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Description: A View of Fire-Works and Illuminations at his Grace the Duke of Richmond's at...

TitleA View of Fire-Works and Illuminations at his Grace the Duke of Richmond's at Whitehall, etc.

Creator nameVertue, George

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1749

Object typePrint

MaterialsHand-colored engraving

LocationPrivate collection

SubjectsPrints, British--18th centuryFireworks in artNobility in art

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5. ‘Fair Play for their Lives’: The 2nd Duke of Richmond’s Menagerie at Goodwood and Princess Augusta’s Aviary at Kew

Mark Laird

A Natural History of English Gardening: 1650–1800

Since the publication of The Flowering of the Landscape Garden in 1999, it has become commonplace to view the pleasure ground of the English landscape garden as a collecting ground...

Author

Mark Laird

PublisherPaul Mellon Centre

Related print edition pages: pp.231-263

Stable URL: https://aaeportal.com/?id=-32115&redirecttoanchor=110343

Chapter subject tags:Richmond, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1701-1750Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772Gardens, English--History--18th centuryRoyal Gardens, KewHunter, William, 1718-1783White, Gilbert, 1720-1793Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796Botanical illustration--England--18th centuryBotanical specimensGreat Britain--Climatic factors--HistoryCatesby, Mark, 1683-1749Art and natural history--Great Britain--History--18th centuryAviaries--History--18th centuryBartram, John, 1699-1777

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Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameGhirlandaio, Domenico

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1489–1490

Object typePainting

MaterialsMixed media on panel

Dimensions30 3/8 x 19 1/4 in. (77 x 49 cm)

LocationMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

https://www.museothyssen.org/en/collection/artists/ghirlandaio-domenico/portrait-giovanna-degli-albizzi-tornabuoni

Accession numberINV. Nr. 158 (1935.6)

Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi...

Portrait of Giovanna degli Albizzi Tornabuoni

Duchess of Alba

Posted by:John Carlson

Oct 23

Creator nameGoya, Francisco de

Creator nationality/cultureSpanish

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1797

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions201.2 × 149.3 cm

LocationHispanic Society of America, New York

http://hispanicsociety.emuseum.com/objects/2114/the-duchess-of-alba?ctx=050dee1c-cbb0-41ef-bb94-d27aba794e6a&idx=0

Accession numberA102

Duchess of Alba

Sailboat and Fourth of July Fireworks

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator nameHomer, Winslow

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1880

Object typePainting

MaterialsTransparent watercolor, with opaque white watercolor, on white wove paper

Dimensions9 1/2 x 13 5/8 in. (24.5 x 34.7 cm)

LocationHarvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massacusetts

http://www.harvardartmuseums.org/collections/object/299839

Accession number1943.305

Sailboat and Fourth of July Fireworks

Young Knight in a Landscape

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameCarpaccio, Vittore

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1505

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on canvas

Dimensions86 x 59 7/8 in. (218.5 x 152.2 cm)

LocationMuseo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

http://www.museothyssen.org/en/thyssen/ficha_obra/556

Accession numberINV. Nr. 82 (1935.3)

Young Knight in a Landscape

Portrait of a Young Knight

The Turner and Vernon Rooms in the South Kensington Museum

Posted by:John Carlson

May 04

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1860

Object typePrint

MaterialsWood engraving

The Turner and Vernon Rooms in the South...

The Turner and Vernon Rooms in the South Kensington Museum

Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket

Posted by:John Carlson

Jan 30

Creator nameWhistler, James McNeill

Creator nationality/cultureAmerican

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1875

Object typePainting

MaterialsOil on panel

Dimensions23 3/4 x 18 3/8 in.

LocationDetroit Institute of Arts

https://dia.org/collection/nocturne-black-and-gold-falling-rocket-64931

Accession number46.309

Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling...

Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket

Self-portrait with Federigo da Montefeltro

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameFrancesco di Giorgio Martini

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation datec. 1480

Object typePainting

MaterialsIllumination on vellum

LocationBiblioteca Apostolica Vaticana

Accession numberCod. Urb. Lat. 508

Self-portrait with Federigo da...

Self-portrait with Federigo da Montefeltro

Friedrich the Wise of Saxony

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1524

Object typePrint

MaterialsEngraving

Dimensions7 5/8 x 5 in. (19.3 x 12.7 cm)

LocationMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

http://www.mfa.org/collections/object/frederich-the-wise-elector-of-saxony-541

Accession numberP370

Friedrich the Wise of Saxony

Cylinder vase, showing litter bearers and a princely person

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator rolePotter/Ceramicist

Creation dateAD 600–900

Object typeContainer

DimensionsHeight 8 1/4 in. (21 cm)

LocationUniversity of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia

http://www.penn.museum/collections/object/206554

Accession numberNA11701

Cylinder vase, showing litter bearers...

Cylinder vase, showing litter bearers and a princely person

Friedrich the Wise of Saxony

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nameDürer, Albrecht

Creator nationality/cultureGerman

Creator roleDraftsman

Creation datec. 1524

Object typeDrawing

MaterialsSilverpoint over charcoal

Dimensions7 x 5 3/8 in. (17.7 x 13.8 cm)

LocationÉcole nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris

Friedrich the Wise of Saxony

Bust of Faustina the Elder

Posted by:John Carlson

Feb 15

Creator nationality/cultureRoman

Creator roleSculptor

Creation dateAD 100–200

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsMarble

LocationMuseo del Palazzo Ducale, Mantua, Italy

Bust of Faustina the Elder

The Death of Major Pierson

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameHeath, James

Creator name (description)after John Singleton Copley

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1796

Object typePrint

MaterialsEtched proof

Dimensions66 × 80.8 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1866-0113-237

Accession number1866,0113.237

The Death of Major Pierson

Gospels: Prince Leo and Princess Keran

Posted by:John Carlson

Apr 27

Creator nameT'oros Ṙoslin

Creator nationality/cultureArmenian

Creator roleIlluminator

Creation date1262

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationArmenian Patriarchate Library, Jerusalem

Accession numberMS. 2660, fol. 288

Gospels: Prince Leo and Princess Keran

Yaxchilán, Stela 11, Bird-Jaguar and contemporaries (front)

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureMaya

Creator roleSculptor

Creation datec. AD 770

Object typeSculpture

MaterialsLimestone

LocationChiapas, Mexico

Yaxchilán, Stela 11, Bird-Jaguar...

Yaxchilán, Stela 11, Bird-Jaguar and contemporaries (front)

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia

Posted by:John Carlson

May 03

Creator nameGreen, Valentine

Creator name (description)after Maria Cosway

Creator nationality/cultureBritish (modern)

Creator rolePrintmaker/Engraver/Lithographer

Creation date1783

Object typePrint

MaterialsMezzotint

Dimensions63.1 × 38.7 cm

LocationBritish Museum, London

https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/image/149951001

Accession number1902,1011.2286.+

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as...

Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire as Cynthia

Birth tray with Medici emblems on one side

Posted by:John Carlson

Nov 07

Creator nameGiovanni di ser Giovanni Guidi

Creator name (description)Lo Scheggia

Creator nationality/cultureItalian

Creator rolePainter

Creation date1449

Object typePainting

MaterialsTempera, silver, and gold on wood

DimensionsDiameter 36 1/2 in. (92.7 cm)

LocationMetropolitan Museum of Art, New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436516

Accession number1995.7

Birth tray with Medici emblems on one...

Birth tray with Medici emblems on one side

Vienna Codex: The Marriage and Death of Eight Deer (eleventh century)

Posted by:John Carlson

Aug 02

Creator nationality/cultureMixtec

Creator roleAuthor/Writer/Publisher

Creation datec. 1350

Object typeBook/Manuscript

LocationHofbibliothek, Vienna

Vienna Codex: The Marriage and Death of...

Vienna Codex: The Marriage and Death of Eight Deer (eleventh century)

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