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Letter
Sir Hercules Read's Gothic Tapestry
12/1928 | 309 | 53
Pages: 292+330
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Marillier, H. C. (Marillier, H. C.; M., H. C.)
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Author:
Reinach, Salomon (Reinach, Salomon; Reinach, S.)
Subjects
artists:
Lorenzo Monaco
subjects:
Italian painting / Tapestries
subjects:
Mary, Virgin / John the Evangelist, Saint / Jesus Christ: Man of Sorrows
subjects:
Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Christ as the Man of Sorrows, Ascribed to Lorenzo Monaco. Panel. (Goethe National Museum, Weimar). Letters: "Sir Hercules Read's Gothic Tapestry"
Short Notice
Mr. Eric Maclagan
08/1924 | 257 | 45
Pages: 97-98
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
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art literature:
MacLagan, Eric
dates:
1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, Great Britain
places:
England / London
subjects:
Art museums / Museum directors
Letter
Indian Art at Wembley
03/1924 | 252 | 44
Pages: 154
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Binyon, Laurence (Binyon, Laurence; B., L.; Binyon, L.)
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Clarke, S. (Clarke, S.)
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Foster, W. (Foster, W.)
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
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Rothenstein, William (Rothenstein, William; Rothenstein, W.; Rothenstein, Wm.; Rothenstein, Will)
Subjects
dates:
1920-1929
places:
India / England / London
subjects:
Indian / Sculpture / Paintings / Exhibitions
Article
The Exhibition of Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club
07/1923 | 244 | 43
Pages: 8-11+15
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
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dates:
1920-1929
museums and institutions:
Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, Great Britain
places:
Greece / France / England
places:
Germany / Spain / Netherlands
places:
China
subjects:
Sculpture / Carvings / Ivories / Exhibitions
subjects:
French sculpture / British sculpture / Greek (modern) sculpture / Byzantine art
subjects:
Medieval / Anglo-Saxon / Rhenish / Mosan
subjects:
German sculpture / Netherlandish sculpture / Spanish sculpture
subjects:
Chinese Art
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. F-Yak. Low-Relief. Chinese, Late Sung or Yüan. Height, 17.3 cm. (M. Adolphe Stoclet). The Exhibition of Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club
Non-western art unattributed:
Plate II. G-Mask: Head of a Native. Eyes Inlaid with Iron. From Benin City, West Africa. 16th Century. Height, 24.5 cm. (Dr. C. G. Seligman). The Exhibition of Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. A-The Two Maries at the Sepulchre. French, first half of 14th Century. High-relief. Height, 11 cm.; width at base, 9 cm. (Mr. H. B. Harris.) B-Lioness, Goat and Lion Cub. Perhaps the handle of a knife. Hither Asia (?) about 3rd-6th Century (?). Length about 10 cm. (Mr. G. Eumorfopoulos). C-Venus. Græco-Roman, perhaps Alexandrian (?) statuette, probably 2nd or 3rd Century A. D. Height, 11 cm. (Viscount Lascelles.) D-Shepherd with Sheep. Coptic (?), 6th-7th Century (?). Height, 10 cm. (Norwich Castle Museum). E-Christ Triumphant. Book Cover or Diptych. Carolingian, end of 8th Century; 30 cm. by 18 cm. (Musées du Cinquantenaire, Brussels). The Exhibition of Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club
Western art unattributed:
Plate II. H-Christ with Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. Spanish, 11th-12th Century. Relief, 15.5 cm. by 7.5 cm. (M. Adolphe Stoclet). The Exhibition of Ivories at the Burlington Fine Arts Club
Obituary
Maurice Rosenheim, F. S. A.
08/1922 | 233 | 41
Pages: 98-99
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
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collectors and dealers:
Rosenheim, Maurice
collectors and dealers:
Rosenheim, Max
places:
England
subjects:
Obituaries / Collectors
Article
The Eumorfopoulos Collection-I. An Early Chinese Bronze
01/1919 | 190 | 34
Pages: 10+12-13+15
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Author:
Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Eumorfopoulos, George, 1863-1939
places:
China
subjects:
Chinese / Chinese Art / Metalwork / Sculpture / Bronzes / Collections, Private
subjects:
Vessels / Iconography / Birds / Han
subjects:
Ceremonial vessels
Illustrations
Non-western art unattributed:
Chinese Bronze Libation Vessel, Representing a Scops Owl (Otus Stictonotus), Height 8¼″ (Collection of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos)
Non-western art unattributed:
Other Views of the Same Vessel
Short Notice
Notes
03/1915 | 144 | 26
Pages: 255-257+259-261
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Aitken, Charles (Aitken, Charles)
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Cust, Lionel (L. C.) (Cust, Lionel (L. C.); C., L.)
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Nichols, Bowyer (Nichols, Bowyer; Nichols, John Bowyer Buchanan; N., B.)
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Author:
Whitley, William T. (Whitley, William T.; Whitley, W. T.; W., T. W)
Subjects
artists:
Bol, Ferdinand
artists:
Meštrovic, Ivan
artists:
Rembrandt van Rijn
places:
Netherlands / Belgium
places:
Serbia
subjects:
Exhibitions / World War (1914-1918) / Netherlandish painting
subjects:
Paintings / Sculpture
Illustrations
Attributed works:
Ivan Meštrović. (A) The Sacrifice of Innocence. (B) Two Widows, a Fragment for the Temple of Fallen Heroes.
Attributed works:
Three Portraits of Ferdinand Bol by Himself. The So-Called "Young Samson". (A) Mrs. Robert D. Evans, Boston, U. S. A. (B) the Taft Collection, Cincinnati. (C) the Brunswick Picture Gallery.
Article
Marc Louis Solon
09/1913 | 126 | 23
Pages: 317-319
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Author:
Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Subjects
artists:
Solon, Louis Marc Emmanuel
dates:
1850-1899 / 1900-1919
places:
France / England
subjects:
Ceramics / Pottery / Porcelain / Classicism / Collecting
Illustrations
Attributed works:
(A) L'Amour S'Ennuie. Minton Period (About 1900). Sir E. H. Read's Collection. Marc Louis Solon
Attributed works:
(B) Nymph and Cupid, Archers. "Miles" Period (Before 1870). Mr. Thomas Boynton's Collection. Marc Louis Solon
Attributed works:
(C) Bondage and Freedom. Minton Period (After 1870). Mr. Thomas Boynton's Collection. Marc Louis Solon
Short Notice
Two German Books on Ceramics
10/1912 | 115 | 22
Pages: 47-48
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Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Subjects
art literature:
Bode, Wilhelm von
places:
Italy / Florence
subjects:
Ceramics / Maiolica / Italian / Formal analysis
Editorial
Max Rosenheim
10/1911 | 103 | 20
Pages: 3-4
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Author:
Read, C. Hercules (Read, C. Hercules; Read, Charles Hercules; Read, C. H.; Read, Charles H.; R., C. H.; Read, Hercules)
Subjects
art literature:
Rosenheim, Max
collectors and dealers:
Rosenheim, Max
places:
England
subjects:
Art historians / Obituaries / Collections, Private / National Art Collections Fund
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