A genius for failure : the life of Benjamin Robert Haydon / by Paul O'Keeffe
2009, 1st Edition. London: Bodley Head. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #333293
ISBN: 9780224062473
Physical description: 568 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color); 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-547) and index. Contents: Machine generated contents note: Lot 343 -- 1. No Stranger to the Muses: 1786-1807 -- 2. Struggles: 1807-1461 -- 3. Triumphs: 1814-21 -- 4. King's Bench, King's Patronage: 1821-30 -- 5. Campaigns: 1830-41 -- 6. Into the Gulf: 1842-6. Subjects: Haydon, Benjamin Robert 1786-1846. Haydon, Benjamin Robert 1786-1846- biography. Painters England; Biography. Painters. England. Genre: Bibliography. Biographies. Illustrated.
Price: €12.95