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Prince Albert, architect: the Duchess of Kent’s mausoleum
08/2023 | 1445 | 165
Pages: 842–851
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Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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5. The Pelham Mausoleum, Brocklesby, Lincolnshire, by James Wyatt. 1787–92. (English Heritage Archive; photograph Janet Tierney).
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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).
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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).
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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).
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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
Sicilian salvage at Sharnbrook: the Magniac monuments by William Burges
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 768-773
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Knox, Tim (Knox, Tim)
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1. The Magniac Mausoleum, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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2. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the cartouches in the centre of each side. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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3. Detail of the mausoleum in Fig.1, showing one of the friezes inlaid with jasper and other stones. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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4. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the marble inlay, scrolls and putti. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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5. The Magniac Monument, designed by William Burges. c.1867. (St Peter’s church, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire; photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
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6. Chapel of the Holy Crucifix, Monreale Cathedral, by Giovanni di Monreale and Angelo Italia. Completed 1686. (Bridgeman Images).
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7. Detail of carving in the Church of the Gesù, Palermo. (Photograph Per-Erik Skramstad; Wondersofsicily.com).
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8. Detail of the monument in Fig.5, showing the central cartouche. (Photograph Todd Longstaffe-Gowan).
Article
Whistler’s ‘Symphony in white no.1’ through the lens of copyright history
05/2022 | 1430 | 164
Pages: 486-491
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Cooper, Elena (Cooper, Elena)
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1. Symphony in white no.1: the white girl, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1862. Oil on canvas, 213 by 107.9 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. Symphony in white no.2: the little white girl, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1864. Oil on canvas, 76.5 by 51.1 cm. (Tate; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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3. Symphony in white no.3, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1865–67. Oil on canvas, 51.4 by 76.9 cm. (Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham; Bridgeman Images; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Weary, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1863. Drypoint on Japanese paper, 25.4 by 16.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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5. Nocturne: grey and gold – Chelsea snow, by James Abbott McNeill Whistler. 1878. Oil on canvas, 47 by 62.2 cm. (Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University).
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6. The Woman in White, by Frederick Walker. 1872. Gouache on paper, 217.2 by 128.9 cm. (Tate; exh. Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Exhibition Review
True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe 1780–1870
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 298-300
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Olsson, Carl-Johan (Olsson, Carl-Johan)
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True to Nature: Open-Air Painting in Europe 1780–1870 Fondation Custodia, Paris 3rd December 2021–3rd April 2022 | :
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18. The oak and the reed, by Achille Etna Michallon. 1816. Oil on canvas, 43.5 by 53.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; exh. Fondation Custodia, Paris).
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19. Olive trees near Tivoli, by Janus La Cour. 1869. Oil on canvas, 37.4 by 60.5 cm. (Fondation Custodia, Paris).
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20. Landscape in the Haute- Savoie, with an artist working in the open air, by Vilhelm Kyhn. 1850. Oil on paper, 42 by 33.3 cm. (Private collection; exh. Fondation Custodia, Paris).
Article
From Athens to Constantinople: ‘The watchman’ by Alphonse Isambert
05/2021 | 1418 | 163
Pages: 437-443
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Lee, Simon (Lee, Simon)
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1. Young Greeks forcing cocks to fight, by Jean-Leon Gérôme. 1846. Oil on canvas, 143 by 204 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The departure of Ulysses, by Alphonse Isambert. 1846. Oil on canvas, 32 by 40.5 cm. (Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Paris; Scala).
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3. Artists at ‘Le Chalet’, 27 rue de Fleurus, Paris, by Gustave Le Gray. Jean-Léon Gérôme is on the far right. Salt-print photograph, 10.9 by 139 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris;   RMN-Grand Palais; photograph Hervé Lewandowski).
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4. The watchman, by Alphonse Isambert. 1867. Oil on board, 51.7 by 40 cm. (Private collection).
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5. Arab greeting, by Alexandre Evariste Fragonard after Godefroy Engelmann. 1819. Lithograph, page 67 by 50.3 cm. (From L.N.P.A. Forbin: Voyage dans le Levant en 1817 et 1818, Paris 1819).
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6. Detail of View of Hounkiar-Iskelessi, Echelle du Grande Seigneur, by Antoine Ignace Melling. 1819. Copper engraving, plate size 73.66 by 50.8 cm. (From A.I. Melling, C. Lacretelle, J.D. Barbié de Bocage et al.: Voyage pittoresque de Constantinople et des rives du Bosphore (d’après les dessins de Mr Antoine Ignace Melling dessinateur et architecte de la Sultane Hadigé sa soeur), Paris 1819, II, pl.35; Alamy).
Article
Designs by John Gibson for the Gibson Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 947-955
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Frasca-Rath, Anna (Frasca-Rath, Anna)
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Wickham, Annette (Wickham, Annette)
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1. Wounded warrior, by John Gibson. 1860s. Marble, 193 by 101 by 66 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Detail of an elevation recording the arrangement of casts on the the south and north walls of the smaller room in the Gibson Gallery, attributed to the office of Sydney Smirke. 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.9 by 56.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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11. Resurrection. Angel, mother and infant (Monument to Lady Leicester), by John Gibson. c.1844. Plaster, 181 by 126.5 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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12. Venus, by John Gibson. 1850s. Plaster, 172 by 50.8 by 46 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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13. The Gibson Gallery and Diploma Gallery, Burlington House, London. Centre right is Gibson’s marble Bacchus (1856–60) and William Theed’s portrait bust of Gibson (1868) on display alongside paintings from the RA collection following a rearrangement of the galleries. (Repr. The Sphere, 23rd February 1929).
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14. Floorplan showing the Gibson Gallery as completed, attributed to Sydney Smirke. June 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.8 by 55.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. The Royal Academy of Arts Library, Burlington House, London, which occupies the space of the Gibson Gallery. The central sculpture is Wounded warrior by John Gibson. Photograph 2011. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Francis Ware).
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3. Design for the layout of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. c.1864. A list on the facing page is inscribed ‘Bassorelievi’ with the heading ‘A list of my models in plaster executed at Rome’. Pen and ink on paper, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Floor plan with layout of sculpture and casts in the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. 1864. Black ink over pencil on tracing paper mounted on wove paper, 43.5 by 26.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Design for the arrangement of the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson, showing seated male portraits. Black ink on laid paper mounted on laid paper, 27 by 20.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London; see also Fig.6).
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6. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with seated male portraits. Here and in Fig.8 missing reliefs are represented by drawings by Gibson, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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7. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the wall opposite the entrance to the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with idealised female figures. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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8. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the left-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on mythological themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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9. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the right-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on religious themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Article
Henry de Triqueti’s ‘Vase of dreams’
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 924-933
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Dagorne, Richard (Dagorne, Richard)
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Robinson, Alicia (Robinson, Alicia)
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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).
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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).
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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).
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13. Vase, by Albert Carrier-Belleuse. Minton & Co., 1862. Bone china, painted and gilded, height 95.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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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).
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15. Vase of the vintage, by Henry de Triqueti. 1839–44. Patinated bronze, height 108 cm. (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris).
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16. Mother of Moses, by Henry de Triqueti. 1852. Terracotta, 21 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans).
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17. Laura and Petrarch at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Lithographic stone, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
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18. Laura and Petrarch, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31.4 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
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19. Dante presented to Homer by Virgil, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
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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).
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3. Sappho and Cupid, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1851. Ivory, height 64 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
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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).
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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).
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Below left 4. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the maiden’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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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).
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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).
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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).
Article
Eugène Boudin’s beach scenes at the Salon during the 1860s
05/2019 | 1394 | 161
Pages: 374-387
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Manoeuvre, Laurent (Manoeuvre, Laurent)
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1. Detail of Fig.23.
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10. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin, here identified as A meeting on a beach. 1866. Canvas, 73.5 by 104 cm. (Private collection).
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11. Caricature of The beach at Trouville by Eugène Boudin, exhibited at the Salon in 1866, by ‘Bertall’, published in ‘Le Salon de 1866’, Le Journal Amusant, no.545 (9th June 1866).
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12. Figures on a beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 17.4 by 13.7 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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13. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 13 by 19.4 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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14. Figures on a beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 14 by 18.2 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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15. Children on a beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 10.6 by 14.6 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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16. Bathers, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 9.2 by 17.3 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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17. Study of a dog, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Pencil on paper, 8.2 by 11 cm. (Musée du Louvre and Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
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18. The jetty, by Eugène Boudin, from L’Art à Paris en 1867, Album autographique, 7th edition, Paris 1867.
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19. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin, from L’Art à Paris en 1867, Album autographique, 7th edition, Paris 1867.
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2. Bathing hour at Trouville beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1864. Canvas, 67.5 by 104 cm. (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto).
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20. The jetty at Le Havre, by Eugène Boudin, from L’Art à Paris en 1867, Album autographique, 17th edition (Paris 1867).
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21. Leaving for the pardon, Finistère, by Eugène Boudin, from L’Art à Paris en 1867, Album autographique, 17th edition (Paris 1867).
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22. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin. 1867. Canvas, 63 by 89 cm. (National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo).
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23. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin, here identified as Beach near Trouville, painted in 1864 and reworked in 1869. Canvas, 67.3 by 104.1 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art).
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24. Reading on the beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1869. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 12.5 by 18.5 cm. (Private collection).
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25 and 26. Beach scenes, by Eugène Boudin (recto and verso of a single sheet). 1868. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 13.2 by 21 cm. (Private collection).
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3. Concert at Deauville casino, by Eugène Boudin. 1865. Canvas, 41 by 73 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
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4. Drawing by Eugène Boudin after Fig.2, illustrated in L’Autographe au Salon et dans les Ateliers (13th May 1865), p.27.
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5. Bathing hour at Trouville beach, by Eugène Boudin. 1864. Canvas, 31.1 by 48.5 cm. (Private collection).
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6. Bathing hour at Trouville beach, by Eugène Boudin. c.1865. Pencil on paper, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
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7. Bathing hour at Trouville beach, by Emile Vernier after Eugène Boudin. c.1865. Lithograph. (Musée Villa Montebello, Trouville).
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8. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin. c.1865. Pencil on paper, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
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9. Beach scene, by Eugène Boudin. 1866. Watercolour over pencil on paper, 13.5 by 25.7 cm. (Private collection).
Article
The ‘Martinoff Drawings’: a quest for Russian art at the South Kensington Museum
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1006-1015
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Hardiman, Louise (Hardiman, Louise)
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1. Copy of decoration in a sixteenth-century manuscript of the Gospels in the Patriarchal Library, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 39.3 by 26.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.b: 8881).
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10. Detail of The mitre of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 30.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8854).
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11. Detail of Two pairs of eyeglasses, and cases for same, of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 25.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8858).
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12. A saccos (dalmatic) of the Metropolitan Dionysy, made by order of Tsar Ivan Vasilievich (1530–1584) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, 16th century (second half), by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 38 by 26.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8873).
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2. Detail of Church of the Holy Trinity, Ostankino, near Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.9 by 24.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8845).
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4. Detail of The Panagia of the Patriarch Job (1586–1605) in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 25.4 by 36.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8842).
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5. Detail of A halo from the image of the Virgin in the sacristy of the Convent of the Transfiguration of Our Lord, Staraya Russa, Novgorod, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 35.5 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum; London; no.M.10.a: 8861).
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6. Detail of The Pastoral Staff of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 28.5 by 35.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.a: 8855).
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7. A censer at the Convent of the Blessed Virgin, Serpukhov, Province of Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 37 by 28.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London, no.M.10.a: 8849).
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8. Detail of The klobouk (headdress of the Greek friars), of the Patriarch Nikon (1652–1658), in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 33 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8853).
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9. A sash of the Patriarchs, in the treasury of the Patriarch, Moscow, by Nikolai Martynov. c.1880–81. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 36.8 by 22.9 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; no.M.10.b: 8877).
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3. Reliquary or triple cross, after a seventeenth-century original at the Cathedral of the Dormition, Moscow, at the time of reproduction. c.1881. Electrotype, 32.4 by 16.5 by 3.2 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Publication Received
Textiles, Fashion, and Design Reform in Austria–Hungary before the First World War. Principles of Dress. By Rebecca Houze
05/2017 | 1370 | 159
Pages: 407
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Clegg, Elizabeth (Clegg, Elizabeth)
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