London: National Portrait Gallery Publications, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. As New. Large 8vo 9" - 10. Van Dyck. Sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear to the glossy pictorial covers; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Foreword by John Hayes, Director of the National Portrait Gallery Publications institution. Fine survey of painterly history across England from the Renaissance genius of Holbein down to the brilliant purity of the Pre-Raphaelites, spanning from Hogarth's The Harlot's Progress to Holman Hunt's The Awakened Conscience. Van Dyck, Stubbs, Reynolds, Gainsborough, Constable, and Turner, among others, are featured here. More than 80 fine reproductions. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. 176 pp.[4]5, 120 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Bookseller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 347850
Title: Van Dyck in England
Author: Millar, Oliver
Illustrator: Van Dyck
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New As New
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Publisher: National Portrait Gallery Publications
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1982
Size: Large 8vo 9" - 10
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Oliver Millar|English artists|English painters|portrait artists|Van Dyck|English painters|English artists|Hans Holbein|John Hogarth

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