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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)
Subjects
artists:
Landseer, Edwin / Roberts, David, 1796-1864 / Stanfield, Clarkson
dates:
1840-1859 / 1850-1859
museums and institutions:
Palace of Westminster, London, Great Britain / Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great Britain
subjects:
Scotland / Scottish painting / Decorative arts / Hunting scenes / Hunting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The monarch of the glen, by Thomas Landseer after Edwin Landseer. 1852. Engraving, 70 by 73 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Windsor Park, by Edwin Landseer. ?1850. Oil on canvas, 89.5 by 72.5 cm. (Wolverhampton Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
11. The otter speared, by Edwin Landseer. c.1841–44. Oil on canvas, 200 by 153.7 cm (Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
13. Scene in Brae Mar, by Edwin Landseer. ?c.1851–57. Oil on canvas, 271.8 by 251.5 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
4. The Peers’ Dining Room. (Photograph courtesy the House of Lords; Roger Harris).
Attributed works:
5. Alfred Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough, by James Faed after Francis Grant. c.1860. Mezzotint, 52.4 by 39.6 cm. (Royal Armouries, Leeds).
Attributed works:
6 and 7. Details of a letter from Edwin Landseer to Edward John Coleman, 9th May 1866 (Cadbury Research Library, University of Birmingham).
Attributed works:
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).
Attributed works:
9. The north wall of the Peers’ Dining Room. (Estates Archive; photograph courtesy UK Parliament, London).
Exhibition Review
A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art from Millet to Matisse
11/2022 | 1436 | 164
Pages: 1134-1136
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Reviewer:
Thomson, Richard (Thomson, Richard)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain / Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Edinburgh
subjects:
French art / Impressionism / Post-Impressionism / Collections, Private / Collections, Public
subjects:
Barbizon (style)
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Taste for Impressionism: Modern French Art from Millet to Matisse Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh 30th July–13th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Faggot gatherers, by Jean-François Millet. c.1850–55. Oil on panel, 30.4 by 18 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
7. Boats in a harbour, by Claude Monet. c.1873. Oil on canvas, 71.2 by 54 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
8. A village street at evening, by Jean-Charles Cazin. Pastel on paper, 56 by 52 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Article
Turner, Ossian and the Royal Academy
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 658-663
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Author:
MacDonald, Murdo (MacDonald, Murdo)
Subjects
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
dates:
1800-1809
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Great Britain
places:
Scotland
subjects:
British art / Ossianic / Landscapes (visual works)
subjects:
Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Ben Lomond Mountains, Scotland: The Traveller – Vide Ossian’s War of Caros, by J.M.W. Turner. 1802. Oil on canvas, 64.1 by 98.8 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing Hidallan and Lamor.
Attributed works:
3. Rubha Mor with Ben Lomond in the background (formerly A wooded bay with mountains beyond; perhaps Loch Lomond at Inveruglas), by J.M.W. Turner. 1801. Chalk, graphite and watercolour on paper, 29.5 by 43 cm. (Tate; DO3426; Turner Bequest LVIII 47).
Attributed works:
4. Dolbadern Castle, North Wales, by J.M.W. Turner. 1800. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 90.2 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Attributed works:
5. Thomson’s Aeolian Harp, by J.M.W. Turner. 1809. Oil on canvas. 166.7 by 306 cm. (Manchester Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
6. Staffa, Fingal’s Cave, by J.M.W. Turner. 1831 to 1832. Oil on canvas, 95.1 by 122 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection).
Attributed works:
7. Glencoe, by J.M.W. Turner. c.1833. Watercolour, 9.4 by 14.3 cm. (Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design).
Book Review
The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China. By Anthony W. Lee
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 885-886
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Reviewer:
Stein, Lisa (Stein, Lisa)
Subjects
artists:
Hill, David Octavius / Adamson, Robert / Notman, William / Henderson, Alexander / Thomson, John
places:
Scotland / Canada / China
subjects:
Photography / Scottish / Colonialism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China By Anthony W. Lee. 344 pp. incl. 193 col. ills. (McGill-Queen’s University Press, Montreal, 2019), £45. ISBN 978–0–7735–5713–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Exhausted, caribou hunting series, Montreal, QC, by William Notman. 1866. Albumen print, 25 by 20 cm. (McCord Museum, Montreal).
Exhibition Review
Lee Lozano: Slip, Slide, Splice. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 512-513
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Reviewer:
Lee, Louisa (Lee, Louisa)
Subjects
artists:
Lozano, Lee
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Documents
museums and institutions:
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Edinburgh
subjects:
American painting (United States of America) / Surrealism / Conceptual art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
29. No title, by Lee Lozano. 1963. Graphite on paper, 30.5 by 22.7 cm. (Estate of Lee Lozano, courtesy Hauser and Wirth, London; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
30. No title, by Lee Lozano. c.1964. Canvas, 2 parts, 168.5 by 488 cm. (Private collection, courtesy Hauser and Wirth, London; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
31. Dialogue piece, by Lee Lozano. 1969. Graphite on notebook paper, 7 parts, each 27.9 by 21.6 cm. (Private collection, courtesy Hauser and Wirth, London; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites. Edinburgh
11/2017 | 1376 | 159
Pages: 930-931
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Reviewer:
Cowan, David (Cowan, David)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Scotland
subjects:
Stuart, Prince Charles Edward, Bonnie Prince Charlie
subjects:
Jacobites
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Bonnie Prince Charlie and the Jacobites at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
60. Prince Charles Edward Stuart, by Allan Ramsay. 1745 (Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh; exh. National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Western art unattributed:
59. Tartan frock coat. Mid-eighteenth century (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Exhibition Review
Caravaggism. Madrid, London, Dublin and Edinburgh
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 162-165
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Reviewer:
Gash, John (Gash, John)
Subjects
artists:
Caravaggio, Michelangelo Merisi da
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain / National Gallery, London, Great Britain / National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland / National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Spain / Scotland / Madrid / London / Ireland / Edinburgh / Dublin
places:
England
private galleries:
Robilant and Voena, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Caravaggism / Caravaggesque
Illustrations
Attributed works:
100. The head of St John the Baptist, attributed to Bartolomeo Manfredi. c.1618 (Robilant & Voena, London)
Attributed works:
101. The card players, attributed to Antiveduto Gramatica. 1615-18 (The Wellington Museum, Apsley House, London; exh. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Attributed works:
102. The calling of St Matthew, by Hendrick ter Brugghen. c.1617-19 (Musée d'art moderne André Malraux, Le Havre; exh. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
Attributed works:
98. The chicken vendor, by the Pensionante del Saraceni. c.1615-22 (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid; exh. Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid)
Attributed works:
99. The taking of Christ, by Caravaggio. 1602-03 (On permanent loan to the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin)
Exhibition Review
William Kentridge and Vivienne Koorland. Edinburgh
02/2017 | 1367 | 159
Pages: 149-150
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Reviewer:
Paterson, Dominic (Paterson, Dominic)
Subjects
artists:
Kentridge, William, b. 1955 / Koorland, Vivienne
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Edinburgh
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
74. Vive Maman, by Vivienne Koorland. 1987 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
75. Other Faces, by William Kentridge. 2011 (Courtesy the artist and Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, Paris and London and the Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg and Cape Town; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh)
Attributed works:
76. Pays Inconnu, by Vivienne Koorland. 2016 (Courtesy the artist; exh. Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh)
Exhibition Review
Simon Starling
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 918-919
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Reviewer:
Paterson, Dominic (Paterson, Dominic)
Subjects
artists:
Eatough, Graham / Atelier Hinode, Tokyo, Japan / Sakurai, Kumi
artists:
Starling, Simon / Miichi, Yasuo
buildings:
Holmwood, Glasgow, Great Britain
dates:
2010-2019
places:
United States / Scotland / New York / Glasgow
private galleries:
Japan Society Gallery, New York, United States
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. At Twilight / Mask of Ezra Pound (After Henry Gaudier-Brzeska), by Simon Starling with Yasuo Miichi. 2016 (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow; exh. Japan Society, New York)
Attributed works:
59. At Twilight (Production Drawings), by Simon Starling. 2014-16 (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow; exh. Japan Society, New York)
Attributed works:
60. Performance from At Twilight: A play for two actors, three musicians, one dancer, eight masks (and a donkey costume), by Simon Starling in collaboration with Graham Eatough. Holmwood House, Glasgow. 2016. Photograph by Alan Dimmick (Courtesy of the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow)
Editorial
New Galleries at the National Scottish Museum
10/2016 | 1363 | 158
Pages: 775-776
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Author:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Royal Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, Great Britain
places:
Scotland / Edinburgh
subjects:
Collections, Public / Galleries (display spaces) / Displays
subjects:
National museums
Illustrations
Attributed works:
II. The Garden of the Hesperides, overmantel, by Alexander Fisher. c.1899-1900 (National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh)
Western art unattributed:
I. The new Art and Design galleries at the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
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