James Lovell (sculptor)
James Lovell (died 1778) was an English sculptor and interior decorator. From an obscure background, he has been taken to be a pupil of Peter Scheemakers and Laurent Delvaux.[1][2]
Works
- Stone chimneypiece at Hagley Hall[3]
- Early 1750s, pendant for Wroxton Abbey[4]
- 1754 North drawing room, Belhus mansion, Essex[5]
- 1756 Church wall monument to Edward and Henrietta Montagu, in Horton, Northamptonshire Church, for Horace Walpole and possibly to his design[6][2]
- c.1756 Statue of Caractacus in chains, Radway Grange[7]
- Chelmsford Cathedral, monument to Benjamin Mildmay, 1st Earl FitzWalter[8]
- c.1758 Church monument to Galfridus Mann at Linton, Kent, design by Richard Bentley[9]
- Church tablet monument to James Wolfe at Westerham[10][11]
- Norfolk House, chimneypiece and ceiling trophies (attributed), design by Giovanni Battista Borra[12]
References
- Michael McCarthy, James Lovell and His Sculptures at Stowe, The Burlington Magazine Vol. 115, No. 841 (Apr., 1973), pp. 220–232. Published by: The Burlington Magazine Publications Ltd. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/877332
Notes
- ↑ McCarthy, Michael. "Lovell, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63510. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- 1 2 "Lovell, James, A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851,". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ "1296865 - The National Heritage List for England, Historic England". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ Cake and Cockhorse, Banbury Historical Society, Winter 1969, (PDF) at p. 105
- ↑ "Parishes: Aveley", in A History of the County of Essex: Volume 8, ed. W R Powell, Beryl A Board, Nancy Briggs, J L Fisher, Vanessa A Harding, Joan Hasler, Norma Knight and Margaret Parsons (London, 1983), pp. 1-16 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/essex/vol8/pp1-16 [accessed 9 April 2015].
- ↑ "1190174 - The National Heritage List for England, Historic England". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ "1001195 - The National Heritage List for England, Historic England". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ "1328779 - The National Heritage List for England, Historic England". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
- ↑ McCarthy, p. 221
- ↑ Walpole Correspondence
- ↑ Gunnis, Rupert (1968). Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 (Revised ed.).
- ↑ "The Music Room from Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, Brettingham, Matthew, V&A Search the Collections". Retrieved 12 April 2015.
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