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Book Review
Grinling Gibbons and his Contemporaries (1650–1700): The Golden Age of Woodcarving in the Netherlands and Britain
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1247-1249
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Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
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Grinling Gibbons and his Contemporaries (1650–1700): The Golden Age of Woodcarving in the Netherlands and Britain By Ada de Wit. 426 pp. incl. 350 col. + 4 b. & w. ills. (Brepols, Turnhout, 2022), €150. ISBN 978–2–503–58488–1. | :
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4. ‘Queen Sophie’s Bookcase’, incorporating carving of c.1690 from William III’s bedchamber at Huis De Voorst. 1847–49. Rosewood, mahogany, oak and limewood, 346 by 233 by 55 cm. (Photograph Paleis Het Loo, Apeldoorn).
Book Review
The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford
07/2022 | 1432 | 164
Pages: 720-722
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Goodall, John A. (Goodall, John A.)
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The Reredos of All Souls College Oxford Edited by Peregrine Horden. 304 pp. incl. 140 col. + b. & w. ills. (Ad Illisvm, London, 2021), £80. ISBN 978–1–912168–18–7. | :
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2. The reredos in the chapel, All Souls College, Oxford. (Courtesy All Souls College, Oxford, the Warden and Fellows).
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Henry Cheere’s statue of Christopher Codrington: conventions and setting
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1038-1045
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Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
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1. The library, All Souls College, Oxford. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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2. Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster, by Henry Cheere and Henry Scheemakers. 1728. Marble. (St Michael, Edenham, Lincolnshire; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
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3. William III, by Henry Cheere. 1733–34. Marble, height 175 cm. (Bank of England, London; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).
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4. Christopher Codrington, by James Thornhill. 1702. Oil on canvas, 237.5 by 151.1 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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5. Christopher Codrington, by Henry Cheere. 1732–34. Marble. (Library, All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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6. The library of All Souls College, by Thomas Malton. 1802. Etching and aquatint, 42 by 32 cm. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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7. The North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, looking north to the original main door of the library. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).
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8. Plan of the North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, based on Nicholas Hawksmoor’s 1715 plan. (From H. Colvin and J.S.G. Simmons: All Souls: An Oxford College and its Buildings, Oxford 1989).
Exhibition Review
Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1056-1058
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Rudd, Natalie (Rudd, Natalie)
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Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life The Hepworth Wakefield 21st May 2021–27th February 2022 | :
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1. Oval sculpture, by Barbara Hepworth. 1943. Plane wood with painted white concavities, 34.9 by 46.2 by 29.9 cm. (© Bowness, Hepworth Estate; courtesy Pier Arts Centre, Stromness; photograph David Lambert / Rod Tidnam).
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2. Fenestration of the ear (The microscope), by Barbara Hepworth. 1948. Oil and pencil on board, 34.5 by 44.5 cm. (Courtesy Ingram Collection; photograph J.P. Bland).
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3. Installation view of Barbara Hepworth: Art & Life at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2021, showing in the foregroud Oval form (Trezion), by Barbara Hepworth. 1961–63. Bronze, 94 by 144 by 87 cm. (Courtesy Hepworth Wakefield; photograph Lewis Ronald).
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Designs by John Gibson for the Gibson Gallery at the Royal Academy of Arts
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 947-955
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Frasca-Rath, Anna (Frasca-Rath, Anna)
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Wickham, Annette (Wickham, Annette)
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1. Wounded warrior, by John Gibson. 1860s. Marble, 193 by 101 by 66 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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10. Detail of an elevation recording the arrangement of casts on the the south and north walls of the smaller room in the Gibson Gallery, attributed to the office of Sydney Smirke. 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.9 by 56.4 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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11. Resurrection. Angel, mother and infant (Monument to Lady Leicester), by John Gibson. c.1844. Plaster, 181 by 126.5 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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12. Venus, by John Gibson. 1850s. Plaster, 172 by 50.8 by 46 cm. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Paul Highnam).
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13. The Gibson Gallery and Diploma Gallery, Burlington House, London. Centre right is Gibson’s marble Bacchus (1856–60) and William Theed’s portrait bust of Gibson (1868) on display alongside paintings from the RA collection following a rearrangement of the galleries. (Repr. The Sphere, 23rd February 1929).
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14. Floorplan showing the Gibson Gallery as completed, attributed to Sydney Smirke. June 1874. Pencil with black ink and wash on wove paper, 38.8 by 55.5 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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2. The Royal Academy of Arts Library, Burlington House, London, which occupies the space of the Gibson Gallery. The central sculpture is Wounded warrior by John Gibson. Photograph 2011. (Photograph © Royal Academy of Arts, London / Francis Ware).
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3. Design for the layout of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. c.1864. A list on the facing page is inscribed ‘Bassorelievi’ with the heading ‘A list of my models in plaster executed at Rome’. Pen and ink on paper, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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4. Floor plan with layout of sculpture and casts in the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson. 1864. Black ink over pencil on tracing paper mounted on wove paper, 43.5 by 26.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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5. Design for the arrangement of the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, by John Gibson, showing seated male portraits. Black ink on laid paper mounted on laid paper, 27 by 20.3 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London; see also Fig.6).
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6. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the entrance wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with seated male portraits. Here and in Fig.8 missing reliefs are represented by drawings by Gibson, (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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7. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the wall opposite the entrance to the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with idealised female figures. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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8. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the left-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on mythological themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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9. Reconstruction based on a drawing by John Gibson, showing the arrangement of the casts on the right-hand wall of the second room of the Gibson Gallery, with reliefs on religious themes. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Book Review
Sculpting Art History: Essays in Memory of Benedict Read
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1009
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Getsy, David J. (Getsy, David J.)
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Sculpting Art History: Essays in Memory of Benedict Read Edited by Katharine Eustace, Mark Stocker and Joanna Barnes. 468 pp. incl. 250 col. + b. & w. ills. (Public Monuments and Sculpture Association, London, and Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2018), £68.95. ISBN 978–1–912–79300–6. | :
Book Review
Working Against the Grain: Women Sculptors in Britain c.1885–1950
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 1006-1007
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Eustace, Katharine (Eustace, Katharine; E., K.; Eustace, Katherine)
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Working Against the Grain: Women Sculptors in Britain c.1885–1950 By Pauline Rose. 336 pp. incl. 22 col. + 99 b. & w. ills. (Liverpool University Press, Liverpool, 2020), £30. ISBN 978–1–789–62156–3. | :
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7. Gertrude Alice Meredith Williams, with the plaster cast of The spirit of the Crusaders, in her studio at 19 Circus Lane, Edinburgh, 1923. (Photograph Phyllida Shaw).
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Modelling and mapping Flaxman’s monument to William Murray
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 644-645
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John Flaxman’s funerary monument for the 1st Earl of Mansfield in Westminster Abbey
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 276-287
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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1. The monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield (foreground), in the north transept aisle, Westminster Abbey, London, by Frederick Evans. Photograph (detail), c.1915–30. (  Country Life; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Model for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. c.1795–96. Bronzed plaster, height 85.5 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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12. The monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. Completed 1801. Marble, height 468 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London;   The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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13. Lord Mansfield’s monument, by Thomas Williamson and Thomas Sutherland after François Huët-Villiers. Aquatint, 29 by 20 cm. (From R. Ackermann: The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter’s Westminster, London 1812, II, plate 56).
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2. Sketch plan of the west aisle of the north transept, Westminster Abbey, showing the original position of the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield and the position to which it was moved in 1933. (Westminster Abbey, London;   The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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3. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. 1793. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.4 by 15.8 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
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4. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. 1793. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 24.7 by 18.5 cm. (Scone Palace, Perthshire).
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5. Design for the figure of Justice on the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, from a sketchbook by John Flaxman. c.1793. Pencil on paper, 10.5 by 8.25 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, from a sketchbook by John Flaxman. c.1793. Pencil on paper, 10.5 by 8.25 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, by Francesco Bartolozzi after Joshua Reynolds. 1786. Stipple engraving, 48.5 by 36.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8–10. Designs for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. c.1795–96. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper; frontal view, 22 by 14.2 cm.; from left, 22.8 by 17.7 cm.; from right, 22 by 15.5 cm. (UCL Art Museum, University College London).
Book Review
Queen Victoria’s Equestrian Portrait Statues. By Philip Ward-Jackson
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 979
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Darby, Elisabeth (Darby, Elisabeth)
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Queen Victoria’s Equestrian Portrait Statues By Philip Ward-Jackson. 88 pp. incl. 11 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Public Monument and Sculpture Association, London, 2019), £8.95. ISBN 978–1–912793–01–3. | :
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8. Queen Victoria, by James Wyatt. 1845. Print from a paper negative in the Royal Photographic Society Collection, which shows the plaster version of the work as exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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