Author: Wallace Collection (London, England)
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN: 9780900785832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
?The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.
Miniatures in the Wallace Collection
Author: Wallace Collection (London, England)
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN: 9780900785832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
?The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.
Publisher: Paul Holberton Publishing
ISBN: 9780900785832
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
?The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.
Miniatures
Author: Dudley Heath
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painting
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painting
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
Chats on Old Miniatures
Author: Joshua James Foster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painting
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Miniature painting
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
Early English Portrait Miniatures in the Collection of the Duke of Buccleuch
Author: H. A. Kennedy
Publisher: London, The Studio
ISBN:
Category : MINIATURE PAINTING GREAT BRITAIN
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
Publisher: London, The Studio
ISBN:
Category : MINIATURE PAINTING GREAT BRITAIN
Languages : en
Pages : 474
Book Description
The Wallace Collection
Author: Stephen Duffy
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Wallace Collection is both a national museum and the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation in 1897 by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the fourth Marquess of
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Wallace Collection is both a national museum and the finest private collection of art ever assembled by one family. It was bequeathed to the nation in 1897 by Lady Wallace, widow of Sir Richard Wallace, the illegitimate son of the fourth Marquess of
Miniatures, Ancient and Modern
Author: Cyril Davenport
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Enamel and enameling
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Enamel and enameling
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A Dictionary of Painters of Miniatures (1525-1850)
Author: Joshua James Foster
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
European Miniatures in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870998080
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
A catalog of the museum's collection of some 300 European portrait miniatures dating from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries. Each piece is described in detail and illustrated with bandw and color photos. Includes an overview of the history of miniature painting, notes on artists, and indices of artists, collectors, makers, and sitters. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: 0870998080
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 209
Book Description
A catalog of the museum's collection of some 300 European portrait miniatures dating from the early 16th to the mid-19th centuries. Each piece is described in detail and illustrated with bandw and color photos. Includes an overview of the history of miniature painting, notes on artists, and indices of artists, collectors, makers, and sitters. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
British Portrait Miniatures
Author: Cory Korkow
Publisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781907804236
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Publisher: Giles
ISBN: 9781907804236
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A sumptuously illustrated new catalog on British portrait miniatures, all from the world-renowned collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art
Miniature and the English Imagination
Author: Melinda Alliker Rabb
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425836
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Examines the practice and purposes of presenting the small-scale in literature, material culture and theories of cognition.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108425836
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
Examines the practice and purposes of presenting the small-scale in literature, material culture and theories of cognition.