Paintings of the British social scene : from Hogarth to Sickert
1986, 1st edition. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #401222
ISBN: 0297789090
Series: Franklin Jasper Walls Lectures. Physical description: 287 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [274]-280) and index. Contents: Hogarth and Georgian London -- Domestic portraiture -- The age of sensibility -- The triumph of genre -- Victorian perspectives I -- Victorian perspectives II. Subjects: Hogarth, William 1697-1764; Sickert, Walter 1860-1942; Narrative painting, British; Social problems in art. Narrative painting, British; England, social life; Narrative painting, Victorian; Painting, British 18th century; Painting, British 19th century; Art and society.
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