The Huntington collection of drawings by Thomas Rowlandson is generally regarded as the largest and most comprehensive at present in a public museum. The collection offers an unrivaled opportunity for the study of this prolific artist's range of interests and the development of his technique. As a line draftsman and humorist, Thomas Rowlandson was probably the finest England has ever produced. Certainly he had a wider command of comic devices and comes closer to exploiting their full potentialities than any other British ...
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The Huntington collection of drawings by Thomas Rowlandson is generally regarded as the largest and most comprehensive at present in a public museum. The collection offers an unrivaled opportunity for the study of this prolific artist's range of interests and the development of his technique. As a line draftsman and humorist, Thomas Rowlandson was probably the finest England has ever produced. Certainly he had a wider command of comic devices and comes closer to exploiting their full potentialities than any other British artist. He is also wonderfully inventive in discovering and expressing the comic aspects of a great variety of everyday situations. His reputation as a humorist, though, should not obscure his achievement in other fields: he is a charming landscapist and genre artist, and a skillful portraitist. All these facets of Rowlandson's work are well represented in this volume, which reproduces and catalogues all of the Huntington drawings, including those from "A Tour in a Post Chaise" and "The English Dance of Death," both previously published by the Huntington. In his introductory essay, Robert Wark discusses Rowlandson's art and illustrates the various aspects of his work by relating them to selected drawings that are reproduced in full color. The book will be of immense value to the student of art history, and the layman will be delighted by the vigor and sheer virtuosity of Rowlandson's work.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 1650grams, ISBN: 0873280652.
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Very Good. Dust jacket has light scratches and outer edges have minor scuffs, book content is in like new condition. Sewn binding. 398 p. Contains: Illustrations.
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Very Good. Ex-Library hardcover with dj in very nice condition with the usual markings and attachments. Library stamp inked out on edges. Text block clean and unmarked. Tight binding.
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As New in Fine jacket. Size: 4to 11"-13" tall; A lovely copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf-and edge-wear; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere but for a black remainder mark along the top edge. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. Volume contains scholarly apparatus in the form of, e.g., notes, index, and bibliography. Replete with fine black-and-white illustrations throughout. The text provides a Rowlandson Chronology, an Introduction, a Catalog, a list of the Plates, an Index of Works by Thomas Rowlandson, and then a General Index. ix + 398 pp. Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.
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Very Good. Signed Copy Collectible-Very Good. Good dust jacket. Signed by author on title page. In protective mylar cover. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
