Anecdote lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and J.M.W. Turner / by John Timbs.

John Timbs

RA Collection: Book

Record number

12/3060

Author

Imprint

London: Richard Bentley, 1872

Physical Description

xvi, 387 p.: ports.; 191 mm.

General Note

Originally published in 1860.

Provenance

The front pastedown carries a Department of Science and Art 'Reward' book given to Thomas Cherrington, a student at Dudley School of Art, 'for succcess in the Elementary Section of the Course of Instruction in Art', 'By order of the Lords of the Committee of Privy Council on Education. MDCCCLXXIV [1874].'

Binding Note

A full brown leather binding, heavily embossed on the front and back boards with Queen Victoria's cypher in gold on the centre of the front board and on the spine, in worn gilt lettering, 'Anecdote / Lives / - / Timbs.'

Name as Subject

Subject

Painters Great Britain Biography

Contributors

Richard Bentley, publisher