The printer is named on the title-page verso and in the colophon: 'Edinburgh: T. Constable, Printer To The Queen, And To The University.'
Summary Note
The fourteen studies are on: Early art-schools in England; Verrio and Laguerre; A sculptor's life in the last century [on L.F. Roubiliac]; The rise of the Royal Academy; Widow Hogarth and her lodger [A. Runciman]; Allan Ramsay, Junior; George Romney; Cosway, the miniature-painter; The story of a scene-painter [Loutherbourg]; The story of an engraver [J.K. Sherwin]; Sir Joshua's pupil [J. Northcote]; Hoppner and Lawrence; The pupil of Sir Thomas Lawrence [G.H. Harlow]; Turner and Ruskin.
Binding Note
19th-century brown cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Art in England'; spine lettered 'Art in England Dutton Cook SLS&M'.
Subject
Art - Artists - Painters - Sculptors - Engravers - Great Britain - London - History - 18th century - 19th century
Art history - Biography - Essays - Great Britain - 19th century
Publishers' advertisements - Great Britain - 19th century