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Article
Constable’s Salisbury rainbow: a fusion of science and culture?
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 740-744
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Author:
Thornes, John (Thornes, John)
Subjects
art literature:
Keats, John / Lamb, Charles / Wordsworth, William / Thomson, James / Field, George
artists:
Constable, John / Lucas, David, 1802-1881 / Leslie, Charles Robert / Haydon, Benjamin Robert
dates:
1800-1849
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Watercolours
museums and institutions:
Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain / Birmingham Society of Arts, Birmingham, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London / Salisbury
subjects:
British painting / Romanticism / Nature / Science / Meteorology / Rainbows / Colour / Perception / Poetry / Landscapes (visual works) / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Salisbury Cathedral, Salisbury, Great Britain / Visual sources / Naturalism
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Landscape with a double rainbow, by John Constable. 1812. Oil on paper, laid on canvas, 33.7 cm by 38.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Sky study with a rainbow, by John Constable. 1827. Watercolour on paper, 22.5 by 18.4 cm. (Yale Centre for British Art, New Haven; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. View from Hampstead, with a double rainbow (Hampstead Heath in a storm), by John Constable. 1831. Watercolour on paper, 19.7 by 32 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Salisbury Cathedral from the meadows, by John Constable. 1831. Canvas, 152 by 190 cm. (Tate, London; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
7. A chromascope. Engraving. (From Chromatography by George Field, London 1835, p.232).
Western art unattributed:
4. Solar geometry from the viewpoint of Fig.3 at 6 Well Walk, Hampstead, at 7pm GMT on 5th June 1830 (Bridgeman Images).
Western art unattributed:
6. Solar geometry from the viewpoint of Fig.5 (at the intersection of the lines is the viewpoint from which Salisbury Cathedral from the meadows was painted), at 7pm (GMT) on 25th August 1832, with the sun’s azimuth close to 290 degrees.
Article
Isambard Kingdom Brunel's 'Shakespeare Room'
02/1995 | 1103 | 137
Pages: 108-118
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Author:
Faberman, Hilarie (Faberman, Hilarie)
Author:
McEvansoneya, Philip (McEvansoneya, Philip)
Subjects
artists:
Leslie, Charles Robert
artists:
Egg, Augustus Leopold
artists:
Horsley, John Callcott
artists:
Callcott, Augustus Wall
artists:
Cope, Charles West
artists:
Landseer, Edwin
artists:
Lee, Frederick Richard
artists:
Stanfield, Clarkson
dates:
1800-1899
patrons:
Brunel, Isambard Kingdom
places:
England
sources:
Shakespeare, William
subjects:
British painting / Patronage
subjects:
Documents
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. Isambard Kingdom Brunel, by John Callcott Horsley. c. 1857. 91.5 by 70.5 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
60. Sketch for Installation of Brunel's Shakespeare Room, by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. c.1848-49. Pencil on Graph Paper, 30.5 by 19 cm. (Brunel Collection, University Library, Bristol).
Attributed works:
61. Sketch for Installation of Brunel's Shakespeare Room, by Isambard Kingdom Brunel. c. 1850. Pencil on Graph Paper, 30.5 by 19 cm. (Brunel Collection, University Library, Bristol).
Attributed works:
62. Jacques and the Stag, by F. R. Lee. 86 by 122 cm. (Sold, Sotheby's, London, 30th March 1982, lot 27).
Attributed works:
63. Macbeth and the Witches, by Clarkson Stanfield. 1850. 80 by 132 cm. (Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
64. Titania and Bottom, by Edwin Landseer. 82 by 133 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne).
Attributed works:
65. Queen Catherine of Aragon and Capucius, by Charles Robert Leslie. 1849-50. 60.9 by 81.3 cm. (Mead Art Museum, Amherst).
Attributed works:
66. Hermione (Mrs Charles Keane), by Charles Robert Leslie. 1856. 73.7 by 50.8 cm. (Royal Shakespeare Picture Gallery and Museum, Stratford-upon-Avon).
Attributed works:
67. Launce's Substitute for Proteus's Dog, by Augustus Leopold Egg. 1849. 54.9 by 79.4 cm. (Leicestershire Museum and Art Gallery).
Attributed works:
68. Taste, by Abraham Bosse. 1635. Engraving, 25.7 by 32.6 cm. (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA).
Short Notice
'Indistinctness Is My Fault': A Letter about Turner from C. R. Leslie to James Lenox
08/1972 | 833 | 114
Pages: 555+557-558
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Author:
Holcomb, Adele M. (Holcomb, Adele M.)
Author:
Leslie, Charles Robert (Leslie, Charles Robert; Leslie, C. R.; Robert, Charles)
Subjects
artists:
Turner, Joseph Mallord William
artists:
Leslie, Charles Robert
collectors and dealers:
Lenox, James
dates:
1800-1899
places:
England / United States
subjects:
British painting / Correspondence / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
58. Staffa, Fingal's Cave, by J. M. W. Turner. R. A. 1832. Canvas. (Collection the Hon. Gavin Astor, London.)
Book Review
The Letters of John Constable, R. A., to C. R. Leslie, R. A., 1826-1837
01/1932 | 346 | 60
Pages: 73-74
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Reviewer:
Cox, Trenchard (Cox, Trenchard; C., T.; Cox, T.)
Subjects
artists:
Constable, John
artists:
Leslie, Charles Robert
dates:
1820-1829 / 1830-1839
places:
England
subjects:
British painting / Correspondence
Reviewed Items
subjects:
The Letters of John Constable, R. A., to C. R. Leslie, R. A., 1826-1837 | author: Constable, John , author: Holmes, Charles John , author: Leslie, Charles Robert