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Article
Henry Cheere’s statue of Christopher Codrington: conventions and setting
11/2021 | 1424 | 163
Pages: 1038-1045
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Baker, Malcolm (Baker, Malcolm)
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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).
Book Review
Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society
08/2020 | 1409 | 162
Pages: 719-720
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Yarker, Jonathan (Yarker, Jonathan)
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Kensington Palace: Art, Architecture and Society Edited by Olivia Fryman. 392 pp. incl. 448 col. + b. & w. ills. (Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 2018), £55. ISBN 978–0–300– 23653–8. | :
Obituary
Kerry Downes (1930–2019)
12/2019 | 1401 | 161
Pages: 1075-1076
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Author:
Geraghty, Anthony (Geraghty, Anthony)
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1. Christ Church, Spitalfields, London, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1714–29.
Article
Sir Christopher Wren’s failed project for a crossing tower and spire at Westminster Abbey, 1713–25
01/2019 | 1390 | 161
Pages: 44-57
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Higgott, Gordon (Higgott, Gordon)
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1. Model of the crossing with Wren’s project for a tower and spire, from the north west, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter). 1714–16. Oak and pearwood, 240 by 116 by 85.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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10. The south-west crossing pier of Westminster Abbey, from the south-east gallery. (Photograph Lisa Stein).
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11. The easternmost bay on the north side of the nave, showing distortion of the crossing pier at the level of the aisle vaults. (Photograph the author).
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12. Plan of the tower of the model at four levels, with Wren’s proposal for strengthening the crossing piers at bottom left, by William Dickinson. c.1714. Pen and brown ink over graphite with grey wash on paper, 33.9 by 39 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46(b)).
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13. Detail of a survey plan of a crossing pier, by William Dickinson. 1713. Pen and brown ink over graphite with black wash on paper, 20.1 by 31.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24v; photograph the author).
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14. Copy of a diagram by Wren of an aisle and crossing pier, by ‘Mr Gayfere’. c.1715–c.1735. Pen and brown ink on paper, 15.2 by 9 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM 66895*).
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15. Detail of Westminster Abbey from St James’s Park, by William Lodge, printed by Pierce Tempest. 1680s. Etching, 13 by 25.5 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.46v.(d); photograph the author).
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16. Detail of a copy of Wren’s Figure II in his Tract II (1710–30), showing a pier and a half-arch, with their centres of gravity, in Christopher Wren Jr’s manuscript for Parentalia. 1741. Pen and brown ink on paper, 32.7 by 18.6 cm. (© The Royal Society, London; MS 249, fol.483).
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18. Elevation of the proposed tower and spire over a section through the crossing, by William Dickinson. Late 1722 or 1723. With notes and sketched additions by Nicholas Hawksmoor, c.1723. Grey wash over graphite, with grey and brown ink on paper, 72.8 by 21.6 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 913).
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19. Long section through the Abbey showing proposals for an octagonal dome over the crossing (with alternatives in a half-plan, top left), and the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. May 1724. Pen and brown ink with grey wash over graphite on paper, 52.2 by 107.5 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 910).
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2. The north prospect of Westminster Abbey, by Wenceslaus Hollar. 1654. Etching, 21.7 by 32.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; Langley Coll I, i (1)).
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20. Detail of a plan of the crossing, choir and sanctuary (with north at the bottom), showing Hawksmoor’s proposal for enlarging the crossing piers, by William Dickinson. June 1724. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with brown, grey and yellow-ochre wash on paper, 49.5 by 54.6 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 23, fol.24).
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21. The Abbey from the north, showing the first of three alternatives for the lantern and cupola, and a proposal for the west towers, by Nicholas Hawksmoor and Thomas Hinton. 1725–26. Pen and brown ink over grey wash and graphite on paper, 51 by 70.1 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM, Hawksmoor 4A).
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22. The west front of Westminster Abbey, showing the towers built to Hawksmoor’s design, 1735–45. (Photograph the author).
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3. Survey plan of Westminster Abbey (with north at the bottom), by James Broughton. c.1697–c.1705. Pen and brown ink shaded in black and grey wash over graphite on paper, 53.5 by 74.8 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 915).
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4. Sectional model of one bay of the choir and cloister, by Elizabeth Gregory (as head carpenter), 1710. Oak and pearwood, 72.9 by 83.7 by 16.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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5. Elevation (with alternatives) of the proposed tower and spire, with the gable of the north transept front, and attached plan, by William Dickinson. September and December 1722. Pen and brown ink over graphite, with grey and brown wash on paper, 104 by 38.2 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WAM (P) 907, 907A).
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6. Detail of the model in Fig.1, showing the vault over the crossing. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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7. The quire of Westminster Abbey from the west. c.1700. Canvas, 153 by 129 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster; WA 1775).
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8. Plan of the vault for the crossing lantern, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1726–27. Pen and brown ink, with yellow ochre and grey wash over graphite on paper, 47.5 by 35 cm. (© The Dean and Chapter of Westminster).
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9. The north transept front and the crossing lantern of Westminster Abbey. (Photograph the author).
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17. The north-east prospect of Beverley Minster, published by H. Overton and J. Hoole (London) and G. Feraby (Hull). c.1717. Engraving, 48.5 by 56.7 cm. (The Bodleian Libraries, The University of Oxford, Gough Maps 35, fol.2).
Book Review
After the Fire: London Churches in the Age of Wren, Hooke, Hawksmoor and Gibbs, by Angelo Hornak
04/2017 | 1369 | 159
Pages: 323-324
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Hopkins, Owen (Hopkins, Owen)
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54. Christ Church, Newgate Street, London, designed by Christopher Wren. 1666-87; partially destroyed 1940 (Photograph, 2014)
Book Review
From the Shadows: The Architecture and Afterlife of Nicholas Hawksmoor, by Owen Hopkins
11/2016 | 1364 | 158
Pages: 907-908
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Geraghty, Anthony (Geraghty, Anthony)
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44. Christ Church, Spitalfields, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. 1714-29 (Photograph by Owen Hopkins)
Article
Nicholas Hawksmoor in Chester
04/2011 | 1297 | 153
Pages: 224-228
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Hewlings, Richard (Hewlings, Richard)
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10. The Exchange, Northgate Street, Chester, by David Hodgson. 1831. Canvas, 58.3 by 74.3 cm. (Grosvenor Museum, Chester).
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11. Detail from View of Chester from a Balloon, by John McGahey. 1852. Chromo­-lithograph, 49.7 by 78.1 cm. (Grosvenor Museum, Chester).
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14. View of Chester from the south-east. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. After c.1708–10. Pen, ink and grey wash, 24 by 69.5 cm. (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
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7. Proposed elevation for ‘Towne House of Chester’, probably for rebuilding the Exchange. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
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8. Proposed section, probably for rebuilding the Pentice, Chester. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor. ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
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9. Survey plan of Chester Cathedral. Here attributed to Nicholas Hawksmoor, ?1730s. Pen and ink, 30.5 by 38 cm. (sheet). (Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, collection the Rt. Hon. the Earl of Pembroke).
Western art unattributed:
12. View of the Pentice and St Peter’s Church, Chester, by Randle Holme. 1671. From [A.T. Thacker]: The Victoria History of the Counties of England: A History of the County of Chester, V/2, p.156, fig.90. (British Library, London).
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13. View of the Pentice and St Peter’s Church, Chester. 1772. Photograph from a lost drawing by an unknown artist.
Short Notice
Wren, Hawksmoor and Les Invalides revisited
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 250-252
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Downes, Kerry (Downes, Kerry)
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45. Revised design for the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral, by Nicholas Hawksmoor. c.1699. Pen and graphite on four separate pieces of paper pasted onto a base sheet, 46.8 by 30.5 cm. (St Paul’s collection, Guildhall Library, London)
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46. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral, from the office of Christopher Wren. c.1675–85. Pen and grey ink and grey wash with pencil and red crayon additions, 48.6 by 68.3 cm. (All Souls, Oxford)
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47. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral. 1702. Engraving by William Emmett. Detail of the corner bastion of the dome, reversed
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48. South elevation of St Paul’s Cathedral. Detail of the corner bastion of the dome. Measured drawing from A.F.E. Poley: St Paul’s Cathedral, London, Measured, Drawn and Described, London 1927, p.8
Book Review
The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College, Oxford: a Complete Catalogue
04/2008 | 1261 | 150
Pages: 261
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Downes, Kerry (Downes, Kerry)
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The Architectural Drawings of Sir Christopher Wren at All Souls College, Oxford: a Complete Catalogue | author: Geraghty, Anthony
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