George Stubbs, 1724-1806 : the exhibition and catalogue sponsored by United Technologies Corporation
1984, First Edition. London : Tate Gallery. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 248 pages; Physical desc. : 248 p. : ill. (some col. ), ports. ; 34 cm. Subject: Stubbs, George, 1724-1806 - Exhibitions. Animal painting and illustration - Exhibitions. Art - Exhibitions. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery 17 October 1984-6th January 1985 and at the Yale Centre for British Art, 13th February-7 April 1985. Contents: A conservator's note; the cleaning of Stubbs's Hambletonian; catalogue; drawings for the anatomy of the horse; the "Lion and Horse" theme; Creswell crags; mares and foals; a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl; Stubbs as printmaker. Item #178003
ISBN: 0946590125
Price: €30.00