Life Among The English: Britain In Pictures

London: William Collins of London, 1942. 'Life Among The English' - with eight plates in colour and twenty-six in b/w, reproduced from museums, libraries, galleries and others. Dame Rose Macaulay is well-known as one of the ablest writers of our time. She has a wonderful subject, perfectly suited to her pen and her account of how the English people lived down the centuries, from the earliest times until today, is lively and amusing as well as being full of fascinating information. Only someone with a scholar's knowledge of the original documents could have tackled such a theme, discarding all irrelevant detail and condensing such a wealth of varied material into a single, brilliantly sustained narrative. A List of Illustrations provided. The colour plates: 'The Marriage Feast' Illumination from Queen Mary's Psalter, early 14th century.... 'An Eighteenth-Century Rendezvous' Illustration to Pamela by Samuel Richardson, oil painting by Joseph Highmore, c.1744.... 'Scene Outside a Post House' , water colour by Thomas Rowlandson 1756-1827..... 'A Rowing Match', part of the celebrations for the Duke of Clarence's birthday, 1793, water colour by Robert Cleveley..... 'The Opening of The Great Exhibition by Queen Victoria on May 1st, 1851' , water colour by J. Nash..... 'A Victorian Grandmother In a Pony Carriage With Her Granddaughter' , oil painting by John Ferneley, 1781-1860..... 'Scene In The Strand At Night', water colour by W. Testas c. 1860..... 'Scenes From A Victorian Summer', ink and wash drawing by R. Caldecott. The b/w illustrations are just as impressive. Paper covered hardboard covers carry the same illustration as the dust jacket. A bright clean copy in its bright dust jacket. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Britain In Pictures Series + English History + English Culture + Feudal + Tudor + Stuart + Nineteenth Century England Edwardianism + Dame Rose Macaulay + NOISBN. Catalogs: Art.