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Survey of London
… half-derelict house made at an early age in company with Nollekens. There seems to have been nothing remarkable about … a niche over which the coping was arched. J. T. Smith's Nollekens and his Times (first published in 1828) contains a … stood when Smith, then a child aged seven, visited it with Nollekens in 1773. The demolition of the house had already …
Survey of London
… baluster supporting a faceted sphere. The sculptor Joseph Nollekens 'often stood for hours together, to see the water … P.R.O., C6/291/12. Gunnis. John Thomas Smith, Nollekens and His Times, 1829, vol. I, p. 40. John Strype, A …
Old and New London
… Raimbach, the engraver." Smith, too, tells us in his "Nollekens," that the house No. 96, on the west side, " has a …
Survey of London
… beneath the pilasters, the right-hand one being inscribed: Nollekens Ft. (See Plate 73.) 4. PAUL BARBOT, 1811 and …
Survey of London
… Dasent, op. cit. (53 above), p. 73; J. T. Smith, Nollekens and his Times, 1829, pp. 1701. H.M.C., Egmont MSS., …
Old and New London
… thus describes the scene in his admirable anecdotebook, "Nollekens and his Times:"" I remember well, when I was in my eighth year, Mr. Nollekens calling at my father's house, in Great Portland … knee with sixteen strings. After he had passed, and Mr. Nollekens was leading me home by the hand, I recollect his …
Old and New London
… of the directors. In the waiting-room are two busts, by Nollekens, of Charles James Fox and William Pitt. The …
A History of the County of Hampshire
… memorials to the Holmes family. There is a wall tablet by Nollekens to Captain John Urry, 1802, and in the floor are …
Old and New London
… of seeing those masterpieces. In the opinion of Nollekens, the "Theseus" is equalled only by the "Apollo." …
Survey of London
… of a circular niche containing a bust of Charles Fox by Nollekens. The niche has a wreath of oak leaves entwined and …