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A Critical and Commercial Dictionary of the Works of Painters: Comprising Eight Thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty Sale Notes of Pictures and Nine Hundred and Eighty Original Notes on the Subjects and Styles of Various Artists Who Have Painted in the School - Softcover
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The articles or subjects contained in the several English Dictionaries of Painters may be divided into three classes - namely, Lives of Known or Popular Painters, compiled from published sources; Lives of Rare and Obscure Painters, likewise compiled from published sources, and whose works are almost exclusively confined to foreign cities; whilst the third division is appropriated to New Lives, or additional matter collected by the compiler. In this Dictionary a different plan is followed, and the painters may be divided rather into two classes than three - namely, Known or Popular Painters; and Scarce Painters, whose names have not previously appeared in other works on art. Although Virtually a Dictionary of Old Painters, yet a few modern artists are introduced; for instance, some celebrities who died during the first half of the present century. We are indebted to George Stanley for many useful and original notes in his edition of Bryan's 'dictionary of Painters.' Messrs. Bohn, Ottley, Redgrave, Sandby, William Smith, and others, have likewise been actively and successfully engaged in compiling the histories of Modern Painters and the Print Room of our British Museum has been recently enriched by a large and most valuable collection of illustrated manuscripts on the History of our British Schools of Painting, the gift of the author, Mr. J. H. Anderdon.
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- PublisherForgotten Books
- Publication date2024
- ISBN 10 0259860727
- ISBN 13 9780259860723
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages264
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