The conversation piece: scenes of fashionable life / Desmond Shawe-Taylor
2009, 1st edition. London: Royal Collection. Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #310011
ISBN: 9781905686070
Physical description: 191 p.: col. ill.; 25 cm. Notes: Published one the occasion of the exhibition held at The Queen’s Gallery, Palace of Holyroodhouse, 27 March–20 September 2009 and at The Queen's Gallery, Buckingham Palace, 30 October 2009–14 February 2010. Includes bibliographical references (p. 183-185) and index.
Contents: In custom and in ceremony: the meaning of the conversation piece -- 1. Charles I (1600-1649) -- 2. The Dutch Republic (1648-1714) -- 3. Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751) -- 4. George III (1739-1820) -- 5. George IV (1762-1830) -- 6. Queen Victoria (1819-1901) and Prince Albert (1819-1861). Subjects: Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain 1926- Art collections; Exhibitions. Hanover, House of; Portraits ; Exhibitions. Queen's Gallery (London, England); Exhibitions. Royal Collection (Great Britain). Conversation piece (Portrait painting). Conversation piece (Portrait painting). Private collections Great Britain; Exhibitions. Painting Private collections Great Britain; Exhibitions. Portrait painting Great Britain; Exhibitions.
Conversation piece (Portrait painting) Great Britain; Exhibitions. Genre painting, British. Portraits, Group; Europe; Exhibitions. Portrait painting, European; Exhibitions. Genre painting, English; Exhibitions. Human figure in art. Art, British - 17th/18th/19th centuries. Other names: Shawe-Taylor, Desmond 1955-. Royal Collection (Great Britain). Conversation Piece: Scenes of Fashionable Life (Exhibition) (2009-2010: Edinburgh & London). Genre: Illustrated. Catalogue.
Price: €28.00