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Book Review
The Sun King at Sea: Maritime Art and Galley Slavery in Louis XIV’s France. By Meredith Martin and Gillian Weiss
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1298
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Reviewer:
Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
Subjects
artists:
Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
subjects:
French art / Slavery / Africans / Turkish / Muslim / Naval Ships / Slaves
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Murillo: Persuasion and Aura By Benito Navarrete Prieto. 348 pp. incl. 272 col. + 14 b. & w. ills. (Harvey Miller, London, 2021), £149. ISBN 978–1–912554–40–9. | :
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Benjamin West, Raphael West and the floating batteries
04/2013 | 1321 | 155
Pages: 243-246
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Author:
Staley, Allen (Staley, Allen)
Subjects
artists:
West, Benjamin / West, Raphael Lamar
dates:
1780-1789
museums and institutions:
Morgan Library and Museum, New York, United States / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Drawings / American (United States of America) / Collections, Public / American painting (United States of America) / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Naval Ships / Seascapes / Battles / Provenance
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Naval battle (destruction of the floating batteries before Gibraltar), by Benjamin West. c.1782-83. Black chalk, 7.7 by 14.7 cm. (Morgan Library & Museum, New York).
Attributed works:
34. Destruction of the floating batteries before Gibraltar, by Raphael Lamar West. Exhibited RA 1783. Canvas, 160.9 by 234.7 cm. (Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario).
Attributed works:
35. A view of Gibraltar with the Spanish battering ships on fire, by John Keyse Sherwin. Published 14th September 1784. Engraving. 46.2 by 60.6 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
36. Battle of La Hogue, by Benjamin West, Raphael West and John Trumbull. Signed 'B. West. 1778. Retouched 1806'. Canvas, 164 by 244 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
Book Review
Empire to Nation. Art History and the Visualization of Maritime Britain 1768–1829
04/2013 | 1321 | 155
Pages: 263-264
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Reviewer:
Costello, Leo (Costello, Leo)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1899
subjects:
Art history / Seascapes / Visual culture / Naval Ships / Shipwrecks / British painting / History paintings
Book Review
Segeln, was das Zeug hält. Niederländ­ische Gemälde des Goldenen Zeitalters
02/2012 | 1307 | 154
Pages: 129
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Reviewer:
Spaans, Erik (Spaans, Erik)
Subjects
dates:
1600-1699 / 2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
print:
Seine-Maritime
subjects:
Exhibitions / Dutch painting / Naval Ships / Marine art / Seascapes / Essays
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Segeln, was das Zeug hält. Niederländ­ische Gemälde des Goldenen Zeitalters | editor: Gassner, Herbertus , editor: Sitt, Martina
Short Notice
The explosion of Rowlandson's brother
08/2005 | 1229 | 147
Pages: 552-554
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Author:
Payne, M. T. W. (Payne, M. T. W.)
Subjects
artists:
Rowlandson, Thomas / Drawings / East India Company / Naval Ships / Portraits / British / Shipwrecks
dates:
1780-1789
print:
Rowlandson, Thomas
subjects:
Biographies
Illustrations
Attributed works:
33. Sketched on board the Europa, by Thomas Rowlandson. 1785. Watercolour and ink, 32 by 39.3 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
34. The Duke of Athol East Indiaman, by James Gillray. 1785. Engraving, 44.6 by 57.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Short Notice
Tile Panels by William De Morgan for the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigational Company
06/2001 | 1179 | 143
Pages: 371-374
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Author:
Jordan, Christopher (Jordan, Christopher)
Subjects
artists:
De Morgan, William
artists:
Ricardo, Halsey
dates:
1850-1899
places:
England
subjects:
Interiors / Naval Ships
subjects:
British painting / Tiles / Orientalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
66. Companion way in the P. & O. Liner Arabia, 1896, Showing Arabia Companion Frieze by William De Morgan. (Photograph, Courtesy the De Morgan Foundation).
Attributed works:
67. Arcade Enclosing Mosque and Minarets, by William De Morgan in Partnership with Halsey Ricardo. c.1888-97. Polychrome Tile Panel in Three Sections, 104 by 184.9 cm. (South London Gallery, gift of H. C. Mossop).
Attributed works:
68. Fountain against a Grove of Trees, by William De Morgan in Partnership with Halsey Ricardo. c.1888-97. Polychrome Tile Panel in Two Sections, 70 by 152 cm. (South London Gallery, gift of H. C. Mossop).
Attributed works:
69. Fountain against a Roman Cityscape, by William De Morgan in Partnership with Halsey Ricardo. c.1888-97. Polychrome Tile Panel in Two Sections, 71.5 by 164 cm. (South London Gallery, Gift of H. C. Mossop).
Attributed works:
70. Arcade Enclosing Mosque and Minarets, by William De Morgan. c.1990. Water-Colour, 13.5 by 21.6 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
71. Knight, Designed by William De Morgan, Painted by F. and D. Sirocchi. c.1880, for the Tsar of Russia's Yacht Livadia. Polychrome Tile Panel, c.132 by 66 cm. (Destroyed 1991).
Attributed works:
72. Russian Chancellor of the Exchequer, Designed by William De Morgan, Painted by C. and G. Boldrini. c.1880. Polychrome Tile Panel for the Tsar of Russia's Yacht Livadia, c.145 by 61 cm. (Destroyed 1991).
Attributed works:
73. Detail of Reverse of One Section of Fig.67, Showing Reinforcing Quarter Tile Wasters over Backing of Biscuit State Terracotta Tiles. [ Arcade Enclosing Mosque and Minarets, by William De Morgan in Partnership with Halsey Ricardo. c.1888-97. Polychrome Tile Panel in Three Sections, 104 by 184.9 cm. (South London Gallery, gift of H. C. Mossop).]
Attributed works:
74. Reverse of Half Panel of Fig.68, Showing a Selection of Supporting Misfired Tiles. [Fountain against a Grove of Trees, by William De Morgan in Partnership with Halsey Ricardo. c.1888-97. Polychrome Tile Panel in Two Sections, 70 by 152 cm. (South London Gallery, gift of H. C. Mossop).]
Letter
The Shardeloes 'Armada Portrait'
05/1996 | 1118 | 138
Pages: 329
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Author:
Merwe, Pieter van der (Merwe, Pieter van der)
Subjects
subjects:
Naval Ships
Supplement
Treasures from a King's Ship: King Henry VIII's warship Mary Rose [The Burlington House Fair]
09/1985 | 990 | 127
Pages: 16-18
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Author:
Rule, Margaret (Rule, Margaret)
Subjects
dates:
1980-1989
places:
England / London
places:
Portsmouth
subjects:
Mary Rose (ship) (Portsmouth Historic Dockyard)
subjects:
Burlington House Fair (London)
subjects:
Naval Ships
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Figure 1. Cast Bronze Culverin, Made by John and Robert Owen in 1537 and Recovered from the Wreck of the Mary Rose in 1979. The elm Carriage Which Supports the Gun is an Exact Facsimile of the Original.
Attributed works:
Figure 2. Inscriptions from the First and Second Reinforces of the Gun.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 3. Diagram of the Mark on the Base of the Flagon, in the Form of Three Fishes Inscribed Inside a Circle, Reminiscent of the Rebus Adopted by the Salmon family. [Small Pewter Flagon Found on the Storage Deck at the Stern of the Mary Rose.]
Western art unattributed:
Figure 4. Small Pewter Flagon Found on the Storage Deck at the Stern of the Mary Rose.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 5. Diagram Showing the Forms and Positions of the Various Marks on the Flagon.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 6. Small Drug Flask Found on the Main Gun Deck. It Is Sealed by a Screw Cap with a Left-Handed Thread.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 7. Spoon Marked with a fleur-de-lis 'Touch' Inside the Bowl. One of a Pair Found with a Wooden Lanthorn in a Compartment on the Orlop Deck of the Mary Rose.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 8. Heraldic Device on the Rim of the Dish (Figure 9 below), depicting the Gartered Coat of Arms of John Audley, Viscount Lisle, KC, Lord High Admiral.
Western art unattributed:
Figure 9. One of a Pair of Dishes Found in a Storage Area on the Mary Rose.
Article
Turner's Whaling Subjects
02/1985 | 983 | 127
Pages: 75-83
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Author:
Venning, Barry (Venning, Barry)
Subjects
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
dates:
1800-1899
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Seascapes
subjects:
Whaling / Naval Ships
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. The Whale Ship, by J. M. W. Turner. 91.8 by 122.6 cm. (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
11. Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!, by J. M. W. Turner. Oil and Water-Colour on Canvas, 90 by 121 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
12. Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, by J. M. W. Turner. Oil and Water-Colour on Canvas, 90 by 120 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
13. The Whalers Sketchbook, Page 6, by J. M. W. Turner. Coloured Chalks and Grey Wash, 22.3 by 33 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. The Whalers Sketchbook, Page 13, by J. M. W. Turner. Coloured Chalks and Water-Colour, 22.3 by 33 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. Detail of Fig.11. The butchering of a Captured Whale. [Hurrah! for the Whaler Erebus! Another Fish!, by J. M. W. Turner. Oil and Water-Colour on Canvas, 90 by 121 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).]
Attributed works:
16. Detail of Fig.12. Crewmen Attempting to Saw Through the Ice. [Whalers (Boiling Blubber) Entangled in Flaw Ice, Endeavouring to Extricate Themselves, by J. M. W. Turner. Oil and Water-Colour on Canvas, 90 by 120 cm. (Tate Gallery, London).]
Attributed works:
17. The Swan and the Isabella, by John Ward. 111.4 by 76 cm. (The Wardens and Brethren of the Corporation of the Hull Trinity House).
Attributed works:
18. The Viewforth, Middleton and Jane Beset in the Ice, by Thomas Binks. 76 by 108.9 cm. (Hull City Museums and Art Galleries).
Attributed works:
9. Whalers, by J. M. W. Turner. Oil and Water-Colour, 91 by 122 cm. (Tate Gallery; On Loan to the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
Short Notice
Vive La France!
12/1981 | 945 | 123
Pages: 735-739
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Author:
Bellaigue, Geoffrey de (Bellaigue, Geoffrey de)
Subjects
dates:
1770-1779
places:
England / France
subjects:
Naval Ships / Battles
subjects:
Social history / Prints
subjects:
Iconography
subjects:
Ceramics / Porcelain
subjects:
Sèvres porcelain
subjects:
French painting
subjects:
Belle Poule (style)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
34. The Engagement between the 'Belle Poule' and the 'Arethusa', on 17th June, 1778, Published by Y-M. Le Gouaz. Engraving. (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich).
Attributed works:
35. Le Nouveau Jeu du Costume et des Coeffures des Dames, Published by Louis Crepy. (The National Trust, Waddesdon Manor).
Attributed works:
36. Sugar Bowl, One of a Pair. Sèvres Porcelain. Painted by Charles Buteux. 1779. With Attached Tray, Dark Blue Ground Painted in Reserves with Marine Trophies, Height 15.3 cm, Width of Tray 27 cm. (The Marquess of Tavistock and the Trustees of the Bedford Estates: Woburn Abbey).
Attributed works:
37. Sugar Bowl and Tray. Sèvres Porcelain. Painted by an Unidentified Artist (Mark, a G). 1757. White Ground Painted in Blue with Flowers, Height of Bowl 14 cm; Width 17.3 cm; Width of Tray 24 cm. (Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris).
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