An Allegory Of Temperance & Excess
Represented work of art
Artist
Unidentified Creator
Dimensions1. 765 x 3. 137 (69 1/2 x 123 1/2 inches )
Provenance
- The early history of this large allegory is not known. it is recorded for the first time with certainty at Loseley Park 1804. it is possible that its provenance is similar to other decorations now at Losely & attributed to Toto del Nunziata that came from the Royal Palace of Nonsuch, through Sir Thomas Cawarden & his executor Sir William More (see E. Croft Murray, Decorative Painting in England 1537-1837, l1962 p18) : thence by descent, to the More-Molyneux's. Major J. R. More-Molyneux, his sale Christie's, November 19, 1982 (73)
Photographic source
Object FormatPhotographic Print
Photograph Source
A.C. Cooper Studio
Negative Number990628
Archival context
Object numberPA-F00925-0095
Archival context
- Fonds:Paul Mellon Centre Photographic Archive
- Series:Unidentified Artists
- Folder:Miscellaneous: More than 2 figures; xvth-xixth century; Unattributed
- Item:An Allegory Of Temperance & Excess
ClassificationsArchival Document
Scope and contentThis is a collection of works by unidentified artists. The historic period covered is 1500-1900 with particular emphasis on the eighteenth century. The photographs are predominantly of oil paintings but watercolours, drawings, prints, miniature paintings and silhouettes are included. There are files on royal portraits, male portraits, female portraits, group portraits, British school miniatures and silhouettes, British landscapes, foreign landscapes, seascapes, animals, allegorical and still life, interiors, miscellaneous designs, miscellaneous engravings, miscellaneous paintings and drawings.
Acquisition informationPhotographs have been actively acquired by the archive from The Courtauld Institute of Art photographic survey, sale rooms, museums and galleries. The files include original photography commissioned from our own in-house photographer, Douglas Smith (1964-1996) for Paul Mellon Centre publications for which we still hold the negatives.
ArrangementAll photographs are dry mounted on manilla card with essential information recorded, artist, title, collection and source of photograph with a varying degree of information on provenance, literature exhibiting history, inscriptions and related prints. The archive is primarily black and white although in recent years with the development of digital photography we hold some colour material.
Conditions governing use The images in the Photographic Archive are derived from a variety of sources, so copyright in the collection is varied. The copyright status of each image is detailed at item level in the catalogue.
Accruals It is anticipated that new images may be added to the Centre’s Photographic Archive in future. These may be generated via the Centre’s everyday activities (such as the publishing programme). They may also come from external sources (such as donations by scholars or institutions).
Rights and reproductions
Conditions for onward use of this image are determined by its licence. Learn more.
Rights Statementhttps://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-CR/1.0/
Data Formats
Our API allows coders, creators, researchers, and dreamers to connect to the most up-to-date data and images for more than 100,000 artworks from our collection. The data is available for unrestricted use without permission or fee. Learn more.
Tell us more
Want to contribute knowledge about the collections? Spotted an error, information that is missing or do you know anything that we don't know? If you have information to share, let us know.
