A chronological guide to the history of the English miniature, fully illustrated in color with 100 examples from the National Portrait Gallery. The selection covers the period from the accession of Elizabeth I to the 18th century, and includes works by Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac Oliver, Samuel Cooper and Peter Cross. The informative and accessible text includes detailed discussions of each miniature illustrated, as well as presenting new fashions and developments in each period as part of a history of miniature painting in ...
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A chronological guide to the history of the English miniature, fully illustrated in color with 100 examples from the National Portrait Gallery. The selection covers the period from the accession of Elizabeth I to the 18th century, and includes works by Nicholas Hilliard, Isaac Oliver, Samuel Cooper and Peter Cross. The informative and accessible text includes detailed discussions of each miniature illustrated, as well as presenting new fashions and developments in each period as part of a history of miniature painting in England. Richard Walker has recently completed a survey of the miniatures in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and has been well known for many years as a writer and authority on English miniature painting.
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