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Letter
The ‘Virgin and Child’ by Jean Guillemin
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 727
Article
The Victorian high-altar reredos in St Paul’s Cathedral, London
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 646-657
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
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1. The high-altar reredos in St Paul’s Cathedral, London, designed by Thomas Garner and made by Farmer and Brindley. 1888. Photograph by A.F. Kersting, c.1939. (© The Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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10–12. Angels, by Attilio and Furio Piccirilli for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble with gilding and imitation rosso antico marble, each 73 by 40 cm. (Private collections; courtesy Bonhams).
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13. The Jesus Chapel, St Paul’s Cathedral, London. Photograph, c.1900. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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14. The high altar, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, following bomb damage. Photograph by Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs, 1940. (London Metropolitan Archives).
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15. Cherubs, by Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble with gilding. Each 107 by 61 cm. (Private collection; photograph Christie’s).
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2. The nave of St Paul’s Cathedral, looking east. 1870s. Photograph by London Stereoscopic Company. (Mary Evans Picture Library).
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3. The altar in the chapel, Temple Newsam, Yorkshire, by Bodley and Garner. 1877. Photograph, 1948. (Leeds Libraries, www.leodis.net).
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4. Model of a proposed reredos for St Paul’s Cathedral, London, by Charles Hopson after a design by Christopher Wren. c.1696. Oak, 119.3 by 91.4 by 62.5 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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5. Sir Christopher Wren’s altar piece, a study for the completion of the apse of St Paul’s, by F.C. Penrose. c.1860. Watercolour, 96 by 56 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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6. Design for the high-altar reredos, St Paul’s Cathedral, London, by Thomas Garner. c.1885. Pencil, pen and ink on paper, 56 by 35.3 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral Library; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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7. Virgin and Child, by Jean Guillemin for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble, 142 by 58 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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8. Christ, by Jean Guillemin for Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. The cross was added after 1950. Marble, height 196 cm. (St Paul’s Cathedral, London; © The Chapter of St Paul’s Cathedral).
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9. St Paul, by Farmer and Brindley. c.1887. Marble, height 138 cm. (Private collection; photograph Sotheby’s, London).
Book Review
Compass and Rule. Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England
04/2010 | 1285 | 152
Pages: 250-251
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, Owen (Hopkins, Owen)
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subjects:
Compass and Rule. Architecture as Mathematical Practice in England | author: Gerbino, Anthony , author: Johnston, Stephen
Illustrations
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52. Design for the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, in two half-sections, each incorporating the curve of a cubic parabola, by Christopher Wren. c.1690. Pen and brown ink, 21.3 by 24.5 cm. (British Museum, London)
Short Notice
Wren, Hawksmoor and Les Invalides revisited
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 250-252
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Author:
Downes, Kerry (Downes, Kerry)
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45. Revised design for the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1699. Pen and graphite on four separate pieces of paper pasted onto a base sheet, 46.8 by 30.5 cm. (St Paul’s collection, Guildhall Library, London)
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46. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral, from the office of Christopher Wren. c.1675–85. Pen and grey ink and grey wash with pencil and red crayon additions, 48.6 by 68.3 cm. (All Souls, Oxford)
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47. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral. 1702. Engraving by William Emmett. Detail of the corner bastion of the dome, reversed
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48. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral. Detail of the corner bastion of the dome. Measured drawing from A.F.E. Poley: St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Measured, Drawn and Described, London 1927, p.8
Article
The revised design for St. Paul's Cathedral, 1685-90: Wren, Hawksmoor and Les Invalides
08/2004 | 1217 | 146
Pages: 534-547
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Author:
Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
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30. The Warrant design, main floor plan of St Paul's Cathedral (with plan of dome superimposed), by Christopher Wren. 1675. Black ink and wash, 33.5 by 52.3 cm. (Wren collection, All Souls College, Oxford; II.10).
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32. South elevation of St Paul's Cathedral, preparatory for engraving, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1686-87. Grey-black ink and grey wash, over pencil with crayon markings, 48.2 by 63.8 cm. (Wren collection, All Souls College, Oxford; II.29).
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33. West elevation of St Paul's Cathedral, preparatory for engraving (detail), by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1686-87. Grey-black ink and grey wash, with pencil notes and amendments, 43.2 by 63.8 cm. (Wren collection, All Souls College, Oxford; II.37).
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34. (left to right): a. Corinthian capital and swag from design for internal transept elevation. St Paul's Cathedral, by Christopher Wren. c.1675; b. Corinthian capital from design for same elevation, with scale bar, by Edward Pearce. 1678-79; c. Corinthian capital from design for same elevation, with scale bar, by an unidentified draughtsman. 1678-79; d. Detail of cartouche and swag from elevation of transept portal, by Edward Pearce. c.1678-85. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 30-32 and 128).
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36. Samples of Nicholas Hawksmoor's annotations (top to bottom): a. Detail from sheet formerly attached to Fig.40. c.1685-86 (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 45). b. Detail from Fig.32, bottom right. c.1686-87; c. Detail from Hawksmoor's design for Ingestre Hall, Staffordshire. 1688 (Staffordshire Record Office, Stafford; D (W) 1855, p.296); d. Detail from design for the St Paul's Morning Prayer Chapel. c.1696-97 (Wren collection, All Souls College, Oxford; IV.95).
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37. (left to right): a. Detail of scale bar on part-elevation for the east front of Hampton Court Palace, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1689-90. Brown ink. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London; 110/12); b. Detail of scale bar on elevation for the Great Portal from the Clock Court to the Fountain Court, Hampton Court Palace, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1690-91. Brown ink. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London; 110/53); c. Detail of scale bar on the elevation shown in Fig.39.
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38. Elevation of the upper transept front of St Paul's Cathedral, with revisions on flap (detail), by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1685-86. Brown ink, pencil and red crayon, 48.2 by 34.6 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 44).
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39. North elevation of the western body of St Paul's Cathedral, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1685-86. Brown ink and pencil, 49 by 66.5 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 14).
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40. Detail of upper transept front in Fig.32.
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41. Half-section through St Paul's Cathedral at triforium level, showing screen wall and alternatives for flying buttress, by Edward Pearce. c.1685-86. Brown ink and pencil, 51.6 by 60.4 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 57).
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43. Engraving by Jean Marot of the east side elevation of 'l'église de l'Hostel royal des Invalides' from L.J. de Boulencourt: Description Generale De l'Hostel Royal Des Invalides établi Par Louis Le Grand dans la Plaine de la Grenelle prés Paris [...], Paris 1683, 29.5 by 26.5 cm. (Private collection).
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44. Detail of a bird's-eye view of Les Invalides from the south, showing the domed church, by Daniel Marot. Engraving from L.J. de Boulencourt: Description Generale De l'Hostel Royal Des Invalides établi Par Louis Le Grand dans la Plaine de la Grenelle prés Paris [...], Paris 1683, 20 by 14 cm. (Private collection).
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45. Revised ground plan with proposals for underground drains, by Christopher Wren. c.1686. Ink, with pencil and red crayon, 25.1 by 36.3 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, Wren collection; II.33).
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46. Side (west) elevation of 'l'église de l'Hostel royal des Invalides', by Pierre Lepautre. 1687. Engraving, 56 by 126 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Va. 444, format 6).
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47. St Paul's Cathedral, north transept front. 2003. (Photograph: Nigel Corrie, English Heritage, London).
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48. Elevation of revised central bay, north transept front, St Paul's Cathedral, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1687-88. Brown ink and pencil, 31.2 by 43 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 10).
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49. Revised south elevation (fragment), by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1687-88. Brown ink with grey wash and pencil, 21 by 32.4 cm. John R. Redmill).
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50. East-west section of St Paul's Cathedral, proof state of c.1687-88, by unidentified engravers. Engraving with contemporary brown ink notes and sketches by Nicholas Hawksmoor, 49.5 by 72.3 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 94).
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51. Revised design for the dome of St Paul's Cathedral, in four separate pieces, pasted onto a base sheet, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1690 (section and plan), with reused elevation pieces from c.1687-88. Brown inks and pencil, 46.8 by 30.5 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 95).
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52. Diagonal section of the dome of 'l'église de l'Hostel royal des Invalides', by Pierre Lepautre. 1687. Engraving, 134.5 by 92.5 cm. (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris, Va. 444, format 6).
Western art unattributed:
31. St Paul's Cathedral. South elevation and half plan as built, from A. Poley: St Paul's Cathedral, London, Measured, Drawn and Described, London 1927, pls.8 and 23, shaded to indicate main phases of construction from 1675 by 1688. (Richard Lea, English Heritage, London).
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35. Half section through the choir at the level of the triforium, St Paul's Cathedral (detail), by an unidentified draughtsman. c.1678-80. Brown ink and pencil, 22.2 by 40.5 cm. (St Paul's collection, Guildhall Library, London; KD 6).
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42. North elevation of St Paul's Cathedral, proof state of c.1687-88, with later cut-outs from prints of the executed dome pasted on, by unidentified engravers. Engraving, 45 by 72 cm. (Dean and Chapter of St Paul's Cathedral, London, Trophy Room; SP.105).
Book Review
St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004.
08/2004 | 1217 | 146
Pages: 554-555
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Reviewer:
Watney, Simon (Watney, Simon)
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St Paul's: The Cathedral Church of London 604-2004. | editor: Burns, Arthur , editor: Keene, Derek , editor: Saint, Andrew
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64. North side of St Paul's Churchyard looking east, by Thomas Horner. 1822. Etching. (Guildhall Library, London).
Article
Edward Woodroofe: Sir Christopher Wren's First Draughtsman
08/2001 | 1181 | 143
Pages: 474-479
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Geraghty, Anthony (Geraghty, Anthony)
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11. St Paul's Cathedral, Preliminary Design by Christopher Wren, Long Section. c.1675. Ink over Pencil and Scorer, 27.35 by 44.2 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.17).
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12. Preliminary Design by Christopher Wren for St Paul's Cathedral with Pantheon Dome, Long Section Through Crossing and Choir, Drawn by Edward Woodroofe. c.1675. Ink over Pencil and Scorer, 18.2 by 29.6 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.62).
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13. St Paul's Cathedral, Variant Warrant Design, West Elevation with Alternate Steeple Designs, by Edward Woodroofe. c.1675. Ink over Pencil, 14.6 by 23.25 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.15).
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14. Jacques Lemercier's Church of the Sorbonne, Paris, by Jean Marot. Engraving, 53.9 by 39.8 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985.61.2539).
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15. St Paul's Cathedral, Greek Cross Design by Christopher Wren, West Elevation, Drawn by Edward Woodroofe. c.1670-72. Ink over Pencil and Scorer, 43.9 by 51.9 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.22).
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16. St Mary-le-Bow, Wren's Preliminary Steeple Elevation, Drawn by Edward Woodroofe. c.1671-72. Ink over Pencil and Scorer, 49.4 by 34.85 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.47).
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17. Wren's St Benet Fink, Thread-Needle Street, Plan, Drawn by Edward Woodroofe. 1670. Ink and Black Carbon Wash over Pencil, 50.1 by 35.5 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford, II.58).
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18. The Monument, London, Elevation of Wren's Preliminary Top Ornament, Drawn by Edward Woodroofe. c.1675. Ink over Pencil, 35.9 by 23.2 cm. (British Library, Sloane MS 5238, No.77).
Book Review
J. H. Mansart, Sir Christopher Wren and the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
01/1990 | 1042 | 132
Pages: 32-36
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Summerson, John (Summerson, John; Summerson, John Newenham; Summerson, J. N.)
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Sir Christopher Wren: The Designs of St. Paul's Cathedral | author: Downes, Kerry
Illustrations
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26. Jules Hardouin-Mansart. First Published Design for the Domed Church of the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. Engraving by J. Marot in L. J. de Boullencourt, Description Générale... des Invalides, Paris, 1683. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London).
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27. Sir Christopher Wren. Drawing of St Paul's Cathedral, South Elevation (W. S. I pl. 19). One of a Set of Drawings of the 'Definitive' Design, Incorporating the First Version of Wren's Mansartesque Dome. 1683 or Later. (All Souls College, Oxford).
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28. Detail from Fig.26. [ Jules Hardouin-Mansart. First Published Design for the Domed Church of the Hôtel des Invalides, Paris. Engraving by J. Marot in L. J. de Boullencourt, Description Générale... des Invalides, Paris, 1683. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London).]
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29. Sir Christopher Wren's Second Version of a Mansartesque Dome for St Paul's Cathedral. A Composite Drawing, Parts of Which Are Probably in Wren's Hand. The Upper Attic Storey Shown in Fig.27 Has Been Omitted and Oval Windows Have Been Introduced in the Podium. (Dean and Chapter of St Paul's).
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30. Sir Christopher Wren. Engraving (in the trophy room of St Paul's) after the drawing of the side elevation at All Soul's (Fig.27), but with the second version of the Mansartesque drum and dome and other changes. Inset are cut-outs from a late state (c.1710) of Kip's engraving of 1702-03 showing the drum and dome as executed for comparison. (Dean and Chapter of St Paul's).
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31. Sir Christopher Wren. Engraving (Sir John Soane's Museum, London) of the St Paul's Cathedral, east-west section of the 'Definitive design', accompanying the second version of the Mansartesque dome (Fig.29). An earlier state (Downes 94, not in W. S.) has no scale or title and carries instructions to the engraver in an unidentified hand. (Dean and Chapter of St Paul's).
Letter
Jones and Wren at St Paul's
01/1981 | 934 | 123
Pages: 35-36
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Author:
Downes, Kerry (Downes, Kerry)
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Short Notice
Lord Arundel as an Entrepreneur of the Arts
10/1980 | 931 | 122
Pages: 690-692+694
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Author:
Howarth, David (Howarth, David)
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37. Thomas Howard, 2nd Earl of Arundel, by Jan Lievens. Black and Red Chalk, 18 by 14 cm. (Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen, Berlin).
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38. Inigo Jones, by Francesco Villamena. 1614. Engraving, 26 by 19.5 cm. (With Weinreb and Douwma).
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39. Pulley for Raising Stones, by Inigo Jones. Pen and Ink Drawing, 20 by 16 cm. (Sheffield City Libraries).
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40. Old Saint Paul's, West Front, by Thomas Wyck. Pen and Ink and Wash, 14.6 by 18 cm. (Bodleian Library, Oxford).
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