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The elder sisters of the ‘The Campbell sisters’: William Gordon Cumming’s patronage of Lorenzo Bartolini
02/2025 | 1463 | 167
Pages: 126–153
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Stevens, Timothy (Stevens, Timothy)
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Wood, Lucy (Wood, Lucy)
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1. The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Here dated 1817–18. Marble, height 170 cm; height of plinth, 92 cm. (National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh, and the Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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10. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.38).
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11. Lady Charlotte Campbell and John Campbell of Islay, thought to be by George Sanders. c.1796. Oil on board(?); each 13.6 by 10.5 cm. (framed individually and mounted together on velvet in a gilded wood frame, not shown). (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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12. Altyre House, Morayshire, by Constance Frederica Gordon Cumming. After a drawing of before 1854. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.52).
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13. Sofa table, by George Bullock. c.1815–18. Veneered in rosewood with brass marquetry and lacquered brass mounts, 70.6 by 172.5 by 91.3 cm. (Walker Art Gallery, National Museums Liverpool).
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14. Model for The Campbell sisters dancing a waltz, by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 167 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337755).
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16. Bust of a man (left), here identified as Walter Frederick Campbell, and bust of a woman (right), here identified as Lady Charlotte Campbell (later Bury), both by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817–18. Marble, height 74 cm. (left) and 82 cm. (right). (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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17. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (left), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 61 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382892).
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18. Model for the bust in Fig.16 (right), by Lorenzo Bartolini. Plaster, height 63 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382921, as ‘Marchioness of Londonderry’).
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19. Fig.16 (left) on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 107 cm. (Present location unknown; photograph Christie’s, London).
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2. Eliza Maria (née Campbell), Lady Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 81.5 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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20. Fig.2 on its pedestal, supplied by Lorenzi Bartolini. Marble, pedestal height 106 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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21. Design for a vase and columnar pedestal, inscribed (top left) ‘15’, by Lorenzo Bartolini’s workshop. Pen and ink on paper, 26 by 18.4 cm. (Museo Civico, Prato, inv no.1035).
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22. Model for the bust of Eleanora Campbell (Fig.3), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 64 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900382923).
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23. Model for a bust, probably Eliza Gordon Cumming (Fig.2), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817. Plaster, height 46.5 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900750676).
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24. Model for a statue of a child, possibly Penrose Gordon Cumming, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1818. Plaster, height 101 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337775).
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26. Model for a bust of Madame de Staël, by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1816. Plaster, height 78 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900742880).
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28. Model for a statue of Venus, formerly with a figure of Cupid, by Lorenzo Bartolini. c.1817. Plaster, height 158 cm. (Gipsoteca Bartolini, Accademia, Florence; Catalogo generale dei Beni Culturali, no.0900337748).
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29. Lorenzo Bartolini’s receipt for 484 francesconi for the items in Sir William Gordon Cumming’s third commission, dated 12th June 1818 and annotated by Sir William with individual prices and the total, including his second commission. (National Library of Scotland, Dep.175, Box 128; see Appendix 3.4).
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3. Eleanora Campbell (later Countess of Uxbridge), by Lorenzo Bartolini. 1817–18. Marble, height with socle 78 cm. (Private collection; photograph Cara Willoughby).
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4. Side view of Fig.2. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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5. Side view of Fig.3. (Photograph Cara Willoughby).
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6. Eliza Maria Campbell. c.1815. Possibly watercolour on ivory, 9 by 8 cm. (Private collection; photograph Marc Hindley).
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7. Eliza Maria, Lady Gordon Cumming, by Henry Raeburn. 1817. Oil on canvas, 76.2 by 63.5 cm. (Present location unknown; courtesy of the Witt Library, Courtauld Institute of Art, London).
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8. Charles Cumming (later Cumming Bruce) in Turkish dress, by Andrew Geddes. 1817. Oil on panel, 64.1 by 53.3 cm. (Yale Center for British Art, New Haven).
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9. Sir William Gordon Cumming, by George Sanders. 1838. Photogravure by Emery Walker, after a painting of 1838. (From C.F. Gordon Cumming: Memories, Edinburgh 1904, facing p.136).
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Opposite 15. Detail of Fig.1.
Western art unattributed:
27. Venus and Cupid. Roman, partly mid-2nd century CE, restored 1584. Marble, height 182 cm. (Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence; photograph Gabinetto Fotograficao).
Book Review
American Latium: American Artists and Travelers in and around Rome in the Age of the Grand Tour
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 884–6
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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American Latium: American Artists and Travelers in and around Rome in the Age of the Grand Tour Edited by Christopher M.S. Johns, Tommaso Manfredi and Karin Wolfe. 303 pp. incl. numerous col. ills. (Accademia Nazionale di San Luca, Rome, 2023), €45. ISBN 978–88–97610–37–3. | :
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5. Torre d’Astura, by John Gadsby Chapman. Oil on canvas, 35.5 by 17.7 cm. (Private collection).
Book Review
Lord Cowper: Un conte inglese a Firenze nell’età dei Lumi
03/2024 | 1452 | 166
Pages: 330–331
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Benassai, Silvia (Benassai, Silvia)
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Lord Cowper: Un conte inglese a Firenze nell’età dei Lumi By Charles S. Ellis and Paola Gibbin. 408 pp. incl. 32 col. + b. & w. ills. (Polistampa, Florence, 2022), €25. 978–88–596–2238–3 | :
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6. Large Cowper Madonna, by Raphael. 1508. Oil on panel, 80.7 by 57.5 cm. (National Gallery of Art, Washington).
Exhibition Review
Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei
03/2022 | 1428 | 164
Pages: 295-298
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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Grand Tour: Sogno d’Italia da Venezia a Pompei Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan 19th November 2021– 27th March 2022 | :
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15. The Tolstoy family in Venice, by Giulio Carlini. 1855. Oil on canvas, 88 by 110 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
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16. Peter Beckford, by Pompeo Batoni. 1766. Oil on canvas, 239 by 163 cm. (Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
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17. Capriccio of Roman ruins with the Pantheon, by Giovanni Paolo Panini. 1734. Oil on canvas, 98 by 135 cm. (Private collection; exh. Gallerie d’Italia - Piazza Scala, Milan).
Article
Christian VII of Denmark’s lost British portraits
02/2022 | 1427 | 164
Pages: 155-163
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Ayres, Sara (Ayres, Sara)
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1. Christian VII in coronation robes, holding the crown and sceptre, by Alexander Roslin. 1772. Oil on canvas, 129 by 93 cm. (The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød).
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2. Augusta, Duchess of Brunswick, with her son, by Angelica Kauffmann. 1767. Oil on canvas, 272.1 by 180.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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3. Christian VII, King of Denmark, by Nathaniel Dance Holland. 1768. Oil on canvas, 76.6 by 63 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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4. Christian VII, King of Denmark, by Richard Houston, after Angelica Kauffmann. c.1768–75. Mezzotint, 39.9 by 28.9 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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5. Queen Caroline Matilda, by James Watson, after Francis Cotes. c.1766–71. Mezzotint, 37.6 by 27.6 cm. (Royal Collection Trust; © HM Queen Elizabeth II, 2022).
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6. Christian VII, King of Denmark, after Angelica Kauffmann. 1768. Oil on canvas, 23.5 by 19 cm. (The Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle, Hillerød).
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7. Christian VII, King of Denmark, here attributed to Edward Francis Cunningham (Calze). 1768. Pastel on paper, 62.5 by 51.4 cm. (Rosenborg Slot, Copenhagen).
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8. Christian VII, King of Denmark, formerly attributed to Angelica Kauffmann. 1768. Oil on canvas, 91 by 71 cm. (Private collection, Darmstadt).
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9. Christian VII, King of Denmark, formerly attributed to Angelica Kauffmann. 1768. Oil on canvas, 91 by 72 cm. (Private collection, Copenhagen).
Letter
Robert and James Adam’s Grand Tour letters and writings 1754–63
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 645
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Aymonino, Adriano (Aymonino, Adriano)
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Thom, Colin (Thom, Colin)
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2. Capriccio, by Robert Adam. c.1756–57. Pen, brown and grey wash on paper, 16.3 by 16.3 cm. (SM Adam volume 56/91; © Sir John Soane’s Museum, London; photograph Hugh Kelly).
Publication Received
The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art. Edited by Paolo Coen
05/2020 | 1406 | 162
Pages: 466
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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The Art Market in Rome in the Eighteenth Century: A Study in the Social History of Art Edited by Paolo Coen. 234 pp. incl. 80 col. ills. (Brill, Leiden and Boston, 2018), €116. ISBN 978–90–04–38815–4. | :
Article
J.J. Winckelmann and the Society of Antiquaries of London: new documents
02/2020 | 1403 | 162
Pages: 126-135
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Hornsby, Clare (Hornsby, Clare)
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1. Johann Joachim Winckelmann, by Anton von Maron. 1767. Oil on canvas, 136 by 99 cm. (Stadtschloss, Weimar; Bridgeman Images).
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2. The Villa Albani, Rome, by Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1760–78. Etching, 44.5 by 69.7 cm. (British Museum, London).
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3. Thomas Jenkins, by Anton von Maron. 1791, possibly after an original of 1761. Oil on canvas, 66.5 by 50 cm. (Accademia di San Luca, Rome).
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4. Thomas Hollis, by Richard Wilson. 1752. Oil on canvas, 56.5 by 44.4 cm. (Harvard College Library, Harvard University, Cambridge MA).
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5. Votive stele, known as the ‘Mantheos relief’. Ancient Peloponnese Greek or eighteenth-century pastiche. Marble, 39 by 52 cm. (Wilton House, Wiltshire).
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6. The Albani-Farnese Athena. Roman, after a fifth century BC Greek original, with additions by Bartolomeo Cavaceppi, c.first– second century AD. Marble, height 224 cm. (Museo Archaeologico, Naples; Bridgeman Images).
Publication Received
Marblemania: Kavaliersreisen und der römische Antikenhandel. By Norbert Miller
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 889
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Bailey, Gauvin Alexander (Bailey, Gauvin Alexander)
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Marblemania: Kavaliersreisen und der römische Antikenhandel By Norbert Miller. 184 pp. incl. 144 col. + 18 b. & w. ills. (Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich, 2018), £31.50. ISBN 978–3–422– 07443–9. | :
Letter
Was Lord Burlington a Jacobite?
10/2019 | 1399 | 161
Pages: 802-803
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Author:
Clark, Jane (Clark, Jane)
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5. Detail of Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington and 4th Earl of Cork, with his wife Dorothy Savile and their daughters, by Jean-Baptiste van Loo. 1739. Oil on canvas, 264.2 by 190.5 cm. (Devonshire Collection, Chatsworth, reproduced by permission of Chatsworth Settlement Trustees; Bridgeman Images).
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