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Article
A portrait by Richard Westall of the poet Eleanor Porden
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 358–367
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Author:
Bryant, Barbara (Bryant, Barbara)
Subjects
artists:
Westall, Richard / Flaxman, John / Flaxman, Mary Ann (1768–1833)
dates:
1800-1809
museums and institutions:
Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Urbana Champaign, United States
patrons:
Porden, William / Knight, Richard Payne / Hope, Thomas, 1769-1831
subjects:
Portraits / Sitters / Porden, Eleanor Anne (1795–1825) / Poetry / Neo-classicism / British art / Attributions / Attributions, former
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Reverse of Fig.2, showing the handwritten inscription on the stretcher.
Attributed works:
10. Design for a couch, by Thomas Hope. 1807. Engraving. (From Household Furniture and Interior Decoration, Executed From Designs By Thomas Hope, London, pl.xxviii, nos.2 and 3).
Attributed works:
11. Thetis bringing the armour to Achilles, by John Flaxman. 1805. Engraving. (From The Iliad of Homer Engraved from the Compositions of John Flaxman RA Sculptor, London, pl.xix).
Attributed works:
2. Eleanor Anne Porden, here attributed to Richard Westall. 1807. Oil on canvas, 113 by 143.8 cm. (© Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images; Krannert Art Museum, Champaign IL).
Attributed works:
3. Eleanor Porden, by John Flaxman. 1807. Graphite on paper, 15.9 by 11.1 cm. (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston).
Attributed works:
4. Photograph of a lost drawing of Eleanor Porden. (Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock).
Attributed works:
5. Detail from J. Horwood’s Plan, showing 59 Berners Street. (From J. Horwood: Plan of the Cities of London and Westminster, the Borough of Southwark and parts adjoining shewing every house, London 1794).
Attributed works:
6. Portrait of Richard Westall, R.A., by Thomas Lawrence and Richard Westall. Mid-1790s. Graphite on paper, 21.4 by 16.3 cm. (© Christie’s Images; Bridgeman Images; private collection).
Attributed works:
7. Expiation of Orestes, by William Bond, after Richard Westall. 1810. Stipple engraving, 35.3 by 30.5 cm. (From J. Britton et al.: The Fine Arts of the English School, London 1812).
Attributed works:
8. Reconciliation of Helen and Paris, after his defeat by Menelaus, by Richard Westall. c.1805. Oil on panel, 127 by 101 cm. (Tate).
Attributed works:
9. Detail of Fig.2, showing the frieze on the vase.
Book Review
Louis Lagrenée, dit l’Aîné (1725–1805)
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1364–1366
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Reviewer:
Wine, Humphrey (Wine, Humphrey)
Subjects
art literature:
Catalogues raisonnés
artists:
Lagrenée, Louis-Jean-François, the elder, 1725-1805
subjects:
French art / Neo-classicism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Louis Lagrenée, dit l’Aîné (1725–1805) By Joseph Assémat-Tessandier. 472 pp. incl. 890 col. + b. & w. ills. (Arthena, Paris, 2022), €125. ISBN 978–2–903239–70–1. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Bathers, by Louis Lagrenée. 1776. Oil on canvas, 85 by 100 cm. (Louvre Abu Dhabi).
Exhibition Review
Le Voyage en Italie de Louis Gauffier Louis Gauffier: Un pittore francese in Italia
09/2022 | 1434 | 164
Pages: 915-918
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Reviewer:
Bordes, Philippe (Bordes, Philippe; Bordes, Phillipe)
Subjects
artists:
Gauffier, Louis
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France
subjects:
French art / Neo-classicism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Louis Gauffier: Un pittore francese in Italia By Anna Ottani Cavina and Emilia Calbi. 368 pp. incl. 270 col. ills. (Silvana Editoriale and Fondazione Federico Zeri, Milan, 2022), €39. ISBN 978–88–366–4750–7. | :
subjects:
Le Voyage en Italie de Louis Gauffier Musée Fabre, Montpellier 7th May–4th September | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. Pygmalion and Galatea, by Louis Gauffier. 1797. Oil on canvas, 67.5 by 51.2 cm. (Manchester Art Gallery; exh. Musée Fabre, Montpellier; © Manchester Art Gallery; Bridgeman Images)
Attributed works:
14. General Alexandre Dumas, by Louis Gauffier. 1801. Oil on canvas, 77 by 58 cm. (Musée Bonnat-Helleu, Bayonne; exh. Musée Fabre, Montpellier; © RMNGrand Palais; photograph Daniel Arnaudet).
Attributed works:
15. Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt, by Louis Gauffier. 1796. Oil on canvas, 50 by 65.5 cm. (Nationalmuseum, Stockholm; exh. Musée Fabre, Montpellier; © Bildarkivet Nationalmuseum / Image archives).
Attributed works:
16. Vue of Vallombrosa, an abbey in the Apennines, by Louis Gauffier. Oil on canvas, 84 by 116 cm. (© Musée Fabre de Montpellier Méditerranée Métropole; photograph Frédéric Jaulmes).
Article
Three drawings by Thomas Chippendale junior
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 673-677
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Author:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779 / Chippendale, Thomas II, 1749-1822
dates:
1770-1779
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Furniture makers / Furniture / Drawings / Designers / Pianos / Bookcases / Ornament / Marquetry
subjects:
Chippendale, Haig & co. (firm)
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Design for a bookcase, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
10–12. Details of Figs.1, 2 and 9, showing the similar treatment of the laurel-draped urn.
Attributed works:
2. Detail of A plan of the River Hull, by William Cresswell, showing a tablet drawn and signed by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1772. Ink and coloured wash on paper, 45 by 78.8 cm. (The National Archives, London).
Attributed works:
3. Frontispiece from Sketches of Ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
4. Design for a piano case, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31 by 26 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
5. Pedestal for a lantern, by Chippendale, Haig & Co. 1774. Painted deal, 156 by 43 by 43 cm. (Harewood House, Leeds)..
Attributed works:
6. Design for a lantern and pedestal, attributed to Thomas Chippendale junior. c.1774. Pen and ink on paper, 31.5 by 25 cm. (The Chippendale Society).
Attributed works:
7. Painted bookcase or china cabinet, attributed to Chippendale, Haig & Co. c.1770−75. 256.5 by 159 by 43.2 cm. (Sotheby’s, New York).
Attributed works:
8. Bookcase door, from the Little Library, Harewood House, Yorkshire. c.1771. Mahogany. 168 by 72 by 2.5 cm. (Harewood House Trust, Leeds).
Attributed works:
9. Design for ornament, by Thomas Chippendale junior. 1779. Etching, 21 by 18.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Piranesi, the Stowe Vase and the silver Buckingham Vases
06/2020 | 1407 | 162
Pages: 502-511
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Author:
Chambers Mills, Rosie (Chambers Mills, Rosie)
Subjects
artists:
Piranesi, Giovanni Battista / Storr, Paul,
collectors and dealers:
Rundell, Bridge & Rundell
dates:
1810-1819
media:
Silverwork / Marbles / Etchings / Prints
museums and institutions:
Stowe House, Buckingham, Great Britain
museums and institutions:
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, United States
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Vases / Sculpture / Antiquities / Antiquarianism / Workshops (Organisations) / Copies / Influence / Art market / Designers
subjects:
British art
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Buckingham Vase, marked by Paul Storr, London. 1811–12. Silver, 40 by 35.6 by 26.7 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation, the family of Sir Arthur Gilbert, and Marilyn B. and Calvin B. Gross. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
10. Study of an altar, by Bernardino Ciferri. c.1710–30. Red chalk on paper, 30.3 by 28 cm. (British Museum, London).
Attributed works:
11. Her Majesty’s departure from Stowe House, from the Illustrated London News, 25th January 1845. Engraving. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
12. Marble vase from Hadrian’s Villa, by Henry Moses. Engraving. (Repr. Vorbilder für Fabrikanten und Handwerker, Berlin 1830, part 1, section 2, pl.23; Kupferstichkabinett, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin).
Attributed works:
13. Detail of the Innovo Vase, by Michael Eden. 2016. Coated nylon. 50.2 by 40.6 by 29.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, gift of Viveca Paulin-Ferrell and Will Ferrell, Alice and Nahum Lainer, Shannon and Peter Loughrey, and Heidi Wettenhall and Said Saffari through the 2016 Decorative Arts and Design Acquisitions Committee (DA ). (  Michael Eden; photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA.
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2. The Stowe Vase (front), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37.5 cm.
Attributed works:
3. The Stowe Vase (side), from Vasi, candelabri [. . .], by Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Rome 1778. Etching on paper, plate 57 by 37 cm.
Attributed works:
4. The Stowe Vase. Rome, 2nd century BC. Marble, 119.4 by 101.6 by 76.2 cm. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, William Randolph Hearst Collection. (Photograph   Museum Associates/LACMA).
Attributed works:
5. Doncaster Race Cup, marked by Rebecca Emes & Edward Barnard. 1828. Silver with gilding, height 39.4 cm. (Temple Newsam House, Leeds Museums and Galleries).
Attributed works:
6. Detail of a design for a sauce tureen, from an album, ‘Designs for plate etc. by John Flaxman’, by Edward Hodges Baily, fol.16r. c.1820. Pencil and ink on paper, 51 by 31.4 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
7. Pair of wine coolers, marked by Benjamin Smith, London. 1814–15. Silver with gilding, each 36.7 by 34.3 by 24.8 cm. (Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, gift of Rita R. Gans; photograph Katherine Wetzel).
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8. Wine cooler (one of four), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. 1828–29. Silver with gilding, 36.2 by 30.5 by 22.2 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis).
Attributed works:
9. Wine cooler (one of a pair), marked by Barnard & Sons, London. torted the profile of the Stowe Vase to match the other vase, 1831–32. Silver with gilding, height 37 cm. (British Museum, London).
Exhibition Review
George IV: Art and Spectacle. Queen's Gallery, London; King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation. Palace House, Newmarket
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 338-341
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Reviewer:
Jacobsen, Helen (Jacobsen, Helen)
Subjects
buildings:
Carlton House, (demolished 1827), London, Great Britain / Royal Pavilion, Brighton, Great Britain
dates:
2020-2030
media:
Decorative arts / Paintings / Prints / Furniture / Bronzes / Metalwork / Miniatures (paintings) / Porcelain / Drawings
patrons:
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
styles:
Neo-classicism / Chinoiserie
subjects:
Monarchy / Patronage / Pageants
subjects:
Royal Collection, (Great Britain)
subjects:
Interiors / Architecture
Reviewed Items
subjects:
George IV: Art and Spectacle Queen’s Gallery, London 5th November 2019–4th May King George IV: Royalty, Racing and Reputation Palace House, Newmarket 28th November 2019–19th April | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
13. The Blue Velvet Room, Carlton House, by Charles Wild. c.1816. Watercolour with bodycolour and gum arabic over pencil on paper, 20.1 by 25.2 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
Attributed works:
14. The third and last challenge by the champion during King George IV’s coronation banquet at Westminster Hall, by Denis Dighton. 1821. Watercolour on paper, 42.5 by 54.8 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. Palace House, Newmarket).
Attributed works:
15. Bottle cooler (one of pair), design attributed to John Flaxman, made by Rundell, Bridge and Rundell. 1827–28. Silver gilt, height 58 cm. (Royal Collection; exh. the Queen’s Gallery, London).
Article
Henry de Triqueti’s ‘Vase of dreams’
11/2019 | 1400 | 161
Pages: 924-933
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Author:
Dagorne, Richard (Dagorne, Richard)
Author:
Robinson, Alicia (Robinson, Alicia)
Subjects
artists:
Triqueti, Henri-Joseph-François / Carrier-Belleuse, Albert Ernest
dates:
1860-1869
media:
Vases / Ivory / Bronzes
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain / Bethnal Green Museum, London, Great Britain
styles:
British art
subjects:
Iconography / Carvings / Allegory / Dreams / Albert, Prince Consort of Victoria / Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901 / Layard, Austen Henry, Sir, 1817-1894 / Neo-classicism / Renaissance art / Deaccessioning / Destruction
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The Albert Memorial Chapel, Windsor Castle, Berkshire, by George Washington Wilson. Albumen photographic print, 33.9 by 46.1 cm (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
Attributed works:
10. Ice bucket, designed by Jules Klagmann and executed by Jean- Valentin Morel and Henri Duponchel. c.1844. Cast and engraved silver, 38.5 by 29.5 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).
Attributed works:
11. Vase of creation, by Antoine Vechte. 1848–61. Repoussé silver, 93 by 38 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais).
Attributed works:
12. Preparatory model for the young man’s dreams from the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Patinated plaster, 28.5 by 32.5 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
13. Vase, by Albert Carrier-Belleuse. Minton & Co., 1862. Bone china, painted and gilded, height 95.5 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
14. Vase and tripod, designed by Constant Sevin and made by Ferdinand Barbedienne. 1862. Gilt bronze and champlevé enamel, height 78.7 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
15. Vase of the vintage, by Henry de Triqueti. 1839–44. Patinated bronze, height 108 cm. (Musée des arts décoratifs, Paris).
Attributed works:
16. Mother of Moses, by Henry de Triqueti. 1852. Terracotta, 21 by 35 cm. (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Orléans).
Attributed works:
17. Laura and Petrarch at the Fontaine de Vaucluse, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Lithographic stone, 20 by 30 cm. (Private collection).
Attributed works:
18. Laura and Petrarch, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31.4 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
19. Dante presented to Homer by Virgil, by Henry de Triqueti. 1836. Plaster, diameter 31 cm. (Musée Girodet, Montargis).
Attributed works:
2. Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. 1860. Chromolithograph, from J.B. Waring: Masterpieces of Industrial Art and Sculpture at the International Exhibition, London 1863. (Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
3. Sappho and Cupid, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1851. Ivory, height 64 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2019).
Attributed works:
8. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pen and brown ink, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).
Attributed works:
9. Preparatory drawing for the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti. c.1860. Pencil, pen and black ink, with white chalk, 13 by 44.8 cm. (Ecole nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris).
Attributed works:
Below left 4. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the maiden’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Below right 5. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the young man’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Bottom left 6. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of productive labour’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Attributed works:
Bottom right 7. Detail of the Vase of dreams, by Henry de Triqueti, showing the man of intelligence’s dreams. Photograph. (© Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
Article
Neo-classicism in technicolour: the Melbourne cabinets
06/2019 | 1395 | 161
Pages: 464-473
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Author:
Bowett, Adam (Bowett, Adam)
Author:
Savill, Rosalind (Savill, Rosalind)
Subjects
artists:
Chippendale, Thomas I, 1718-1779
dates:
1770-1779
media:
Furniture / Ceramics
museums and institutions:
Firle Place, East Sussex, Great Britain
patrons:
Lamb, Peniston, 1st Viscount Melbourne
styles:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Cabinets (furniture) / Digital technology / Marquetry / Interior design
works:
Melbourne Cabinets (Panshanger Cabinets) / Melbourne Sèvres dinner service
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Cabinet, one of a pair, attributed to Thomas Chippendale. c.1772. Mahogany, deal and oak, with veneers of holly and other woods, 238 by 114 by 53 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
10. Square compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 21 by 21 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
11. Shell-shaped compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, width 22 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
12. Round compotier, one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, diameter 21 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
13. Oval compotier (jatte Anglaise), one of four. 1770–71. Sèvres softpaste porcelain, 31 by 23.5 centimetres. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
14. Sugar bowl, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, Bowl 12 by 15 cm., platter 23 by 18.5 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
15. Liqueur cooler, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 31 by 31 by 14.5 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
16. Wine bottle cooler, one of a pair. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, 15 by 20 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Attributed works:
2. One of the cabinets, photographed at Panshanger, Hertfordshire, in 1935. (Country Life Picture Library).
Attributed works:
3. Commode, attributed to Thomas Chippendale. c.1772. Mahogany, deal and oak, with veneers of holly and other woods, 94 by 226 by 62.5 cm. (Renishaw Hall, Derbyshire, reproduced by kind permission of Mrs Alexandra Hayward).
Attributed works:
4. Detail of Fig.6, showing the ram’s head tripods in mulberry. (Oliver Bowett).
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.6. (Oliver Bowett).
Attributed works:
6. Opposite Digital reconstruction of the original marquetry colours of the cabinet illustrated in Fig.1, based on UV-Vis analysis. (Oliver Bowett).
Attributed works:
7. Detail of Fig.16, showing a cherub with a copy of Hamlet.
Attributed works:
8. Detail of Fig.13, showing a trophy of arms and armour.
Attributed works:
9. Salad bowl, one of two. 1770–71. Sèvres soft-paste porcelain, diameter 23 cm. (Firle Place, East Sussex).
Exhibition Review
Neo-classicisms. Paris and Houston
05/2011 | 1298 | 153
Pages: 357-358
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Reviewer:
Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
Subjects
dates:
2010-2019 / 1700-1799
museums and institutions:
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Houston, United States
museums and institutions:
Musée du Louvre, Paris, France
places:
United States / Houston
places:
Paris / France
print:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Neo-classicism / Sculpture / Paintings / Drawings / History paintings / European
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Antiquity Revived: Neoclassical Art in the eighteenth cen­tury | institution: Musée du Louvre , institution: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Illustrations
Attributed works:
67. Psyche abandoned, by Jacques-Louis David. c.1795. Canvas, 80 by 63 cm. (Private collection; exh. Mus­eum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Attributed works:
68. Study for Love carving his bow from Hercules’ club, by Edmé Bouchardon. 1742. Red chalk, 61.2 by 46 cm. (Musée du Louvre, Paris; exh. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston).
Exhibition Review
Neo-classical sculpture and architecture. London
05/2008 | 1262 | 150
Pages: 343-344
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Reviewer:
Padiyar, Satish (Padiyar, Satish)
Subjects
dates:
2000-2009
museums and institutions:
Tate Britain, London, Great Britain
places:
London / England
print:
Neo-classicism
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions / Sculpture / Architecture / Neo-classicism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
In Pursuit of Antiquity. Drawings by the Giants of British Neo-Classicism | institution: Sir John Soane's Museum
subjects:
The Return of the Gods. Neoclassical sculpture in Britain | institution: Tate Britain
Illustrations
Attributed works:
42. Hylas surprised by the Naiads, by John Gibson. c.1826–36. Marble, 160 cm. high. (Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
43. Psyche, by Antonio Canova. c.1789–93. Marble, 152 cm. high. (Private collection; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
44. Bust of a man, by Francis Harwood. 1758. Black stone on yellow Siena marble socle, 69.9 cm. high. (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; exh. Tate Britain, London).
Attributed works:
45. Presentation drawing showing a section of the staircase at Home House, London, by Robert Adam. c.1775. Pencil, pen and ink, brush and ink and grey wash, 72.2 by 56 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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