James Lovell (sculptor)

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

1. McCarthy, Michael. "Lovell, James". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/63510.(Subscription, Wikipedia Library access or UK public library membership required.)
2. "Lovell, James, A Biographical Dictionary of Sculptors in Britain, 1660-1851" . Retrieved 12 April 2015.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
3. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1296865)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
4. Cake and Cockhorse, Banbury Historical Society, Winter 1969, (PDF) at p. 105
5. "Parishes: Aveley | British History Online". www.british-history.ac.uk. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
6. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1190174)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
7. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1001195)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
8. Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1328779)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
9. McCarthy, p. 221
10. "Walpole Correspondence" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
11. Gunnis, Rupert (1968). Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660–1851 (Revised ed.).
12. "The Music Room from Norfolk House, St James's Square, London, Brettingham, Matthew, V&A Search the Collections" . Retrieved 12 April 2015.
13. McCarthy, Michael (1973). "James Lovell and His Sculptures at Stowe". The Burlington Magazine. 115 (841): 221–232. ISSN   0007-6287.

External links

• Hagley Hall, chimney piece by James Lovell