| Description |
199 pages, 59 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
The origin and method of miniature painting -- Hans Holbein and the early miniaturists -- Nicholas Hilliard and his son Laurence -- Isaac and Peter Oliver -- John Hoskins and his contemporaries -- Samuel and Alexander Cooper -- Miniaturists in the latter part of the seventeenth century -- Miniature painters working after the restoration -- Bernard Lens and the transition period -- Lesser miniaturists of the early eighteenth century -- Richard Cosway and the great revival -- John Smart, John Smart Jnr and Ozias Humphry -- Great Georgian miniaturists -- More notable Georgian artists -- 1. Lesser-known artists of the eighteenth century -- 2. Lesser-known artists of the eighteenth century -- Nineteenth-century miniaturists -- Enamel miniatures -- Artists who worked with plumbago, oils and on porcelain -- The late nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the decline of the art -- The eye of the collector |
| Notes |
First published in 1963 by Methuen |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 185-188 |
| Subject |
Miniature painters -- Great Britain.
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Miniature painting -- Great Britain -- History.
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Miniature painting, British -- History.
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| LC no. |
70421469 |
| ISBN |
0600003515 |
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