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Article
The decoration of the ballroom wing at Buckingham Palace, 1850–56
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 368–379
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Author:
Rumley, Peter T.J. (Rumley, Peter T.J.)
Subjects
artists:
Moxon, Charles (1808–1890) / Gruner, Ludwig / Consoni, Nicola (1814–1884) / Blore, Edward / Cubitt, Thomas / Pennethorne, James
buildings:
Buckingham Palace, London, Great Britain
dates:
1850-1859
patrons:
Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
subjects:
British art / British architecture / Interiors / Conservation / Victorian art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Detail of Fig.10, showing the archivolt and throne dais in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace.
Attributed works:
10. The Ballroom, Buckingham Palace, 17th June 1856, by Louis Haghe. 1856. Pencil, watercolour and bodycolour on paper, 31.7 by 47.7 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
11. Part of the frieze in the Promenade Gallery (now West Gallery), Buckingham Palace, London, by Nicola Consoni. 1852. Oil on canvas. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
12 and 13. Paintings by Nicola Consoni in the Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, by Robert Howlett. 1856. Albumen prints, 10.2 by 5.6 cm and 10.5 by 5.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
15. Urn of flowers, by Charles Moxon. Oil on canvas. (Promenade Gallery, now West Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London; photograph the author).
Attributed works:
16. The Promenade Gallery, Buckingham Palace, by Hills and Saunders. 1873. Albumen print, 16 by 20.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
17. The children’s fancy ball at Buckingham Palace, 7th April 1859, by Eugenio Agneni. 1859. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 31 by 45 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
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18. The ballroom at Buckingham Palace, London, arranged for a banquet. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
19. The Approach Gallery, Buckingham Palace, by Hills and Saunders. 1873. Albumen print, 14.7 by 20.5 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of a plan of the south-west wing of Buckingham Palace, London, showing the Ball and Concert Room, Ball Supper Room, Promenade Gallery and Approach Gallery, by James Pennethorne. 1852. (National Archives, London, work 34/371).
Attributed works:
4. Design for the new ballroom at Buckingham Palace, London, by James Pennethorne. 1852. Pen and ink on paper. (Royal Library, Windsor Castle; © His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
5. Elevations of the front and side of the organ in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London, by James Pennethorne. c.1852. Pen and ink with watercolour, over pencil, 43.8 by 61.1 cm. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
6. Organ in the ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London, designed by Henry Cephas Lincoln. 1818–55. Painted and gilded maplewood and gilt metal. (© His Majesty King Charles III, 2024; Royal Collection Trust).
Attributed works:
7. Charles Moxon, by William Quiller Orchardson. 1875. Oil on canvas, 116.8 by 83.8 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
8. First hour of the night, by Michelangelo Maestri. c.1800. Watercolour and gouache over engraved outline on card, 44.5 by 34 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
9. Parnassus, by Raphael. 1511. Fresco, width 6.7 m. (Stanze della Segnatura, Apostolic Palace, Vatican).
Western art unattributed:
14. Decoration in the Promenade Gallery, now the East Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London, revealed during redecoration in 1981. (Photograph Louis Randall).
Western art unattributed:
3. Detail of The Scala Regia, Vatican, Rome. 1870. Engraving. (Liszt Collection; Bridgeman Images).
Article
The industry and ingenuity of William Ince and John Mayhew
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 996-1001
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Author:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
artists:
Ince, William / Mayhew, John / Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1760-1769 / 1770-1779 / 1780-1789 / 1780-1829
subjects:
Furniture makers / British architecture / Cabinetmakers / Marquetry / Beds (furniture) / Chairs / Tapestries
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bed, by Ince and Mayhew. 1768. Mahogany and other woods, with original blue silk ‘flowered tabby’ in the ‘Large Antique Headboard’, tester and cornice, height 356 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
2. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew, designed by Robert Adam. 1775. Veneered in harewood, tulipwood, satinwood and other woods, with painted decoration and ormolu mounts, 93 by 137 by 53.5 cm. (The Derby Collection).
Attributed works:
3. Commode (one of a pair and ensuite with a pair of corner cupboards), by Ince and Mayhew. 1767. Reworked seventeenth-century marquetry with ormolu mounts, 98 by 10 by 72 cm. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
Attributed works:
4. Commode, by Ince and Mayhew. 1765. Veneered in yew, holly and marquetry, with ebonised mouldings and ormolu mounts, 82 by 136 by 58 cm. (Private collection; Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of a commode (one of a pair) by Ince and Mayhew, showing a shaded and engraved husk festoon in ‘yellow wood’ inlaid on a mahogany ground, passing over and under a frieze moulding and a chequered line border. 1767. (The Burghley House Collection, Stamford).
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6. Boulle cabinet, on a table stand by Ince and Mayhew. Cabinet early eighteenth century, attributed to André-Charles Boulle; stand c.1780. Cabinet veneered in tortoiseshell and horn, inlaid with brass, with ormolu mounts; stand giltwood; overall height 209 cm., height of stand 94 cm. (The Buccleuch Collections, Boughton, Northamptonshire; by kind permission of the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, KT).
Attributed works:
7. Two armchairs decorated with profiles of George III and Queen Charlotte, probably part of an original set of ten, supplied by Ince and Mayhew to Warren Hastings. c.1790. Painted wood, approx. 93 by 53.5 by 60 cm. (The Harrowby Collection).
Book Review
Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long Visions of Ancient Egypt
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 202-204
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Reviewer:
Gere, Charlotte (Gere, Charlotte)
Subjects
artists:
Alma-Tadema, Lawrence / Poynter, Edward John / Long, Edwin
subjects:
British art / British architecture / Design / Decorative arts / Victorian art / Egypt / Egyptology / History paintings / Archaeology
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long By Stephanie Moser. 584 pp. incl. 240 col. + b. & w. ills. (Oxford University Press, 2020), £79. ISBN 978–0–19–069702–0. | :
subjects:
Visions of Ancient Egypt Edited by Benjamin Hinson and Anna Ferrari with Ghislaine Wood. 192 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, 2022), £25. ISBN 978–1–73972–000–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Pastimes in Ancient Egypt 3,000 years ago, by Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1863. Oil on canvas, 99.1 by 135.8 cm. (Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture
08/2022 | 1433 | 164
Pages: 827
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Reviewer:
Rhodes, Sophie (Rhodes, Sophie)
Subjects
subjects:
Huguenot / British art / British architecture / Decorative arts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Europe Divided: Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture By Tessa Murdoch. 320 pp. incl. 250 col. ills. (V&A Publishing, London, 2021), £40. ISBN 978–1–83851–012–1. | :
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).
Attributed works:
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).
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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).
Exhibition Review
In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-Century British World
12/2020 | 1413 | 162
Pages: 1084-1087
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Reviewer:
Cooke, Edward S. (Cooke, Edward S.)
Subjects
subjects:
Glassmakers / Glassmakers / Glassware / Mirrors / Drinking glasses / Jewellery / Windows / Science / British art / British architecture / Decorative arts / Interiors
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Sparkling Company: Reflections on Glass in the 18th-Century British World Edited by Christopher L. Maxwell. 304 pp. incl. 227 col. + b. & w. ills. (Corning Museum of Glass, 2020), £50. ISBN 978–0–87290–223–7. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Designs for the walls of the drawing room at Northumberland House, London, by Robert Adam. 1770–73. Pen, pencil and coloured washes on laid paper, 52 by 101.6 cm. and 51.5 by 65.2 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, SM Adam volume 39/5; exh. Corning Museum of Glass).
Attributed works:
2. Mirror in gilded wood frame, by William Mathie (carver), based on a design by Thomas Chippendale. c.1760, probably London (glass), and Scotland (frame). Mercury-tin amalgam mirror; carved, assembled and gilded wood. 174 by 105.5 by 12.5 cm. (Corning Museum of Glass).
Attributed works:
3. Group portrait, probably the Raikes family, by Gawen Hamilton. 1730–32. Oil on canvas, 66 by 91.8 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Centre; Bridgeman Images).
Book Review
Fringe, Frog and Tassel: The Art of the Trimmings-Maker in Interior Decoration
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 712-713
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Reviewer:
Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
Subjects
subjects:
Furniture / Upholsterers / Interiors / Social history / Textiles / Ornament / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Fringe, Frog and Tassel: The Art of the Trimmings-Maker in Interior Decoration By Annabel Westman. 288 pp. incl. 402 col. + 39 b. & w. ills. (Bloomsbury, London, and the National Trust, 2019), £50. ISBN 978–1–78130–075–6. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. A detail of one of the four ‘gold embroidered tassels and knots’ on the state bed at Audley End, Essex. 1786. (National Trust Images, courtesy of English Heritage; photograph Bruce M. White).
Exhibition Review
The British Galleries
07/2020 | 1408 | 162
Pages: 611-614
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Reviewer:
Robinson, Duncan (Robinson, Duncan)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States
subjects:
British architecture / British art / Design / Interiors / Furniture / Sculpture / Tapestries / Teapots / Decorative arts
subjects:
Social history
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The British Galleries Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Bishop John Fisher, by Pietro Torrigiano. 1510– 15. Polychrome terracotta, 61.6 by 65.7 by 34 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Attributed works:
14. The dining room from Lansdowne House, London, designed by Robert Adam, as installed in the British Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 1766–69.
Non-western art unattributed:
15. Detail of a hanging depicting a European conflict in South India. Coromandel Coast, India, before 1763. Cotton, plain weave (drawn and painted, mordant and resist dyed), 296.5 by 261.6 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
13. The display of teapots in the ‘Tea, Trade, and Empire’ gallery in the British Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
Book Review
Windsor Castle: A Thousand Years of a Royal Palace. Edited by Steven Brindle
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 527-528
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Reviewer:
Peltzer, Jörg (Peltzer, Jörg)
Subjects
museums and institutions:
Windsor Castle, Windsor, Great Britain
subjects:
Architects / Architectural history / Restoration (process) / Royalty / Wyatville, Jeffry / British architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Windsor Castle: A Thousand Years of a Royal Palace Edited by Steven Brindle. 560 pp. incl. over 400 col. + b. & w. ills. (Royal Collection Trust, London, 2018), £95. | :
Book Review
Apethorpe: The Story of an English Country House. Edited by Kathryn A. Morrison
02/2018 | 1379 | 160
Pages: 165-166
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Reviewer:
Ridgway, Christopher (Ridgway, Christopher)
Subjects
media:
Architecture
places:
Great Britain / Northamptonshire
subjects:
Architectural history / British architecture / Country houses
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