English sculptor and interior decorator
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.[ 13]
Notes
^ McCarthy, Michael. "Lovell, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography doi :10.1093/ref:odnb/63510 . (Subscription or UK public library membership required.) ^ a b "Lovell, James , A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851" . Retrieved 12 April 2015 .[permanent dead link ] ^ Historic England . "Details from listed building database (1296865)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015 .^ Cake and Cockhorse , Banbury Historical Society, Winter 1969, (PDF)^ "Parishes: Aveley | British History Online" . www.british-history.ac.uk . Retrieved 6 December 2024 .^ Historic England . "Details from listed building database (1190174)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015 .^ Historic England . "Details from listed building database (1001195)" . National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015 .^ Historic England . "Details from listed building database (1328779)" . National Heritage List for 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 .^ McCarthy, Michael (1973). "James Lovell and His Sculptures at Stowe" . The Burlington Magazine . 115 (841): 221– 232. ISSN 0007-6287 .
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