Author: Parker, Constance-Anne
Title: Mr. Stubbs the Horse Painter
Description: London, J.A. Allen, 1971. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black dust jacket with color illustration and white and red lettering, xiv, 203 pp, 8 plates : illustrations (including 4 color). "This is the first full length book since 1898 on George Stubbs one of the most intriguing of painters of the 18th century. Famous as a painter of horses, his scientific contribution to anatomical knowledge was also outstanding. The book traces his career, as a self-taught painter, from obscurity in Liverpool to his arrival in London and the publication of his incomparable book, 'The Anatomy of the Horse'.. Included are chapters on his paintings of famous racehorses, wild animals, and his work for the surgeons William and John Hunter."-dust jacket. Good+ (overall shelfwear to block edges, boards and dust jacket, light age toning to page edges) .
Keywords: European Artists ; George Stubbs ; ;
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Title: Mr. Stubbs the Horse Painter
Description: London, J.A. Allen, 1971. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with gilt lettering on spine, black dust jacket with color illustration and white and red lettering, xiv, 203 pp, 8 plates : illustrations (including 4 color). "This is the first full length book since 1898 on George Stubbs one of the most intriguing of painters of the 18th century. Famous as a painter of horses, his scientific contribution to anatomical knowledge was also outstanding. The book traces his career, as a self-taught painter, from obscurity in Liverpool to his arrival in London and the publication of his incomparable book, 'The Anatomy of the Horse'.. Included are chapters on his paintings of famous racehorses, wild animals, and his work for the surgeons William and John Hunter."-dust jacket. Good+ (overall shelfwear to block edges, boards and dust jacket, light age toning to page edges) .
Keywords: European Artists ; George Stubbs ; ;
Price: US$ 32.00 Seller: Kevin Mullen, Bookseller
- Book number: 176071
- Book number: 176071
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