Orderbook -- wwb -- -- THE LOOK OF LOVE: EYE MINIATURES FROM THE SKIER COLLECTION. Ed. By Graham C. Boettcher. Birmingham Museum of Art, 2012. Published in association with D Giles Limited, London. Distributed in the U. S. A. By Antique Collectors' Club, Easthampton. 208 pp. With 226 col. Ills. 19 x 19 cm. ISBN 9781907804014 In English. Explores the fascinating subject of 'lover's eyes', hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes set in jewellery and given as tokens of affection. Indexing: Western, Europe � " Great Britain � " 1600-1800, 1800-1900 � " Painting, Jewelry Plans: 73,75,30 Worldwide Number: 076041Hardcover $35.00x (libraries receive a 10% discount on this title) 99 / CHANGE0722022; *** FREE UPGRADE to Courier/Priority Shipping Upon Request *** - *** IN STOCK AND IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT - Flawless copy, brand new, pristine, never opened -- 208 pp. ; 226 color illustrations. -- with a bonus offer--; Explores the fascinating subject of 'lover's eyes', hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes, set in jewelery and given as tokens of affection.

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Title: The Look of Love : Eye Miniatures from the Skier Collection
Publisher: D Giles Ltd
Publication Date: 2012
Language: English
ISBN 10: 1907804013
ISBN 13: 9781907804014
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: New

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This stunning volume explores the little-known subject of "lover’s eyes," hand-painted miniatures of single human eyes set in jewellery and given as tokens of affection or remembrance. In 1785, when the Prince of Wales secretly proposed to Mrs. Maria Fitzherbert with a miniature of his own eye, he inspired an aristocratic fad for exchanging eye portraits mounted in a wide variety of settings including brooches, rings, lockets and toothpick cases.

Graham Boettcher discusses the history and function of lover’s eyes, as well as the language and symbolism of their jewelled settings; Elle Shushan examines their role in the broader context of Georgian and early Victorian portrait miniatures; and Jo Manning offers five fictional vignettes imagining the circumstances surrounding the creation of these extraordinary objects.

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Graham C. Boettcher is the William Cary Hulsey Curator of American Art at the Birmingham Museum of Art, where he oversees the collections of American fine and decorative art before 1945. Elle Shushan is among the world's foremost dealers in American and European portrait miniatures, and works with many of the leading private and public collections of miniatures. Jo Manning is a romance novelist and the author of 'My Lady Scandalous' (Simon & Schuster, 2005), a biographical account of the royal courtesan Grace Dalrymple Elliot.

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