xvi, 209 pages, 58 unnumbered pages of plates : chiefly color illustrations ; 24 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.
Contents:
'A far greater genius than Sir Joshua': some issues and complexities around the portraiture -- 'This melancholy employment': portraits from the life to 1780 -- 'I yielded to importunity': portraits from the life, 1781-91 -- Prints and posthumous portraits: spreading and selling the image -- Scene paintings -- Pottery and sculpture: a note -- No striking likeness?: images and ambiguities -- 'The pious preacher': satire -- 'Of pictures I do not pretend to be a judge': John Wesley and art -- Image, identity and institution: constructing a canon -- Conclusions: visualising Mr Wesley.