Samuel Carter Hall
Bust
1834 (made)
1834 (made)
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This bust representing Samuel Carter Hall, is made by Henry Behnes Burlowe (1796 or 1802 - d. Rome 1837) in England in 1834. The sitter Samuel Carter Hall was a writer and the editor of the Art Journal.
There is confusion over the date of birth for Burlowe (d. Rome 1837); Gunnis records a date of 1802, whereas the entry by Brockwell in Thieme-Becker suggests he was born in Dublin in about 1796. Burlowe was the younger brother of the sculptor William Behnes. Henry exhibited under the name of Burlowe to avoid confusion between the two. He exhibited busts at the Royal Academy in 1831 and 1833, and in 1834 travelled to Rome, where he was in demand as a portrait sculptor, until his death from cholera in 1837.
There is confusion over the date of birth for Burlowe (d. Rome 1837); Gunnis records a date of 1802, whereas the entry by Brockwell in Thieme-Becker suggests he was born in Dublin in about 1796. Burlowe was the younger brother of the sculptor William Behnes. Henry exhibited under the name of Burlowe to avoid confusion between the two. He exhibited busts at the Royal Academy in 1831 and 1833, and in 1834 travelled to Rome, where he was in demand as a portrait sculptor, until his death from cholera in 1837.
Object details
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Title | Samuel Carter Hall (assigned by artist) |
Materials and techniques | Marble |
Brief description | Bust, marble, of Samuel Carter Hall (1800-1889), by Henry Behnes Burlowe, 1833 |
Physical description | Sitter looking to the right. Signed on the back and inscribed across the back of the shoulders. |
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Object history | Previously recoreded at the Bethnal Green Museum, the present object was unregistered until it was written on by the Museum in 2000. It was certainly at Bethnal Green at a date prior to 1953, when it was noted by Gunnis (Gunnis 19953, p. 70). |
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Summary | This bust representing Samuel Carter Hall, is made by Henry Behnes Burlowe (1796 or 1802 - d. Rome 1837) in England in 1834. The sitter Samuel Carter Hall was a writer and the editor of the Art Journal. There is confusion over the date of birth for Burlowe (d. Rome 1837); Gunnis records a date of 1802, whereas the entry by Brockwell in Thieme-Becker suggests he was born in Dublin in about 1796. Burlowe was the younger brother of the sculptor William Behnes. Henry exhibited under the name of Burlowe to avoid confusion between the two. He exhibited busts at the Royal Academy in 1831 and 1833, and in 1834 travelled to Rome, where he was in demand as a portrait sculptor, until his death from cholera in 1837. |
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Other number | SCP.LOST.61 - Previous LOST number |
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Accession number | A.5-2000 |
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Record created | June 1, 2000 |
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