About this title: This volume is devoted to the paintings in the National Gallery, Washington DC, that were produced from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century by British artists, or by foreign artists who spent the greater part of their working lives in Britain. Composed mainly of paintings acquired by such wealthy nineteenth century industrialists as Andrew Mellon and P. A. B. Widener, the core of this important collection is a series of portraits by such eighteenth-century artists as Gainsborough, Lawrence, Raeburn, and Romney, who represent the 'golden age' of British painting. Arranged alphabetically by ...
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover; First Printing
Publisher: National Gallery of Art, Washington
Date Published: (1992)
ISBN-13:9780521410663ISBN:0521410665
Description: New/New. 0-521-41066-5. In publisher's shrinkwrap. read more
Description: New. FLAWLESS COPY, BRAND NEW, NEVER OPENED-423 pages-This volume is devoted to the paintings in the National Gallery, Washington DC, that were produced from the fifteenth to the nineteenth century by British artists, or by foreign artists who spent the greater part of their working lives in Britain. Composed mainly of paintings acquired by such wealthy nineteenth century industrialists as Andrew Mellon and P. A. B. Widener, the core of this important collection is a series of portraits by ... read more
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