Anecdotes of Painting in England, With Some Account of the Principal Artists, and Notes On Other Arts

Collected by G. Vertue, Digested From His Mss.; With Additions by J. Dallaway. [With] a Catalogue of Engravers Who Have Been Born, Or Resided, in Englan

af Horace Walpole

This book covers the history of painting in England, with a focus on the 17th and 18th centuries. It includes accounts of famous artists such as Holbein, Van Dyck, and Reynolds, as well as their contemporaries. The book also includes a catalog of English engravers. An essential resource for anyone interested in British art history. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public do... (Læs mere)