Miniatures in the Wallace Collection

Stephen Duffy

ISBN 10: 0900785837 / ISBN 13: 9780900785832

Published by Trustees Of The Wallace Collection Nov 2010, 2010

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Neuware - The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book features over seventy of the finest miniatures in the Wallace Collection, all of them reproduced in color, most for the first time. The volume spans the period from the mid-16th to the late-19th centuries. The entries include much new information on the miniatures and are accompanied by images of related works in the Wallace Collection and elsewhere. There are introductory essays on the history of the collection and on French eighteenth-century miniatures, a particular highlight of the collection.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Miniatures in the Wallace Collection
• Publisher: Trustees Of The Wallace Collection Nov 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0900785837
• ISBN 13: 9780900785832
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 278W x 247H x 13D millimeters 278 millimeters width by 247 millimeters height by 13 millimeters depth
• Weight: 992 grams

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Synopsis

The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book presents one of the major British collections of miniatures, a group of over 330 works which formed part of the generous bequest to the British nation made by Lady Wallace in 1897.