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001 $ 05/1342
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
245 0 0 $a Engravings From The Works Of Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A. Born 1782. Died 1841.
260 # # $a [S.l.: $b s.n., $c after 1841.]
300 # # $a [2] p., [21] pl.; $c 675 mm.
505 0 # $a [T.p.] - [Plates].
508 # # $a Most plates carry signatures of the source artist, F. Chantrey, the draughtsmen H. Corbould, S. Cousins or T. Sharp, and the engravers, Jas. Thomson, Samuel Cousins, F.C. Lewis, Charles Turner, J. Burnet, S.W. Reynolds or I.T. Wedgwood. Plate [3] is simply signed 'Freebairn', and is presumably engraved by him. Plates [6] and [7] are signed as lithographed by Massimo Gauci with their captions scripted by J. Netherclift.

Plates [1] and [6] carry the imprint of Colnaghi and Son (plate [6] with the name of C. Hullmandel as the lithographic printer); plates [5] and [7] that of F. Moser; plate [11] that of Henry Fisher, Caxton; plate [12] that of Turner; plate [17] that of W. Sams.
510 0 # $a A. Yarrington et al., 'An edition of the ledger of Sir Francis Chantrey R.A. at the Royal Academy, 1809-1841', in Walpole Society, 56 (1991-2); M. Whinney, rev. J. Physick, Sculpture in Britain 1530 to 1830 (1988); A. Potts, Sir Francis Chantrey 1781-1841 [exhibition catalogue] (1981); C. Binfield, ed., Sir Francis Chantrey, sculptor to an age, 1781-1841 (1981); G. Jones, Sir Francis Chantrey (1849).
520 2 # $a No date of publication is given. Some plates carry publication-dates, ranging from 1820 [pl. 6, 7] through 1821 [pl. 11], 1825 [pl. 17], 1827 [pl.1, 18] to 1832 [pl. 12]. Several plates are pasted in, and this set of plates may be an ad hoc collection with a title-page made specially for it.

The plates show portrait statues or busts sculpted by Sir Francis Chantrey, and one drawing and one design by him. All but one are captioned, and show: [1] Francis Chantrey; [2] Sir John Malcolm; [3] Cyril Jackson; [4] Sir Joseph Banks; [5] Dr. Anderson; [6] Benjamin West; [7] George III; [8] Sir Edward Hyde East; [9] George Canning; [10] William Pitt; [11] John Rennie; [12] Sir John Soane; [13] Earl St. Vincent [drawing]; [14] Arthur Henry Hallam; [15] Sir Stamford Raffles; [16] [uncaptioned: reclining female]; [17] George IV; [18] Granville Sharp; [19] Robert Blair; [20] John Rennie; [21] Lord Eldon [design for a monument].

Sir Francis Leggatt Chantrey took the place of Joseph Nollekens as the most sought-after portrait sculptor in Britain. He was elected a full Member of the Royal Academy in 1818.

On his death Chantrey left a bequest to be administered by the Royal Academy to buy 'works of fine art of the highest merit executed within the shores of Great Britain'. Most of these are now kept at the Tate Britain gallery, London.
561 # # $a Presented by Lady Chantrey in 1842 (acknowledged RA Council Minutes, IX, 246).
563 # # $a 19th-century half brown morocco, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Drawings From The Works Of Sir F. Chantrey - 1782 - 1814' and 'R.A.'
600 1 4 $a Chantrey
653 # # $a Celebrities - Great Britain - 19th century
653 # # $a Portraits - Sculpture - Statues - Busts - Drawings - Great Britain - 19th century
655 # 0 $a Pictorial works - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Chantrey $e source artist
700 1 # $a Corbould $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Cousins $e draughtsman $e engraver
700 1 # $a Sharp $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a Thomson $e engraver
700 1 # $a Lewis $e engraver
700 1 # $a Turner $e engraver
700 1 # $a Burnet $e engraver
700 1 # $a Reynolds $e engraver
700 1 # $a Wedgwood $e engraver
700 1 # $a Freebairn $e engraver
700 1 # $a Gauci $e lithographer
700 1 # $a Netherclift $e script engraver
700 1 # $a Hullmandel $e lithographic printer
700 1 # $a Chantrey, Mary Anne $e previous owner $e donor