Joseph Nollekens (1737–1823).
by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827).
c.1800.
As a little light relief and for no particular reason here are some satirical images of Nollekens by Thomas Rowlandson along with portraits of Nollekens and some further engravings by Rowlandson.
by Thomas Rowlandson (1757–1827).
c.1800.
As a little light relief and for no particular reason here are some satirical images of Nollekens by Thomas Rowlandson along with portraits of Nollekens and some further engravings by Rowlandson.
"His figure was short, his head big. . . . His neck was
short, his shoulders narrow, his body too large particularly
in the front lower part . .. . he was bow-legged
and hook-nosed-indeed, his leg was somewhat like his
nose which resembled the rudder of an Antwerp packetboat-his
lips were thin, but between his brows there
was great evidence of study."
" 'Oh, dear,' observed Miss Coleman, 'andyou don't
know me:-you have given me many a basin of broth
in the depth of winter when I used to standfor Venus.'
Mrs. Nollekens, not knowing what to think of Joseph,
shook her head at him as she slammed the window, at
the same time exclaiming, 'Oh! fie! Mr. Nollekens.
fie! fie! . . . to know such wretches after you have done
with them in your studio!' "
"I have seen him finish up the feet of his female
figures from those of the Venlus de Medicis; the English
women, his constant models, having very bad toes in
consequence of their abominable habit of wearing small
and pointed shoes."
Smith, Nollekens and His Times, I,
London, I828, pp. 83, 227, 328
Nollekens And His Times: Comprehending A Life Of That Celebrated Sculptor; And Memoirs Of Several Contemporary Artists, From The Time Of Roubiliac, Hogarth, And Reynolds, To That of Fuseli, Flaxman, And Blake. By John Thomas Smith, Keeper Of The Prints And Drawings In The British Museum. Second Edition. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.) - London: 1829.
For 1895 edition see - https://archive.org/stream/nollekenshistime00smitrich#page/n1/mode/2up
Nollekens in his Studio.
20.02 x 24.46 cm.
Dallas Museum of Art.
Rowlandson Unknown Source
Joseph Nollekens in the Studio.
Mary Moser RA. (1744 - 1819).
635 x 483 mm.
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
Literature -
J. H. Plumb, The pursuit of happiness : a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, a view of life in Georgian England : an exhibition selected from the Paul Mellon collection, Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1977, pp. 47, 101, no. 78, N6766 Y34 1977 (YCBA).
David Blayney Brown, Testaments of Friendship, Two New Portraits by James Barry of Francis Douce and Joseph Nollekens, Burlington Magazine, vol 128, January 1986, pp. 27-29, N1 B87 128:1 OVERSIZE (YCBA)
Joseph Nollekens with his bust of Lawrence Sterne.
(76.2 x 63.5 cm)
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Literature -
R. J. B. Walker, Regency portraits, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1985, v.1, p.368-9, N1090 A592 (YCBA)
John T. Hayes, The portrait in British art, masterpieces bought with the help of the National Art Collections Fund, National Portrait Gallery, London, 1991, p.94, ND1314 H28 1991 + (YCBA)
Stephen Francis Dutilh Rigaud, Facts and recollections of the XVIIIth century in a memoir of John Francis Rigaud Esq., R.A.,Volume of the Walpole Society, vol. 50, 1984, p. 11,24,52-53, fig. 5, N12 W35 A1 + (YCBA)
William L. Pressly, A Portrait of Joseph Nollekens,Connoisseur, vol. 197, no.792, February 1978, p. 111, N1 C75 + (YCBA)
Portrait of Joseph Nollekens: The Sculptor with the Bust of Laurence Sterne, Apollo, ns no. 118, March 1979, p. 21, N1 A54 + (YCBA)
Portrait of Joseph Nollekens, The Sculptor with the Bust of Lawrence Sterne, Connoisseur, vol. 200, March 1979, p. 38, N1 C75 + (YCBA)
Elizabeth A. Fay, Fashioning faces, the portraitive mode in British romanticism, University of New Hampshire Press University Press of New England, Durham, N.H. Hanover, N.H., 2010, pp. 61-2, fig. 2.6, PR457 .F34 2009 (YCBA)
Christie's Advertisement of Sale on Friday, March 23, 1979,Apollo, v. 109, no. 205, March 1979, p. 21, N1 A54 + (YCBA).
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Joseph Nollekens.
black and white chalk, and pencil
20.6 x 13.3 cm.
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Gilbert Davis Collection.
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Joseph Nollekens
by Lemuel Francis Abbott
771 mm x 635 mm.oil on canvas, circa 1797.
© National Portrait Gallery, London
In the centre Joseph Nollekens, to his right Richard Cosway and far right William Hoare
This image has been cropped from the Mezzotint below.
Life School at the Royal Academy. 1773.
Mezzotint After the Original by Zoffany
Image size - 48.9 x 71.8 cm
Lettered in black ink, lower left: "J Zoffany pinxit"; lower center: "Publish'd August 1st. 1773, R Sayer Excudit"; lower right: "Rd. Earlom Sculpst"
Mary Moser and Angelica Kaufman are represented here by their portraits on the wall
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
The Key to the Mezzotint above.
Anonymous Engraving 1794
Publifhed 12th. May, 1794. by LAURIE WHITTLE, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
25.1 x 35.2 cm
Yale Centre for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.
"Publifhed 12th. May, 1794. by LAURIE WHITTLE, No. 53 Fleet Street, London."; center left to center right: "19 | 35 | 17 | 31 | 10 | 11 | 23 | 33 | 28 | 16 | 27 | 6 | 30 | 9 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 32 | 34 | 7 | 36 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 3 | 22 | 21 | 25 | 18 | 24 | 20"; lower center: "<. . .>P<. . .>2 1773"; lower left to lower right: "1 Sr. Joshua Reynolds. | 2 Sr. William Chambers. | 3 George Michael Mofer. | 4 Francis Milner Newton. | 5 Edward Penny | 6 Thomas Sandby. | 7 Samuel Wale. | 8 William Hunter | 9 Francis Hayman. | 10 Tan Chet-qua a Chinefe Artist. | 11 George Barret. | 12 Francefco Bartolozzi. | 13 Edward Burch. | 14 Agoftino Carbini. | 15 Charles Catton. | 16 Mafon Chamberlin | 17 J. Baptist Capriani. | 18 Richard Cosway. | 19 John Gwynn. | 20 William Hoare | 21 Nathaniel Hone. | 22 Mrs. Angelica Kauffman. | 23 Jeremiah Meyer. | 24 Mrs. Mary Moser. | 25 Joseph Nollekens. | 26 John Richards. | 27 Paul Sandby | 28 Dominick Serres. | 29 Peter Toms. | 30 William Tyler. | 31 Benjamin West. | 32 Richard Wilson. | 33 Joseph Wilton. | 34 Richard Yeo. | 35 Johan Zoffanij. | 36 Francefco Zuccarelli."
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Joseph Nollekens
447 mm x 345 mm
Charles Turner, after Sir William Beechey
mezzotint, published 1814
mezzotint, published 1814
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Nollekens.
by James Lonsdale circa 1818oil on canvas, 737 x 610 mm.
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Joseph Nollekens R.A. and Mrs. Nollekens:
The pair of compasses and the pair of callipers side by side
92 x 79 mm.
Yale Centre for British Art. Paul Mellon Collection.
Lady H*******’s Attitudes!, c.1791. Etching on paper, 23.7 x 17 cm
Thomas Rowlandson,
Image © British Museum, 2014
Lady Hamilton.
A Dutch Academy
Watercolour Drawing by Rowlandson
Image from Houghton Library at Harvard University
For an interesting, short essay on the titillating aspects of viewing 18th century painting and sculpture see
-http://unmakingthings.rca.ac.uk/2014/flesh-marble-materialising-the-body-in-18th-century-satirical-prints/
For more on this hitherto neglected aspect of viewing sculpture, particularly the classical nude see
Owning the Past - Why the English Collected Antique Sculpture, 1640 - 1840.
Ruth Gilding. published by Yale. 2014.
By far and away the best book on classical sculpture and the English collector published recently and should be in the library of anyone interested in the subject. A refreshingly enlightened work with excellent illustrations and photographs. Highly recommended.
Drawing from Life at the Royal Academy, Somerset House, 1808.
Thomas Rowlandson and Augustus Pugin.
Royal Academy, Somerset House
Thomas Rowlandson 1811.
