Add this copy of Blake, Palmer, Linnell and Co. : the Life of John to cart. $175.06, new condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Newport Coast, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Antique Collectors Club Ltd.
Add this copy of Blake, Palmer, Linnell & Co. : the Life of John Linnell to cart. $2,477.00, new condition, Sold by BWS Bks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Ferndale, NY, UNITED STATES, published 2010 by Antique Collectors Club Dist.
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New. 0863329179. *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request ***-*** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT-Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened--416 pages; 61 illustrations including 25 in color. Description: " 'An unsavoury character', says one modern authority of Linnell, 'disliked by many fellow artists' says another, as well as being 'loathed' by Samuel Palmer, his son-in-law. Yet this was anything but the reality. Friend and patron of William Blake, John Linnell was always willing to give advice and encouragement to young artists, and was extremely generous to both family and friends as David Linnell shows in this perceptive and thorough study of the life of his great-grandfather. Drawing extensively on Linnell's journal, account books, and the very considerable number of letters that survive in the family papers, he sets the record straight after nearly a hundred years of neglect and calumny. The undeserved slurs on Linnell's reputation may well have been the result of his success. Arguably the most popular artist in England in the mid-nineteenth century, he exhibited regularly at the Royal Academy for sixty years. In great demand as a portraitist in the first half of his career, Linnell painted such men as Thomas Carlyle, Thomas Malthus and Sir Robert Peel, while his subsequent career was devoted entirely to landscape, when his paintings regularly commanded prices higher that those achieved by Turner. One of the last of the great English Romantic school of painters, Linnell's style was overtaken by Impressionism, and only now are we beginning to discover his true worth as a painter of the English countryside."--with a bonus offer--
