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Modelling and mapping Flaxman’s monument to William Murray
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 644-645
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John Flaxman’s funerary monument for the 1st Earl of Mansfield in Westminster Abbey
04/2020 | 1405 | 162
Pages: 276-287
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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1. The monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield (foreground), in the north transept aisle, Westminster Abbey, London, by Frederick Evans. Photograph (detail), c.1915–30. (  Country Life; Bridgeman Images).
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11. Model for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. c.1795–96. Bronzed plaster, height 85.5 cm. (Sir John Soane’s Museum, London).
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12. The monument to William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. Completed 1801. Marble, height 468 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London;   The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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13. Lord Mansfield’s monument, by Thomas Williamson and Thomas Sutherland after François Huët-Villiers. Aquatint, 29 by 20 cm. (From R. Ackermann: The History of the Abbey Church of St Peter’s Westminster, London 1812, II, plate 56).
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2. Sketch plan of the west aisle of the north transept, Westminster Abbey, showing the original position of the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield and the position to which it was moved in 1933. (Westminster Abbey, London;   The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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3. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. 1793. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 19.4 by 15.8 cm. (Kunsthalle, Hamburg).
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4. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. 1793. Pen, ink and wash on paper, 24.7 by 18.5 cm. (Scone Palace, Perthshire).
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5. Design for the figure of Justice on the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, from a sketchbook by John Flaxman. c.1793. Pencil on paper, 10.5 by 8.25 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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6. Design for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, from a sketchbook by John Flaxman. c.1793. Pencil on paper, 10.5 by 8.25 cm. (Victoria and Albert Museum, London).
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7. William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, by Francesco Bartolozzi after Joshua Reynolds. 1786. Stipple engraving, 48.5 by 36.1 cm. (British Museum, London).
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8–10. Designs for the monument to the 1st Earl of Mansfield, by John Flaxman. c.1795–96. Pencil, pen, ink and wash on paper; frontal view, 22 by 14.2 cm.; from left, 22.8 by 17.7 cm.; from right, 22 by 15.5 cm. (UCL Art Museum, University College London).
Article
Royal wooden funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 26-35
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Blessley, Krista (Blessley, Krista)
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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10. Detail of Fig.8, showing the hip joint. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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11. Axonometric diagram showing the jointing of the effigy in Fig.8, by Krista Blessley. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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12. Effigy head and bust of Anne of Denmark, by Maximilian Colt. 1619. Probably pine, 47 by 45 by 25 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0893; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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13. Detail of Fig.12, showing the blue vein painted on the left temple. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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14. Effigy body of James I, by Maximilian Colt. 1625. Probably pine, 178 by 50 by 29cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1016; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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15. Some of the royal funeral effigies at Westminster Abbey in 1949, showing their condition after the Second World War. From R.P. Howgrave-Graham: ‘Royal effigies at Westminster Abbey: modern treatment leads to valuable discoveries’, Country Life, 11th January 1952, pp.82–84.
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2. Installation view of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, Westminster Abbey, London, showing the medieval funeral effigies. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster)
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3. The funeral of Anne of Bohemia, a detail from Chroniques, by Jean Froissart. South Netherlands, c.1480. Illumination on parchment. (British Library, London; MS Royal 18 E II, vol.IV, fol.227).
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7. Effigy head and bust of Elizabeth of York, probably by Richard Gibson. 1503. Probably pearwood, 65 by 40 by 39 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0889; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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8. Articulated effigy body of Henry, Prince of Wales, by Richard Norris. 1612. Pine or fir wood with iron nails, loops and screws, 161 by 42.5 by 19 cm. Photograph c.1950. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 1017; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. Detail of Fig.8, showing carpenters’ marks at joints. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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1. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Edward III. 1377. Walnut, 176 by 42.8 by 27 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0886; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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4. Detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. Photograph c.1950s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. X-radiograph detail of Fig.1, showing plaster underlayer on head. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. Front, side and back views of the effigy of Catherine de Valois. 1437. Oak, 165 by 42 by 21 cm. (Westminster Abbey, London; WA 0888; © The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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‘Sunbeams and shadows’: exhibiting the collection at Westminster Abbey
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 4-8
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Jenkins, Susan (Jenkins, Susan)
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1. The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries, showing part of the section Building Westminster Abbey. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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2. The gallery before the installation of the displays. 2017. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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3. Floorplan of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries and the Weston Tower, showing the themed sections: Westminster Abbey & the Monarchy (orange); Worship & Daily Life (pale blue); Building Westminster Abbey (pink); and The Abbey and National Memory (dark blue). (© MUMA).
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4. Part of the Building Westminster Abbey and Worship and Daily Life sections of The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. The case on the right contains the Westminster Retable, the high altarpiece of Henry III’s Abbey (1259–69). (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. View of the Abbey’s interior from The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Galleries. 2018. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. The Undercroft Museum, Westminster Abbey. Photograph c.1930s. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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6. The wax funeral effigy of Charles II, photographed in the Upper Islip Chapel in 1896. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).