This book discusses each of these and illustrates all of them in color for the first time. It also provides a valuable biographical introduction with illustrations of related paintings and drawings by Bonington and his contemporaries. It will appeal not only to those who enjoy the work of this delightful artist but to anyone interested in British painting during one of its greatest eras.
This book discusses each of these and illustrates all of them in color for the first time. It also provides a valuable biographical introduction with illustrations of related paintings and drawings by Bonington and his contemporaries. It will appeal not only to those who enjoy the work of this delightful artist but to anyone interested in British painting during one of its greatest eras.
Anatole Demidoff and the Wallace Collection, Francis Haskell;
19th-century paintings, Stephen Duffy; 17th-century Dutch and Flemish
paintings, Stephen Duffy; 18th-century French paintings, Stephen Duffy;
furniture, Robert Wenley; ceramics, Robert Wenley; metalwork and "objets de
vertu", Robert Wenley; gold boxes, miniatures and jewels, Robert Wenley;
pipes and smokers' requisites, Robert Wenley; arms and armour, David Edge.
Appendices: works of art formerly in the Anatole Demidoff and
Hertford-Wallace collections; Demidoff family art sales.
