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General Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882)

Bust
1867 (carved)
Artist/Maker
Noble, Matthew (sculptor)
Place of origin
England (made)

The revered Italian patriot Garibaldi visited England in April 1864. He was the leader of the Italian Risorgimento. Noble had trained in London under John Francis (1780-1861), and his 1856 monument to the Duke of Wellington in Manchester made his reputation as a sculptor. He exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy between 1845 and 1876. Noble's models were presented by his widow to the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and were displayed for a time at Elswick Hall (together with models by the sculptor John Graham Lough).


Object details

Categories
Sculpture
Portraits
SCRAN
Object type
Bust
TitleGeneral Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Marble
Carved
Brief description
Bust, marble, of General Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882), by Matthew Noble, England, 1867
Physical description
Sitter looking slightly to his right. Signed and dated and inscribed.
Dimensions
  • Height: 81cm (with socle)
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'M. NOBLE Sc/LONDON/1867' (on the back)
  • 'GARIBALDI' (on the back truncation)
Credit line
Given by Charles Seeley, Esq., MP
Object history
Given by Charles Seeley, Esq., M.P. in 1884 with a pedestal, together with Mus. No. 448-1884. Originally displayed at Bethnal Green Museum, returned to the Sculpture Department in 1983.
Subject depicted
General Giuseppe Garibaldi
Summary
The revered Italian patriot Garibaldi visited England in April 1864. He was the leader of the Italian Risorgimento. Noble had trained in London under John Francis (1780-1861), and his 1856 monument to the Duke of Wellington in Manchester made his reputation as a sculptor. He exhibited prolifically at the Royal Academy between 1845 and 1876. Noble's models were presented by his widow to the city of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and were displayed for a time at Elswick Hall (together with models by the sculptor John Graham Lough).
Bibliographic references
  • Bilbey, Diane with Trusted, Marjorie, British Sculpture 1470 to 2000. A Concise Catalogue of the Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 2002, p. 346, cat. no. 522
  • List of Objects in the Art Division, South Kensington Museum acquired during the Year 1884, London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1885, p. 39
  • Graves, A. The Royal Academy of Arts. A Complete Dictionary of Contributors and their work from its foundation in 1769 to 1904, V. East Earsley, 1905-6, p. 378
  • Gunnis, R. Dictionary of British Sculpture 1660-1851. London, 1968, p. 275
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
449-1884

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Record createdJanuary 13, 2003
Record URL
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