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Plaster bust of Anne Lucy, Baroness Nugent, on black cover of 'Sir Francis Chantrey and the Ashmolean Museum', by Ashmolean Museum.

Sir Francis Chantrey and the Ashmolean Museum

By (author) M. G. Sullivan

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  • This book gives an introduction to one of the most remarkable collections of British sculpture in existence, and marks the first permanent display of the busts in the museum for over a century
  • There is no other publication that covers Sir Francis Chantrey and his work in such detail
Full Description

This book uses the busts on the Chantrey Wall in the Ashmolean Museum to give an introduction to the remarkable career of Francis Chantrey (1781-1841), and the collection in the Ashmolean. The book charts the progress of the busts from Chantrey’s workshop to a Victorian national treasure: the first monographic collection of British sculpture to become a part of a permanent museum collection. It follows the return of the busts from basement storage to their conservation and triumphant redisplay in the new building.

The book begins and ends with the Chantrey Wall, one of the most photographed displays of recent years providing non-specialist readers an introduction to one of the giants of British sculpture, and one of the most important sculpture collections in the country.

About the Author

Dr MG Sullivan was Chantrey Fellow at the Ashmolean from 2006-9, Shuffrey Fellow at Lincoln College, Oxford 2006-9, and Bryan Montgomery Visiting Fellow in Sculpture at Lincoln College in 2010. He curated the Chantrey Wall, and conducted the three-year research project on the Chantrey collection. He holds a PhD from the University of Leeds, and is currently a Research Fellow in the Research Department of the V&A.

Specifications
Publisher
Ashmolean Museum
ISBN
9781854442598
Published
13th Apr 2016
Binding
Paperback / softback
Territory
World excluding Australasia
Size
259 mm x 204 mm
Pages
64 Pages
Illustrations
68 color, 4 b&w
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