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George Scharf and the 1857 Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 288-299
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Cottrell, Philip (Cottrell, Philip)
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1. George Scharf, by William Edward Kilburn. c.1847. Daguerreotype, 78 by 59 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
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10. Sketch of Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens, by George Scharf. 8th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 45, fol.116).
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11. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Giovanni Bellini, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 15th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.17r).
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12. Sketch of Agony in the garden, by Andrea Mantegna, at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 8 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 47, detail of fol.2r).
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13. The terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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14. Sketch of the terminating right-hand portion of the south wall of Saloon A of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.51r).
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15. Sketch of part of the British Portrait Gallery (the north wall backing onto Saloon D), at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 12th October 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 49, fol.26r).
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16. The Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures exhibition, attributed to Roger Fenton, with identifiable works digitally enhanced. 1857. Albumen silver print, 18.6 by 24.4 cm. The view shows the view east from Saloon A.
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17. Plan of the Art Treasures Palace, from Catalogue of the Art Treasures of United Kingdom: Collected at Manchester in 1857, definitive edn, London 1857.
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18. The east wall of Saloon C of the Gallery of Ancient Masters at the Manchester Art Treasures Exhibition, 1857. (Digital reconstruction by the author).
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2. Sketch of Michelangelo’s ‘Manchester Madonna’ at the Art Treasures Exhibition, Manchester, by George Scharf. 6th September 1857. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London; Scharf Sketchbook 47, fol.1r).
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3. Interior of the Art Treasures’ Palace, by the Leighton Brothers. 1857. Chromolithograph, 44.8 by 32.5 cm (From The Art Treasures Examiner).
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4. Paintings in the collection at Warwick Castle, by George Scharf. 20th October 1856. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (upper left) Head of a cow, by Nicholas Berchem; (lower left) The schoolboy, by Joshua Reynolds; (middle right) Margareta de Vos, by Anthony van Dyck; and (far right) The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 43, fols.128–29).
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5. The standard bearer, by Rembrandt. 1654. Canvas, 140.3 by 114.9 cm (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
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6. Family group, by Pieter Codde. 1642. Canvas, 53 by 74.7 cm (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).
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7. Paintings in the Galton Collection, Hadzor Hall, near Droitwich, by George Scharf. 16th February 1857. Pencil and pen on paper, approx. 32 by 20 cm. Among the items represented are: (extreme left) Woman with a guitar, by Jan Mytens, and Man in a broad-brimmed hat, by Willem Drost; (middle left) Conversation piece with a portrait of the artist, by Francis Hayman; (centre left and still-life detail on adjacent page) Family group, by Pieter Codde; and (centre right) The flight into Egypt, by circle of Peter Paul Rubens. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 46, fols.5–6).
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8. Sketch of an antique bust of Niobe in the Yarborough Collection, by George Scharf. 31st December 1856. Pencil on paper, approx. 16 by 10 cm. (Heinz Archive, National Portrait Gallery, London, Scharf Sketchbook 44, fol.106).
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9. Juno and Argus, by Peter Paul Rubens. c.1610. Canvas, 249 by 296 cm. (Wallraf-Richartz Museum, Cologne).
Exhibition Review
George Scharf’s London. London
06/2009 | 1275 | 151
Pages: 412-414
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Reviewer:
Darley, Gillian (Darley, Gillian)
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George Sharf: From the Regency Street to the Modern Metropolis | institution: Sir John Soane's Museum
Illustrations
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59. Men and boys with advertising boards, by George Scharf. 1834–40. Watercolour with pen and ink, 13.5 by 21.9 cm. (British Museum, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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60. Panoramic view of the ruins of the late Houses of Parliament, by George Scharf. 1834. Pencil, watercolour with oil on paper on canvas, 81.5 by 141.5 cm. (Collection of the Palace of Westminster, London; exh. Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).