Bowdler, R. (2000). 'THE EAGLE SLAYER' by John Bell - Bethnal Green Museum, Cambridge Heath Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Fort Cumberland: Historic England. https://doi.org/10.5284/1108911. Cite this using datacite

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Title:		 'THE EAGLE SLAYER' by John Bell - Bethnal Green Museum, Cambridge Heath Road, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Abstract:		 This report was prompted by an inquiry from Mark Hutton, Conservation Officer with LB Tower Hamlets, in early May 2000. English Heritage London Region has delegated authority for determining the Listed Building Consent application, which has been made by Bethnal Green Museum. The proposal is to relocate this 1851 cast iron statue by John Bell in a new display at the Science Museum in South Kensington. The statue has stood outside Bethnal Green Museum since 1927 This being the English Heritage Year of Public Sculpture, it seemed timely to look into the statue 's history in order to ascertain whether any further involvement with this potentially contentious case would be required. The statue is one of the high-points of late English Neoclassical sculpture, and captures perfectly the transition between late Georgian and early Victorian art. Its principal source of inspiration was Greek heroic figure sculpture: the 'Apollo Belvedere' supplied the idea of a standing archer figure with an outstretched arm with bow, while the 'Borghese Gladiator' influenced the outstretched pose of the taut figure, and inspired its dramatic profile. 'The Eagle Slayer' also recalls the all-too-few examples of English ideal sculpture of the Neoclassical period, such as Westmacott's 'Achilles' of 1822 in Hyde Park, the most prominent heroic nude sculpture in London, or Flaxman's epic 'St Michael and Satan' of 1821 at Petworth. The closest parallels are probably to be found with the work of the Danish sculptor Bertel Thorwaldsen (1770-1843) who inherited Antonio Canova' s mantle (1757-1822) as the outstanding Neoclassical sculptor in Europe.
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Author:		 Roger Bowdler
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Publisher:		 Historic England
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Year of Publication:		 2000
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County: Greater London
District: Tower Hamlets
Country: England
Parish: Tower Hamlets, unparished area
Grid Reference: 534977, 182935 (Easting, Northing)
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Report id: 112/2000
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Created Date:		 04 Jul 2023