(Vanbrugh). Whistler, Laurence.
THE IMAGINATION OF VANBRUGH And his Fellow Artists.
Art & Technics Limited/B.T. Batsford Limited, 1954. 1st Ed. Tall 4to. [xvi] + 270pp. Frontis., vignette t.p., 140 plates mainly from photos., several text ills. E.ps. and fore-edge of leaves lightly spotted, good in lightly rubbed d/w. lightly faded to spine and with loss at tail, repaired in parts to verso with selotape.
¶ Presenting unpublished and newly discovered material, studying not only the art of Vanburgh, but also contemporary artists that came into contact with him, chiefly Hawksmoor, with Talmun, Wren, Gibbs and Roger Morris among architects and London, Wise, Switzer, Bridgeman and Kint among garden designers.
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Keywords: ART; BRITISH ARCHITECTURE