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Anecdotes of painting in England : with some account of the principal artists and incidental notes on other arts ; also, A catalogue of engravers who have been born or resided in England / collected by the late George Vertue ; digested and published from his original MSS. by Horace Walpole with additions by the Rev. James Dallaway.

Author/creator Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Other author/creatorVertue, George, 1684-1756.
Other author/creatorDallaway, James, 1763-1834.
Other author/creatorWornum, Ralph Nicholson, 1812-1877 editor.
Format Book and Microform
EditionA new ed., rev., with additional notes b Ralph N. Wornum.
Publication InfoLondon : Henry G. Bohn, 1862.
Description3 volumes (xxxii, 1007 pages, [481]-510 pages, [36] pages) : illustrations, plates.
Subject(s)
Series Library of English literature ; LEL 22152-53
Library of English literature ; LEL 22152-53. UNAUTHORIZED
Contents v. 1. Advertisement to Mr. Dallaway's edition. Dedication. Horace Walpole's preface and advertisement. List of plates. List of wood engravers. Names of artists arranged chronologically. Earliest accounts of painting in England to painters in the reign of Charles I. -- v. 2. Painters in the reign of Charles I. [cont.] to painters in the reign of George II. -- v. 3. Painters in the reign of Charles II. [cont.] On modern gardening. Supplementary anecdotes of gardening in England, by Mr. Dallaway. Catalogue of engravers. Engravers before the reign of James I. to engravers in the reign of George II. Life of George Vertue and list of his works. Appendix. Alphabetical list of engraved portraits. General index.
General noteVol. 2, page numbers 480-513 omitted from sequence.
General noteEach vol. with table of contents.
General noteGeorge Vertue's notebooks containing his materials for a history of the fine arts in England were sold by his widow to Horace Walpole, who published them 1762-80 under the above title. cf. Dictionary of national biography.
Reproduction noteJoyner- Microfiche. Chicago, Ill. : Library Resources, inc., 1976. 2 microfiches : positive ; 8 x 13 cm. (Library of English literature ; LEL 22152-53)

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