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David Lucas, after John Constable, A Mill, 1829, mezzotint, 182 × 250 mm
(Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum, inv. P.145-1954)

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The long eighteenth century in the latest issue of Print Quarterly:

Print Quarterly 42.3 (September 2025)

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• Elenor Ling and Harry Metcalf, “John Constable’s Working Relationship with David Lucas on the English Landscape Series,” pp. 272–85. This article examines the collaborative partnership between John Constable (1776–1837) and his engraver David Lucas (1802–81) using the mezzotint print series English Landscape as a case study, based particularly on the technical examination of various impressions and plates.

• Niklas Leverenz, “Lithographs from Shanghai of the East Turkestan Engravings, 1890,” pp. 301–06. This short article examines the popularity of the East Turkestan engravings depicting the 1755–60 Qianlong Emperor’s conquest. Leverenz specifically discusses a set of 34 photolithographs printed in 1890 by the photographer Herman Salzwedel (active c. 1877–1904) in Shanghai.

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Claude Gillot, The Speculator Raised by Fortune to the Highest Degree of Wealth and Abundance, 1710–11, counterproof of engraving, with additions in red chalk, 255 × 220 mm (Paris, Private collection).

J.-Louis Darcis, after Guillaume Lethière, Portrait of Jean Jacques Rousseau, 1795, engraving, platemark 355 × 305 mm, page 440 × 320 mm (Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France).

• Dagmar Korbacher, Review of Andaleeb Badiee Banta, Alexa Griest and Theresa Kutasz Christiensen, eds., Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400–1800 (Goose Lane Editions, 2023), pp. 307–10.
• Daniel Godfrey, Review of Gwendoline de Mûelenaere, Early Modern Thesis Prints in the Southern Netherlands: An Iconological Analysis of the Relationship between Art, Science, and Power (Université Catholique de Louvain, 2022), pp. 310–12.
• Meredith M. Hale, Review of Julie Farguson, Visualising Protestant Monarchy: Ceremony, Art and Politics after the Glorious Revolution, 1689–1714 (The Boydell Press, 2021), pp. 313–15.
• Rena M. Hoisington, Review of Jennifer Tonkovich, Claude Gillot: Satire in the Age of Reason (Paul Holberton, 2023), pp. 315–17.
• Michael Snodin, Review of Orsola Braides, Giovanni Maria Fara, and Alessia Giachery, eds., L’arte di tradurre l’arte: John Baptist Jackson incisore nella Venezia del Settecento (Leo S. Olschki, 2024), pp. 317–19.
• Benito Navarrete Prieto, Review of Ana Hernández Pugh and José Manuel Matilla, Del lapicero al buril. El dibujo para grabar en tiempos de Goya (Museo del Prado, 2023), pp. 320–24.
• Giorgio Marini, Review of Ilaria Miarelli Mariani, Tiziano Casola, Valentina Fraticelli, Vanda Lisanti, and Laura Palombaro, eds., La storia dell’arte illustrata e la stampa di traduzione tra il XVIII e il XIV secolo (Campisano Editore, 2022), pp. 324–28.
• Julie Mellby, Review of Roberta J. M. Olson, Audubon as Artist: A New Look at The Birds of America (Reaktion Books, 2024), pp. 328–29.
• Thea Goldring, Review of Esther Bell and Olivier Meslay, eds., Guillaume Lethière (Clark Art Institute, 2024), pp. 347–52.

The long 18th century in the August issue of The Burlington:

The Burlington Magazine 167 (August 2025) | Decorative Arts

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• Studying the Decorative Arts, p. 755.
The serious study of the decorative arts and the pleasures that derive from it have been an important feature of The Burlington Magazine since the early twentieth century. But how healthy is this field of research today? Arguably, it remains a specialised endeavour rather than holding a very prominent place in the mainstream of art-historical studies; and although there are some brilliant advocates for it and encouraging developments, an uncertain future is the key concern, as is the case with so many areas of scholarship in universities, museums and the market.

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• Philip McEvansoneya, “Lefèvre in Ireland,” pp. 756–57. Response to Humphrey Wine’s article in the May issue, “Napoleon Crossing the Alps: British Press Reaction to the London Exhibitions of David, Lefèvre, Wicar, and Lethière,” pp. 450–59.

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• Annabel Westman, “Peter Dufresnoy, Fringe and Lacemaker Extraordinaire,” pp. 758–75.
The French fringe and lacemaker Peter Dufresnoy excelled at his craft and trade in Restoration London. A close study of written sources and surviving works by him facilitates a reconstruction of his brilliant career. His patrons included the Duke of Lauderdale (Ham House), Mary Howard, Duchess of Norfolk and 7th Baroness Mordaunt (Drayton House), the Earl of Exeter (Burghley House) and the Dowager Queen Catherine of Braganza.

Roll-top desk. France, ca.1790, mounted with 16th-century Japanese lacquer, wood, black lacquer, gold and silver lacquer, mother of pearl, leather and gilt metal mounts, 110 × 95 × 55 cm (Royal Collection Trust; © His Majesty King Charles III 2025). The desk was acquired by the Prince of Wales (the future George IV) from Harry Phillips.

• Helen Jacobsen, “Harry Phillips and the Development of the London Decorative Art Market, 1796–1839,” pp. 776–91.
Analysis of sale catalogues assists in an assessment of the career of Harry Phillips, the least known of London’s significant Regency auctioneers. He specialised in decorative arts sales and his clients included William Beckford, the Prince of Wales and the Earl of Yarmouth. Notable works acquired at his auctions are now in the Royal Collection and the Wallace Collection, London.

• Brendan Cassidy, “John Udny and the ‘Battle of Pavia’ Tapestries, 1762–74,” pp. 792–99.
To commemorate Emperor Charles V’s victory at the Battle of Pavia in 1525, a set of seven tapestries illustrating key moments in the conflict were presented to the emperor by the Netherlands in 1531. They are now in the Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, and their provenance between 1762 and 1774 is established here by connecting them to John Udny, a Scottish diplomat, art collector and dealer.

• Romana Mastrella, “Two Monumental Maiolica Amphoraefrom the Papi Workshop: New Insights and Contexts,” pp. 800–05.
Recently acquired by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, two large ‘istoriato’ maiolica vases [1670] featuring scenes from Torquato Tasso’s poem ‘Gerusalemme Liberata’ illustrate the continued presence of pottery workshops in seventeenth-century Urbania. Two previously unpublished documents help to contextualise their maker, Pietro Papi, as well the Papi family workshop, within the social and economic dynamics of central Italian ceramic production.

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• Christopher Baker, “New Collection Displays at the National Gallery, London,” pp. 806–15.
In May 2025, as the final part of its bicentenary celebrations, the National Gallery, London, unveiled extensive new displays of its paintings. Juxtaposing the familiar and the unexpected, they provide fresh perspectives on its outstanding and expanding collection.

• David Pullins, Review of the newly renovated Frick Collection in New York, pp. 816–19.

• Nicola Ciarlo, Review of the exhibition Giovan Battista Foggini: Architetto e scultore granducale (Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Florence), pp. 824–27.

• Charles Saumarez Smith, Review of the new V&A East Storehouse in London, pp. 837–39.

• Kirstin Kennedy, Review of Peter Fuhring, The French Silverware in the Calouste Gulbenkian Collection (Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, 2023); and Charissa Bremer-David, with contributions by Jessica Chasen, Arlen Heginbotham, and Julie Wolfe, French Silver in the J. Paul Getty Museum (J. Paul Getty Museum, 2023), pp. 840–42.

• Humphrey Wine, Review of Nicolas Lesur, Pierre Subleyras (1699–1749) (Arthena, 2023), pp. 848–49.

• Françoise Barbe, Review of Marco Spallanzani, Otto studi sul vetro a Firenze, Secoli XIV–XVIII (Edifir Edizioni, 2024), pp. 849–50.

• Marika Sardar, Review of Sonal Khullar, ed., Old Stacks, New Leaves: The Arts of the Book in South Asia (University of Washington Press, 2023), 850–51.

The long 18th century in the July issue of The Burlington:

The Burlington Magazine 167 (July 2025)

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Maria van Oosterwijck, Vanitas stilleven, ca. 1675, oil on canvas (Amsterdam: Rijksmuseum).

• “The Gallery of Honour,” p. 635. The gallery of honour in the heart of the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, has recently welcomed an impressive painting to its walls: Vanitas still life by Maria van Oosterwijck (1630–93). In a compelling sense the artist has long had a place in galleries of honour, as works by her were acquired by Emperor Leopold I, Louis XIV of France, and Cosimo III de’ Medici of Tuscany.

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• Christian Scholl, “Germany’s Celebration of Caspar David Friedrich’s 250th Anniversary,” pp. 694–701.
In Germany, the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich’s birth was celebrated with a series of exhibitions. Key among them were those organised by the three museums with the most extensive holdings of the artist’s work: the Hamburger Kunsthalle, the Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin, and the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen, Dresden. All three focused on stylistic, iconographic and technical aspects of the artist’s work rather than on Friedrich’s life, and each in its own way has thrown fresh light on his complex and enigmatic art.

Luis Egidio Meléndez, Still Life with Figs, ca. 1760, oil on canvas (Paris: Musée du Louvre, on view at the Musée Goya, Castres).

• Robert Wenley, Review of the exhibition Wellington’s Dutch Masterpieces (Apsley House, London, 2025), pp. 713–15.

• Christoph Martin Vogtherr, Review of the exhibition Corot to Watteau? On the Trail of French Drawings (Kunsthalle Bremen, 2025), pp. 715–18.

• Elsa Espin, Review of the exhibition Le Louvre s’invite chez Goya (Musée Goya, Castres, 2025), pp. 718–20.

• John Marciari, Review of the exhibition Picturing Nature: The Stuart Collection of 18th- and 19th-Century British Landscapes and Beyond (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 2025), pp. 720–22.

• Kee Il Choi Jr., Review of the exhibition Monstrous Beauty: A Feminist Revision of Chinoiserie (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, pp. 722–25.

• Deborah Howard, Review of Mario Piana, Costruire a Venezia: I mutamenti delle tecniche edificatorie lagunari tra Medioevo e Età moderna (Marsilio, 2024), pp. 732–33.

• Isabelle Mayer-Michalon, Review of Christophe Huchet de Quénetain and Moana Weil-Curiel, Étienne Barthélemy Garnier (1765–1849): De l’Académie royale à l’Institut de France (Éditions Faton, 2023), pp. 737–39.