IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP77
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: DYCE, William (1806-1864)
Date(s): 1843
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 file
Name of creator(s): Dyce | William | 1806-1864 | artist
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born in Aberdeen, 1806; educated at Marischal College, University of Aberdeen, gaining an MA, 1822; studied Art at the school of the Royal Academy, and became acquainted with Alexander Day and William Holwell Carr; visited Rome, studying in particular Titian and Nicholas Poussin, 1825-1826; returned to Aberdeen and painted 'Bacchus nursed by the Nymphs of Nysa', which was exhibited at the Royal Academy, 1827; returned to Rome, 1827, developing his painting style which became known as 'pre-Raphaelite' - he is credited as the originator of the movement in English art; painted 'Madonna and Child', 1828 which was well received amongst the artists in Rome; returned to Aberdeen, 1828 and pursued painting and science; settled at Edinburgh, and painted over one hundred portraits, 1830-[1837]; elected a fellow of the Royal Society at Edinburgh, 1832; elected an associate of the Royal Scottish Academy, 1835; exhibited several paintings in Edinburgh and the Royal Academy, 1830-1837; led an inquiry into the working of design schools in Europe, [1838]-1840; director and secretary of the Council of the School of Design, 1840-1843; inspector of provincial schools, 1843-[1844]; Professor of Fine Arts, King's College London, 1844; published his lecture Theory of the fine arts, (London, 1844); painted the fresco 'Baptism of Ethelbert' in the House of Lords, 1846; elected member of the Royal Academy, 1848; commissioned to paint twenty-eight frescos for the House of Lords, 1848 (only five were completed by his death); appointed a juror of the Great Exhibition, 1851; undertook the interior decoration of All Saints Church, Margaret Street, 1858-1859; died in Streatham, 1864.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Charcoal sketches of capitols and other sculpted architectural details, 1843.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred from the library of King's College London.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
Correspondence and papers, 1806-1864, held at the Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museums; correspondence with William Ewart Gladstone, 1841-1859, held at the British Library Manuscript Collections (ref: Add MSS 44358-527 passim); letters to James Robert Hope-Scott, 1840-1844, held at the National Library of Scotland, Manuscripts Division (ref: MSS 3669-71); report to the Council of the School of Design, 1838, held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, National Art Library (ref: MSL 1980/186); letters to William Scott, 1849-1856, held at Lambeth Palace Library.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 1995); King's College London, Manuscripts and Private Papers, A Select Guide; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; National Register of Archives. Compiler: Julie Tancell
Date(s) of descriptions: March 2000