British miniature painters and their works / by J.J. Foster
1898, First Edition. London : S. Low, Marston & Company, limited [etc.]. Good copy in the original cloth with a gilt-blocked label to the spine. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Spine bands worn as with age. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #265925
Provenance; from the Free Public Library Oldham with its bookplate. Physical description; 1 p. l., xii p., 1 l., 146, [6] p. : lix (i.e. 60) pl. incl. front. ; 32 cm. Notes; Limited printing of 425 copies, of which 125 are on large paper. This is no. 54. Plates accompanied by guard sheets with descriptive letterpress. Appendices.--A. Catalogue (priced) of the miniatures sold at Strawberry Hill, 1842.--B. Catalogue of the exhibition of the works of Sir W. C. Ross at the Society of Arts, 1860.--C. Alphabetical list of the miniatures (named) at the loan exhibition, South Kensington, 1865.--D. Catalogue of the exhibition of miniatures at the winter exhibition, Royal Academy, 1879.--E. Catalogue of Messrs. Dickinson's loan exhibition, 1880.--F. Catalogue of the miniatures (named) shewn at the Stuart, Tudor, and Guelph exhibitions, (1889-91). "Works of reference": p. xi-xii. Contents; Appendices -- A. Catalogue (priced) of the miniatures sold at Strawberry Hill (1842) -- B. Catalogue of the exhibition of the works of Sir W.C. Ross at the Society of Arts (1860) -- C. Alphabetical list of the miniatures (named) at the loan exhibition (South Kensington, 1865) -- D. Catalogue of the exhibition of miniatures at the winter exhibition (Royal Academy, 1879) -- E. Catalogue of Messrs. Dickinson's loan exhibition (1880) -- F. Catalogue of the miniatures (named) shewn at the Stuart Tudor, and Guelph exhibitions (1889-91). Subjects; Miniature painting — Great Britain. Miniature painting — Reproduction. Painters — Great Britain. Miniature painting — Great Britain — History. Portrait miniatures — Great Britain. Miniature painters, British — Biography. Painters, British. Miniature painting, British. Miniature painters — Great Britain. Portrait miniatures, British. Portrait painters — Great Britain. Portraits - United Kingdom. Miniature Painting - United Kingdom. Miniature painting — Great Britain. Miniature painting — Reproduction. Painters — Great Britain. Miniature painting (Portraits), British. Genres; Bibliography. Catalogue. Illustrated.
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