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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).
Attributed works:
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).
Book Review
The Society of Dilettanti. Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment
05/2010 | 1286 | 152
Pages: 329-330
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Reviewer:
Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
Subjects
dates:
1700-1799
print:
Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
Society of Dilettanti / Archaeology / Enlightenment / Grand tours / Societies / British
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Society of Dilettanti. Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment | author: Kelly, Jason M.
Illustrations
Attributed works:
36. Capitals of Pilasters from the Temple of Apollo Didymaeus, near Miletus, by William Pars. 1765. Watercolour, bodycolour, pen and gray ink on several joined sheets, 18 by 21 cm. (British Museum, London).
Article
Paul Sandby, William Pars and the Society of Dilettanti
04/2010 | 1285 | 152
Pages: 219-227
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Author:
Gunn, Ann (Gunn, Ann)
Subjects
artists:
Sandby, Paul / Pars, William
dates:
1770-1779 / 1780-1789
museums and institutions:
Society of Dilettanti
museums and institutions:
British Museum, London, Great Britain
print:
Sandby, Paul
print:
Pars, William
print:
Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
Antiquities / Travel accounts / Topographical views / British painting / Drawings / Published illustrations / Prints / Aquatints
subjects:
Collections, Public
subjects:
Landscapes (visual works)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Ruin near the Port of Aegina, by William Pars. c.1764–66. Watercolour, 28.2 by 48.4 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. The Port of Aegina, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 28.5 by 48.2 cm. (image); 32.7 by 50.5 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
12. Ruin at Troas, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1779. Aquatint and etching, 29.1 by 47.8 cm. (image); 32.7 by 50.5 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
13. Gymnasium at Ephesus, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1779. Aquatint and etching, 27.9 by 47.6 cm. (image); 32.7 by 51.3 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Temple of Apollo Didymaeus near Miletus, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1779. Aquatint and etching, 28.7 by 47.5 cm. (image); 37.5 by 51 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. Temple near Melasso, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1779. Aquatint and etching, 28.1 by 49.4 cm. (image); 32.6 by 51.3 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
16. Miletus, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 28.7 by 47.4 cm. (image); 32.7 by 51.3 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
17. An Arch at Melasso, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 29.1 by 47.5 cm. (image); 32.7 by 51 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
18. Inside of the Ruin at Troas, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 30 by 50 cm. (image); 34.2 by 51.7 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
19. Temple at Sunium, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 28.3 by 47.3 cm. (image); 32.5 by 50.5 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
20. Entrance of the Acropolis at Athens, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 26.3 by 47 cm. (image); 33 by 51 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
21. Cave of Archidamus, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 30.1 by 51.1 cm. (image); 34.3 by 54 cm. (plate). (British Mus­eum, London).
Attributed works:
7. A Sepulchral Monument at Mylasa, by William Pars. c.1764–66. Watercolour, 29.7 by 47.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
8. Sepulchre at Melasso, by Paul Sandby after William Pars. Published 1780. Aquatint and etching, 28.4 by 49.1 cm. (image); 32.6 by 51 cm. (plate). (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
9. Sepulchre at Melasso, by William Byrne after William Pars. Published 1769. Etching and engraving, 26.2 by 45.3 cm. (image); 30.3 by 49 cm. (plate). (National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh).
Article
A Further Note on Christopher Fuhrlohg
07/1977 | 892 | 119
Pages: 486-493
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Author:
Hayward, J. F. (Hayward, J. F.; Hayward, John Forrest; H., J. F.; Hayward, John)
Subjects
artists:
Fuhrlohg, Christopher
artists:
Haupt, Georg
dates:
1750-1799
places:
England / London
places:
Sweden / Stockholm
subjects:
Furniture makers / Documents
subjects:
Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
Visual sources / Greek Revival / Greek (ancient)
subjects:
Patronage
Illustrations
Attributed works:
20. Commode, by Christopher Fuhrlohg. Signed and Dated 1767. (Castle Howard).
Attributed works:
21. Writing Table, Attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg or One of His Swedish Partners. c.1775. (Private Collection).
Attributed works:
22. Commode, Made by Georg Haupt for King Gustav III. (Drottningholm, Sweden).
Attributed works:
23. Commode, by Anders Lundelius. (Drottningholm, Sweden).
Attributed works:
24. Plate 101 from d'Hancarville's Publication of Hamilton's Vases.
Attributed works:
25. End Panel of the Writing Table Reproduced in Fig.21. [Writing Table, Attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg or One of His Swedish Partners. c.1775. (Private Collection).]
Attributed works:
26. Left Cupboard Door of the Writing Table Reproduced in Fig.21. [Writing Table, Attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg or One of His Swedish Partners. c.1775. (Private Collection).]
Attributed works:
27. Plate 124 from d'Hancarville's Publication of Hamilton's Vases.
Attributed works:
28. Right Cupboard Door of the Writing Table Reproduced in Fig.21. [Writing Table, Attributed to Christopher Fuhrlohg or One of His Swedish Partners. c.1775. (Private Collection).]
Attributed works:
29. Plate 122 from d'Hancarville's Publication of Hamilton's Vases.
Attributed works:
30. Roll-Top Desk, by David Röntgen. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
Western art unattributed:
31. Marquetry Commode. Anglo-Swedish School, c.1770. (Messrs. Sotheby, London).
Article
Documents on the Greek Revival in Architecture
11/1972 | 836 | 114
Pages: 760-767+769
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Author:
McCarthy, Michael (McCarthy, Michael)
Subjects
artists:
Stuart, James Athenian
collectors and dealers:
Newdigate, Roger
dates:
1750-1799
places:
England
subjects:
Neo-classicism / Greek Revival / Documents
subjects:
British architecture
subjects:
Visual sources / Greek (ancient) architecture / Roman (ancient) architecture
subjects:
Paestum
subjects:
Society of Dilettanti
subjects:
Correspondence
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. View of the Three Temples at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 48.3 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
32. Exterior of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 48.9 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
33. Exterior of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 45.7 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
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34. Interior of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 44.4 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
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35. Interior of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 44.4 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
36. Exterior of the Basilica at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash. 45.7 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
37. Interior of the Basilica at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 45.7 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
38. Interior of the Basilica at Paestum, by G. B. Piranesi. 1777. Ink and Wash, 48.3 by 66.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
39. Model of the Temple of Neptune at Paestum, Attributed to Augusto Rosa. 1777. Cork with Some Wood, 67.3 by 29.6 by 18.1 cm. (Sir John Soane's Museum, London.) Photo A. C. Cooper.
Attributed works:
40. Another View of the Model Illustrated in Fig. 39.
Book Review
The Society of Dilettanti, Its Regalia and Pictures
09/1933 | 366 | 63
Pages: 141
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Subjects
places:
England
subjects:
Social history
subjects:
Society of Dilettanti
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Society of Dilettanti, Its Regalia and Pictures | author: Smith, Cecil Harcourt