Main entry:

Wilson, David (Art historian), author.

Title & Author:

Johan Zoffany RA and the Sayer family of Richmond : a masterpiece of conversation / David Wilson.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

London : David Wilson Fine Art Limited, 2015.
©2015

Description:

vii, 110 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 26 cm

Notes:
Previous edition: 2014.
Includes bibliographical references.
Preface to the second edition -- Introduction -- Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) : his life, work and fame -- Zoffany and Robert Sayer (1725-94) -- Alice Longfield, Robert Sayer's second wife -- The conversation of the Sayers and Zoffany's private amusement -- Richmond Bridge and Richmond Bridge House -- The setting for Zoffany's painting, The Sayer Family of Richmond -- A "capital messuage or mansion house" on Richmond Hill -- The building of Robert Sayer's mansion depicted in Zoffany's painting -- A royal tenant of Robert Sayer's mansion on Richmond Hill -- Subsequent owners and occupiers of Robert Sayer's mansion -- Topography -- Final years -- Coda -- Notes -- Bibliography -- List of plates.

ISBN:

9780992722432 (pbk.)
0992722438 (pbk.)

Subject:

Zoffany, Johann, 1733-1810.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794.
Sayer family.
Mansions England.
Painters England 18th century.
Hôtels particuliers Angleterre.
Peintres Angleterre 18e siècle.
Mansions.
Painters.
England.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 290092
Call No.: BIB 232853
Status: Available