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Exhibition Review
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764
08/2021 | 1421 | 163
Pages: 745-747
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Reviewer:
Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Pars, William / Chandler, Richard / Revett, Nicholas
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Watercolours / Prints
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / Turkey
subjects:
Classical / Antiquity / Greek Revival / Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
British art / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Romance of Ruins: The Search for Ancient Ionia, 1764 Sir John Soane’s Museum, London 19th May–5th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Miletus with the river over the Meander, by William Pars. 1764. Pen and black ink with watercolour and gum arabic on paper, 29.6 by 47.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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13. Study of the Parthenon, South Metope II, by William Pars. 1765–66. Graphite, pen and ink and red-brown wash on paper, 27 by 38.1 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. The temple at Sunium, by William Pars. 1765. Pen and brown and black ink and watercolour with some gum arabic on paper, 23.7 by 47.3 mm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Article
A dish from the Cantagalli workshop in the British Museum
10/2018 | 1387 | 160
Pages: 816-823
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Author:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
art literature:
Robinson, J.C. (John Charles), Sir, 1824-1913 / Franks, Augustus Wollaston / Fortnum, Charles Drury
artists:
Decamps, Alexandre-Gabriel / Beaumont, Adalbert de / Delacroix, Eugène / Leighton, Frederic, First Baron Leighton of Stretton / De Morgan, William / Vollon, Antoine
collectors and dealers:
Wallace, Richard, Sir, 1818-1890 / Stibbert, Frederick / Schwiter, Baron Louis-Auguste / Nieuwerkerke, Alfred Emilien
dates:
1850-1899 / 2010-2019
media:
Maiolica / Ceramics / Drawings / Watercolours / Interiors
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain / Wallace Collection, London, Great Britain / Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Great Britain / Musée de Cluny (Musée National du Moyen Âge), Paris, France / Musée national de céramique, Sévres, France / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / Italy / Florence / Turkey / Iznik
subjects:
Damascus Pottery (Iznik) / Cantagalli manufactory, Florence, Italy / Workshops (Organisations) / Plates / Dishes / Colour / Ornament / Pigments / Glazes / Fatimid pottery syles / Valencian / Mamluk / Islamic / Ottoman / Orientalism / Pottery / Decorative arts / Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collections, Public / Gifts / Bequests / Art museums / Catalogues / Provenance / Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Iznik-style dish, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1890–95. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 41 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
2. Reverse of the dish illustrated in Fig.1, showing the cockerel mark for the Cantagalli workshop.
Attributed works:
3. Iznik-style dish with scalloped edge and floral sprays, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. c.1899. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 39 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
Attributed works:
5. Iznik-style vase, marked for the Figli di Giuseppe Cantagalli workshop, Florence. 1883. Tin-glazed earthenware, diameter 57 cm. (Stibbert Museum, Florence).
Attributed works:
8. Curiosités, by Antoine Vollon. 1868. Canvas, 264 by 192 cm. (Musée d’Orsay, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. The sixteenth-century room at Hertford House, London, looking north, by J.J.Thomson. c.1890. Photograph. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Iznik rimless dish with flower sprays, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1550. Fritware painted in underglaze blues, green and mauve, diameter 33.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Non-western art unattributed:
6. Iznik dish with peahen amid prunus branches, Iznik, Ottoman Turkey. c.1580–90. Fritware painted in underglaze blue, green and red, diameter 47.4 cm. (Wallace Collection, London).
Western art unattributed:
7. The comte de Nieuwerkerke’s collections in his private apartments in the Louvre, unknown photographer. c.1865. Stereoscopic glass negative. (The Wallace Collection, London).
Publication Received
123 Places in Turkey: A Private Grand Tour. By Francis Russell
06/2018 | 1383 | 160
Pages: 527
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Reviewer:
Finkel, Caroline (Finkel, Caroline)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Architecture
places:
Turkey
subjects:
Guidebooks
Article
Horace Vernet’s ‘Orient’: photography and the Eastern Mediterranean in 1839, part I: a daguerrean excursion
04/2016 | 1357 | 158
Pages: 264-271
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Author:
Hannoosh, Michèle (Hannoosh, Michèle)
Subjects
artists:
Vernet, Horace
artists:
Goupil-Fesquet, Frédéric
dates:
1830-1859
places:
Algeria / Egypt / Palestine / Syria / Turkey / Morocco
subjects:
French painting / Orientalism / Photographs / Photography / Daguerreotypes / Travel accounts
subjects:
Topography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
38. Self-portrait, by Horace Vernet. 1835 (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg)
Attributed works:
39. The Arab tale-teller, by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Wallace Collection, London)
Attributed works:
40. Rebecca at the well, by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Location unknown)
Attributed works:
41. Central motif of the vault, Turkish Chamber, designed by Horace Vernet. 1833 (Villa Medici, Rome)
Attributed works:
42. Judah and Tamar, by Horace Vernet. 1840 (Wallace Collection, London)
Attributed works:
43. Portrait of Soliman Pasha, by Horace Vernet. 1840 (Location unknown, formerly in the collection of Sherif Sabry Pasha, Cairo). Fig.6 from J.M. Carré: Voyageurs et écrivains français en Egypte, Cairo 1932, II, p.54
Attributed works:
44. Arabs travelling in the desert, by Horace Vernet. 1843 (Wallace Collection, London)
Publication Received
Italian Places: A Pocket Grand Tour
08/2011 | 1301 | 153
Pages: 548
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Reviewer:
Mostyn-Owen, William (Mostyn-Owen, William; Owen, William Mostyn-; Mostyn-Owen, W.)
Subjects
places:
Italy
places:
Turkey
print:
Grand tours
subjects:
Travel accounts / Travel
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Italian Places: A Pocket Grand Tour | author: Russell, Francis
subjects:
Places in Turkey: A Pocket Grand Tour | author: Russell, Francis
Book Review
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period
03/2011 | 1296 | 153
Pages: 184-185
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Reviewer:
Borg, Alan (Borg, Alan)
Subjects
dates:
1500-1799 / 1800-1849
places:
Greece / Turkey / Eastern Europe
print:
Weapons
subjects:
Weapons / Armour / Firearms / Costume / Swords / Pistols / Greek (modern) / Ottoman / Turkish / Eastern European
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Arms of Greece and her Balkan neighbours in the Ottoman period | author: Elgood, Robert
Illustrations
Attributed works:
73. The Greek Rebellion, the standard bearer in Salona on Easter day 1821, by Louis Dupré. From L. Dupré: Voyages à Athènes et à Constantinople, Paris 1825. (Bibliotheque des Arts Decoratifs, Paris).
Book Review
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The excavations. Final report on the archaeological exploration and restoration at the Kalenderhane Camii, 1966–78
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 400
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Istanbul / Turkey
print:
Kalenderhane
subjects:
Archaeology / Turkish architecture / Excavations / Restoration (process) / Byzantine art / Mosques
subjects:
Architectural history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The excavations. Final report on the archaeological exploration and restoration at the Kalenderhane Camii, 1966–78 | editor: Kuban, Y. Dogan , editor: Striker, Cecil L.
Book Review
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The buildings, their history, architecture and decoration
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 400
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Reviewer:
Rogers, J. M. (Rogers, J. M.; Rogers, John Michael; Rogers, Michael)
Subjects
places:
Istanbul / Turkey
print:
Kalenderhane
subjects:
Turkish architecture / Excavations / Architectural history / Byzantine art / Iconography / Archaeology
subjects:
Mosques
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Kalenderhane in Istanbul. The buildings, their history, architecture and decoration | editor: Kuban, Y. Dogan , editor: Striker, Cecil L.
Exhibition Review
The Lure of the East
08/2008 | 1265 | 150
Pages: 559-560
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Reviewer:
Vandenbrouck, Melanie (Vandenbrouck, Melanie; Vandenbrouck-Przybylski, Melanie)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States / Pera Museum, Istanbul, Turkey / Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
places:
England / London / New Haven / United States / Turkey / Istanbul / United Arab Emirates
print:
Orientalism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / British painting / Orientalism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Lure of the East: British Orientalist Painting | institution: Pera Museum , institution: Sharjah Art Museum , institution: Tate Britain , institution: Yale Center for British Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
39. Odalisque, by Frederic Leighton. 1862. Canvas, 90.8 by 45.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
40. The seraff (a doubtful coin), by John Frederick Lewis. 1869. Panel, 74.9 by 87.3 cm. (Birmingham Museums and Art Gallery; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
41. The Flight out of Egypt, by Richard Dadd. 1849–50. Canvas, 101 by 126.4 cm. (Tate Britain, London).
Article
David Wilkie and John Frederick Lewis in Constantinople, 1840: and artistic dialogue
09/2003 | 1206 | 145
Pages: 624-631
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Author:
Llewellyn, Briony (Llewellyn, Briony)
Subjects
artists:
Wilkie, David
artists:
Lewis, John Frederick
dates:
1800-1899
places:
England / Turkey / Istanbul
subjects:
British painting
subjects:
Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
A Circassian girl, by John Frederick Lewis. 1840. Watercolour, body colour and chalk, 45.3 by 35.9 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
A Persian nobleman ('Cousin of the Shah'), by John Frederick Lewis. 1840-41. Watercolour, body colour, chalk and graphite, 39.8 by 36.6 cm. (Johannesburg Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
A Persian prince, his slave bringing him sherbert , by David Wilkie. 1840. Chalk, watercolour and body colour, 46 by 31.6 cm. (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums).
Attributed works:
A seated Turk smoking a pipe, by John Frederick Lewis. 1840-41. Graphite, black chalk, watercolour and body colour, 40.7 by 26 cm. (The Fine Art Society, London).
Attributed works:
A startling account, Constantinople, by John Frederick Lewis. 1863. Panel, 32.4 by 20 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Greek women, by John Frederick Lewis. 1840-41. Watercolour and body colour, 39 by 56 cm. (UK Government Art Collection).
Attributed works:
Halakoo Mirza, the Persian prince, by Joseph Nash after David Wilke. 1843. Lithograph, 40.3 by 29.3 cm.
Attributed works:
Hulaku Mirza, by John Frederick Lewis. 1840-41. Black chalk, watercolour and body colour, 36 by 48.1 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Attributed works:
Madame Josephina, the landlady of the Hotel Constantinople, in a Turkish dress, by Joseph Nash after David Wilkie. 1843. Lithograph, 44.1 by 32.5 cm.
Attributed works:
Three Greek sisters at Therapia, by Joseph Nash after David Wilkie. 1843. Lithograph, 28.8 by 35 cm.
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