Conversation pieces : a survey of English domestic portraits and their painters / by Sacherverell Sitwell; with notes on the illustrations by Michael Sevier
1936, First Edition. London : B.T. Batsford. Near fine copy in the original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #288797
Provenance; from the library of Redworth Hall with the owner's armorial bookplate. Physical description; viii, 119 pages : color frontispiece, illustrations, plates (part color), portraits (part color) ; 25 x 19 cm. Contents; William Hogarth -- John Zoffany -- Arthur Devis -- George Stubbs -- Thomas Gainsborough -- Other painters of the eighteenth century -- The nineteenth century conversation piece -- Notes on the illustrations. Subjects; Hogarth, William (1697-1764). Zoffany, John. Devis, Arthur (1711-1787). Stubbs, George (1724-1806). Gainsborough, Thomas (1727-1788). Zoffany, Johann (1733-1810). Portraits, British. Painting, English. Conversation piece (Portrait painting) England. Painting, British. Portraits, English. Human figure in art. Portrait painters England. Conversation piece (Portrait painting). Portraits, British. Painting, English. Painting, English. Portraits, British. Conversation piece (Portrait painting) Great Britain. Portraits, Group England History. Families in art. Portrait painting, British 18th century Themes, motives. Portrait painting, British 19th century Themes, motives. Portraits England ; Catalogues. Portrait painting, English. Conversation piece (Portrait painting). Portrait painting, English 18th century. Painting, English. Portraits, British. Painting - [18th Century - United Kingdom]. William Hogarth (1697-1764). George Stubbs, A.R.A. (1724-1806). Thomas Gainsborough, R.A. (1727-1788). England. Painting. Conversation Pieces (Pictures). Portraits, British - 18th/19th centuries. Genre; Illustrated.
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