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1	Country Flowers of a Victorian Lady more books like this by Fanny Robinson, Gill Saunders (Editor) add to wishlist This collection of evocative poetry includes extracts from Keats and Shakespeare accompanied by startlingly beautiful watercolor studies that are both botanically accurate and a perfect example of the high Victorian style of floral illustration. 140 color illustrations. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.46! \| first editions
2	The Art of the Pre-Raphaelites more books like this by Professor Elizabeth Prettejohn add to wishlist THE ART OF THE PRE-RAPHAELITES provides a comprehensive collection of the art, and an illuminating commentary on the artists, including each individual artist's personal relationship to his work. see all copies from $31.10! new only from $31.10! \| first editions
3	The Frampton Flora more books like this by Richard Mabey add to wishlist "The Frampton Flora" documents a beautiful collection of Victorian botanical paintings discovered in the attic of Frampton Court in Gloucestershire over a century after they were created. First published over twenty years ago, this revised, redesigned and updated edition of a classic bestseller includes new paintings that have come to light since ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $17.94! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Francis Bacon more books like this by Professor Michel Leiris add to wishlist This is a magnificently illustrated volume that showcases the unique work of Francis Bacon - one of the 20th century's most celebrated artists. The centenary of Francis Bacon's birth is being celebrated with major exhibitions at the Tate Britain, The Prado Museum in Madrid, and The Metropolitan Museum in New York. Francis Bacon (1909-1992) was ... see all copies from $9.23! new only from $29.95! \| first editions \| SVS
5	The Artist and the Garden more books like this by Roy C Strong add to wishlist This volume gathers together and examines a collection of English gardens rendered by artists from 1540 to the early 19th century. It surveys garden pictures ranging from Elizabethan miniatures to 18th-century alfresco conversation pieces, discussing the genre's beginning and development. see all copies from $4.97! new only from $47.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Ultimate Alphabet more books like this by Mike Wilks add to wishlist Now in paperback: the book that tantalized readers when it was first published in 1987--and inspired an international contest. Each page of this intriguing and artful book shows a letter of the alphabet accompanied by an illustrious illustration containing hundreds of objects and images beginning with that letter. "Imaginative, ingenious, and ... see all copies from $1.99! first editions
7	Understanding Watercolours more books like this by Huon L Mallalieu add to wishlist This book acts as a practical introduction to the subject of collecting British watercolour paintings. There is a lot more to collecting than noting just the price, the name of the artist and deciding whether or not one likes the subject. Many watercolours are either not signed or bear false signatures, or perhaps have been saddled with misleading ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $26.44! \| first editions
8	Painted Gardens: English Watercolours 1850-1914 more books like this by Penelope Wood Hobhouse add to wishlist In the golden age of English gardens, Victorian and Edwardian patronage of the arts led to the commissioning of a group of artists, who recorded in watercolours, the landscaped splendour of the age. This is an album of over 100 such paintings. The gardens detailed range from the Yew Alley at Rockingham Castle and the Lower Terrace Walk at ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $99.00! \| first editions
9	Francis Bacon more books like this by Francis Bacon add to wishlist A one-volume selection of Bacon's English writings, including all the major literary writings on which his reputation rests--the "Advancement of Learning", the "Essays" (in their first and last versions), and the "New Atlantis". It also includes 16 other works not reprinted demonstrating Bacon's remarkable all-round abilities in politics, law, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
10	An Introduction to English Painting more books like this by Sir John Rothenstein add to wishlist John Rothenstein's Introduction To English Painting has long been recognised as one of the best concise guides to the development of English painting. In this book he combines the authority of his scholarship with rare, discerning enthusiasm (and not a little wit). From medieval wall-paintings and illuminated manuscripts the story of English art ... see all copies from $2.00! new only from $4.98! \| first editions
11	John Gould's birds. more books like this by John Gould add to wishlist see all copies from $6.80! first editions
12	Paul and Thomas Sandby more books like this by Luke Herrmann add to wishlist see all copies from $4.21! new only from $44.93! \| first editions
13	English Water Colours more books like this by Laurence Binyon add to wishlist ENGLISH WATER-COLOURS BY LAURENCE BINYON, C. H. LATELY KEEPER OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS BRITISH MUSEUM With a frontispiece and twenty-four plates. IN FRIENDSHIP AND IN MEMORY OF YOUTH PREFACE CAVING, long ago, spent ten years of my life in . cataloguing the English Drawings in the British Museum, I have retained an affectionate interest in the ... see all copies from $2.87! new only from $30.35! \| first editions \| SVS
14	The Tall Ship in Art more books like this by Roy Cross, John Groves (Illustrator), Mark Myers (Illustrator) add to wishlist A presentation of marine art, featuring the great sailing vessels of the past. The work of five established practitioners of marine painting is illustrated here, reflecting the grace and energy of sail in several mediums. The book contains descriptive captions and biographical notes on the artists. see all copies from $42.48! new only from $125.00! \| first editions
15 view cover	George Romney 1734-1802 more books like this by Alex Kidson add to wishlist This handsome catalogue, which accompanies a major international exhibition commemorating the bicentennial of George Romney's death, offers the first in-depth modern overview of a key figure in eighteenth-century British art. Romney was the main rival of Sir Joshua Reynolds and Thomas Gainsborough - and for much of his career more fashionable than ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $20.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Malcolm Morley more books like this by Jean-Claude Lebensztejn, Lucy McNair (Translator) add to wishlist The controversial artist Malcolm Morley is the subject of this illustrated text, the first title in "Itineraries", a series featuring contemporary artists, and edited by Lynne Cooke and Michael Newman. Born and trained in Britain but resident in America since 1958, Morley is best known as an exponent of Superrealism, a heightened, photorealistic ... see all copies from $4.65! new only from $4.94! \| first editions
17 view cover	Sensation & Sensibility: Viewing Gainsborough's Cottage Door more books like this by Professor Ann Bermingham (Editor) add to wishlist Late in his career Thomas Gainsborough became preoccupied with the theme of the cottage door, and he created a group of paintings and drawings that show rustic figures clustered around the open door of a cottage set in a deeply wooded landscape. Often seen as exemplars of the rural idyll, these works were among the first landscape paintings to ... see all copies from $5.50! new only from $17.00! \| signed copies \| first editions
18 view cover	Constable more books like this by Michael Rosenthal add to wishlist Traces the development of the career of the English artist and analyzes his paintings, water colors, and drawings. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.52! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Dark Side of the Landscape: The Rural Poor in English Painting 1730-1840 more books like this by Professor John Barrell add to wishlist The eighteenth century saw a radical change in the depiction of country life in English painting: feeling less constrained by the conventions of classical or theatrical pastoral, landscape painters attempted to offer a portrayal of what life was really like, or was thought to be like, in contemporary England; and this inevitably involved a new ... see all copies from $18.00! new only from $30.11!
20 view cover	Ben Nicholson more books like this by Norbert Lynton add to wishlist Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the finest British artists of the twentieth century. This monograph pays tribute to the artist on the centenary of his birth. Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the greatest artists of the twentieth century, who first came to international prominence with his famous "white reliefs" of the 1930s. A pioneer of ... see all copies from $15.00! new only from $51.71! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Sarah Stone: Natural Curiosities from the New Worlds more books like this by Christine E Jackson add to wishlist Showcases Stone's records of the exotic birds, mammals, shells, and native artifacts found in the New Worlds. see all copies from $15.00! new only from $19.98! \| first editions
22 view cover	Stanley Spencer more books like this by Timothy Hyman (Editor), Patrick Wright (Editor), Sir Stanley Spencer add to wishlist Stanley Spencer is seen as one of the most innovative British painters of his era. His works include pre-First World War paintings and complex pieces of the mid-1930s, produced at a time of marital and stylistic crisis. This catalogue celebrates the achievements of an artist who explored, experimented and developed his work over five decades and ... see all copies from $11.95! new only from $11.95! \| first editions
23 view cover	The King's Bedpost: Reformation and Iconography in a Tudor Group Portrait more books like this by Margaret Aston add to wishlist The King's Bedpost is a lavishly-illustrated detective story about a painting. Edward VI and the Pope is an important and fascinating visual allegory of the Reformation; but when and why was it painted? Following up a sequence of clues to answer these questions, the author embarks on a fascinating and unusual voyage of historical exploration that ... see all copies from $32.44! first editions
24 view cover	Desperate Romantics: The Private Lives of the Pre-Raphaelites more books like this by Franny Moyle add to wishlist Their Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. They became defined by love triangles, played out against the austere moral climate of Victorian England; they outraged their contemporaries with their loves, jealousies and betrayals, and they ... see all copies from $19.95! new only from $33.00!
25 view cover	Dominic Serres R.A.: 1719-1793 War Artist to the Navy more books like this by Alan Russett add to wishlist A biography of Dominic Serres, the dominant British marine painter of the period 1719-1793. A founder member of the Royal Academy and appointed Marine Painter to George III, he played his part in a crucial period of development in British painting and of growing national awareness. see all copies from $24.99! new only from $46.38! \| first editions \| SVS

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