Bath, Art and Architecture
Saturday, 7 March 2026
Thomas King, marble Mason of Bath, Part 1. - with a few notes notes on James Quin and his monument with a portrait relief in Bath Abbey and his portraits.
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The Monument to the actor James Quin (1693 - 1766). Inscribed by Thomas King. Quin retired to Bath and spent his last fifteen years lodgin...
Wednesday, 25 February 2026
An Anonymous 18th Century Plaster bust suggested here as the Pugilist Jack Broughton.
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Mid-18 th Century Life Size Plaster bust of a Pugilist? Perhaps Jack Broughton (1703 – 89) - The Father of English Boxing. Proposals...
Monday, 23 February 2026
An Engraving of a Bust of Isaac Newton
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From Benjamin Martin's General Magazine of 1755. Benjamin Martin (1705 - 81). Truly a Man of the Enlightenment. Benjamin Martin, was an ...
Friday, 20 February 2026
John Cheere apprentices - James Hoskins (Hoskings) and Samuel Euclid Oliver, and Benjamin Grant - Some notes - Benjamin Rackstrow.
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This post came about with researches into the business relationship of Benjamin Rackstrow and his later partner the midwife Catherine Clar...
Wednesday, 18 February 2026
Roubiliac and Chesterfield at the Louvre and some further examples of Roubiliacs Bronzes.
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The Bronze Bust of Lord Chesterfield. Louis Francois Roubiliac. Circa 1745. Height 48.2 cms. the Louvre, Paris. Purchased July 2010. T...
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