Author: A. Dubuisson; C. E. Hughes (translator)
Title: Richard Parkes Bonington: His Life and Work
Description: London, John Lane The Bodley Head Ltd. 1924. First edition. Cloth. A first limited edition of this fascinating study of the English Romantic landscape painter Richard Parkes Bonington. This monograph provides a coherent and fascinating introduction to Bonington's works, ideas, and affiliations, creating a complex portrait of the artist. The first part of the text focuses on Bonington's life, structured chronologically from Bonington's 'Parentage and Childhood' in England, through his emigration to France at the age of fifteen, his training under Francia and Gros, to his tragically early death. The second part of this work provides a critical survey of Bonington's works, detailing his iconic style that was notably inspired by the old masters, yet entirely modern in its application. Copiously illustrated throughout with coloured and black and white plates. This edition is limited to 1,000 copies for sale, of which this copy is No. 806. In a cloth binding with spine label. Externally slightly bumped to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slightly faded to spines. Spine label rubbed and slightly age toned. Slight marking to boards. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Internally firmly bound. Pages bright and clean with the odd spot. Light scattered spotting to first and last few pages and the fore edge of pages, only visible to textblock. The odd handling mark to the occasional page. Near Fine . Ill.: Richard Parkes Bonington. Near Fine .

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