Paul Sandby : picturing Britain / edited by John Bonehill and Stephen Daniels
2009, First Edition. London : Royal Academy of Arts. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #446868
ISBN: 9781905711482
Physical description; 245 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 x 28 cm. Notes; Published to accompany the exhibition "Paul Sandby (1731-1809) : picturing Britain, a bicentenary exhibition", held at: Nottingham Castle Museum and Art Gallery, Nottingham, 25 July-18 October, 2009; National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, 7 November 2009 - 7 February 2010; Royal Academy of Arts, London, 13 March - 13 June 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; Editors' Preface / John Bonehill and Stephen Daniels -- Paul Sandby: Picturing Britain / John Bonehill, Stephen Daniels and Nicholas Alfrey -- Sandbys and the Royal Academy / Martin Postle -- Analysis of Deceit: Sandby's Satires against Hogarth / Geoff Quilley -- Court Art Reviewed: The Sandbys' Vision of Windsor and Its Environs / Matthew Craske -- 'The Monarch of the Plain': Paul Sandby and Topography / Felicity Myrone -- 'Grand Secrets': Sandby's Materials and Techniques / John Bonehill and Sarah Skinner -- Catalogue plates and entries / John Bonehill -- I. Picture-making -- II. Roads and Street Life -- III. Antiquities -- IV. Estates -- Chronology / John Bonehill. Subjects; Sandby, Paul 1731-1809 ; Exhibitions. Sandby, Paul 1731-1809. Sandby, Paul. Sandby, Paul 1731-1809 Criticism and interpretation. Sandby, Paul 1731-1809 ; Catalogs. 1700-1799. Drawing, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Painting, British 18th century ; Exhibitions. Drawing, British. Painting, British. Painting Great Britain. Watercolor painting Great Britain ; Catalogs. British Watercolour Painting.
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