Roubiliac's Argyll monument and the interpretation of eighteenth-century sculptors' designs

Author

Baker, Malcolm

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Burlington magazine. 1992, Num. 1077, Vol. 134, 785-797, 8 ill.

ISSN

0007-6287

Abstract (en)

Reconstructs history of the commissioning, designing and making of Roubillac's Monument to John, 2d Duke of Argyll and Greenwich in Westminster Abbey (London) which was completed in 1749. Documents are appended, including the contract of 1745.

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- United Kingdom
• Roubillac, Louis François, 1695-1762
• Sculpture
• Monument to John Campbell, Duke of Argyll
• Westminster Abbey||London (GBR)
• Great Britain
• Argyll, John Campbell, duke of, 1678-1743
• Sepulchral monuments
• Commissions
• Technique
• Documents
• Argyll, dukes of

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 1400-1800 -- Sculpture -- Royaume-Uni
• Sculpture
• Monument à John Campbell, Duke of Argyll
• Westminster Abbey||London (GBR)
• Grande-Bretagne
• Argyll, John Campbell, duke of, 1678-1743
• Monument funéraire
• Commande d'oeuvre d'art
• Technique
• Documents
• Argyll, dukes of

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19930401-00367570

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