Author: Samuel ROWE (Vicar of Credition.)Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
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The Panorama of Plymouth; Or Tourist's Guide to the Principal Objects of Interest, ... in the Towns of Plymouth, Dock, and Stonehouse
Author: Samuel ROWE (Vicar of Credition.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
The Antiquarian Magazine & Bibliographer
Author: The First Proofs of the Universal Catalogue of Books on Art
Author: John Hungerford PollenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 1142
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Sir Francis Drake
Author: Bruce WathenPublisher: D. S. Brewer
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
A cultural history of the representations of Sir Francis Drake, from contemporary accounts to the present day. For four hundred years Sir Francis Drake's exploits have fascinated, inspired and entertained. Every age has sought to reconstruct the narrative of the great Elizabethan seafarer: the basis of his fame has shifted continually overthe years, from single-handed victor over the Spanish Armada, to hero of commerce, explorer, and ruthless entrepreneur. In each incarnation, however, he has always been portrayed to answer the demands and anxieties of each new era. Here, for the first time, the history of Drake as a cultural icon, and of his myth, is explored, from his appearances in west-country folklore to Elizabethan poetry, from eighteenth-century garden architecture to Victorianpageants and twentieth-century films. There is a particular focus on the "long" nineteenth century, during which Drake's reputation underwent a rigorous reconstruction to present him as a hero of empire. BRUCE WATHEN gained his PhD from Exeter University.
British Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author: Catalogue
Author: Maggs BrosPublisher:
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Category : Booksellers' catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short-title Catalogue: phase 1. 1816-1870
Author: A Genius for Failure
Author: Paul O'KeeffePublisher: Random House
ISBN: 1446426580
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 584
Book Description
* Haydon's first attempt at suicide ended when the low calibre bullet fired from his pistol fractured his skull but failed to penetrate his brain. * His second attempt also failed: a deep slash across his throat left a large pool of blood at the entrance to his studio, but he was still able to reach his easel on the opposite side of the room. *Only his third attempt, another cut to the throat which sprayed blood across his unfinished canvas, was successful. He died face-down before the bespattered 'Alfred and the First British Jury', his final bid 'to improve the taste of the English people' through the High Art of historical painting. * Such intensity, struggle and near-comic inability to succeed encapsulate Haydon's career. Thirty years before his death his huge, iconic paintings had made him the toast of early 19th-century London, drawing paying crowds to the Egyptian Hall in Piccadilly for months and leading to nationwide tours. * However, his attempt to repeat such success three months before his death was to destroy him: barely a soul turned up, leaving the desperate painter alone, humiliated, and facing financial ruin. * In A Genius for Failure Paul O'Keeffe makes clear that the real tragedy of Haydon lay in the extent to which his failures were unwittingly engineered by his own actions - his refusal to resort to the painting of fashionable portraits, for example, and his self-destructively acrimonious relationship with the RA. * The company he kept - Keats, Shelley, Wordsworth, Sir Robert Peel and the Duke of Wellington, among many others - and the momentous events he lived through - The Battle of Waterloo, the Coronation of George IV, and the passing of the first Parliamentary Reform Bill - make A Genius for Failure not only the definitive biography of this fascinating and tragic painter, but a stirring portrayal of an age.
The English Guide Book, C.1780-1870
Author: John Edmund VaughanPublisher: Newton Abbot [Eng.] ; North Pomfret, Vt : David & Charles
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 176
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