Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; digested and published from his original mss. by the Honourable Horace Walpole; with considerable additions by the Rev. James Dallaway ...

Main entry:

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London, Printed at the Shakspeare Press, by W. Nicol, for John Major, 1826-28.

Description:

5 volumes frontispieces, illustrations, plates (including portraits, coats of arms) 26 cm

Notes:
Volume 4 adds to title: "to which is added the history of the modern taste in gardening."
Vol. 5 has title: A catalogue of engravers, who have been born or resided in England; digested by the Honourable Horace Walpole; from the mss. of Mr. George Vertue; with considerable additions by the Rev. James Dallaway: forming volume V. of Anecdotes of the arts in general in Great Britain, to the end of the reign of George II.

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Subject:

Painting England History.
Painters England.
Artists Portraits.
Engravers England.
Gardening England.
Peinture Angleterre Histoire.
Peintres Angleterre.
Artistes Portraits.
Graveurs Angleterre.
Jardinage Angleterre.
Artists.
Engravers.
Gardening.
Painters.
Painting.
England.

Form/genre:

History.
Portraits.

Added entries:

Vertue, George, 1684-1756.
Dallaway, James, 1763-1834.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 44814
Call No.: 9552; ID:89-B4250
Copy: v. 1
Status: Available

Location: Library main 44813
Call No.: 9552; ID:89-B4250
Copy: v. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library main 44812
Call No.: 9552; ID:89-B4250
Copy: v. 3
Status: Available

Location: Library main 44811
Call No.: 9552; ID:89-B4250
Copy: v. 4
Status: Available

Location: Library main 44810
Call No.: 9552; ID:89-B4250
Copy: v. 5
Status: Available

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