The British School
by Egerton, Judy
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG-/Good+ (slight shelf wear to bottom boards, small tears and general wear to dj)
- ISBN 10
- 1857091701
- ISBN 13
- 9781857091700
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About This Item
London: National Gallery Publications, 1998. Hardcover. VG-/Good+ (slight shelf wear to bottom boards, small tears and general wear to dj). Red cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black dj with color illustration, 456 pp. profusely illustrated with color and bw plates and figures. "In 1824 the National Gallery's founding collection of thirty-eight works included nine British paintings. By 1897 there were over 500 British works. In that year the Tate Gallery was established as the National Gallery of British Art, whose role was to build and display a representative British collection, and accordingly the majority of works by British artists held in Trafalgar Square have in the intervening years been transferred to Millbank. The National Gallery still makes acquisitions of exceptional interest, the most recent being the tiny but powerful Wall in Naples by Thomas Jones and the life-size portrait of the horse Whistlejacket by George Stubbs." "This catalogue discusses the sixty British pictures in the Gallery in two parts: Constable, Gainsborough, Hogarth, Reynolds, Stubbs and Turner star in Part I, with paintings which are either major works or (like Gainsborough's amiable John Plampin) have remained 'at home' in Trafalgar Square because of their enduring popularity. Part II consists of portraits (including three sculpted busts) of collectors or public servants who helped over the years to create the National Gallery as we know it today. While few of these are great works of art, the National Gallery is proud to retain portraits which reflect the characters and careers of the oddly assorted men who shaped its history. The biographies contain lively accounts of men as different from each other as the absentee clergyman and passionate collector, Reverend William Holwell Carr, and the fiery Layard of Nineveh."--BOOK JACKET.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 117664
- Title
- The British School
- Author
- Egerton, Judy
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG-/Good+ (slight shelf wear to bottom boards, small tears and general wear to dj)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1857091701
- ISBN 13
- 9781857091700
- Publisher
- National Gallery Publications
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1998
- Keywords
- European Art ; National Gallery London Collection ; ;
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