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‘The monarch of the glen’: painting for the new Houses of Parliament
04/2025 | 1465 | 167
Pages: 342-353
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Author:
Duffy, Stephen (Duffy, Stephen)
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1. The monarch of the glen, by Thomas Landseer after Edwin Landseer. 1852. Engraving, 70 by 73 cm. (British Museum, London).
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10. Windsor Park, by Edwin Landseer. ?1850. Oil on canvas, 89.5 by 72.5 cm. (Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
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11. The otter speared, by Edwin Landseer. c.1841–44. Oil on canvas, 200 by 153.7 cm (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Bridgeman Images).
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12. A random shot, by Edwin Landseer. c.1847–48. Oil on canvas, 122 by 183 cm. (Bury Art Museum and Sculpture Centre; Bridgeman Images).
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13. Scene in Brae Mar, by Edwin Landseer. ?c.1851–57. Oil on canvas, 271.8 by 251.5 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The monarch of the glen, by Edwin Landseer. 1849–51. Oil on canvas, 163.8 by 168.9 cm. (Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh; Bridgeman Images).
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3. The Peers’ Refreshment Rooms, by Alfred Newman after George Somers Clarke. 1849. Lithograph, 22.1 by 27.1 cm. (From H.T. Ryde: Illustrations of the New Palace of Westminster, London 1849).
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4. The Peers’ Dining Room. (Photograph courtesy the House of Lords; Roger Harris).
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5. Alfred Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, by James Faed after Francis Grant. c.1860. Mezzotint, 52.4 by 39.6 cm. (Royal Armouries, Leeds).
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6 and 7. Details of a letter from Edwin Landseer to Edward John Coleman, 9th May 1866 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
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8. The north wall of the Peers’ Refreshment Rooms, by the Office of Charles Barry. 1846. Ink and watercolour on paper, 15.5 by 13 cm. (National Archives, Kew).
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9. The north wall of the Peers’ Dining Room. (Estates Archive; photograph courtesy UK Parliament, London).
Article
Charles XV’s ‘Norwegian landscape’ in the Museum Gustavianum, Uppsala
07/2024 | 1456 | 166
Pages: 696–703
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Author:
Mebius, Eva-Charlotta (Mebius, Eva-Charlotta; Mebius, Eva-Charlotta)
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1. Norwegian landscape, here identified as a view of Romsdalen, by Charles XV of Sweden. 1857. Oil on canvas, 49.5 by 60 cm. (Gustavianum, Uppsala).
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10. Stop on the banks of Vindelälven, West Bothnia, by Fritz von Dardel. 1858. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 20.9 by 33.8 cm. (sheet). (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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2. Charles XV of Sweden in his studio in the Royal Palace, Stockholm, by Pierre Tetar van Elven. Oil on canvas, 68 by 98 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm).
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3. View from Romsdal, by Thomas Fearnley. 1838. Oil on canvas, 57 by 70 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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4. Freja’s Stone, landscape from Sognefjord, by Charles XV of Sweden. Engraving. (From När och Fjerran: Illustrerad Litteraturtidskrift, December 1876).
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5. Gudvangen, by Thomas Fearnley. 1839. Oil on paper laid down on wood, 18 by 28 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. From Romsdalen, towards Isterdalen, by Thomas Fearnley. c.1841. Graphite on paper, 39.7 by 50 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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7. The Bishop, King and Queen, seen from Grytten and Lakseteine, by Thomas Fearnley. 1836. Graphite on paper, 14 by 21.8 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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8. The landing of Sinclair in Romsdal, by Adolph Tidemand and Morten Müller. 1876. Oil on canvas, 178 by 290 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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9. View from the Hotel Aak towards Isdalen/Isterdalen in Romsdalen, by Knud Knudsen. 1870. Albumen print on paper, 13.4 by 18 cm. (National Museum, Oslo).
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.)
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1. Detail of Fig.10, showing the archivolt and throne dais in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace.
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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).
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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).
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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).
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15. Urn of flowers, by Charles Moxon. Oil on canvas. (Promenade Gallery, now West Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London; photograph the author).
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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).
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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).
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18. The ballroom at Buckingham Palace, London, arranged for a banquet. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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7. Charles Moxon, by William Quiller Orchardson. 1875. Oil on canvas, 116.8 by 83.8 cm. (Tate).
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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).
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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).
Short Notice
Fresh betrayal: a revised chapter in the early history of the Pre-Raphaelites
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 389–391
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Author:
Beckham, Susie (Beckham, Susie)
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1. The girlhood of Mary Virgin, by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. 1848–49. Oil on canvas, 83.2 by 65.4 cm. (Tate).
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2. Rienzi vowing to obtain justice for the death of his young brother, by William Holman Hunt. 1849. Oil on canvas, 83 by 117 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. Detail of Fig.4, showing the initials ‘PRB’ carved into the bench in the lower-right corner of the painting.
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4. Isabella, by John Everett Millais. 1849. Oil on canvas, 103 by 142.8 cm. (National Museums, Liverpool).
Article
The fate of the ‘Lawrence Gallery’: Samuel Woodburn and the National Gallery
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1234-1251
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Author:
Penny, Nicholas (Penny, Nicholas)
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1. The Virgin with an angel and child, by Parmigianino. c.1525. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on pink-tinted paper, 20.1 by 16.1 cm. (Albertina, Vienna).
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10. Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist and St Jerome (‘The vision of St Jerome’), by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Oil on poplar panel, 342.9 by 148.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Study for or after the head of St John, perhaps by Parmigianino or Barocci. 1527 or later. Red, black and white chalk on paper, 39.1 by 25.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
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12. Study for the figure of Adam, by Michelangelo. 1511. Red chalk over stylus on paper, 19.3 by 25.9 cm. (British Museum, London).
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13. Raising of Lazarus, by Sebastiano del Piombo. 1517–19. Oil on synthetic panel, transferred from wood, 381 by 289.6 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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14. St Catherine of Alexandria, by Raphael. c.1507–08. Oil on canvas, 71.5 by 55.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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15. ‘Portrait of the sister of Raffaelle’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. Chalk lithograph on paper within a lithographic mount, 40 by 28.2 cm. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.16; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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16. ‘The Virgin and the Apostles’ attributed to Raffaello Sanzio. 1841. (From A Series of Fac-Similes of Original Drawings by Raffaelle da Urbino, London 1841, pl.11; © Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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17. The departure of the Argonauts, by Pietro del Donzello. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.8 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
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18. The Argonauts in Colchis, by Bartlommeo di Giovanni. 1487. Oil on panel, 83.2 by 163.8 cm. (The Mari-Cha Collection Limited).
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19. Initial letter ‘A’ for a gradual, including a scene of the Annunciation by Lorenzo Monaco. c.1410. Pen, ink and wash over black chalk on vellum, 40 by 32.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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2. Isabella Hutchinson (Mrs. Wolff), by Thomas Lawrence. 1815. Oil on canvas, 128.2 by 102.4 cm. (Art Institute of Chicago).
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20. Adoration of the Magi, by Baldassare Peruzzi. c.1522–23. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 112.5 by 107 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Samuel Woodburn, by Thomas Lawrence. c.1823. Oil on canvas, 109.2 by 83.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
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4. The woman taken in adultery, attributed to Abraham van Dyck. c.1652. Pen with brown ink and wash with some red chalk and white heightening, 19.3 by 28 cm. (Private collection, courtesy Sotheby’s).
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5. The woman taken in adultery, by Rembrandt. 1644. Oil on oak panel, 83.8 by 65.4 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Rinaldo and Armida, by Anthony van Dyck. 1634–45. Oil on panel, 57 by 41.5 cm. (National Gallery, London).
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7. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. 1648. Oil on canvas, 149.1 by 196.7 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Seaport with the embarkation of the Queen of Sheba, by Claude Lorrain. c.1648. Pen and brown ink over graphite on paper, 27.1 by 42.2 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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9. Study for the infant Christ, by Parmigianino. 1526–27. Red chalk on paper, 23.8 by 16.7 cm. (École des Beaux-Arts, Paris).
Short Notice
A lost portrait by F.G. Stephens
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 598-601
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Author:
Wilkes, Robert (Wilkes, Robert)
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11. Charles Bridger, by Frederic George Stephens. 1855. Oil on canvas, approx. 12 by 8.2 cm. (Photograph Tate Archives).
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12. Dorothy Mary Stephens (The artist’s stepmother), by Frederic George Stephens. c.1852. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.4).
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13. Septimus Stephens (The artist’s father), by Frederic George Stephens. 1852–53. Oil on canvas, approx. 52 by 38 cm. (Repr. in J.B. Manson: Frederick George Stephens and the Pre-Raphaelite Brothers, London 1920, pl.3).
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14. The flight of Madeline and Porphyro during the drunkenness attending the revelry (The eve of St Agnes), by William Holman Hunt. 1848. Oil on canvas, 75 by 113 cm. (Guildhall Art Gallery, City of London Corporation; Bridgeman Images).
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15. John Key, by William Holman Hunt. c.1846– 47. Oil on canvas, 35.6 by 30.5 cm. (Tate).
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16. Dorothy Mary Stephens, by Frederic George Stephens. c.1850–52. Graphite on paper, 19.4 by 17.5 cm. (Tate).
Article
George Scharf and the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 288-299
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Author:
Cottrell, Philip (Cottrell, Philip)
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1. George Scharf, by William Edward Kilburn. c.1847. Daguerreotype, 78 by 59 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Sketch of Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens, by George Scharf. 8th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 45, fol.116).
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11. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Giovanni Bellini, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 15th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.17r).
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12. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Andrea Mantegna, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 8 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, detail of fol.2r).
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13. The terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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14. Sketch of the terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.51r).
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15. Sketch of part of the British Portrait Gallery (the north wall backing onto Saloon D), at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.26r).
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16. The Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition, attributed to Roger Fenton, with identifiable works digitally enhanced. 1857. Albumen silver print, 18.6 by 24.4 cm. The view shows the view east from Saloon A.
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17. Plan of the Art Treasures Palace, from Catalogue of the Art Treasures of United Kingdom: Collected at Manchester in 1857, definitive edn, London 1857.
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18. The east wall of Saloon C of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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2. Sketch of Michelangelo’s ‘Manchester Madonna’ at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London; Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.1r).
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3. Interior of the Art Treasures’ Palace, by the Leighton Brothers. 1857. Chromolithograph, 44.8 by 32.5 cm (From The Art Treasures Examiner).
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4. Paintings in the collection at Warwick Castle, by George Scharf. 20th October 1856. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (upper left) Head of a cow, by Nicholas Berchem; (lower left) The schoolboy, by Joshua Reynolds; (middle right) Margareta de Vos, by Anthony van Dyck; and (far right) The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 43, fols.128–29).
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5. The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. 1654. Canvas, 140.3 by 114.9 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Family group, by Pieter Codde. 1642. Canvas, 53 by 74.7 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Paintings in the Galton Collection, Hadzor Hall, near Droitwich, by George Scharf. 16th February 1857. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (extreme left) Woman with a guitar, by Jan Mytens, and Man in a broad-brimmed hat, by Willem Drost; (middle left) Conversation piece with a portrait of the artist, by Francis Hayman; (centre left and still-life detail on adjacent page) Family group, by Pieter Codde; and (centre right) The flight into Egypt, by circle of Peter Paul Rubens. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 46, fols.5–6).
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8. Sketch of an antique bust of Niobe in the Yarborough Collection, by George Scharf. 31st December 1856. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 44, fol.106).
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9. Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Canvas, 249 by 296 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne).
Article
‘Madame de Brayer’ identified: Courbet and his Brussels portraits, 1856–58
09/2019 | 1398 | 161
Pages: 732-736
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Author:
Marechal, Dominique (Marechal, Dominique)
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1. Portrait of Fanny Breyer, née Van Bruyssel, by Gustave Courbet. 1858. Oil on canvas, 91.4 by 72.7 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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2. Gustave Courbet, by Gilbert Louis Radoux. 1858. Photograph, reproduced in O. Chevalier: ‘Hetzel et Courbet’, Les Amis de Gustave Courbet, Bulletin 15 (1955), p.20.
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3. Portrait of J.A. Van Laethem, by Gustave Courbet. c.1856. Oil on canvas, 52 by 49 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Doyle Auctioneers & Appraisers).
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4. Portrait of Laure Janné, by Gustave Courbet. 1856–57. Oil on canvas, 92 by 75.5 cm. (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels; © RMFAB, Brussels; photograph J. Geleyns – Art Photography).
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5. Portrait of Miss Jacquet, by Gustave Courbet. 1857. Oil on canvas, 81 by 65 cm. (Private collection; photograph courtesy Sotheby’s, Inc. © 2014).
Article
‘The Order of the Garter’: an unpublished drawing by Simeon Solomon
03/2019 | 1392 | 161
Pages: 227-229
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Author:
Marsh, Jan (Marsh, Jan)
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Attributed works:
10. John Everett Millais, by Herbert Watkins. 1857. Albumen print, 20.3 by 15.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
11. The Order of the Garter, by Simeon Solomon. 1857. Pencil on paper, 16.9 by 21.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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9. Anthony Trollope, by and after Herbert Watkins. Late 1850s or early 1860s. Albumen print, 8.8 by 5.6 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Book Review
Transatlantic Romanticism: British and American Art and Literature, 1790–1860. By Andrew Hemingway and Alan Wallach
06/2017 | 1371 | 159
Pages: 482-483
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