The Strong Box - Thirty Portraits of Roy Strong ***Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of 250 Copies***

Swannell, John

ISBN 10: 0711237425 / ISBN 13: 9780711237421

Published by Francis Lincoln Limited, London, 2015

About this Item

Brand New in publishers shrinkwrap. Hardback copy in presentation box. No.078 of a Limited Edition of 250. Signed by both Sir Roy Strong and John Swannell. 96pp. The book itself is entitled 'Sir Portrait', a work of playful connoisseurship, and a celebration of a life in portraits. Not library copy, unread copy, only small tear to publishers shrinkwrap on front. (1/2).

Seller Inventory # ABE-1590060063187

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Strong Box - Thirty Portraits of Roy Strong ***Signed and Numbered Limited Edition of 250 Copies***
• Publisher: Francis Lincoln Limited, London
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0711237425
• ISBN 13: 9780711237421
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Limited Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Signed: Signed by Author(s)

About this title

Synopsis

How does the former Director of the nation's greatest collection of portraits celebrate his 80th birthday? The distinguished photographer John Swannell and Roy Strong have devised a series of thirty portraits that transport Roy through time, inventing and reinventing him as an array of historical characters. With a sharp eye for period style and dress, and flashes of a tongue-in-cheek wit, Roy and John spent five years on a project in which he takes on the characters of Henry VIII, Toulouse Lautrec, Rasputin, President Lincoln and many more. The results, together with Roy's diary relating the stories behind the sittings, make a remarkable photographic essay of a man rightly dubbed 'Sir Portrait'.