Author: Marcus B. Huish
Title: Happy England
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . Cloth. The first reprint of this lovely illustrated biography of Helen Allingham, the Victorian watercolourist. Early edition of Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and descriptions by Marcus Bourne Huish. In the original publishers pictorial cloth binding.A lovely biography of the Victorian illustrator and watercolourist. Helen Allingham was a successful artist who studied at the Royal Academy School, later known as the Royal College of Art, and is recognised for her work in The Graphic newspaper, and her illustrations for Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd' in Cornhill Magazine in 1874. Although women artists at the time would typically struggle to make an impact, Allingham was very influential and had an impact on the art of Vincent Van Gogh. Densely illustrated with eighty colour plates and one monochrome plate as the frontispiece. Collated, complete. With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Helen Allingham. Very Good .
Keywords: Helen Allingham Marcus Huish Biography Art Marcus Huish Helen Allingham
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Title: Happy England
Description: London, Adam and Charles Black, 1904 . Cloth. The first reprint of this lovely illustrated biography of Helen Allingham, the Victorian watercolourist. Early edition of Happy England as painted by Helen Allingham, with a memoir and descriptions by Marcus Bourne Huish. In the original publishers pictorial cloth binding.A lovely biography of the Victorian illustrator and watercolourist. Helen Allingham was a successful artist who studied at the Royal Academy School, later known as the Royal College of Art, and is recognised for her work in The Graphic newspaper, and her illustrations for Thomas Hardy's 'Far from the Madding Crowd' in Cornhill Magazine in 1874. Although women artists at the time would typically struggle to make an impact, Allingham was very influential and had an impact on the art of Vincent Van Gogh. Densely illustrated with eighty colour plates and one monochrome plate as the frontispiece. Collated, complete. With four pages of advertisements to the rear. In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally, smart. There is some bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. The hinges are strained but firm. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are bright and clean with the odd spot. Very Good . Ill.: Helen Allingham. Very Good .
Keywords: Helen Allingham Marcus Huish Biography Art Marcus Huish Helen Allingham
Price: GBP 118.00 = appr. US$ 168.50 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 851W14
- Book number: 851W14
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