Miniatures (Ashmolean Handbooks) - Hardcover

Richard Walker

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1854440772 ISBN 13: 9781854440778

Publisher: Ashmolean Museum, 1997

Synopsis

The Ashmolean collection of miniatures was begun in the seventeenth century by the Tradescants, father and son, gardeners to Charles I and Henrietta Maria. Among its most generous benefactors was the Reverend Bentinck Hawkins, chaplain to the Dukes of Cambridge and an insatiable nineteenth-century collector. The miniatures, mostly of very high quality, range from the Tudor and Stuart era to Victorian times, and include specially distinguished works by Isaac Oliver, Cooper, Zincke, Smart, Cosway and Engleheart. This is the tenth in the series of Ashmolean handbooks, illustrating selections of paintings, drawings or objects, which are well-represented in the Museum. They are designed to provide a stimulating introduction for the general reader and a useful guide for the expert.

About this title

About the Author:

Richard Walker is the author of 'National Portrait Gallery: Regency Portraits, Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen' and 'Catalogue of Miniatures in National Trust Houses'.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ashmolean Museum
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1854440772
• ISBN 13: 9781854440778
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 80