British painting
1933, First Edition. London : The Medici Society. Good, strong copy in the original title-blocked red cloth boards, now lightly scuffed and dust-dulled overall. Rear board shows substantial sun-toning, with spotted shadow stains around the margins. Text edges, preliminary and final leaves lightly foxed, with the interior remaining tight, bright and clean. Frontispiece retains its tissue-guard; a well-preserved copy overall. Provenance: from the library of Sir Lawrence Gowing. Item #462364
Physical description; xxxvi, 319, [1] pages : colour frontispiece, illustrations, plates (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cm. Notes; With a chapter on primitive painting by Montague R. James (1862-1936). Includes bibliographical references (pages xxxv-xxxvi). Contents: Appendices: 1. Some characteristic works — 2. Miniatures — 3. British paintings in American collections. Subjects; Baker, C. H. Collins 1880-1959. Painting, British History. Painting, English History. Primitivism in art Great Britain. Portrait painting, British. Landscape painting, British. Miniature painting, British. Artists Great Britain. Reynolds, Joshua 1723-1792. Gainsborough, Thomas 1727-1788. Romney, George 1734-1802. West, Benjamin 1738-1820. Constable, John 1776-1837. Raeburn, Henry 1756-1823. Fuseli, Henry 1741-1825. Barry, James 1741-1806. Blake, William 1757-1827. Burne-Jones, Edward Coley 1833-1898. Pre-Raphaelites. Impressionism Great Britain.
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