Ivory and marble
Tate Collection
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Chantrey Bequest
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Christ at Whipping Post
Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1925
actions: postures and motions
adults
architecture
Bible: New Testament
Christ
column
crime and punishment
emotions and human qualities
emotions, concepts and ideas
features
handcuffs
male
man
miscellaneous
nudes
objects
Passion
people
prisoner
religion and belief
society
standing
suffering
<p>Walker produced numerous sculptures on religious themes both in Britain and the USA and was a prolific maker of war memorials. His best known work is the memorial to Florence Nightingale in London’s Waterloo Place. The subject here – the Flagellation of Christ – stems from the Bible and was common in Western European art. The use of chryselephantine (ivory and stone) might have seemed old-fashioned, being a popular technique in the 1800s especially among Art Nouveau artists. The image of Christ’s suffering may well have had contemporary resonances.</p><p><em>Gallery label, September 2016</em></p>
sculpture ivory marble
30 November 2012 – 25 September 2022
2022-09-25
30 November 2012
2012-11-30
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-30
Gallery 3
Collection based display
Christ at the Whipping Post
object: 584 × 229 × 178 mm
Presented by the Trustees of the <a href="/search?gid=999999977" data-gtm-name="tombstone_link_bequest" data-gtm-destination="list-page--search-results">Chantrey Bequest</a> 1925
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<p>Walker produced numerous sculptures on religious themes both in Britain and the USA and was a prolific maker of war memorials. His best known work is the memorial to Florence Nightingale in London’s Waterloo Place. The subject here – the Flagellation of Christ – stems from the Bible and was common in Western European art. The use of chryselephantine (ivory and stone) might have seemed old-fashioned, being a popular technique in the 1800s especially among Art Nouveau artists. The image of Christ’s suffering may well have had contemporary resonances.</p>
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<p><b>N04101</b> CHRIST AT THE WHIPPING POST <i>c.</i> 1925
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<br/>Not inscribed.
<br/>Ivory and marble, 23×9×7 (58·5×23×18) including base 2 1/2 (6·5).
<br/>Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1925.
<br/><i>Exh:</i> R.A., 1925 (1413).
<br/><i>Lit:</i> Kineton Parkes, <i>The Art of Carved Sculpture</i>, 1931, I, p.97.</p>
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<br/><b>Published in:</b>
<br/>Mary Chamot, Dennis Farr and Martin Butlin, <i>The Modern British Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture</i>, London 1964, II
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Catalogue entry
2004-07-20T00:00:00
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actions: postures and motions adults architecture Bible: New Testament Christ column crime and punishment emotions and human qualities emotions, concepts and ideas features handcuffs male man miscellaneous nudes objects Passion people prisoner religion and belief society standing suffering