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Article
‘Sunbeams and shadows’: exhibiting the collection at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 4-8
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Author:
Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
Subjects
artists:
McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA) / Wren, Christopher / Read, Nicholas / Rysbrack, Michael
dates:
2000-2099 / 2010-2019
media:
Architecture / Architectural drawings / Architectural models / Displays / Effigies / Sculpture / Wax sculpture / Wood sculpture / Stained glass / Stone
museums and institutions:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Henry III, King of England, 1207-1272
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
British architecture / Architectural history / Architectural materials / Galleries (display spaces) / Art museums / Museums / Churches / Cathedrals / Abbeys / Commemorative monuments / Lighting / Restoration (process) / Conservation / Damage to works of art / Religious architecture / Religious art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, showing part of the section Building Westminster Abbey. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
2. The gallery before the installation of the displays. 2017. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
3. Floorplan of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries and the Weston Tower, showing the themed sections: Westminster Abbey & the Monarchy (orange); Worship & Daily Life (pale blue); Building Westminster Abbey (pink); and The Abbey and National Memory (dark blue). (© MUMA).
Attributed works:
4. Part of the Building Westminster Abbey and Worship and Daily Life sections of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The case on the right contains the Westminster Retable, the high altarpiece of Henry III’s Abbey (1259–69). (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Attributed works:
7. View of the Abbey’s interior from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
5. The Undercroft Museum, Westminster Abbey. Photograph c.1930s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Western art unattributed:
6. The wax funeral effigy of Charles II, photographed in the Upper Islip Chapel in 1896. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
Article
Decorum and celebration of the family line: Robert Adam’s monuments to the 1st Duchess of Northumberland
05/2010 | 1286 | 152
Pages: 288-296
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Author:
Aymonino, Adriano (Aymonino, Adriano)
Subjects
artists:
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
artists:
Read, Nicholas
buildings:
Westminster Abbey, London, Great Britain
dates:
1770-1779 / 1780-1789
museums and institutions:
Sir John Soane's Museum, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Percy, Elizabeth Seymour, First Duchess of Northumberland, 1716-1776 / Percy, Hugh Smithson, First Duke of Northumberland, 1712-1786
print:
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792
subjects:
British architecture / British sculpture / Sepulchral monuments / Funerary art / Architectural drawings / Drawings / Commissions / Neo-classicism / Iconography / Visual sources / Contracts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Project for the monument to the 1st Duchess of Northumberland in Westminster Abbey, from Robert Adam’s office. 1778. Pen with grey wash, 59.2 by 42.9 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
10. Monument to Samuel Egerton, St Mary’s church, Rostherne, Cheshire, by John Bacon. 1792. White marble.
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2. Monument to the Duchess of Northumberland, St Nicholas chapel, West­minster Abbey, by Robert Adam and Nicholas Read. 1778–82. White and black marble.
Attributed works:
3. Sketch for a sarcophagus for the Duchess of Northumberland at Alnwick Castle, by Robert Adam. c.1778. Pencil with grey wash, 17.5 by 24.6 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
Attributed works:
5. Project for the monument to John Sheffield, 1st Duke of Buckingham, in Westminster Abbey, by James Gibbs. From J. Gibbs: A Book of Architecture, London 1728, pl.116.
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.1.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.2.
Western art unattributed:
4. Plan of Westminster Abbey. From Central London Atlas-Guide. Designed by Bartholomew, Edinburgh 1951, p.35.
Western art unattributed:
6. Monument to Anne Seymour, Duchess of Somerset, St Nicholas chapel, Westminster Abbey. After 1587. Mixed materials.
Western art unattributed:
9. Coat of arms of the Percy family. From A. Collins: The Peerage of England . . ., London 1779, II, p.280, pl.25.
Article
Roubiliac as an Architect? The Bill for the Warkton Monuments
01/1980 | 922 | 122
Pages: 40-46
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Author:
Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
Subjects
artists:
Roubiliac, Louis François
artists:
Read, Nicholas
artists:
Ware, Isaac
buildings:
Church of Saint Edmund, Warkton, Great Britain
dates:
1700-1799
patrons:
Dukes of Montagu
places:
England / France / Warkton
subjects:
French sculpture / Sepulchral monuments
subjects:
French architecture / British architecture
subjects:
British sculpture / Documents
Illustrations
Attributed works:
59. Monument to John, 2nd Duke of Montagu, (Seen from the East) by L. F. Roubiliac. (Warkton Church, Northamptonshire).
Attributed works:
60. Monument to Mary, 2nd Duchess of Montagu (Seen from the East). by L. F. Roubiliac. (Warkton Church, Northamptonshire).
Attributed works:
62. The Chancel of Warkton Church, Seen from the Nave.
Attributed works:
63. Model of the Duke of Montague's Monument, Showing the Earlier Design Executed before the Additions Mentioned in the Bill. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
64. The Communion Rails, Black Marble 'Dotts' and Half 'Dotts' Seen from the Chancel. (Warkton Church).
Western art unattributed:
61. Warkton Church, Northamptonshire: The Exterior from the South East.
Western art unattributed:
Fig. A. Plan of the Chancel St Edmund's Church, Warkton.