The Young Ascanius (Arthur Fitzgerald, later 10th Baron Kinnaird (1814-1847), in the guise of Ascanius)
About this artwork
Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird (1814-1887) was the eight-year-old son of the 8th Lord Kinnaird. Campbell’s sculpture was commissioned at the suggestion of Lord Byron, a friend of the Kinnairds, and commemorates Arthur’s appearance at a costume ball in Rome. He is portrayed with a Phrygian (Trojan) cap as Ascanius from the ancient Roman poet, Virgil’s Aeneid. After the Greek destruction of Troy, Ascanius and his father Aeneas fled to Italy and the site where Rome was later founded.
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artist:Thomas Campbell (1791 - 1858) Scottish
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title:The Young Ascanius (Arthur Fitzgerald, later 10th Baron Kinnaird (1814-1847), in the guise of Ascanius)
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date created:1822
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materials:White marble
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measurements:Height: 119.38 cm
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object type:
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credit line:Private Collection Loan, 1989
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accession number:NGL 049.89
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Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell
Thomas Campbell had little education and was apprenticed to a marble-cutter on Leith Walk, Edinburgh. In 1815 he was sent to the Royal Academy Schools in London by Gilbert Innes, in whose house Campbell had been putting up a chimneypiece. In 1818 he travelled to Rome, again assisted by Innes, and...
