Thomas Lawrence : Regency power & brilliance / edited by A. Cassandra Albinson, Peter Funnell and Lucy Peltz
2010, First Edition. New Haven London New Haven : Yale Center for British Art ; National Portrait gellery ; in association with Yale University Press. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #412199
ISBN: 0300167180
Physical description; xxvi, 314 pages : color illustrations ; 30 cm. Notes; Publsished to accompany the exhibition "Thomas Lawrence: Regency power and brilliance" co-organized by the Yale Center for Britiish Art and the National Portrait Gallery, London, on view at the National Portrait Gallery from 21 October 2010 to 23 January 2011 and at the Yale Center for British Art from 24 February to 5 June 2011. Includes bibliographical references (pages 302-306) and index. Contents; Lawrence among men : friends, patrons and the male portrait / Peter Funnell -- The construction of desire : Lawrence's portraits of women / A. Cassandra Albinson -- "Charming little brats" : Lawrence's portraits of children / Marcia Pointon -- Catalogue. Arrival on the scene : the 1790's ; Delineating a life : Lawrence as draughtsman ; New ambition : experimentation and innovation in portraiture practice ; Lawrence in Europe : international career and reputation ; Court, academy and society : the 1820s -- Photographic copyright and credits -- A survey of the literature / A. Cassandra Albinson. Subjects; Lawrence, Thomas 1769-1830 ; Exhibitions. Lawrence, Thomas 1769-1830 Criticism and interpretation. Art, British 18th century. Art, British 19th century. Portrait painting, British 19th century ; Exhibitions.
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