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Book Review
Owning the Past: Why the English Collected Antique Sculpture 1640–1840, by R. Guilding
05/2016 | 1358 | 158
Pages: 370–371
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Reviewer:
Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd (Longstaffe-Gowan, Todd; Gowan, Todd Longstaffe-)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009 / 1640-1649 / 1650-1699 / 1700-1799 / 1800-1839
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Collecting / Collectors / English / British / Roman (ancient) sculpture / Antiquities / Classical / Exhibitions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
40. Charles Townley in his sculpture gallery, by Johann Zoffany. 1782 (Towneley Hall, Burnley)
Exhibition Review
Romantic art, 1760–1860. New Haven
08/2015 | 1349 | 157
Pages: 574-576
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Reviewer:
Baumgartner, Frédérique (Baumgartner, Frédérique)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1790-1799 / 1800-1839 / 1840-1859
museums and institutions:
Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, United States / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
New Haven / United States
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Romanticism / Enlightenment / British painting
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
70. Tampoco, plate 36 from Los Desastres de la Guerra, by Francisco de Goya. c.1810-20, published 1863 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Attributed works:
71. A lion attacking a horse, by George Stubbs. 1770 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
Attributed works:
72. Femmes d'Alger, by Eugène Delacroix. 1833 (Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Attributed works:
73. Hadleigh Castle, The Mouth of the Thames - Morning after a Stormy Night, by John Constable. 1829 (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven; exh. Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven)
Exhibition Review
Ireland 1690–1840
07/2015 | 1348 | 157
Pages: 509-510
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Reviewer:
O'Byrne, Robert (O'Byrne, Robert)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1660-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1799 / 1800-1839
museums and institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
places:
United States / Chicago
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Irish painting / Irish / Art / Ireland
Illustrations
Attributed works:
85. Harp, by John Kelly. 1734 (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Leslie Lindsey Mason Collection; exh. Art Institute of Chicago)
Attributed works:
86. Portrait of a lady as Hibernia, by Robert Fagan. c.1801 (Private collection, United States; exh. Art Institute of Chicago)
Attributed works:
87. Carolan the Irish Bard, by James Christopher Timbrell. c.1844 (The O'Brien Collection, United States; exh. Art Institute of Chicago)
Western art unattributed:
84. A pair of thimbles. Dublin, maker unknown. 1768 (San Antonio Museum of Art, bequest of John V. Rowan, Jr.; exh. Art Institute of Chicago)
Publication Received
Georgians Revealed: Life, Style and the Making of Modern Britain. By Moira Goff, John Goldfinch, Karen Limper-Herz and Helen Peden.
06/2014 | 1335 | 156
Pages: 401
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Reviewer:
Retford, Kate (Retford, Kate)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1710-1719 / 1720-1729 / 1730-1739 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1799 / 1800-1839
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Exhibitions / Georgian / Social history / Cultural history / British
Article
Augustin Dumont’s Trentham ‘Genius of Liberty’ rediscovered
04/2012 | 1309 | 154
Pages: 241-247
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Author:
Ward-Jackson, Philip (Ward-Jackson, Philip; Ward-Jackson, Phillip; Jackson, Philip Ward; Ward-Jackon, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Dumont, Augustin
artists:
Barry, Charles
buildings:
Trentham Hall, Trentham, Staffs, Great Britain
dates:
1800-1839
patrons:
Leveson-Gower, George Granville, Second Duke of Sutherland, 1786-1861 / Leveson-Gower, Harriet Elizabeth Georgiana, Duchess of Sutherland, 1806-1868
print:
Dumont, Augustin
subjects:
French sculpture / Sculpture / Bronzes / Lost works / Provenance / Identification / Commissions
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural components / Architecture / Visual sources
subjects:
Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The clock tower, Cliveden House, Buckinghamshire. Architect Henry Clutton. c.1861, with the replacement of a nineteenth-century copy of Dumont’s Genius of Liberty. (Photograph the author).
Attributed works:
11. Detail of Fig.9, showing signature and founder’s mark.
Attributed works:
12. East elevation of the sculpture gallery, bath, larder and entrance to the courtyard in front of the dairy, Trentham Hall, Staffs, by Charles Barry. c.1840. Colour-wash drawing, 37 by 53 cm. (Sutherland Papers, Staffordshire County Record Office).
Attributed works:
13. The July Column, place de la Bastille, Paris. Architects Jean-Antoine Alavoine and Joseph-Louis Duc. 1831–40. (Photograph James Austin).
Attributed works:
14. The Genius of Liberty, by Augustin Dumont. 1833. Plaster, 235 cm. high. (Musée Municipal, Semur-en-Auxois).
Attributed works:
15. The Genius of France between Liberty and Death, by Jean-Baptiste Regnault. 1795. Canvas, 60 by 49 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.9, showing the mark of J.A. Hatfield.
Attributed works:
17. Trentham Hall, Staffordshire. Architect Charles Barry. 1834–42. (Photographed in 1898).
Attributed works:
9. The Genius of Liberty, by Augustin Dumont, cast by Soyer et Ingé. 1835. Bronze, the flame and star gilt, 269 cm. high. (Private collection, USA).
Book Review
The Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment
08/2010 | 1289 | 152
Pages: 554-555
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Reviewer:
Brewer, John (Brewer, John)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1799 / 1800-1839
print:
Industrial design
print:
British art
subjects:
Enlightenment / Industrial design / Decorative arts / British architecture / British painting / British sculpture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment | author: Fox, Celina
Illustrations
Attributed works:
50. Cross section of Collycroft worsted mill, Bedworth, Warwickshire, by L. Lesquesne. 1791. Watercolour and ink on paper. (Warwickshire County Record Office; CR136/v64–6).
Article
John Constable and the Royal Hibernian Academy in 1834, with an unpublished letter to Martin Cregan
10/2007 | 1255 | 149
Pages: 685-689
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Author:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Constable, John
artists:
Cregan, Martin
dates:
1800-1839
museums and institutions:
Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin, Ireland
places:
Dublin / Ireland
print:
Constable, John
subjects:
Exhibitions
subjects:
Academies
subjects:
British painting / Irish painting
subjects:
Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Francis Johnston, his wife and two nephews, by Martin Cregan. c.1827. Canvas, 97.7 by 80.3 cm. (Ulster Museum, Belfast).
Attributed works:
34. Dedham Vale, by John Constable. 1828. Canvas, 144.5 by 122 cm. (National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Book Review
Dictionary of pastellists before 1800
05/2007 | 1250 | 149
Pages: 336
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Reviewer:
Hoisington, Rena M. (Hoisington, Rena M.)
Subjects
dates:
1480-1489 / 1490-1499 / 1500-1799 / 1800-1839
print:
Pastels
subjects:
Pastels
subjects:
Biographical dictionaries / Dictionaries / Artists / Pastels
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Dictionary of pastellists before 1800 | author: Jeffares, Neil , introduction by: Rosenberg, Pierre
Article
Sir Thomas Lawrence’s portraits for the County Building, Perth
03/2007 | 1248 | 149
Pages: 158-164
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Author:
Belsey, Hugh (Belsey, Hugh)
Subjects
artists:
Lawrence, Thomas
artists:
Smirke, Robert
dates:
1800-1839
museums and institutions:
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
museums and institutions:
Perth Museum and Art Gallery, Perth, Great Britain
places:
Perth / Scotland
print:
Lawrence, Thomas
subjects:
British painting / Portraits / British architecture / Commissions / Full-length portraits / Critical Reception
subjects:
Collections, Public
Illustrations
Attributed works:
14. Elevation of the principal front of the design proposed for the County Buildings at Perth, by Robert Smirke. Dated 24th April 1815. (National Archives of Scotland, West Register House, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
15. Plan proposed for the County Buildings at Perth showing the ground story, by Robert Smirke. Dated 24th April 1815. (National Archives of Scotland, West Register House, Edinburgh).
Attributed works:
16. Portrait of Thomas Graham, Lord Lynedoch of Balgowan, by Thomas Lawrence. 1815–17. Canvas, 266.7 by 177.8 cm. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
18. Portrait of John Murray, 4th Duke of Atholl, by Thomas Lawrence. 1821–26. Canvas, 266.7 by 175.2 cm. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
19. Portrait of Sir George Murray, by Henry William Pickersgill. 1830–31. Canvas, 264.2 by 175.3 cm. (Perth Museum and Art Gallery, on indefinate loan to the Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth).
Non-western art unattributed:
17. A Mameluke-style shamshir captured at the Cairo arsenal in 1801 by the Perthshire Volunteers (merged with 90th Foot in 1802) and presented to Lord Lynedoch. Late eighteenth century. Steel, leather and other materials, length 99.2 cm. (National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Book Review
The Allure of Empire. Art in the Service of French Imperialism 1798-1836
06/1999 | 1155 | 141
Pages: 362-363
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Reviewer:
McWilliam, Neil (McWilliam, Neil)
Subjects
dates:
1790-1799 / 1800-1839
places:
France
subjects:
Politics / Cultural history / Historical context / Nationalism / Propaganda / French
subjects:
First Empire (France: 1799-1815) / Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815)
subjects:
Art
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Allure of Empire. Art in the Service of French Imperialism 1798-1836 | author: Porterfield, Todd
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