Text extracted from opening pages of book: CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES BY J. J. FOSTER, F. S. A. Al'THOR OF BRITISH MINIATURE PAINTERS AND THEIR WORKS. THR bfUAKTS IN iCTH, i? TH, AND X8TH CENTURY AKT, FRENCH Mil SKUM WA1TKAI' TO PUUnilON, CONCKUNINU TUK IKL'fa OF MARY QHEKN OF SCOi'b tTC, klC. WITH 117 ILLUSTRATIONS T. FISHER UN WIN LTD LONDON: ADELPH1 TERRACE REPACK ACCEDING to the wish of my Publishers that the following pages should be included in a certain well known series, I have termed them Chats on Old Miniatures, but ...
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Text extracted from opening pages of book: CHATS ON OLD MINIATURES BY J. J. FOSTER, F. S. A. Al'THOR OF BRITISH MINIATURE PAINTERS AND THEIR WORKS. THR bfUAKTS IN iCTH, i? TH, AND X8TH CENTURY AKT, FRENCH Mil SKUM WA1TKAI' TO PUUnilON, CONCKUNINU TUK IKL'fa OF MARY QHEKN OF SCOi'b tTC, klC. WITH 117 ILLUSTRATIONS T. FISHER UN WIN LTD LONDON: ADELPH1 TERRACE REPACK ACCEDING to the wish of my Publishers that the following pages should be included in a certain well known series, I have termed them Chats on Old Miniatures, but confess that 1 consider the title somewhat of a misnomer, inasmuch as I have been accustomed to regard a chat as a conversation between two or more persons interested in a given subject; whereas in this little volume it is obvious that I have done all the talking 1 . In the interval which has elapsed since my larger works appeared the most important event in con nection with the subject of Miniatures is, in my opinion, the Exhibition of Works of Art of the Eighteenth Century at the French National Library in 1906. The concluding chapter of this book gives the impressions afforded by that extremely interesting and instructive Exhibition. In the hope that they will be of use to the general reader, I have amplified my references to the public collections of Miniatures in this country, especially IO JP& EFAC& those at Hertford House and the Jones Collection, so rich In the works of Fetitot. Miss E. M. Foster has been of much service in revising the proofs and passing this work through the press. I have only to add one word, and that relates to the illustrations. I am fortunate in being able to put before my readers so large a selection of choice examples of the art ofminiature painting. This I owe to the generosity of the owners of the originals, to whom I desire once a aln to express my indebtedness and thanks. j. j. KOSTKK. LONDON, 190$. CONTENTS PAttE PREFACE ., . 9 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, . 13 BIBLIOGRAPHY . ., f 17 CHAPTER I. ON COLLECTING MINIATURES AND THE CARE OK THEM . . . . 19 II. ORIGIN OF MINIATURES, AND A METHOD OF PAINTING TI1KM ., - 43 HL CONCERNING KNAMKLS AND ENAMKL PAINTERS 63 IV. HOLBEIN, AND KARLY MINIATURK PAINTERS . y$ V. NICHOLAS HILLIAHD ., . . 123 VI. THE OLIVERS AND HQSK. INS, 145 VII. SAMUKL COOPER, . ., tj I V1I1. PETIT OX . *, * . . 191 12 CHAPTER FAGS IX> SOME GEORGIAN ARTISTS . .,211 X. COSWAV AND HIS CONTKNU'ORARIK: ?, . 22$ XI. THK LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL . .261 XII. ROYAL AND HKIVATK COI. t, ECTIUN S, * 79 XI U. FITBLIC COLI. KCTIONS . . . . 30 1 XIV. THK FRKNCH SCHOOL OF MIN1ATTRK PAINTKRS $ 2$ CONCLUSION . * . . 361 INDEX ., ., . 367 ILLUSTRATIONS FRONTISPIECE, Portrait of a /.
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