This article presents the current state of my research on the two albums of drawings. Nearly all the 203 drawings in the two albums have the same figures as, and appear to be preparatory and final studies for, the engravings and etchings in these two editions (e.g., figs. 2 Both titles clearly refer to Hope’s Costume of the Ancients, which was first published in 1809, with 200 prints the enlarged second edition, with 300 prints, appeared in 1812. 1 The first album is entitled, on the spine, “UTLINES FOR MY COSTUME” (hereinafter, “Album 1”), and the second is entitled “COSTUMES OF THE ANCIENTS.-HOPE.” (hereinafter, “Album 2”). Executed in sepia or pen and pencil, they can be dated, along with the albums into which they were pasted, to the early 19th century. All unsigned, the drawings are collected in two albums-one containing 97 sheets, the other 106. The drawings are important because they document the working method of the Neoclassical collector, author, and artist Thomas Hope (1769–1831) in the production of his widely used costume compendium, Costume of the Ancients. The Gennadius Library of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens owns two sets of largely unpublished drawings of figures in ancient costumes. Unpublished Drawings by Thomas Hope and Henry Moses in the Gennadius Library, Athens Photo courtesy of Sotheby’s, New York, 1990. Hope Dionysos, late 1st century A.D., with 18th-century restoration by Vincenzo Pacetti. Athens, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies.įig. enlarged (London: William Miller, 1812), vol. From Thomas Hope, Costume of the Ancients, new ed. From the album “utlines for My Costume.” Athens, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies.įig. Thomas Hope, Bacchus from a statue in my possession, 1804-1812. Providence, John Hay Library, Brown University Library.įig. 3, Statuae antiquae in thesauro Mediceo (Florentiae: Ex typographia Michaelis Nestenvs et Francisci Mövcke, 1734), pl. Engraving on wove paper, from Antonio Francesco Gori, Museum Florentinum, exhibens insigniora vetustatus monumenta quae Florentiae sunt in thesauro Mediceo, vol. Minerva from Arezzo after restoration completed in 2008. Florence, Soprintendenza Archeologica della Toscana, Museo Archeologico Nazionale.įig. Minerva from Arezzo before the most recent restoration, early 3rd century B.C. Henry Moses, Minerva from a statue at Florence, Drawn by Thos. From the album “Costumes of the Ancients-Hope.” Athens, Gennadius Library, American School of Classical Studies.įig. Henry Moses, Minerva from a Statue at Florence, c. Thomas Hope, Minerva from a Statue at Florence, 1804-1809. Henry Moses, Bacchante with the thyrsus, c. Infrared photograph by Vassilis Paschalis, Conservation Department, Benaki Museum, Athens.įig. Detail of sepia and penciled heads from the upper right portion of fig. Thomas Hope, Bacchante with the thyrsus, 1804-1809.
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