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Medieval Multiplied: the ivory mirror case

This webpage accompanies the exhibition, Medieval Multiplied: A Gothic Ivory and its Reproductions, held at 91Ó°ÊÓ Gallery from 19 October 2024 till 16 February 2025.

On this page you will find a new digital model of a  from the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. You can compare this model with the original ivory, shown below, and with reproductions of it in other media.

Assault on the Castle of Love

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depiction of The Assault on the Castle of Love
Unknown artists, Paris, France, ivory mirror case carved with ‘The Assault on the Castle of Love’, c. 1325–50. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Unknown artists, Paris, France, ivory mirror case carved with ‘The Assault on the Castle of Love’, c. 1325–50. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Elkington and Co., London, plaster cast of the V&A’s ivory mirror case, 1855. From the collection of A. W. Franks, now in 91Ó°ÊÓ
Elkington and Co., London, plaster cast of the V&A’s ivory mirror case, 1855. From the collection of A. W. Franks, now in 91Ó°ÊÓ
Unidentified artist with the initials ‘CA’ or ‘AC’, wood engraving (left hand side) in William Maskell, Ivories, ancient & mediaeval, London, 1875. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Unidentified artist with the initials ‘CA’ or ‘AC’, wood engraving (left hand side) in William Maskell, Ivories, ancient & mediaeval, London, 1875. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Francis Bedford (1815–1894), photochromolithograph in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911), photograph in William Maskell, Description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872. 91Ó°ÊÓ
Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911), photograph in William Maskell, Description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872. 91Ó°ÊÓ

 

  • Unknown artists, Paris, France, carved with ‘The Assault on the Castle of Love’, c. 1325–50. Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
  • James Basire the Younger (1769–1822), in Archaeologia, the journal of the Society of Antiquaries, London, 1812. 91Ó°ÊÓ
  • Elkington and Co., London, of the V&A’s ivory mirror case, 1855. From the collection of A. W. Franks, now in 91Ó°ÊÓ.
  • Unidentified artist with the initials ‘CA’ or ‘AC’, (left hand side) in William Maskell, Ivories, ancient & mediaeval, London, 1875. 91Ó°ÊÓ.
  • Francis Bedford (1815–1894), in John Charles Robinson, The Treasury of Ornamental Art, London, probably 1857. 91Ó°ÊÓ.
  • Isabel Agnes Cowper (1826–1911), in William Maskell, Description of the ivories, ancient & mediaeval, in the South Kensington Museum, London, 1872. 91Ó°ÊÓ.

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