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Exhibition Review
Treasures from Faraway: Medieval and Renaissance Objects from The Schroder Collection Strawberry Hill House and Garden, Twickenham 19th March–19th July
06/2023 | 1443 | 165
Pages: 641-643
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Reviewer:
Kennedy, Kirstin (Kennedy, Kirstin)
Subjects
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
subjects:
Schroder Collection / Medieval art / Renaissance art / Decorative arts
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Treasures from Faraway: Medieval and Renaissance Objects from The Schroder Collection Strawberry Hill House and Garden, Twickenham 19th March–19th July | :
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
4. Cup in the form of an owl. Germany, 1556. Silver, parcelgilt and coconut shell, height 16.6 cm. (Schroder Collection; photograph Matt Chung).
Western art unattributed:
5. Grandmont reliquary. Rock crystal phial, 10th–11th century, mounts probably Meuse-Rhine region, 12th or early–13th century. Silver-gilt, enamel, gemstones and rock crystal, height 27.5 cm. (Schroder Collection; photograph Matt Chung).
Western art unattributed:
6. Lidded tankard. Ivory barrel, German, seventeenth century, silver mounts supplied by George Wickes, London, 1739. Silver and ivory, height 29.5 cm. (Schroder Collection; photograph Matt Chung).
Article
Horace Walpole’s queer Gothic
03/2021 | 1416 | 163
Pages: 264-269
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Author:
Hall, Michael (Hall, Michael)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain / Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
styles:
Gothic architecture / Gothic Revival
subjects:
British architecture / Queer theory / Homosexuality
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Horace Walpole, by J.G. Eccardt, 1754. Oil on canvas, 39.4 by 31.8 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
2. Sir Robert Walpole and Catherine Shorter, by J.G. Eccardt and John Wootton. c.1754, frame c.1680. Oil on canvas, 50.8 by 101.6 (painting). (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece to ‘Memoirs of George II’ by Horace Walpole, by Richard Bentley. 1752. Pen, ink and wash on paper. (Courtesy Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
4. Miss Prettyman in clover, by ‘Truepenny’. 1785. Etching, 17.3 by 12.5 cm. (New York Public Library).
Attributed works:
5. Illustration for ‘Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College’, by Richard Bentley, from Designs by Mr R. Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr T. Gray, London 1753. Etching, 37.3 by 27.3 cm. (page). (British Library, London).
Exhibition Review
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole’s Collection. Strawberry Hill, Twickenham
02/2019 | 1391 | 161
Pages: 148-151
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Reviewer:
Aldrich, Megan (Aldrich, Megan)
Subjects
artists:
Clouet, François / Batoni, Pompeo / Müntz, Johann Heinrich / Holbein, Hans the Younger, ca. 1497-1543 / Vertue, George / Dyck, Anthony van / Kneller, Godfrey / Boulle, André-Charles, I, 1642-1732 / Langlois, Pierre Eloy
artists:
Reynolds, Joshua
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Interiors / Paintings / Watercolours / Sculpture / Bronzes / Ceramics / Miniatures (paintings) / Art objects / Furniture
museums and institutions:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
places:
Great Britain / London
subjects:
Collecting / Collections / Collections, Private / Collectors / Taste (aesthetics) / Country houses / Decorative arts / Antiquities / Style / Gothic Revival / Tudor Revival / Baroque / Copies / Coffers / Vases / Attributions
Illustrations
Attributed works:
11. Horace Walpole, by Joshua Reynolds. c.1756–57. Canvas, 127 by 110 cm. (Ragley Hall, Warwickshire; exh. Strawberry Hill, Twickenham).
Attributed works:
12. Catherine de Medici and her children, by the studio of François Clouet. 1561. Canvas, 198 by 137.2 cm. (Private collection; exh. Strawberry Hill, Twickenham).
Attributed works:
13. Installation view of Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill in the Library, Strawberry Hill (Photograph Kilian O’Sullivan).
Exhibition Review
The Paston Treasure: Riches and Rarities of the Known World. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery
09/2018 | 1386 | 160
Pages: 772-774
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Reviewer:
Thornton, Dora (Thornton, Dora)
Subjects
artists:
Stone, Nicholas, the Younger / Stone, Henry / Grebber, Nicholaes de
buildings:
Oxnead Hall, Oxnead, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Paston, William, 1st Baronet / Paston, Clement / Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
dates:
2010-2019
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Prints / Gold / Silverwork / Furniture / Art objects / Books / Documents / Music scores / Musical instruments
museums and institutions:
Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Norwich, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
Great Britain / Norwich / United States / New Haven
subjects:
Collections / Collections, Private / Collecting / Country houses / Still lifes / Vanitas / Portraits / Heraldry / Cups / Jugs / Flagons / Poetry / Music / Protestantism / Alchemy / Science / Grand tours / Patronage / Commissions / Correspondence / Inventories / Archives / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Pigments / Identification / Attribution / Iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
4. Nautilus cup, attributed to Nicolaes de Grebber. 1592. Nautilus shell, silver gilt, glass and enamel, height 26.5 cm. (Museum Het Prinsenhof, Delft; exh. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery).
Western art unattributed:
1. Pair of flagons. London, 1598. Silver gilt, height 31.1 cm. (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; exh. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery).
Western art unattributed:
2. The Paston treasure. c.1663. Canvas, 166.8 by 247.5 cm. (Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery).
Western art unattributed:
3. Panel with the arms of the Paston family. Florence, c.1638. Pietre dure, 49 by 37 cm. (Sir Henry PastonBedingfeld, Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk; exh. Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery).
Letter
A further allusion to Strawberry Hill at Lee Priory, Kent
12/2016 | 1365 | 158
Pages: 979
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Author:
Lindfield, Peter N. (Lindfield, Peter N.)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain / Lee Priory, Kent, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
subjects:
Correspondence
Editorial
Strawberry Hill forever
08/2013 | 1325 | 155
Pages: 527
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Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
subjects:
Editorials
Illustrations
Western art unattributed:
Fig.I. The Gallery, Strawberry Hill House, after restoration, 2010
Exhibition Review
Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
05/2010 | 1286 | 152
Pages: 321-324
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Reviewer:
Jervis, Simon (Jervis, Simon; J., S.; J., S. S.)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
dates:
2010-2019 / 1740-1749 / 1750-1799
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, United States
places:
United States / New Haven / London / England
print:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
print:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Collections, Private / Collectors / Facsimiles / Catalogues
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Horace Walpole’s Strawberry Hill | institution: Victoria and Albert Museum , institution: Yale Center for British Art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
31. Portrait of Horace Walpole, by Rosalba Carriera. c.1741. Pastel on paper, 61 by 46.5 cm. (Houghton Hall, Norfolk; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
32. Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, from the South, by Johann Heinrich Müntz. c.1755–59. Canvas, 61.9 by 74.3 cm. (Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University, New Haven; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
34. Commode, by Pierre Eloy Langlois. 1763. Chinese lacquer, English japanning and other woods, with ormolu mounts and marble veneer top, 88.6 by 59.7 cm. (Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Western art unattributed:
33. Ewer, ‘Saint-Porchaire’. French, c.1545–60. White-bodied earthenware, inlaid and glazed, 34.6 cm. high. (National Mus­eum of Scotland, Edinburgh; exh. Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
The Walpole Collection. London
12/2002 | 1197 | 144
Pages: 764-766
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Reviewer:
Millar, Oliver (Millar, Oliver; Millar, Mr.; Miller, Oliver)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Hermitage Rooms at Somerset House, London, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Somerset House, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Illustrations
Attributed works:
52. Landscape with Apollo and the Cumaean Sybil, by Claude Lorrain. 95.5 by 127 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
53. The Fathers of the Church disputing the Christian Doctrine of the Immaculate Conception, by Guido Reni. c. 1635. 273.5 by 184 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
54. The Prodigal Son, by Salvator Rosa. Early to mid-1650s. 253.5 by 201 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
55. Portrait of Grinling Gibbons, by Godfrey Kneller. Before 1690. 125 by 90 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Somerset House, London).
Attributed works:
56. Anne Lee, Mrs Thomas Wharton, by Sir Peter Lely. 1680. 125.1 by 102.9 cm. (The Breakers, Newport, R.I.).
Exhibition Review
London. Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
11/1980 | 932 | 122
Pages: 783-784
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Reviewer:
Jones, Stephen (Jones, Stephen)
Subjects
buildings:
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, London, Great Britain
dates:
1980-1989
museums and institutions:
Orleans House Gallery, London, Great Britain
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
places:
England / London
subjects:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
subjects:
Exhibitions / Reviews
Article
New Light on Michael Rysbrack: Augustan England's 'Classical Baroque' Sculptor
04/1978 | 901 | 120
Pages: 214-222
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Author:
Stewart, J. Douglas (Stewart, J. Douglas; Stewart, John Douglas; Stewart, J. D.)
Subjects
artists:
Rysbrack, Michael
artists:
Kneller, Godfrey
artists:
Raphael
artists:
Borromini, Francesco
collectors and dealers:
Benson, Robert, First Baron Bingley, 1675-1731
dates:
1700-1799
patrons:
Benson, Robert, First Baron Bingley, 1675-1731
patrons:
Walpole, Horace, Fourth Earl of Orford, 1717-1797
places:
England
subjects:
British sculpture
subjects:
English Augustan (1680-1725)
subjects:
Flemish sculpture
subjects:
British painting
subjects:
Sepulchral monuments
subjects:
Visual sources
Illustrations
Attributed works:
19. John Locke, by Michael Rysbrack. Signed and Dated 1755. Terra-Cotta, 58.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum).
Attributed works:
20. John Locke, by Michael Rysbrack. Marble. (Christ Church Library).
Attributed works:
21. John Locke, by Michael Rysbrack. Marble. (Christ Church Library).
Attributed works:
22. John Locke, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Signed and Dated 1697. Canvas, 76 by 64 cm. (Hermitage, Leningrad).
Attributed works:
23. Jonah and Habacuc. Engraving after Raphael by Castellus Gallus. 1660.
Attributed works:
24. Reade Monument, by Michael Rysbrack. Signed and Dated 1760. Marble. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire).
Attributed works:
25. Collegio di Propaganda Fide, Rome, by Francesco Borromini. Side Façade. Engraving from G. D. De Rossi, Studio di Architettura Civile, Rome [1702].
Attributed works:
26. Detail from the Reade Monument Illustrated in Fig.24. [Reade Monument, by Michael Rysbrack. Signed and Dated 1760. Marble. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire).]
Attributed works:
27. Detail from the Reade Monument Illustrated in Fig.24. [Reade Monument, by Michael Rysbrack. Signed and Dated 1760. Marble. (Hatfield, Hertfordshire).]
Attributed works:
28. Design for the Reade Monument, [by Michael Rysbrack.]. Pen and Ink and Wash, 34.3 by 24.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, No. 4910.31).
Attributed works:
29. Design for the Reade Monument, [by Michael Rysbrack.]. Pen and Ink and Wash, 28.2 by 23.8 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, No. E. 1183-1965).
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