Author: Aldeburgh Festival, SuffolkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Charles Brooking, 1723-1759: Paintings, Drawings and Engravings
Author: Aldeburgh Festival, SuffolkPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 42
Book Description
Charles Brooking 1723-1759
Author: David JoelPublisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
Charles Brooking is at the forefront of English marine painters, but since he died, aged thirty-six, in 1759, there was to be no recognition in his short life to justify his remarkable ability. He has probably produced the most atmospheric and beautiful marine paintings of all time. All his known pictures are illustrated and described in this much needed catalogue raisonn, together with all his known drawings and engravings. There is also a chapter on eighteenth century London marine engravers written by James Taylor, a curator at the National Maritime Museum. The book also describes the Dutch marine painters in the seventeenth century and shows how the English school developed following the Van de Veldes' work at Greenwich. This is the first book to cover fully eighteenth century British marine painters in general terms and Charles Brooking in particular. It is badly needed by scholars, collectors, sale rooms, museums and art galleries. 142 colour & 193 b/w illustrations
Nollekens and His Times
Author: John Thomas SmithPublisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 454
Book Description
The Farington Diary
Author: Joseph FaringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 466
Book Description
The ... Volume of the Walpole Society
Author: Walpole Society (Great Britain)Publisher:
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Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Wager Disaster
Author: C.H. LaymanPublisher: Andrews UK Limited
ISBN: 191006551X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
Book Description
This is the astounding story of HMS Wager, driven ashore in foul weather onto the inhospitable coast of Patagonian Chile in 1741. Shipwreck was followed by murder, starvation, mutiny, and the fearful ordeal of 36 survivors out of about 140 men. Some were enslaved, some defected; many drowned. The captain shot one of his officers. There was an epic open-boat voyage of 2500 nautical miles through the world's most hostile seas, probably the greatest castaway voyage in the annals of the sea, and the least known. Midshipman Byron, the grandfather of the poet, was prominent among the survivors. The story is placed in its historical context, using eye-witness accounts where possible, with some previously unpublished material. It finishes with the finding of the wreck by a British expedition in 2006. Foreword written by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh.
A History of Painting: The British genius
Author: Haldane MacfallPublisher:
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Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 430
Book Description
Catalogue, Descriptive and Historical
Author: Glasgow Art Gallery and MuseumPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
The Farington Diary: July 13, 1793, to August 24, 1802. 3d ed
Author: Joseph FaringtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
Descriptive and Historical Catalogue of the Pictures and Other Works of Art in the National Gallery
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Painters
Languages : en
Pages : 206
Book Description