Sculpture primarily conceived as a representational figure

A statue of a hog with litter of suckling piglets. Pencil drawing by W. Ottley.

Baths, Southernhay, Exeter. Engraving by J.F. Lambert, 1830, after W.H. Bartlett.

Oxford: the Radcliffe Camera, the interior of the library. Line engraving by J. Skelton after C. Wild.

An ornate garden obelisk with a battle scene carved in relief on the base. Etching by J. Schynvoet after S. Schynvoet, early 18th century.

The Foundling Hospital, Holborn, London: a perspective view looking north-east at the main building, with penitent mothers arriving beside a statue of fortune. Engraving by C. Grignion and P. C. Canot after S. Wale, 1749.

The presentation of Jesus to the priest of the Temple. Coloured lithograph by F.S. Hanfstaengl after P. Caliari, il Veronese.

Wellcome Historical Medical Museum, Wigmore Street, London: the galleried Hall of Statuary. Photograph.

Franco-Prussian War: soldiers convalescing in the Palais Royale Military hospital. Etching by H. Tissot, 1870.

Saint Carlo Borromeo. Coloured etching by G. Rados after R. Leo after Giovanni Battista Crespi,.

Brasenose College, Oxford: quadrangle, with St. Mary's Church and the Radcliffe Camera behind. Line engraving by J. Basire after J.M.W. Turner.

The aldermen of Paris reviewing plans for a statue of King Louis XIV; behind, seen in a mirror, the banquet held in 1687 to celebrate the recovery of the king from illness. Line engraving by P. Chenu after C.N. Cochin after N. de Largillière.

The Wellcome Research Institution's building, Euston Road, London: the Hall of Statuary of the Wellcome Historical Medical Museum as arranged in the 1930s. Photograph.

1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 13.9 x 8.9 cm

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

1 print : line engraving ; image 9.4 x 14.2 cm

Radcliffe Library, Oxford: interior showing scholars and classical statues. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie.

1 print : engraving ; platemark 13 x 16.7 cm

The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?).

1 print : aquatint, with watercolour ; image 19.9 x 27.1 cm

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: panoramic view of the statue gallery. Coloured aquatint by C.G. Lewis, 1814, after W. Westall.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

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Statues

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A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

Radcliffe Library, Oxford: interior showing scholars and classical statues. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie.

The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?).

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: panoramic view of the statue gallery. Coloured aquatint by C.G. Lewis, 1814, after W. Westall.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

Statues

Images from the collections

Images referencing Statues

Works from the collections

A woman wearing bodystocking posing in a photographic studio.

Radcliffe Library, Oxford: interior showing scholars and classical statues. Line engraving by J. Le Keux after F. Mackenzie.

The statue of a lively, leaping pig. Engraving by I. Frezza after G.E. Morghen (?).

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford: panoramic view of the statue gallery. Coloured aquatint by C.G. Lewis, 1814, after W. Westall.

The tomb of Mary Queen of Scots in Westminster Abbey: stone effigy and numerous heraldic sculptures. Engraving by C. Dubosc after H. Gravelot.

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