The Tempting prospect : a social history of English watercolours / Michael Clarke
1981, First Edition. London : British Museum Publications. Fine cloth copy in a near fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper (price-clipped), now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and sharp-cornered. Item #304978
ISBN: 0714180165
Series; A Colonnade book. Physical description; 160 p. ; [8] p. of plates ; ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm. Notes: Bibliography: p153-156. - Includes index. Contents; The prospect -- Travellers at home -- Travellers abroad -- Societies and clubs -- Drawing-masters -- Amateurs -- Patronage and collecting. Subjects; Watercolor painting, English. Watercolorists England ; Biography. Watercolor painting, English. Watercolorists. Watercolor painting, English. Picturesque, The, in art. Art and society. Watercolour painting, British. Watercolorists England ; Biography. Watercolor painting, British. Watercolour painting England. Watercolourists England. The Picturesque. Watercolour painting, English. English watercolour paintings, (1600-1800) - Critical studies. Genres; Biographies. Biography. Illustrated.
Price: €18.95