see my previous post -
https://bathartandarchitecture.blogspot.com/2024/10/rysbrack-and-rushout-monument-in.html
John Francis Moore (d. 1809) - Some Notes.
Moore was born in Hanover, Germany, but around 1760 he was in London, where in 1766 he exhibited as a member of the Free Society of Artists. The association – formally founded in 1762 – had arisen in the1750s from proposals to establish an academy and annual exhibition of contemporary British art.
In its exhibition catalogues, Moore’s address is given as Berners Street, in London’s West End. The works he presented vary from clay models for large-scale monuments to marble busts, and from reliefs to architectural designs.
He was resident at York Buildings, New Road (now Euston Road) when he died.
Marble Bust of a Gentleman - Perhaps the right Hon Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735 - 1789).
Signed I:F:Moore, Fect.
65cm high, base 24cm diameter.
Dreweatts, Newbury, The Tomasso Sale - Day 1. Lot 112, 29 October 2024.
Provenance -
Private Collection Sotheby's London, 5 December 2012, lot 107.
The Rt. Hon. Charles Wolfran Cornwall (1735-1789) was Speaker of the House of Commons from 1780 to 1789 having crossed the floor to join the government in 1774 in support of their opposition to the American Revolution. On his death in 1789, John Moore was commissioned to create his memorial in the chapel of the Hospital of St Cross, Winchester.
Perhaps best known today for his full length portrait statue of William Beckford (1709-1770), builder of Fonthill Splendens in Wiltshire ( located in The Guildhall, London), Moore also produced memorials, chimneypieces and a few portrait busts.
This example bears close comparison with a watercolour portrait of Cornwall from the series Speakers of the House of Commons (National Portrait Gallery Reference Negative No. 43130).
In addition to the present bust, only two other portraits by Moore are known today, that of Sir John Rushout in Worcester Infirmary from 1769,
and the one in Spencer House, London, believed to represent William, 2nd Earl of Bessborough, from 1775.
Literature: I. Roscoe, E. Hardy and M. G. Sullivan, A
Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain 1660-1851, New Haven/ London,
2009, p. 849, no. 55 as an 'Unidentified man in middle age'.).
https://londonartweek.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/11/Moore-Bust-of-a-Gentleman.pdf
Images below Courtesy Sotheby's.
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The Perepetetic Fonthill Splendens Chimneypiece.
Piping Fauns either side of Tablet featuring Vertumnus and Pomona
by JF Moore.
Sold from Fonthill 17 August 1807 prior to the demolition of the house.
Another with Daphne and Arethusa, the tablet showing Diana and Apollo?
From the Great Dining Room.
Currently the best image available of this chimneypiece available to me.
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The Monument to Margaret Rae.
North Wall, Worcester Cathedral.
1772.
Moved to its present position in the North Aisle in the 19th Century.
Photographs above taken by the author.
Preparatory Drawing of the Rae Monument.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1012531/drawing-moore-john-francis/
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Monument to William Baker (1705 -1770).
Bath Abbey.
On the wall of the South Aisle is a monument to Sir William
Baker (1705-1770). As a Director of the
East India Company (1741-1753) and Governor of the Hudson Bay Company
(1760-1770).
Preparatory Sketch for the Baker Monument.
Victoria and Albert Museum.
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1012556/design-moore-john-francis/
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List of Works - by no means definitive and needs to be checked
Elizabeth (†1783) and Mary (†1791) Jones Funerary Monument †1791 Stowey,
Somerset.
1776. Winefred Bridger and family members (designed by
Stephen Riou). Funerary Monument. St Mildred, Canterbury, Kent.
1784 .Jane Affleck Funerary Monument. Finedon, Northants
1767-1771. Neo-classical Chimneypiece Saloon at Fawley
Court, Bucks,
1766. ‘Britannia
reviver of Antique and prompter to modern Arts’. Relief. Soc
of A, presented by the artist. Progress
House, Coventry, Warks.
1761.Several chimneypieces for Audley End, Essex; north
room, fish room and gallery untraced.
1763. Chimneypiece With Doric columns and relief scenes from
The Iliad, Audley End, Essex, library. Carton
House, Co Kildare.
1793. Joseph Blount Funerary
Monument. Mapledurham, Oxon.
1795. Thomas Wildman. Funerary
Monument. St Mary, Twickenham, Middx.
1795. Peter Oliver. Funerary
Monument ?
Marylebone Chapel, London.
1769. Apollo Statue. Exhib Free Soc, 151. Untraced.
1769. Sir John Rushout, Bust. Worcester Infirmary.
post-1760 Benedict Conquest. Funerary Monument. Irnham,
Lincs.
1767 James Brockman. Funerary Monument. Newington, Kent.
1767.Faith Sawrey. Funerary
Monument. Bradford Cathedral, W R Yorks.
1770. William Baker. Funerary
Monument. Bath Abbey, Somerset.
1771. Robert Hucks. Funerary
Monument. Aldenham, Herts
1772. Margaret Rae. Funerary
Monument. Worcester Cathedral. (see images above).
1772. Thomas Patten. Funerary
Monument. St Elphin, Warrington, Lancs.
1773. Mary Langham, Funerary Monument. Cottesbrooke,
Northants.
1773. Field-Marshal John Louis, 1st Earl Ligonier (†1770), Funerary
Monument. Westminster Abbey, London, chancel ambulatory.
1775. William Jones. Funerary
Monument. Ramsbury, Wilts.
1781. Admiral Edward, 1st Baron Hawke. Funerary Monument. North
Stoneham, Hants
1782.Edith Thew. Funerary Monument. Symondsbury, Dorset.
1784. Rev Thomas and Mrs Wilson Funerary Monument St Stephen
Walbrook, City of London
1786. Hon Barbara Clifford Funerary
Monument St Mary, Stafford.
1786. Lieutenant John Dalling. Funerary Monument, Earsham,
Norfolk
1788. John Barrington. Funerary Monument. Hatfield Broad
Oak, Essex.
1789. Rt Hon Charles Cornwall. Funerary Monument, St Cross,
Winchester, Hants.
1797. Barbara, Countess of Scarborough. Funerary Monument ? St John’s Wood Chapel, Marylebone, London.
1801. Lady Maria Churchill. Funerary
Monument. St Mary, Lewisham, London
1782. Randolph
Marriott. Funerary Monument. Darfield, W R Yorks
1766. A lady’s head, model Bust.
Exhib Free Soc, 206. Untraced.
1766. A child’s head, model. Bust. Exhib Free Soc, 207 untraced.
1766. Boys with a bird’s nest. Miscellaneous. Exhib Free
Soc, 208. untraced.
1766. Unidentified gentleman. Bust. Exhib Free Soc, 209. untraced.
1766. Two bas-reliefs of cattle. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 210.
untraced.
1767. Model in clay. Miscellaneous.
Exhib Free Soc, 190. untraced.
1767. A shepherd and flock Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 191. Untraced.
1767. A centaur, from a painting in Herculaneum. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 192. Untraced.
1767. A dog, model. Miscellaneous. Exhib
Free Soc, 193. untraced.
1768. Unidentified subject. Bust. Exhib
Free Soc, 155. Untraced.
1768. A group of boys
with a bird’s nest and a cat . Miscellaneous. Exhib
Free Soc, 156 untraced.
1769 A dog. Miscellaneous. Exhib Free Soc, 152 untraced.
1769 Medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 153. untraced.
1769. Unidentified subject. Bust. Exhib
Free Soc, 154. untraced.
1769. ‘A sketch in clay, from a drawing of Mr. Stuart’ Miscellaneous.
Exhib Free Soc, 155. Untraced.
1770. ‘Portrait of a
gentleman’ Bust. Exhib
Free Soc, 173 untraced
1770. The Aldobrandini marriage, tablet for a Chimneypiece. Exhib
Free Soc, 174. untraced.
1770. Bacchanalians, tablet Chimneypiece. Exhib Free Soc,
175. Untraced.
1770. Chimneypiece. Exhib
Free Soc, 176.untraced.
1770. Somnus, tablet.
Chimneypiece. Exhib Free Soc, 176. Untraced .
1770. A dog, model in
clay Miscellaneous. Exhib Free Soc, 176.
Untraced .
1771. ‘An
Elephant-after the Queen’s’, model. Miscellaneous. Exhib Free Soc, 174 untraced.
1771. Somnus, a model.
Miscellaneous. Exhib Free Soc, 175. untraced.
1771. ‘Tablet of beavers, after nature; a model’. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 176. untraced.
1771. ‘Celestial
Victory, a monumental medallion, after a drawing by Captain Roiv’ Relief. Exhib
Free Soc, 177. untraced.
1771. ‘Commercial
Justice; a monumental medallion, after a design of Captain Roiv’ Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 178. untraced.
1772. Portrait of a
lady, monumental medallion Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 125 untraced.
1772. Portrait of a
lady and gentleman, monumental medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 126. Untraced.
1772 King George II, medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 261. untraced.
1772. King George I, medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 260. untraced.
1772. King George III,
medallion. Relief. Exhib
Free Soc, 262. untraced.
1773. The triumph of Bacchus, tablet. Chimneypiece. Exhib
Free Soc, 118. Untraced.
1773. A faun offering a sheep to Pomona, tablet , Chimneypiece. Exhib Free Soc, 119 untraced
1773. Britannia. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 120.untraced.
1773. Aristotle, ‘a
deception for a library’ Miscellaneous. Exhib
Free Soc, 122. untraced.
1773. Monumental medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 123. untraced.
1774. Portrait of a nobleman, clay model Bust. Exhib Free Soc,179. untraced.
1774. Portrait of a
nobleman, clay model Bust. Exhib Free
Soc,180. untraced.
1774. Group of children, with a cat and bird’s nest. Miscellaneous.
Exhib Free Soc, 181. Untraced.
1774. Monumental medallion representing piety, Relief. Exhib
Free Soc, 182 untraced.
1774. Monumental medallion of King William III and Queen
Mary II. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 183. untraced.
1774.King George I, medallion. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 184 untraced.
1774. Monumental medallion of a young gentleman, model. Relief.
Exhib Free Soc, 185. Untraced.
1775. A nobleman, probably William, 2nd Earl of Bessborough,
Bust. Spencer House, London.
1775. Unidentified nobleman. Bust. Exhib Free Soc, 159. untraced.
1775 ‘The soldiers rushing upon Archimedes in his study; a tablet, study’. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 163. Untraced.
1775. ‘Alexander ordering the works of Homer to be deposited
in a casket-a model, a tablet’. Relief. Exhib Free Soc, 164. Untraced.
1776. Portrait of a young lady. Bust. Exhib
Free Soc, 166 untraced
1776. ‘Portrait of a young gentleman’ Bust. Exhib Free Soc,
167. untraced.
1767. Description unavailable. Chimneypiece. King’s Weston,
near Bristol. Untraced.
post-1755. Chimneypiece. With
two figures of piping fauns and tablet of Vertumnus and Pomona flanked by oak
garlands. Fonthill Splendens, Wilts. private coll.
post-1755. Chimneypiece ‘with the most remarkable death
scenes from The Iliad, intermixed with figures in low relief’ Fonthill
Splendens, Wilts. Manor House, Beaminster, Dorse.t
1770-1772. William Beckford. Statue. Guildhall, City of
London, great hall, acc 41.
1787.George, 14th Earl of Shrewsbury. Funerary Monument. Heythrop,
Oxon.
1777. 1791. Catharine Macaulay as ‘History’ Funerary Monument.
St Stephen, Walbrook, City of London. Warrington Library, Lancs, (formerly Town
Hall), foyer.
pre-1788 Reredos. (Wogan family memorial). Redenhall,
Norfolk, north chapel.
1775 (†1762) Funerary Monument Robert, 2nd Earl Ferrers
(†1717) and his second wife, Selina. Ettington,
Warks.
1788 Thomas Halsey, father and son. Funerary Monument. Great
Gaddesdon, Herts.
1771.Hon Funerary Monument Chaloner and Hon Catherine
Harris Saxton, W R Yorks.
1776. Unidentified nobleman. Bust . Exhib RA, London, 191. Untraced.
1777. An Italian greyhound. Statue.
Exhib. RA, London, 239. untraced.
1767. Model in clay. Exhib
Free Soc, 190. Untraced.
1767. William Beckford.
Statue. Fonthill, Wilts. Ironmongers’ Hall, City of London.
post-1755. Chimneypiece With figures of Daphne and Arethusa,
and a tablet showing Apollo and Diana. Fonthill Splendens, Wilts, Great Dining
Room. private coll.
1767. Mary Mason (designed by James Stuart). Funerary
Monument. Bristol Cathedral.
1783 Lord Hawke’s children Funerary Monument Saxton, W R
Yorks.
1791. Mary Anne Chichester. Funerary Monument. Arlington,
Devon.
1766. Chimneypiece Green and red veined alabaster Newburgh
Priory, N R Yorks.
1764. Chimneypiece With
‘Terms and Festoons of Statuary’ Newburgh Priory, N R Yorks.
1767. Goats, model Statue Exhib Free Soc, 194. untraced.
