Byron, Sully, and the power of portraiture / author, John Clubbe.
Byron, Sully, and the power of portraiture / author, John Clubbe.
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Publisher
Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2005.
Call Numbers
N759.13/45
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Language
English
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Physical content
xxi, 343 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 24 cm.
Contents
Introduction : the importance of portraiture -- 1. Provenance of a painting -- 2. Portraits of Byron -- 3. First portraitist of Philadelphia -- 4. Dramatic and historic portraiture : George Frederick Cooke and George Washington's passage of the Delaware -- 5. Dramatic and historic portraiture : Fann...
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Publisher
Burlington, Vt. : Ashgate, c2005.
Place of Publication
Vermont
Date Published
c2005.
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Summary
"This book focuses on the history and cultural significance for Federal America of the only portrait of Byron known to have been painted by a major artist. In private hands from 1826 until this day, Thomas Sully's Byron has never before been the subject of scholarly study. Beginning with his discovery of the portrait in 1999 and a 200-year narrativ...
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Byron, Sully, and the power of portraiture / author, John Clubbe.
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General note
The nineteenth century series.
Includes index.
Bibliography : p. [299]-322.
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Call Numbers
N759.13/45
Record Identifier
74VKqGrGj4Ml
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKqGrGj4Ml
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ISBN
0754638146 (alk. paper)
9780754638148 (alk. paper)
DDC
759.13
MMS ID
991020322179702626
