Roubiliac's Work at Trinity College Cambridge

Esdaile describes the world-renowned late-baroque sculptures by Roubiliac on display at Trinity College, Cambridge.

Katherine Ada McDowall Esdaile (Author)

9781108002318, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 20 July 2009

68 pages, 20 b/w illus.
21.6 x 14 x 0.4 cm, 0.1 kg

First published in 1924, Katherine A. Esdaile's study of Roubiliac (1702–1762) provides a fascinating insight into the work of this great late-baroque sculptor, who was born in France but spent most of his working life in England. The Introduction outlines the history behind the world-renowned collection at Trinity College, Cambridge, describing Roubiliac's distinctive 'vivid and intense' style. Esdaile tells of the sculptor's passion for perfection and his habit of sacrificing sleep for art. Twenty illustrations of Roubiliac's work are reproduced – including the busts of Isaac Newton, Francis Bacon and Francis Willoughby – and each is accompanied by detailed notes on the provenance of the work and special points of note. Enlightening and informative, this short book still fulfils the author's aim for the reader to find 'a new source of artistic pleasure, a new interest in the glories of Cambridge'.

Introduction
1. The statue of Sir Isaac Newton in the ante-chapel
2. Newton
3. Francis Willoughby
4. Francis Willoughby, British Museum
5. Bacon
6. John Ray
7. John Ray, British Museum
8. Barrow
9. Barrow
10. Bentley
11. Bentley
12. Plaster cast of the bust of Bentley, Lambeth Palace
13. Lord Trevor
14. Lord Whitworth
15. Sir Edward Coke
16. Sir Robert Cotton
17. Terracotta model for the bust of Cotton at Trinity, British Museum
18. Monument of Daniel Lock, F.R.S., in the ante-chapel of Trinity College
19. Monument of Francis Hooper, S.T.P., by Roubiliac's pupil, Nicholas Read, in the ante-chapel of Trinity College
20. The death-mask of Sir Isaac Newton
Note on Plate XVIII.

Subject Areas: Art forms [AF]