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New Materials For The Life Of John Flaxman, R.A.
greater height than he had m his own study were modelled half-size , and that on account of not getting false perspective by looking down on the work ; nor did he do it to save expense -. so much was he the other way given , that I have known him to add in one instance only marble and work to the amount of £ 200 when he thought it would improve the composition
, and that at his own certain loss ; and his mode of having his models put together was precisely the same as you recommend . Page 353 . Mr . Plaxman did not select from Pope or any other translator , but composed and designed his shield of Achilles entirely from the original Greek
text . Lt is a very great , error to say " he was not a Greek scholar , " The subjects on the shield ( which are seven in number ) are continued without any visible division . The faint waving lines you speak of are only the seams , unavoidable in a cast from a
piecemould , and which on iny cast I would not have removed . Page 355 . Kemble is in the character of Cato . Page 356 . The statue of TBurois was to be a portrait of the man . Considering this , I think he is made as good-looking a youth as the subject would allow . The first sketch that was made for the statue
I think was very preferable ; so thought Mr . P . ; but that was rejected as not being like the man . Page 357 . Mr . Plaxman had the highest regard and friendshi p for Mr . Howard , both as an artist and a man ; but his old friend Stothard he could only admire as an artist .
Page 361 . "Plaxman usuall y rose at eight o ' clock , —breakfast at nine , " & c . Mr . Plaxman was always a remarkable earl y riser . He usually rose at six or soon after , and frequently much sooner ; he was mostly up first in the house , and generally first in his study ; he mostly breakfasted at eight , and sometimes much
sooner . Page 358 . The visitor , with his book , I received myself one morning , my brother being out . Page 358 . Mr . Plaxman had taken a most violent cold at a friend ' s house . He had medical
asistance ; he was a most dreadful sufferer for the last three days , which he endured with a saint-like fortitude to the latest moment of his earthly existence , which was terminated in my arms ; nor did he ever wish or ¦ ever have other attendance than what he received from her . Avhom he and his wife had adopted as their daughter in her earl y life . His sister , Miss Plaxman , had lived comparativel y hut a short time with them , and that till latterly only as a visitor .
On his wife ' s sister only devolved all the duties and < : ares of his family , not only after , but long before the loss of this most inestimable wife , and between Miss Plaxman aud myself subsisted the strongest and warmest friendship . —From Miss Maria Denman .
Ilaxman made two standing statues ( portraitstatues without accessories ) , and two only . Their influence upon Chantrey was immediate and lasting . I refer to the bronze Sir John Moore ( of Corunna ) in the open ah- in Glasgow , and to the marble Sir Joshua Reynolds in St . Paul ' s CathedralCareful
. casts of these fine statues should be added at once to once to the Plaxman Gallery in University College , London-, they would add to Plaxman ' s reputation , and assist materiall y in explaing the scope and characteristics of his genius . PETEK CITCWIM - GHAM .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
THE BEV . DE . TII 03 IAS SNIPE S BIOGRAPHY . Our W . Bro . Hyde Clarke having enquired for particulars of the Dr . Thomas Knipe , mentioned by Elias Ashmole , I have the pleasure to afford him the following additional information . M . A . OXON only gave his degrees to M . A . but by a reference to the List of Oxford Ch-aduates , I find he proceeded to B . D ., and D . D ., on the
3 rd of July 1695 . On consulting Duffas Hardy ' s edition of Le Neve's Fasti TEcclcsicc Anglicance , vol . iii ., p . 364 , amiongst the Prebendaries of Westminster , the following entry may be found : — "Thomas Knipe , S . T . P ., was installed 17 th Oct . 1707 , on the death of Stephen TJpnian . He died Aug . 6 th , 1711 , astat . 73 , and was buried in the cloister adjoining the Abbey Church . " From this clue I
turned to Neale's History of Westminster Abbey , where , in vol . ii ., p . 250 , there is a description of his monument , situated in the south aisle of the choir , and Neale writes thus : — " The monument of the learned and Reverend Dr . Thomas Knipe , who was a prebendary of this church , and Head Master of Westminster School for sixteen years , consists of a long tablet between two Doric
pilasters , fluted , supporting an entablature of the same Order , upon which is an urn . Inscription : — ' THOMAS KNIPE , S . T . P ., Hnjusca Ecclesias Prebendarius , in Claustrorum . parte htiic marmori opposita Reliquas suas jacere voluit , nbi TJxorem Annam , cum qiiinque ex eadem Liberis , tumulaverat . In Sohola Regia Westmonastericusi per quinquaginta . annos promovend _ e pietati bonisq ! literis
elaboravit ; per sedecem eidem Archidadasoalus pra _ fuit : quam Provinciam , et egregijs Doetrin _ e subsidijs Instructus , et indefessa Industria tlsus , et lmmanissima suavitate Coiictittis , Pelicissime administravit ; et Juvenes optimis disciplinis institutes in utramq ! Academiani eniisit , multos , qui Ecelesiffi et Reipublic _ e Ornamento jam sunt ; plures , qui in eandem indies spem succresonnt . His insuper Laudibus cseteras , quas vivum bonum com-Hiendant , Virtutes , Sanctinioniam , Liberalitatem ,
Comitates , Beiievolentiam , Oandorem , Pidem , et propensam in Egenos Benignitateni addiderat . Firman valetudinem . provectamq ? aatatem alienis omnio commodis impeudit , donee ingruenti morbo paulatim cederat , quo pertinaoins tandem urgente , Pauperibus , Discipulis , Amicis , Nepotibus , Conjugi desideratissimus : obijt 8 ° . Idus . Aug . Anno Domini 1711 ; iEtat . 73 . Marito Oharissimo Alicia ,
Lectissima F _ emina , Secundis illi Nuptijs conjuneta , hoc Mouumentimi msetissima Posuit , in eodem Tuniulo et suos aliquando cineres , depositnra . ' Arms : painted . Knipe , Imp . his two wives , viz ., I . G-u . a Talbot pass . Arg . II . G-u . two Bars , and in chief three wolves' heads , couped , all Arg . An escutcheon of Pretence as I Knipe , III . Gu . three BarsdancetteOr . Cresta Talbot pass .
, , , Arg . Beneath the last monument is the more recent Inscription , for two individuals of the same family . In Memory of Two Brothers who both died in the Service of their Country . Capt ' - John Knipe , 90 th Regt . at Gibraltar , October 25 th , 1798 , in the 22 nd Year of his Age . Capt ? - Robert Knipe , 14 th Lt . Dragoons , at Villa Formosa , May 17 th 1811 Aged 32 . To the Formeras a small
, , , Tribute to his high Military character , and many amiable virtues , his brother Officers have long since at that Garrison , erected a Monument at their private expense . The Latter having most signally distinguished himself , and severely suffered in many preceding actions , was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fuentes de Mora , in Portugal , on the 5 th of May , and to the deep regret of
his brother Soldiers , his family , and many friends , expired on the 17 th following . " For Dr . Knipe ' s monumental inscription , only , vide also Ackerman ' s History of tlie Colleges of Winchester , Eton , Westminster , Sec , p . 15 of that portion devoted to the latter named foundation . We now come nearer to some definite Biography of Dr . Knipe . Dr . Phillimore has issued a new edition of Welch's List of the Queen ' s Scholars of St , Peter ' s College , Westminster , and the notes give a very good account of
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New Materials For The Life Of John Flaxman, R.A.
greater height than he had m his own study were modelled half-size , and that on account of not getting false perspective by looking down on the work ; nor did he do it to save expense -. so much was he the other way given , that I have known him to add in one instance only marble and work to the amount of £ 200 when he thought it would improve the composition
, and that at his own certain loss ; and his mode of having his models put together was precisely the same as you recommend . Page 353 . Mr . Plaxman did not select from Pope or any other translator , but composed and designed his shield of Achilles entirely from the original Greek
text . Lt is a very great , error to say " he was not a Greek scholar , " The subjects on the shield ( which are seven in number ) are continued without any visible division . The faint waving lines you speak of are only the seams , unavoidable in a cast from a
piecemould , and which on iny cast I would not have removed . Page 355 . Kemble is in the character of Cato . Page 356 . The statue of TBurois was to be a portrait of the man . Considering this , I think he is made as good-looking a youth as the subject would allow . The first sketch that was made for the statue
I think was very preferable ; so thought Mr . P . ; but that was rejected as not being like the man . Page 357 . Mr . Plaxman had the highest regard and friendshi p for Mr . Howard , both as an artist and a man ; but his old friend Stothard he could only admire as an artist .
Page 361 . "Plaxman usuall y rose at eight o ' clock , —breakfast at nine , " & c . Mr . Plaxman was always a remarkable earl y riser . He usually rose at six or soon after , and frequently much sooner ; he was mostly up first in the house , and generally first in his study ; he mostly breakfasted at eight , and sometimes much
sooner . Page 358 . The visitor , with his book , I received myself one morning , my brother being out . Page 358 . Mr . Plaxman had taken a most violent cold at a friend ' s house . He had medical
asistance ; he was a most dreadful sufferer for the last three days , which he endured with a saint-like fortitude to the latest moment of his earthly existence , which was terminated in my arms ; nor did he ever wish or ¦ ever have other attendance than what he received from her . Avhom he and his wife had adopted as their daughter in her earl y life . His sister , Miss Plaxman , had lived comparativel y hut a short time with them , and that till latterly only as a visitor .
On his wife ' s sister only devolved all the duties and < : ares of his family , not only after , but long before the loss of this most inestimable wife , and between Miss Plaxman aud myself subsisted the strongest and warmest friendship . —From Miss Maria Denman .
Ilaxman made two standing statues ( portraitstatues without accessories ) , and two only . Their influence upon Chantrey was immediate and lasting . I refer to the bronze Sir John Moore ( of Corunna ) in the open ah- in Glasgow , and to the marble Sir Joshua Reynolds in St . Paul ' s CathedralCareful
. casts of these fine statues should be added at once to once to the Plaxman Gallery in University College , London-, they would add to Plaxman ' s reputation , and assist materiall y in explaing the scope and characteristics of his genius . PETEK CITCWIM - GHAM .
Masonic Notes And Queries.
MASONIC NOTES AND QUERIES .
THE BEV . DE . TII 03 IAS SNIPE S BIOGRAPHY . Our W . Bro . Hyde Clarke having enquired for particulars of the Dr . Thomas Knipe , mentioned by Elias Ashmole , I have the pleasure to afford him the following additional information . M . A . OXON only gave his degrees to M . A . but by a reference to the List of Oxford Ch-aduates , I find he proceeded to B . D ., and D . D ., on the
3 rd of July 1695 . On consulting Duffas Hardy ' s edition of Le Neve's Fasti TEcclcsicc Anglicance , vol . iii ., p . 364 , amiongst the Prebendaries of Westminster , the following entry may be found : — "Thomas Knipe , S . T . P ., was installed 17 th Oct . 1707 , on the death of Stephen TJpnian . He died Aug . 6 th , 1711 , astat . 73 , and was buried in the cloister adjoining the Abbey Church . " From this clue I
turned to Neale's History of Westminster Abbey , where , in vol . ii ., p . 250 , there is a description of his monument , situated in the south aisle of the choir , and Neale writes thus : — " The monument of the learned and Reverend Dr . Thomas Knipe , who was a prebendary of this church , and Head Master of Westminster School for sixteen years , consists of a long tablet between two Doric
pilasters , fluted , supporting an entablature of the same Order , upon which is an urn . Inscription : — ' THOMAS KNIPE , S . T . P ., Hnjusca Ecclesias Prebendarius , in Claustrorum . parte htiic marmori opposita Reliquas suas jacere voluit , nbi TJxorem Annam , cum qiiinque ex eadem Liberis , tumulaverat . In Sohola Regia Westmonastericusi per quinquaginta . annos promovend _ e pietati bonisq ! literis
elaboravit ; per sedecem eidem Archidadasoalus pra _ fuit : quam Provinciam , et egregijs Doetrin _ e subsidijs Instructus , et indefessa Industria tlsus , et lmmanissima suavitate Coiictittis , Pelicissime administravit ; et Juvenes optimis disciplinis institutes in utramq ! Academiani eniisit , multos , qui Ecelesiffi et Reipublic _ e Ornamento jam sunt ; plures , qui in eandem indies spem succresonnt . His insuper Laudibus cseteras , quas vivum bonum com-Hiendant , Virtutes , Sanctinioniam , Liberalitatem ,
Comitates , Beiievolentiam , Oandorem , Pidem , et propensam in Egenos Benignitateni addiderat . Firman valetudinem . provectamq ? aatatem alienis omnio commodis impeudit , donee ingruenti morbo paulatim cederat , quo pertinaoins tandem urgente , Pauperibus , Discipulis , Amicis , Nepotibus , Conjugi desideratissimus : obijt 8 ° . Idus . Aug . Anno Domini 1711 ; iEtat . 73 . Marito Oharissimo Alicia ,
Lectissima F _ emina , Secundis illi Nuptijs conjuneta , hoc Mouumentimi msetissima Posuit , in eodem Tuniulo et suos aliquando cineres , depositnra . ' Arms : painted . Knipe , Imp . his two wives , viz ., I . G-u . a Talbot pass . Arg . II . G-u . two Bars , and in chief three wolves' heads , couped , all Arg . An escutcheon of Pretence as I Knipe , III . Gu . three BarsdancetteOr . Cresta Talbot pass .
, , , Arg . Beneath the last monument is the more recent Inscription , for two individuals of the same family . In Memory of Two Brothers who both died in the Service of their Country . Capt ' - John Knipe , 90 th Regt . at Gibraltar , October 25 th , 1798 , in the 22 nd Year of his Age . Capt ? - Robert Knipe , 14 th Lt . Dragoons , at Villa Formosa , May 17 th 1811 Aged 32 . To the Formeras a small
, , , Tribute to his high Military character , and many amiable virtues , his brother Officers have long since at that Garrison , erected a Monument at their private expense . The Latter having most signally distinguished himself , and severely suffered in many preceding actions , was mortally wounded at the Battle of Fuentes de Mora , in Portugal , on the 5 th of May , and to the deep regret of
his brother Soldiers , his family , and many friends , expired on the 17 th following . " For Dr . Knipe ' s monumental inscription , only , vide also Ackerman ' s History of tlie Colleges of Winchester , Eton , Westminster , Sec , p . 15 of that portion devoted to the latter named foundation . We now come nearer to some definite Biography of Dr . Knipe . Dr . Phillimore has issued a new edition of Welch's List of the Queen ' s Scholars of St , Peter ' s College , Westminster , and the notes give a very good account of