Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Cunningham, Allan, 1784-1842
Title:
The lives of the most eminent British painters and sculptors. / By Allan Cunningham. ; In five volumes. Vol. IV[-V].
Edition:
Harper's stereotype edition.
Published / Created:
New-York: : Published by Harper & Brothers, No. 82 Cliff-Street., 1841.
Physical Description:
2 v. : ports. ; 16 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Jules D. Prown, MAH 1971
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Frontispiece portraits of J.S. Copley and Thomas Lawrence engraved by Stephen Henry Gimber, the first from a painting by Gainsborough.
Subject Terms:
Copley, John Singleton, 1738–1815 -- Portraits. | Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- Portraits. | Painters -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Sculptors -- Great Britain -- Biography. | Hallowell Social Library -- Bookplate. | Prown, Jules David -- Provenance. | Engraving -- Specimens -- 1838.
Contributors:
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788, ill. | Gimber, Stephen Henry, 1810–1862, engraver. | Harper & Brothers, publisher.