A Striking Likeness: The Life of George Romney

ISBN-13: 9781138704978 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 258 str.

David A. Cross

Opis

This title was first published in 2000:  In their stunning simplicity, George Romney's portraits of eighteenth-century gentry and their children are among the most widely recognised creations of his age.

Spis treści

1. From Woodcarver to Portraitist 1734-62  2. In London: Architect of His Own Fortune 1762-4  3. Great Newport Street 1764-73  4. ‘Egad George, We’re Bit!’ Italy and Neo-classicism 1773-5  5. Growing Reputation and ‘The Hermit of Eartham’ 1775-86  6. ‘The Man in Cavendish Square’ 1775-86  7. Patterns of Friendship 1775-86  8. John Boydell and the Closet Romance 1786-90  9. Prisons and Philanthropy 1790-92  10. The Fall of a Rebel Angel: Years of Decline 1793-6  11. ‘An Owl in the Desert’ 1796-1802