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For a ‘dear valuable and best friend’: a looking glass by Frederick Kandler at Ickworth House, Suffolk
09/2020 | 1410 | 162
Pages: 766-775
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Brouwer, Louisa (Brouwer, Louisa)
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Rothwell, James (Rothwell, James)
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Attributed works:
1. Looking-glass frame, by Frederick Kandler, London. 1777/78. Sterling silver with mahogany backing and later mirror glass, height 69 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph Christie’s).
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10. Detail of The Holbein Chamber at Strawberry Hill, by John Carter, showing a bed with drapery probably of the 1770s. 1788. Watercolour on paper, 33 by 29 cm. (The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University).
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11. Looking glass from a dressing service, by Johann Jacob Kirstein. c.1786. Silver-gilt, mirrored glass and walnut, 96.5 by 56.6 cm. (Musée des Arts décoratifs, Strasbourg).
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12. Detail of Fig.1, showing the quiver, arrows and bow at the apex of the frame.
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13. Mary Nesbitt as Circe, by Joshua Reynolds. 1781. Oil on canvas, 125 by 100.3 cm. (Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA).
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3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the engraved arms of the 3rd Earl of Bristol at the base of the frame.
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4. Mary Davis, Mrs Alexander Nesbitt, as Innocence, by Joshua Reynolds. 1781. Oil on canvas, 75.5 by 62.5 cm. (Wallace Collection, London; Bridgeman Images).
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5. Commodore the Hon. Augustus Hervey, later Vice-Admiral, and 3rd Earl of Bristol, by Thomas Gainsborough. 1767–68. Oil on canvas, 232 by 152.5 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph National Trust Images).
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6. Dessert dish, subsequently used as an alms dish, by Frederick Kandler. 1758/59. Silver-gilt, diameter 30.5 cm. (Ickworth House, Suffolk; photograph National Trust/Robert Thrift).
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7. Marriage a-la-mode: the toilette, by William Hogarth. 1743. Oil on canvas, 69.9 by 90.8 cm. (National Gallery, London; Bridgeman Images).
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8. Lady Henrietta Williams-Wynn’s service of dressing plate, by Thomas Heming. 1768/69. Silver-gilt, the looking glass 70.5 by 56 cm. (National Museum Cardiff).
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9. Double-sided looking glass with the Russian imperial arms and crown, by Charles Kandler. c.1735. Silver, silver-gilt, enamel and mirrored glass, height 82 cm. (The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Western art unattributed:
2. Norwood House, Surrey. 1786. Engraving, 17.8 by 12.7 cm. (National Trust Images).