Sujet

'Anecdotes of Painting in England', c1762, (1946). Artist: Horace Walpole.

Légende

'Anecdotes of Painting in England', c1762, (1946). The First History of English Art published by the Strawberry Hill Press between 1762 and 1780. Horatio Walpole (1717-1797) modelled it on Giorgio Vasari's Lives of the Artists. It is one of the earliest examples of 'Private Press' books. From English Printed Books, by Francis Meynell. [Collins, London, 1946]
The Print Collector collection

Date

1762

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM19C73_340

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

90,8Mo (827,9Ko) / 40,6cm x 56,1cm / 4792 x 6624 (300dpi)

Mots clés

arts peinture pays livre Anglais texte endroit siècle littérature impression B&W les années 40 lettrage imprimé MONOCHROME édition majuscule noir et blanc noir et blanc B W Texte anglais 18e siècle 20e siècle Dix-huitie siècle éditeurs histoire The Print Collector object William Francis Giorgio Vasari Vasari Giorgio Collins Horace Walpole Horatio Walpole Earl of Orford Sir Horace Walpole Walpole Horace Orford Earl of Francis Meynell Meynell William Collins anecdote Private Press Strawberry Hill Press object