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    Core documents by: Date Place Core documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States All documents for: Italy Germany France Britain United States Original language: English French German Italian Latin Browse documents by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse commentaries by: Person ... by name ... by occupation ... by life dates Place Institution Legislation Case law Browse database by: Key words Editors' login:  | | Models and Busts Act, London (1798) Source: Durham University Library Citation: Models and Busts Act (1798), Primary Sources on Copyright (1450-1900), eds L. Bently & M. Kretschmer, www.copyrighthistory.org Record Images Commentary Record-ID: uk_1798 Full title An Act for Encouraging the Art of Making New Models and Casts of Busts, and other things therein mentioned, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 Full title original language N/A Abstract The first occasion on which British copyright law provided protection for a medium other than print. The legislation conferred exclusive rights lasting 14 years on persons who created new models or casts of human or animal figures. The commentary describes the background to the Act, in particular the lobbying efforts of the artist and sculptor George Garrard, as well as the subsequent case-law, highlighting flaws in the drafting that lead to a further act in 1814. The commentary argues that while the 1798 Act is pre-modern, in the sense of having a reactive and subject-specific remit, by severing copyright from its print basis, the Act paved the way for the emergence of the modern image of copyright as concerned with the promotion of 'art and literature'. Bibliography Garrard, G., A Description of the Different Varieties of Oxen, Common in the British Isles, Embellished with Engravings, Being an Accompaniment To a Set of Models of the Improved Breeds of Cattle, Executed by George Garrard, Upon an Exact Scale of Nature, Under the Patronage of the Board of Agriculture (London: Smeeton, 1800) Reitlinger, G.R., The Economics of Taste, 3 vols. (London: Barrie & Rockliff, 1961-1970) Whinney, M., Sculpture in Britain 1530 to 1830 (Middlesex: Penguin Books, 1964) Related documents in this database Author N/A Publisher N/A Location London Year 1798 Language English Source Durham University Library Physical description N/A Illustrations tables N/A Persons referred to George III (1738-1820) Persons referred to in commentary Boydell, John (1720-1804) Ellenborough, Edward Law, 1st Baron (1750-1818) Fox, Charles James (1749-1806) Garrard, George (1760-1826) George III (1738-1820) Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron (1759-1834) Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl of (1731-1802) Hogarth, William (1697-1764) Kneller, Sir Godfrey (1646-1723) Medici, Cosimo I, 'the Great' (1519-1574) Michelangelo (1475-1564) Reynolds, Sir Joshua (1723-1792) Russell, Francis, 5th Duke of Bedford (1765-1802) Rutland, Charles Manners, 4th Duke of (1754-1787) Sackville, Charles, 2nd Duke of Dorset (1711-1769) Thornhill, Sir James (1675-1734) West, Benjamin (1738-1820) Whitbread, Samuel (1758-1815) Wolfe, James (1727-1759) Woollett, William (1735-1785) Places referred to N/A Places referred to in commentary England Great Britain Italy Paris Vienna Legislation referred to Models and Busts Act, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 Legislation referred to in commentary Engravers' Copyright Act, 1735, 8 Geo.II, c.13 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1766, 7 Geo.III, c.38 Engravers' Copyright Act, 1777, 17 Geo.III, c.57 Calico Printers' Act, 1787, 27 Geo.III, c.38 Models and Busts Act, 1798, 38 Geo.III, c.71 Fine Art Copyright Act, 1862, 25 & 26 Vict., c.68 Copyright Act, 1911, 1 & 2 Geo.V, c.46 Cases referred to N/A Cases referred to in commentary Gahagan v. Cooper (1811) 3 Camp. 111 Caproni v. Alberti (1891) 65 LTR 785 Institutions referred to Parliament Institutions referred to in commentary Accademia dell'Arte del Disegno (Florence) Board of Agriculture (for Great Britain) House of Commons Royal Academy Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture (Paris) St Martin's Lane Academy Key words art market copy duration exhibitions lobbying portrait replica sculpture, protected subject matter Responsible editor Ronan Deazley Copyright status Original document is out of copyright. In so far as these scans are protected by copyright, they are made available on the same terms as translations and commentaries (see home page). | |||||
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