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Chiswick table
Console Table 1727 - 1732 (made)
The table was designed by William Kent for his patron, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. Burlington began work on his villa at Chiswick.
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Chiswick table
Console Table 1727 - 1732 (made)
The table was designed by William Kent for his patron, Richard Boyle, 3rd Earl of Burlington. Burlington began work on his villa at Chiswick.
V&A
POPULAR COMICS no. 48 (Dell, 1939)
Martan the Marvel Man cover by William Kent.
This issue also includes The Hurricane Kids by Albert Hartje and Will Ely, as well as J.R. William's great Out Our Way.
Ely provides illustrations to this Dell adjacent The Hurricane Kids on the Lost Islands (Grosset & Dunlap, 1941) I recently found, with a story by Dell's own comics editor, Oskar Lebeck, and everyone's favorite: Gaylord Dubois.
J.R. Williams - no relation to Fantagraphics' J.R. Williams - was my uncle's favorite cartoonist, and well worth your time.
‘Spring’ for James Thomson’s The Seasons, 1730
William Kent
Etching and engraving
British Museum, London
“As yet the trembling year is unconfirmed,
And Winter oft at eve resumes the breeze,
Chills the pale morn, and bids his driving sleets
Deform the day delightless.”
- James Thomson, The Seasons
The Return of the Prodigal Son
Artist: William Kent (English, 1685-1748)
Date: c. 1712-1716
Medium: Oil painting
Collection: Private collection
Description
In the Gospel According to Luke (15: 11-32), Christ relates the parable of the prodigal son. A son asks his father for his inheritance and leaves the parental home, only to fritter away all his wealth. Arriving at last at sickness and poverty, he returns to his father's house.
The story includes the following events:
The prodigal son longs for food and realizes he has sinned
The prodigal son returns home to his father
The father runs to his son, embraces him, and kisses him
The father has the best robe, ring, and sandals put on his son
The father has the fattened calf killed and they celebrate
The older son hears music and dancing and asks what's going on
The older son is told that his brother has come and that his father has killed the fattened calf for him
Garden as though you will live forever.
-- William Kent
▪︎ Assembly of the Gods.
Artist: William Kent (1685-1748)
Date: 1719-1720
Medium: Oil on plaster
Holkham Hall, Wells-nex-the-Sea, Norfolk
