A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection
at Wilton House
By Peter Stewart. 438 pp. incl. 154 col. + 14 b. & w.
ills. (Archaeopress, Oxford, 2020), £90.
ISBN 978–1–78969–655–4. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Herkules fighting the River Achelous. 1st–2nd
century with modern restorations. Marble,
height 103 cm. (Wilton House, Salisbury,
Wiltshire; photograph Guido Petruccioli).
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By John Martin Robinson. 264 pp. incl. 216
col. ills. (Rizzoli Electa, New York, 2021), £52.
ISBN 978–0–8478–7007–3. |
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Illustrations
Attributed works:
6. Detail of the painted decoration in the
cove of the Single Cube Room, Wilton House,
Wiltshire, showing the Pembroke wyvern
crest and earls’ coronet, by Edward Pearce.
c.1649–51. Oil on plaster. (Courtesy Wilton
House Trust; photograph Paul Barker).
2. Oxnead Hall, by John Adey Repton. c.1843. Pen and ink and watercolour, 19.5 by 29 cm. (Nicholas Poole-Wilson).
Attributed works:
5. Frontispiece of Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise, by Abraham Bosse. Etching, 14.7 by 9.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
6. Hortvs Pembrochianvs (The garden of Wilton House, seen from the house), by Isaac de Caus. Etched c.1640, edition of 1654. Etching, 41.7 by 52.3 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Fountain formerly at Oxnead, by John Cleghorn after John Adey Repton. 1844. Wood engraving, 7.3 by 7.8 cm., from The Gentleman’s Magazine 21 (1844), p.21.
Attributed works:
8. A Garden and Princely Villa, for Coelum Britannicum, Scene 5, by Inigo Jones and/or Edward Pearce. 1634. Pen and brown ink over graphite, 43.7 by 56.5 cm. (The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement; Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
1. Detail of Fig.4.
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of Fig.4 showing the escutcheon with the coat of arms of Paston and Hewitt impaled.
Western art unattributed:
4. The Paston prospective. c.1640. Canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).
Western art unattributed:
9. Detail of Fig.4, showing figures here identified as William Paston and Margaret Hewitt.
24. Bust of a young man, here identified as Hercules, by Antico. c.1520–28. Bronze, 29.3 cm. high. (Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House).
Attributed works:
25. Side view of Fig.24.
Attributed works:
26. Rear view of Fig.24.
Attributed works:
27. Bust of a young man, by Antico. c.1520–28. Bronze, 56.5 cm. high. (Liechtenstein collection, Vaduz and Vienna).
Attributed works:
29. Bust of a boy, called ‘Polemon’, from the circle or workshop of Antico, probably Mantuan. c.1520–40. Bronze, 28.9 cm. high. (Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House).
Attributed works:
30. Side view of Fig.29.
Western art unattributed:
28. Bust of a young boy. Roman, c.50–68 AD. Bronze, 29.2 cm. high. (Metropolitan Museum
of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
31. Detail of a Bust of a woman. Probably Mantuan, c.1520–40. Bronze, 72 cm. high. (Tomasso Brothers Fine Art, Leeds).
Western art unattributed:
32. Busts of young men, called ‘Drusus’ and ‘Nero’. Probably Italian, seventeenth century. Bronze, 11.5 cm. and 11.3 cm. high. (Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House).
Publication Received
Wilton House and English Palladianism: Some Wiltshire Houses
43. South Front of Wilton House. Photograph Taken in 1951. (National Monuments Record).
Western art unattributed:
40. South Front of Wilton House, Harley Collection, County Seats, Vol.VII, f.47. Drawing, 8.4 by 16.8 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London).
Western art unattributed:
41. Detail of Fig.40, Showing Pavilion Roof. [South Front of Wilton House, Harley Collection, County Seats, Vol.VII, f.47. Drawing, 8.4 by 16.8 cm. (Society of Antiquaries of London).]
Western art unattributed:
42. South Front of Wilton House in 1669. Detail of Water-Colour, B. L. Add. Ms. 33767B f.23v.-24.