A General Dictionary Of Painters; Containing Memoirs Of The Lives And Works Of The Most Eminent Professors of the Art of Painting. From Its Revival By Cimabue, In The Year 1250, To The Present Time. By Matthew Pilkington, A.M. A New Edition, Corrected And Revised, With An Introduction, Historical And Critical, And Twenty-Six New Lives Of Artists Of The British School, By Allan Cunningham.
[Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters., 1840.]
Imprint
London:: Printed For Thomas Tegg, 73, Cheapside., 1840.
Physical Description
cxii, 671, [1] p.; 219 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Half-title, t.p., dedic.] - Preface To The Present Edition - Preface To The Edition Of 1829 - Modern Painting. Introduction - Catalogue Of The Principal Authors And Works That Have Been Consulted In The Compilation Of This Dictionary - An Explanation Of Terms Used In painting - [Text]; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printer is named on the title-page verso as 'London: Balne Brothers, Printers, 38, Gracechurch Street', and in the colophon as, 'Balue Brothers, Printers, 38, Gracechurch Street, London.'
'All That Is New In This Edition' is dedicated by the editor, Allan Cunningham, to Sir David Willkie, R.A.
Summary Note
Pilkington's biographic dictionary was first published in 1770 as The Gentleman's and Connoisseur's Dictionary of Painters. It was retitled A Dictionary of Painters in Henry Fuseli's editions of 1805 and 1810; and A General Dictionary of Painters in editions after 1824. Besides bringing out his revision of Pilkington, the poet Allan Cunningham also published his own six-volume Lives of the most eminent British Painters, Sculptors and Architects (1829-33).
Provenance
The title page is inscribed in ink, 'DM Martin Atkins'.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper and lower covers blind-stamped with border and central figures representing Painting and Poetry (or Music); spine lettered 'Pilkington's Dictionary Of Painters By Allan Cunningham.'
Subject
Artists - Painters - Europe - History
Biographies - Biography - Art history - Encyclopedias - Dictionaries - Biographical dictionaries - Reference books - Art history - Great Britain - 18th century - 19th century