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Henry Cheere’s statue of Christopher Codrington: conventions and setting

11/2021 | 1424 | 163

Pages: 1038-1045

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Author:

Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)

Subjects

artists:

Cheere, Henry / Hawksmoor, Nicholas

dates:

1730-1739

museums and institutions:

All Souls' College, Oxford, Great Britain

patrons:

Codrington (1668-1710), Christopher

subjects:

British sculpture / Statues / Slave trade / Libraries / British architecture

Illustrations

Attributed works:

1. The library, All Souls College, Oxford. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).

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2. Robert Bertie, 1st Duke of Ancaster, by Henry Cheere and Henry Scheemakers. 1728. Marble. (St Michael, Edenham, Lincolnshire; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).

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3. William III, by Henry Cheere. 1733–34. Marble, height 175 cm. (Bank of England, London; photograph Courtauld Institute of Art, London; Bridgeman Images).

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4. Christopher Codrington, by James Thornhill. 1702. Oil on canvas, 237.5 by 151.1 cm. (All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).

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5. Christopher Codrington, by Henry Cheere. 1732–34. Marble. (Library, All Souls College, Oxford; photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).

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6. The library of All Souls College, by Thomas Malton. 1802. Etching and aquatint, 42 by 32 cm. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).

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7. The North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, looking north to the original main door of the library. (Photograph Warden and Fellows, All Souls College, Oxford).

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8. Plan of the North Quadrangle, All Souls College, Oxford, based on Nicholas Hawksmoor’s 1715 plan. (From H. Colvin and J.S.G. Simmons: All Souls: An Oxford College and its Buildings, Oxford 1989).

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