High Society: The Life and Art of Sir Francis Grant Pra: The Life and Art of Sir Francis Grant, 1803-1878 - Softcover

Wills, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1903278392 ISBN 13: 9781903278390

Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland, 1999

Synopsis

This book, published to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Francis Grant, reintroduces a dominant figure in the Victorian art world, a leading society portrait painter and the only Scottish president of the Royal Academy. Grant, the younger son of a Perthshire laird, was largely self-taught, learning his skills by copying Old Master paintings lent to him by family and friends. After spending a substantial inheritance on his great passions - hunting to hounds and collecting paintings - Grant took the unorthodox step of turning his talents to professional use. During sittings for him in 1839, Queen Victoria was to note in her diary that he was very good looking, was a gentleman, now paints for money. Grant's connections gave him an entr,e into aristocratic and government circles and he soon became a favourite with the key political figures of the day such as Derby, Disraeli and Palmerston.

About this title

Product Description:

95pp. Review copy. From the collection of art historian Prof. Luke Herrmann, so some marking to text. Card cover has bend to top front corner. Plus loose inside: print-out of quotes from this title and 'Diary of an Art Dealer,' & 'With Compliments' slip from National Art Collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 1903278392
• ISBN 13: 9781903278390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 80