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Exhibition Review

Richard Wright

06/2025 | 1467 | 167

Pages: 611–613

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Reviewer:

Tomlinson, Grace (Tomlinson, Grace)

Subjects

artists:

Wright, Richard, b. 1960

dates:

2020-2030

subjects:

British art

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Richard Wright Camden Art Centre, London 16th April–22nd June | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

27. No title 24.10.2019, by Richard Wright. 2019. Watercolour and gold leaf on paper, 66 by 51 cm. (Courtesy the artist and The Modern Institute, Glasgow; exh. Camden Art Centre, London)

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28. Installation view of Richard Wright at the Camden Art Centre, 2025, showing No title, by Richard Wright. 2025. Acrylic and graphite on wall, dimensions variable. (Photograph Rob Harris).

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29. Installation view of Richard Wright at the Camden Art Centre, 2025, showing No title, by Richard Wright. 2023. Enamel and eggshell on solicitor’s deeds cabinet, 230 by 169 by 45 cm. (Photograph Rob Harris).

Book Review

Paul Huxley

04/2025 | 1465 | 167

Pages: 423-424

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Reviewer:

Calvocoressi, Richard (Calvocoressi, Richard)

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artists:

Huxley, Paul / British art

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artists:

Paul Huxley By Jeremy Lewison. 256 pp. incl. 200 col. + 20 b. & w. ills. (Lund Humphries, London, 2024), £49.99. ISBN 978–1–84822–654–8. | :

Illustrations

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5. Untitled no.28, by Paul Huxley. 1963. Oil on cotton duck, 171.5 by 171.5 cm.

Book Review

British Portrait Miniatures from the Thomson Collection

04/2025 | 1465 | 167

Pages: 418-419

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Reviewer:

Lloyd, Stephen (Lloyd, Stephen)

Subjects

museums and institutions:

Thomson Collection / Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada

subjects:

Portrait miniatures / British art

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British Portrait Miniatures from the Thomson Collection By Susan Sloman. 311 pp. incl. 225 col. ills. (Ad Ilissvm, London, 2024), £80. ISBN 978–1– 915401–12–0. | :

Illustrations

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1. Henry Stuart, Earl of Ross and 1st Duke of Albany, styled Lord Darnley. c.1560. Watercolour on vellum, 3.5 by 3 cm. (Thomson Collection). 1915. Opaque watercolour over graphite, 45.7 by 55.9 cm. (Philadelphia Museum of Art).

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2. Michael Topping, by John Smart. c.1795. Graphite on paper, 29.3 by 24.7 cm. (Thomson Collection).

Short Notice

Observations about the abandoned portrait beneath Gainsborough’s ‘Blue boy’

03/2025 | 1464 | 167

Pages: 261–265

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Author:

O'Connell, Christina Milton (O'Connell, Christina Milton)

Subjects

artists:

Gainsborough, Thomas

works:

British art / Technical analysis / Scientific analysis / Infrared photography / Portraits / Full-length portraits

Illustrations

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1. Digital X-radiograph of Fig.2, captured through all layers of the painting, including the wooden auxiliary support.

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2. Blue boy (after treatment), by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1770. Oil on canvas, 177.8 by 112.1 cm. (Huntington Library and Art Museum, San Marino).

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3. John Joshua Kirby, by Thomas Gainsborough. c.1754–56. Oil on canvas, 41.9 by 29.2 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).

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4. Infra-red reflectography of Fig.2, showing the preliminary lines of the abandoned portrait, including the contours of the face, coat, and shoulders. A dark layer of paint was applied over the abandoned portrait, slightly obscuring the legibility of the details in IRR.

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5. Detail of Fig.1.

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6. Detail of Fig.1, showing additional details of the abandoned portrait’s face.

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7. Cross-section of Fig.2, taken at the top fold-over edge contains, from bottom to top: the off-white double ground layer; a paint layer from the abandoned portrait’s face; and the dark layer of paint that Gainsborough applied over the abandoned portrait followed by the thinly applied paint of the sky for the Blue boy composition.

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Paul Sandby and Sir Watkin Williams-Wynn revisited

03/2025 | 1464 | 167

Pages: 258–61

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Author:

Fairclough, Oliver (Fairclough, Oliver)

Subjects

artists:

Sandby, Paul

buildings:

Wales

dates:

1770-1779

museums and institutions:

National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain

patrons:

Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Fourth Baronet, 1749-1789

subjects:

Patrons / Patronage / Aquatints / Gouaches / Topographical views / British art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Bala in the county of Merioneth: A rejoicing scene when Sir W.W. Wynn visited that place August 22 1771, by Paul Sandby. Bodycolour over pencil on linen, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).

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2. The iron forge (incorrectly titled Aber Glaslyn in the county of Merioneth), by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).

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3. The iron forge between Dolgelli and Barmouth in Merioneth Shire, from XII Views in North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1776. Aquatint on paper, 29 by 38 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).

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4. Waterfall at Tanberis North Wales, by Paul Sandby. 1771. Bodycolour over pencil on paper, 18 by 26 cm. (Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales, Cardiff).

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5. Detail of Fig.1, showing Sir William- Wynn and his party arriving in Bala.

Book Review

Résistances à l’idée d’art moderne dans la peinture: Paris, Londres, New York, 1848–1931

03/2025 | 1464 | 167

Pages: 300–301

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Reviewer:

Deltour, Louis (Deltour, Louis)

Subjects

subjects:

Modernism / Art criticism / Critical Reception / French art / British art / American art

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Résistances à l’idée d’art moderne dans la peinture: Paris, Londres, New York, 1848–1931 By Pierre Sérié. 449 pp. incl. 59 col. + b. & w. ills. (Presses Universitaires Blaise-Pascal, Clermont- Ferrand, 2023), €26. ISBN 978–2–38377–222–4. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

8. Le repos à Tonnerre, by Émile Bernard. 1904. Oil on canvas, 120 by 150 cm. (Private collection).

Exhibition Review

Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs

03/2025 | 1464 | 167

Pages: 284–7

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Reviewer:

Wyld, Helen (Wyld, Helen)

Subjects

artists:

Nicholson, Winifred

dates:

2020-2030

museums and institutions:

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, Middlesbrough, Great Britain

subjects:

Rugs / British art / Women artists

Reviewed Items

subjects:

Winifred Nicholson: Cumbrian Rag Rugs Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art 25th October 2024–23rd March 2025 | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

22. Sheep, designed and made by Mary Bewick. 1960s. Rag rug, 85 by 125 cm. (Private collection; exh. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art).

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23. The Warwick family, by Winifred Nicholson. c.1926. Oil on canvas, 76.8 by 127 cm. (Private collection; Bridgeman Images; exh. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art).

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24. Tractor and haycart, designed by Jovan Nicholson and made by Mrs Hall. 1967. Rag rug, 58 by 133 cm. (Private collection; exh. Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art).

Book Review

The Radical Print: Art and Politics in Late Eighteenth-Century Britain

02/2025 | 1463 | 167

Pages: 194–195

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Reviewer:

Savage, Elizabeth (Savage, Elizabeth)

Subjects

artists:

Barry, James, 1741-1806 / Mortimer, John Hamilton / Gillray, James / Bewick, Thomas / Blake, William

museums and institutions:

Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain

subjects:

British art / Prints / Politics

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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

L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento

12/2024 | 1461 | 166

Pages: 1270–2

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Reviewer:

Pietrabissa, Camilla (Pietrabissa, Camilla )

Subjects

art literature:

Exhibition catalogues

artists:

Jackson, John Baptist, printmaker and designer, c.1703–73

dates:

2020-2030

subjects:

Biblioteca Marciana, Venice, Italy

subjects:

Colour woodcuts / Woodcuts / British art / Italian art

Reviewed Items

subjects:

L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento Edited by Orsola Braides, Giovanni Maria Fara and Alessia Giachery. 206 pp. incl. 81 col. ills (Olschki, Florence, 2024), €25. ISBN 978–88–222–6913–3. | :

Illustrations

Attributed works:

7. Death of St Peter Martyr, by John Baptist Jackson after Titian. 1739. Three-colour woodcut, 52.2 by 34.1 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).

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8. Crucifixion, by John Baptist Jackson after Tintoretto. c.1745. Fourcolour woodcut in three sheets; left sheet illustrated here, 54.6 by 41.8 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).

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9. Landscape with people, by John Baptist Jackson after Marco Ricci. 1744–45. Fivecolour woodcut, 41.5 by 57.5 cm. (Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana, Venice).

Short Notice

The foundation of the Society of Female Artists

11/2024 | 1460 | 166

Pages: 1152-1153

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Subjects

artists:

Osborn, Emily Mary / Murray, Elizabeth

artists:

Grote, Harriet

museums and institutions:

Royal Watercolour Society, London, Great Britain / Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain

museums and institutions:

Society of Female Artists, London, Great Britain

subjects:

Women artists / Exhibitions / British art / Watercolourists / Victorian art

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. Harriet Grote (née Lewin), by C. Lewin, printed by Jérémie Graf after Charles Landseer. c.1840. Lithograph, 46.5 by 32.3 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).

Attributed works:

2. The skipping rope, by Mary Thornycroft. c.1845–55. Marble, height 147 cm. (Private collection).

Attributed works:

3. Nameless and friendless. “The rich man’s wealth is his strong city, etc.” - Proverbs, x, 15, by Emily Mary Osborn. 1857. Oil on canvas, 82.5 by 103.8 cm. (Tate).

Attributed works:

4. Woman and child in Greek dress, by Elizabeth Murray. c.1845–55. Watercolour on paper, 59 by 46 cm. (Government Art Collection, London).

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