Pye, John, 1782-1874, Patronage of British art , 1845
- Title(s):
- Patronage of British art : an historical sketch : comprising an account of the rise and progress of art and artists in London, from the beginning of the reign of George the Second : together with a history of the Society for the management and distribution of the artists' fund, from its establishment in 1810, to its incorporation in 1827 : illustrated with notes, historical, biographical, and explanatory / by John Pye ...
- Published/Created:
- London : Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1845.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 422 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsN6764 .P9 1845 Copy 1[Request]Rare Books and ManuscriptsN6764 .P9 1845 Copy 2[Request]
- Copyright Status:
- Copyright Not Evaluated
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/6180
- Classification:
- Books
- Notes:
- Engravings by J.H. Robinson andr B.P. Gibbon; after John Samuel Agar, Francis Chantrey, Abraham Cooper, Andrew Morton, and William Mulready.
Printed by Moyes and Barclay.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is extra-illustrated with 13 leaves of newspaper clippings about John Pye, and with an ALS from John Pye to John Martin, bound in before p. 21; additional plates also bound in. Also has bound with it: Revival of vandalism at the National Gallery ... by Morris Moore (London : John Ollivier, 1853).
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in publisher's green cloth. Publisher's advertisements: [32] p. at end. - Subject Terms:
- Art -- Great Britain.Art patronage -- Great Britain.Longman, Brown, Freen, and Longmans -- Publisher.Moyes and Barclay -- Printer.Society for the Management and Distribution of the Artists' Fund (London, England)
- Form/Genre:
- Engravings -- 1845.
Wood engravings -- 1845.
Publishers' advertisements -- England -- London -- 1853.
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