The art of painting, with the lives and characters of above 300 of the most eminent painters: containing a complete treatise of painting, designing, and the use of prints. With reflexions on the works of the most celebrated masters, and of several schools of Europe, as well ancient as modern ... Tr. from the French of Monsieur de Piles. To which is added, An essay towards an English school.
Edition:
The 3d ed.: in which is now first inserted the life of Sir Godfrey Kneller, by the late B. Buckeridge ... who wrote the greatest part of the English school.
Published / Created:
London, Printed for T. Payne [1754?]
Physical Description:
8 p.l., 439 p. 22 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
BAC & SML : With this is bound: Burgess, James. The lives of the most eminent modern painters. London, 1754.
Subject Terms:
Painting -- Early works to 1800. | Painters. | Painters -- Great Britain. | Mansel-Pleydell, J. C. (John Clavell), 1817-1902 -- Bookplate. | Manwaring, Elizabeth Wheeler, b. 1879 -- Bookplate.