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Wilton House: The Art, Architecture and Interiors of One of Britain’s Great Stately Homes

09/2021 | 1422 | 163

Pages: 872-874

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Reviewer:

Bold, John (Bold, John)

Subjects

artists:

Jones, Inigo / Caux, Isaac de / Webb, John, architect, 1611-1672 / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Wyatt, James

buildings:

Wilton House, Salisbury, Great Britain

subjects:

British architecture / Interiors

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subjects:

Wilton House: The Art, Architecture and Interiors of One of Britain’s Great Stately Homes By John Martin Robinson. 264 pp. incl. 216 col. ills. (Rizzoli Electa, New York, 2021), £52. ISBN 978–0–8478–7007–3. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

6. Detail of the painted decoration in the cove of the Single Cube Room, Wilton House, Wiltshire, showing the Pembroke wyvern crest and earls’ coronet, by Edward Pearce. c.1649–51. Oil on plaster. (Courtesy Wilton House Trust; photograph Paul Barker).

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A second Paston prospective rediscovered

07/2021 | 1420 | 163

Pages: 569-575

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Author:

Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)

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Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)

Subjects

artists:

Stone, Nicholas, the Elder / Portman, George / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Delen, Dirck van / Houckgeest, Gerard

buildings:

Hughenden Manor, Hughenden, Buckinghamshire, Great Britain

dates:

1640-1649

patrons:

Paston, William, 1st Baronet

subjects:

Country houses / Architectural paintings / Anonymous artists / Attributions / Frames / Commissions / Venice

subjects:

Heraldry / Coats of arms

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Detail of Fig.2, showing the statue with a heraldic crest.

Attributed works:

2. A Paston prospective: a palace with a lake and gondolas. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 119.4 by 164 cm. (National Trust, Hughenden Manor, Buckinghamshire).

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3. Venetian carnival scene on a terrace, by Pieter de Jode the Elder after Ludovico Pozzoserrato (Lodewijk Toeput). c.1595–98. Line engraving, 37 by 50.8 cm. (Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam).

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4. Detail of Fig.3, showing gondolas.

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5. Frontispiece to T. Coryat: Coryats Crudities, London 1611, engraved by William Hole. Engraving, 21.2 by 15.5 cm.

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6. Female novices going to visit their relations by gondola, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

Attributed works:

7. The doge attending vespers and mass at S. Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, on Christmas day, by Giacomo Franco. c.1610. Engraving, 24.4 by 18.9 cm. (From G. Franco: Habiti d’Huomeni et Donne venetiane, Venice 1610; Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris).

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8. Detail of Fig.9, showing the coat of arms.

Attributed works:

9. The Most Honourable Sir William Paston, Baronet, by William Faithorne the Elder. 1659. Engraving, 27 by 20.5 cm. (British Museum, London).

Western art unattributed:

1. A Paston prospective: a country house with gardens. c.1640. Oil on canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).

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The Paston prospective

07/2018 | 1384 | 160

Pages: 536-544

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Author:

Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)

Subjects

art literature:

Taylor, John / Liedtke, Walter

artists:

Stone, Nicholas, the Elder / Stone, Nicholas, the Younger / Repton, John Adey / Faithorne, William / Vredeman de Vries, Hans / Vredeman de Vries, Paul / Keyser, Hendrick de / Jones, Inigo / Caus, Isaac de / Pearce, Edward, the Elder / Janssen van Ceulen, Cornelius / Dyck, Anthony van / Portman, George / Tempesta, Antonio / Houckgeest, Gerard / Bassen, Bartholomeus van

buildings:

Oxnead Hall, Oxnead, Great Britain / Wilton House, Salisbury, Great Britain

collectors and dealers:

Charles I, King of England, 1600-1649

dates:

1600-1649

media:

Paintings / Drawings / Sketches / Watercolours / Sculpture / Prints / Architecture / Architectural components / Gardens

patrons:

Paston, William, 1st Baronet / Paston, Clement / Frederick V, Elector Palatine, 1596–1632

places:

Great Britain / Norfolk

subjects:

British painting / British architecture / Grand tours / Reconstructions / Collections, Private / Coats of arms / Heraldry / Pattern books / Patronage / Perspective / Hunting / Country houses / Attribution / Identification / Titles of works of art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

10. Charles I, Henrietta Maria and Charles II when Prince of Wales, dining in public, by Gerrit Houckgeest. 1635. Panel, 63.2 by 92.4 cm. (The Royal Collection; © H.M. Queen Elizabeth II).

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2. Oxnead Hall, by John Adey Repton. c.1843. Pen and ink and watercolour, 19.5 by 29 cm. (Nicholas Poole-Wilson).

Attributed works:

5. Frontispiece of Le Jardin de la Noblesse Françoise, by Abraham Bosse. Etching, 14.7 by 9.3 cm. (British Museum, London).

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6. Hortvs Pembrochianvs (The garden of Wilton House, seen from the house), by Isaac de Caus. Etched c.1640, edition of 1654. Etching, 41.7 by 52.3 cm. (British Museum, London).

Attributed works:

7. Fountain formerly at Oxnead, by John Cleghorn after John Adey Repton. 1844. Wood engraving, 7.3 by 7.8 cm., from The Gentleman’s Magazine 21 (1844), p.21.

Attributed works:

8. A Garden and Princely Villa, for Coelum Britannicum, Scene 5, by Inigo Jones and/or Edward Pearce. 1634. Pen and brown ink over graphite, 43.7 by 56.5 cm. (The Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement; Bridgeman Images).

Western art unattributed:

1. Detail of Fig.4.

Western art unattributed:

3. Detail of Fig.4 showing the escutcheon with the coat of arms of Paston and Hewitt impaled.

Western art unattributed:

4. The Paston prospective. c.1640. Canvas, 117 by 164 cm. (Private collection).

Western art unattributed:

9. Detail of Fig.4, showing figures here identified as William Paston and Margaret Hewitt.

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