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Book Review
The Radical Print: Art and Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 194–195
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Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)
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The Radical Print: Art and Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain By Esther Chadwick. 248 pp. incl. 200 col. + b. & w. ills. (Paul Mellon Centre, London, 2024), £45. ISBN 978–1–913107–43–7. | :
Book Review
William Blake: Visionary William Blake’s Universe
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 862–5
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Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)
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William Blake: Visionary By Edina Adam with Julian Brooks, and an essay by Matthew Hargraves. 168 pp. incl. 135 col. + 1 b. & w. ills. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, 2020), $35.00. ISBN 978–1–60606–642–3. | :
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William Blake’s Universe Edited by David Bindman and Esther Chadwick. 224 pp. incl. 226 col. ills. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, and Philip Wilson Publishers, 2024), £35.00. ISBN 978–1–78130–127–2. | :
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1. Farben-Kugel (Colour Sphere), by Philipp Otto Runge. 1809. Hand-coloured engraving, 21.6 by 18.7 cm. (Hamburger Kunsthalle).
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2. Title page of Jerusalem the Emanation of the Giant Albion (1804–20), by William Blake. 1804–20. Relief etching printed in orange ink with watercolour, pen, black ink and gold on paper, 34.3 by 26.4 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven)
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3. Title page of Europe a Prophecy (1794), by William Blake. c.1821. Relief etching printed in colour with hand-colouring, 30.3 by 23.1 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
Not Without My Ghosts: The Artist as Medium
11/2020 | 1412 | 162
Pages: 978-981
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Michael Richardson Contemporary (Michael Richardson Contemporary)
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Not Without My Ghosts: The Artist as Medium Drawing Room, London 10th September–1st November | :
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1. Dessin médianimique, by Madame Fondrillon. 1909. Graphite and crayon on paper, 21.4 by 27.2 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Galerie 1900–2000, Paris; exh. Drawing Room, London).
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2. The spiritual crown of Annie Mary Howitt Watts, by Georgiana Houghton. 1867. Watercolour and gouache on paper, 33 by 23 cm. (Courtesy Vivienne Roberts, London; exh. Drawing Room, London).
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3. Toy, by Ithell Colquhuon. 1947. Watercolour and ink on paper. 42 by 31.5 cm. (Tate Archive; exh. Drawing Room, London).
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4. Large feather scroll drawing, by Ann Churchill. 2010. Watercolour on stitched paper, 350 by 162 cm. (Courtesy the artist; exh. Drawing Room, London).
Exhibition Review
William Blake. Tate Britain, London
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 954-956
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Chadwick, Esther (Chadwick, Esther)
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16. Albion rose, by William Blake. c.1793. Colour engraving and etching with hand-colouring on paper, 36.8 by 26.3 cm. (Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, San Marino CA; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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17. ‘Europe’ plate I: frontispiece, ‘The Ancient of Days’, by William Blake. 1827. Relief etching with pen and ink, bodycolour and watercolour on paper, 23.2 by 17 cm. (Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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18. Capaneus the Blasphemer, by William Blake. 1824–27. Pen and ink and watercolour over pencil and black chalk, with sponging and scratching out, 37.4 by 52.7 cm. (National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; exh. Tate Britain, London).
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01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: i–xx
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[Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London. Master of the Brussels Initials, St John the Evangelist, very large initial ‘V’ cut from a gradual, Italy (Bologna), c. 1410–20.]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Angel, circle of Guillaume Kerricx the Elder (1652–1719), c.1700. Painted wood, height 173 cm. Galerie Sismann, Paris]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Floor lamp, by Poul Henningsen (1894–1967). 1927–28. Brass and lacquered metal, height 150 cm. Galerie Le Beau-Goklaere, Brussels]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Forze Spazial, (Project for a lampshade), by Giacomo Balla (1871–1958). c.1925. Tempera on cardboard, 11.5 by 36.8 cm. Rosenberg & Co., New York]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Pair of encoignures with Chinese export and European lacquer panels, attributed to Jacques Dubois (1694–1763). c.1750. Marble, bronze, oak, ormolu and lacquer with cherry and ebony veneer, height 94 cm. Röbigg, Munich]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Psyche abandoned, by Piero Tenerani (1789–1867). 1845. Marble, height 120 cm. Brun Fine Art, London]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Scenes from St Blas’s life, by The Riglos Master, (c.1434–60). c.1450–60. Panel, 188 by 52 cm. Galeria Bernat, Barcelona]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. The four elements, by Artus Wolffort (1581–1641). Canvas, 200 by 158 cm. Jan Muller Fine Art, Ghent]
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[Christopher Bishop Fine Art, New York. Bartholomeus Spranger (Antwerp 1546–Prague 1611). Saint Ursula 197 x 162 mm. Pen and brown ink over traces of black chalk with red and green washes. Squared for transfer. ca. 1583]
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[Découvert Fine Art, Rockport, MA. Compositional Study or Ricordo of Bottom Half of the Altar of St. George in Braida. Workshop of Paolo Veronese, with question of his hand. Verona, 1528 – 1588. Venice Pen, brown ink and brown wash, heightened with white on blue paper, 28.1 by 35.5 cm. From The Skippe Collection, Christie’s, 11/20 & 21/1958, lot 91, as Paolo Farinati]
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[Freeman's Auction, Philadelphia. Master of the Embroidered Foliage (Netherlandish, active Brussels, late 15th century). Nursing Madonna. Oil and tempera on cradled oak panel. 33 3/4 x 28 in. (85.7 x 71.1 cm). $150,000–250,000.]
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[Galerie J. Kugel, Paris. Léonard Limosin. Henri II, King of France, circa 1553. Polychrome enamel on copper, H. 7 in; L. 5.1 in. Ex. collection: Rosebery, Mentmore Towers]
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[Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Munich. Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Master of the St Sebastian's Martyrdoms. Vienna ca 1660. Wood. Height 20 cm, width 40.5 cm]
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[Master Drawings New York. A page from a sketchbook, belonging to Arshile Gorky (1904–48). 1931. Ink on paper, 31.5 by 23.8 cm. Pavel Zoubok Fine Art]
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[Master Drawings New York. Cupid dictating a letter to a young woman, by Jean-Baptiste Greuze (1725–1805). Pen and ink and grey wash heightened with white gouache on blue paper, 41 by 30.6 cm. Didier Aaron, Inc.]
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[Master Drawings New York. Girl leaning on her elbow, by Egon Schiele (1890–1918). 1915. Charcoal on paper, 50 by 33.3 cm. W&K – Wienerroither & Kohlbacher]
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[Master Drawings New York. In the courtroom (avant l’audience), by Honoré Daumier (1808–79). Pen and black ink and charcoal, 21.2 by 22.5 cm. Stephen Ongpin Fine Art]
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[Master Drawings New York. On the blue swamp, by Alexander Calder (1898–1976). 1966. Watercolour on paper, 78 by 58 cm. David Tunich, Inc.]
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[Master Drawings New York. Portrait of Nicolas, seigneur de Beurville et de Fresne, by Étienne Dumonstier (1540–1603). c.1581–83. Canvas, 187.3 by 107.3 cm. Galerie J. Kugel]
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[Master Drawings New York. Ruins of the Mithraic Mysteries, by Anthony Baus (b.1981). 2018. Pen and sepia ink and wash on toned paper, 30.5 by 38.1 cm. Robert Simon Fine Art]
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[Master Drawings New York. St John the Baptist, by Carlo Bononi (1569–1632). Pen, brown ink and wash, 15.2 by 6.9 cm. Découvert Fine Art]
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[Master Drawings New York. Study for the head of St John the Baptist, by Auguste Rodin (1840–1917). c.1885–90. Plaster, height 14 cm. Stuart Lochhead Sculpture]
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[Master Drawings New York. Venus at the forge of Vulcan, asking for arms for Cupid, by Biagio Pupini, called Biagio dalle Lame (active 1511–51). Pen and brown ink, heightened with a white, red and brown wash on paper, 29.3 by 20.5 cm. Hazlitt, Gooden & Fox (US) Ltd.]
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[Robert Simon Fine Art, New York. Anthony Baus (b.1981), Ruins of the Mithraic Mysteries. Pen and sepia ink and wash on toned paper, 30.4 x 38.1 cm]
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[Robert Simon Fine Art, New York. Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (Venice 1696–1770 Madrid), Allegory of Peace and Fortitude. One of five “secondo strappo” detached frescoes from the Palazzo Canossa, Verona, 185 x 138 cm]
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[Robert Simon Fine Art, New York. Jacob Jordaens (Antwerp, 1593–1678), Democritus. Colored chalk on paper, 14.3 x 11.3 cm]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Moonflask. Chinese, Kangxi period (1662–1722). Porcelain, height 19.4 cm. Galerie Bertrand de Lavergne, Paris]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Nimba shoulder mask. Republic of Guinea, Baga people, late 19th–early 20th century. Wood, height 120 cm. Charles-Wesley Hourdé, Paris]
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[Eurasian Arts Gallery, Brussels. Urartian Wingded Bull Cauldron Applique. Bronze, 17.5 cm wide; weight 900 grams. Provenance: UK private collection, purchased on the German art market before 1980.]
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[Peter Finer, London. A Fine Ottoman Dagger, Hancer and Scabbard, 19th century Turkey. Steel, rubies, emeralds, sapphire, silver, gold, jade shagreen and wood. Overall length: 46.5 cm / 18.3 in. Provenance: Private collection, United Kingdom]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Anna Selbdritt. Southern Germany, Ulm, or Switzerland, Lucerne, c.1520. Limewood, with original polychrome and gilding, height 104 cm. Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art, London]
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[BRAFA, Brussels. Hercules with the horn of the river-god Achelous, Roman, 4th century BC. Marble, height 56.2 cm. Phoenix Ancient Art, Geneva]
Western art unattributed:
[BRAFA, Brussels. The Virgin surrounded by saints, (The Königschlager Epitaph), Nuremberg, Germany. c.1450–60. Tempera on linen on wood, 138 by 206 cm. De Backker Medieval Art, Hoogstraten]
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[De Backker Medieval Art, Hoogstraten. Virgin and Child (detail) Paris, 3rd quarter of the 13th century, h: 27 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Joanna Booth, London. English, circa 1450. Three figures probably from a choir stall. Oak with traces of colour. Height: 12½ ins (32 cm).]
Western art unattributed:
[Marc du Ry Limited, Marlborough. 'The Gothic Smile'. Northwest France, late thirteenth century. Fine-grained limestone, 25 cm high. Wooden stand by Kichizo Inagaki, Paris, c.1920–30, with his monogram]
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[Master Drawings New York. Laocoön and his sons. Italian, late 17th–early 18th century. Bronze, height 52 cm. Tomasso Brothers Fine Art]
Western art unattributed:
[Mullany Haute Epoque Fine Art, London. Anna Selbdritt. Oak, with traces of original polychrome and gilding. Flemish, Brabant, c. 1500 – 1520 H. 36 x W. 29 x D. 18 cm]
Western art unattributed:
[Robert Simon Fine Art, New York. Spanish Colonial, Cuzco School (Eighteenth Century), Baptism Dish. Silver, 22.9 cm high x 43.2 cm wide]
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11/2018 | 1388 | 160
Pages: i–xxiv
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Article
From Giotto to the Bushmen: Roger Fry at the Slade 1909–13
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 727-733
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Elam, Caroline (Elam, Caroline; E., C.; E., C. M.)
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1. Vision, volumes and recession, by Walter Sickert. c.1923, published 1929. Etching, 20 by 11.1 cm. (Courtauld Gallery, London).
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2. The unknown god: Roger Fry preaching the new faith, by Henry Tonks. Exhibited 1923. Canvas, 41.5 by 56 cm. (Private collection; courtesy Pym’s Gallery, London).
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3. Poster for the first Post-Impressionist exhibition, Grafton Galleries, London. 1910. Lettering by Roger Fry. 76.3 by 50.9 cm. (The Courtauld Gallery, London).
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4. The meeting at the Golden Gate from John Ruskin, Giotto and his Works in Padua, Orpington 1900, p.77. (Warburg Institute, London).
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5. Detail of The meeting at the Golden Gate, by Giotto. c.1305. Fresco. (Arena Chapel, Padua; Bridgeman Images).
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6. Some later primitives and Madame Tisceron, by John Currie. 1912. Tempera on canvas, 46 by 127 cm. (The Potteries Museum and Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent; Bridgeman Images).
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7. John Donne arriving in heaven, by Stanley Spencer. 1911. Canvas, 37 by 40.5 cm. (Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge).
Exhibition Review
The Great Spectacle: 250 Years of the Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Arts, London
08/2018 | 1385 | 160
Pages: 678-681
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Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
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18. The exhibition at the Royal Academy in Pall Mall in 1771, by Richard Earlom after Michel Vincent Brandoin. 1772. Mezzotint, 47.2 by 56.6 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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19. Clio and the children, by Charles Sims. 1913–15. Canvas, 114.3 by 182.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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20. Male nude, after a figure from Michelangelo’s Last Judgment, by James Nevay. 1772. Pencil and white chalk on paper, 51.5 by 39.2 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
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21. Green and red variations, by Sandra Blow. 1978. Oil and collage on canvas, 137.2 by 121.9 cm. (Royal Academy of Arts, London).
Obituary
Robin Hamlyn (1946–2016)
01/2018 | 1378 | 160
Pages: 77-78
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Lyles, Anne (Lyles, Anne; Lyles, Ann)
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Robin Hamlyn, photographed in the Hyman Kreitman Reading Rooms, Tate Britain. c.2005.
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