William Beckford, 1760-1844 : an eye for the magnificent / Philip Hewat-Jaboor [and others] ; editor, Derek E. Ostergard

Hewat-Jaboor, Philip

2001, 1st edition. New Haven, CT : Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #386175
ISBN: 9780300090680

Physical description; 448 pp., color illustrations, 32 cm. Contents; Foreword / Susan Weber Soros -- Introduction / Derek E. Ostergard -- 1. William Beckford: A Biographical Perspective / Timothy Mowl -- 2. Beckford, Soane, and Hope: The Psychology of the Collector / David Watkin -- 3. Fonthill House: "One of the Most Princely Edifices in the Kingdom" / Philip Hewat-Jaboor -- 4. Clinging Fast "To My Tutelary Mountains": Beckford in Helvetia / William Hauptman -- 5. The World of Beckford's Portuguese Palaces / Malcolm Jack -- 6. William Beckford in Paris, 1788-1814: "Le Faste Solitaire" / Anne Eschapasse -- 7. William Beckford's Abbey at Fonthill: From the Picturesque to the Sublime / Megan Aldrich -- 8. William Beckford and the Landscape Garden / Alexander Marr -- 9. A Celebrated Collector / Bet McLeod -- 10. Filling the Void: The Development of Beckford's Taste and the Market in Furniture / Adriana Turpin -- 11. William Beckford and Metalwork / Michael Snodin -- 12. Observations on Japanese Lacquer in the Collection of William Beckford / Oliver Impey and John Whitehead -- 13. William Beckford: Collector of Old Master Paintings, Drawings, and Prints / Jeannie Chapel -- 14. William Beckford in London / Sidney Blackmore -- 15. The Bath Years, 1822-44 / Sidney Blackmore -- 16. Beckford's Tower in Bath / Christopher Woodward -- Catalogue of the Exhibition -- B. Provenance, Exhibitions, Literature, Marks, Signatures, and Inscriptions. Subjects; Beckford, William 1760-1844 Art collections ; Exhibitions. Fonthill Abbey.
Dulwich Picture Gallery. Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture. Art Collectors and collecting Great Britain.

Price: €145.00