antonio
dates:
1810-1819 / 1820-1829
museums and institutions:
Biblioteca Seminario Patriarcale, Venice, Italy
places:
Possagno
subjects:
Italian sculpture / Correspondence / Travel accounts / Italian architecture / Visual sources / Neo-classicism / Collections, Public
subjects:
Hairdressing
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Antonio Canova lays the cornerstone for the Tempio in Possagno, by Johann Anton Pock. 1819. Canvas, 35 by 47 cm. (Museo Glauco Lombardi, Parma).
Article
A newly discovered portrait of Napoleon by Jacques-Louis David
10/2013 | 1327 | 155
Pages: 687-692
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Author:
Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
Subjects
artists:
David, Jacques-Louis
dates:
1810-1819
museums and institutions:
National Gallery of Art, Washington, United States
patrons:
Hamilton, Alexander, Tenth Duke of Hamilton, 1767-1852
subjects:
Portraits / Collections, Public / Collections, Private / Sitters / Commissions / Napoleon I, Emperor of the French / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Formal analysis
subjects:
Costume
subjects:
French painting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
41. The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries, by Jacques-Louis David (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
Attributed works:
42. S.M. le Roi de Rome, En habit de garde nationale - presenté au peuple à une fenêtre de son appartement [au] château des Tuileries, by Jean-Baptiste Gautier (Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris)
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43. Napoleon in the uniform of the National Guard, by Jacques-Louis David (Private collection, United States; photograph courtesy of Collins Fine Art Ltd, New York)
Attributed works:
44. Detail of Fig. 43
Attributed works:
45. Detail of Fig. 43
Attributed works:
46. Detail of Fig. 41
Attributed works:
47. Napoleon, by Georges Rouget (Private collection)
Attributed works:
48. Napoleon Le Grand, D'après le Portrait en pied de S.M. l'Empereur et Roi. Fait par M. David son premier Peintre, drawn by David's pupil Eugène Bourgeois, and engraved under David's supervision by Noel Bertrand (Musée de l'Armée, Paris)
Western art unattributed:
49. Napoleon Le Grand, D'après le Portrait en pied de S.M. l'Empereur et Roi. Fait par M. David son premier Peintre. Anonymous (Private collection)
Article
‘Ecorché’ drawings by Edwin Landseer
05/2012 | 1310 | 154
Pages: 337-344
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Author:
Owens, Susan (Owens, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
Landseer, Edwin
dates:
1810-1819 / 1820-1829
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Landseer, Edwin
subjects:
Anatomical drawings / Drawings / Animals / Ecorchés (models) / British
subjects:
Collections, Public / Acquisitions
subjects:
Dogs (animals) / Horses (animals) / Cats (animals)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. Study of an écorché greyhound, lateral view, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black and red chalk and graphite heightened with white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 38.9 by 60.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
35. Study of an écorché greyhound, lateral view, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black and red chalk and graphite heightened with white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 48.6 by 67.3 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
36. Study of an écorché greyhound supported by planks, by Edwin Landseer. ­c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk on brown paper, 30.7 by 49 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
37. Plate IV: Muscles, by John Bell. Illustration in J. Bell: Engravings, Explaining the Anatomy of the Bones, Muscles and Joints, Edinburgh 1794. (Wellcome Library, London).
Attributed works:
38. Finished study for the second anatomical table for ‘The Anatomy of the Horse’, by George Stubbs. c.1756–58. Pencil and black chalk, 36.5 by 49.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
39. Study of an écorché horse’s head, by Edwin Landseer. 1817. Watercolour over graphite heightened with touches of bodycolour on grey paper, 30.5 by 40 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
40. Study of an écorché dog’s head, by Edwin Landseer. 1821. Black and red chalk and graphite heightened with white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 29.7 by 44.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
41. Study of an écorché horse’s head, seen from the side, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black and red chalk heightened with white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 31.5 by 51.2 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
42. Study of an écorché horse’s head, seen from the side, by Benjamin Robert Haydon. 1806. Black, red and white chalk on brown paper, 30.5 by 47 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
43. Study of the head and shoulders of an écorché wild cat, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk and graphite on buff-coloured paper, 37.5 by 53.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
44. Drawing of a wolf’s head, by John Frederick Lewis. c.1821–22. Black, red and white chalk on brown paper, 33.7 by 27.2 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
45. Study of an écorché horse’s head, seen from the front (a sketch of a lion and the torso of a youth in graphite on the verso), by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 50 by 31 cm. (Snite Museum of Art, University of Notre Dame, Indiana).
Attributed works:
46. Study of an écorché horse’s head, seen from the front, here attributed to Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk over graphite on grey paper, 56.8 by 38.7 cm. (With W/S Fine Art Ltd., London).
Attributed works:
47. Study of an écorché greyhound with enlarged detail of a paw, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk and graphite on buff-coloured paper, 44.2 by 58.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
48. Three studies of the hind leg of an écorché dog, here attributed to Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk on grey paper, 37.8 by 54.3 cm. (With W/S Fine Art Ltd., London).
Attributed works:
49. Study of an écorché greyhound’s head, by Edwin Landseer. c.1817–21. Black, red and white chalk on buff-coloured paper, 26.6 by 33 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
50. Study of an écorché wild cat, lateral view, by Edwin Landseer. 1817. Black, red and white chalk and graphite on buff-coloured paper, 30.2 by 48.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
51. Study of the foreleg of an écorché dog, by Edwin Landseer. 1821. Black, red and white chalk and graphite on buff-coloured paper, 29 by 45 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Book Review
La peinture française en Allemagne 1815–1870
01/2012 | 1306 | 154
Pages: 49
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Reviewer:
Gee, Malcolm (Gee, Malcolm)
Subjects
dates:
1810-1819 / 1820-1869
places:
Germany
print:
French painting
print:
Critical Reception
subjects:
French painting / Critical Reception
Reviewed Items
subjects:
La peinture française en Allemagne 1815–1870 | author: Nerlich, France
Book Review
God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 264-265
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Reviewer:
Wedgwood, Alexandra (Wedgwood, Alexandra; Wedgwood, Alexandra Gordon Clark)
Subjects
artists:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
dates:
1810-1819 / 1820-1839 / 1840-1859
print:
Pugin, Augustus Welby Northmore
subjects:
Biographies / British architecture / Architecture / Architects
Reviewed Items
subjects:
God’s Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic Britain | author: Hill, Rosemary
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