Sujet

Council Room Fireplace, 1780-1786? Creator: Joseph Wilton.

Légende

Council Room Fireplace, 1780-1786? Joseph Wilton, the Keeper of the Royal Academy of Arts between 1790 and 1803, was the last of the Founder Members to hold the position. He was well-qualified, having previously directed the Duke of Richmond's academy of plaster casts and copies from the antique. This well-travelled marble fireplace was originally made for the Council Chamber at Somerset House (then the home of the RA), and was probably commissioned by the building's architect, Sir William Chambers RA. It was then moved to the RA's next home, at Trafalgar Square, before it was eventually installed at Burlington House.

Date

1780

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Royal Academy of Arts, London/Prudence Cuming

Notre référence

HRM26A35_082

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

63.1Mo (7.7Mo) / 42.0cm x 37.6cm / 4960 x 4444 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building interior architecture stone arts carving sculpture art color decoration decorative Neo-classical marble relief handicraft handicrafts carved century inside interior design fireplace concept grate decorated interior decoration Colour Indoors bas relief bas-relief Neoclassical Neoclassicism 18th century Eighteenth Century Neo-Classicism artistic movement Burlington House Royal Academy Royal Academy of Arts sculpture marble firegrate Joseph Wilton Wilton Joseph Hand Carved Royal Academy of Arts Joseph Wilton RA