Book Of The Artists. American Artist Life, Comprising Biographical And Critical Sketches Of American Artists: Preceded By An Historical Account Of The Rise And Progress Of Art In America. By Henry T. Tuckerman. With An Appendix Containing An Account Of Notable Pictures And Private Collections.
[Frontis., t.p.] - [Epigraphs] - Contents - Publishers' Advertisement - Plan And Purpose Of This Work - Introduction. Art In America - [Text and plates] - Appendix. List Of American Pictures ... - Index.
Responsibility Note
Most engravings are signed by draughtsmen - A.B. Durand, Robt. W. Weir, Thomas Cole, D. Huntington, F.E. Church, Regis Gignoux, J.F. Kensett, T. Addison Richards, J.F. Cropsey, Jesse Talbot - and by engravers - J. Kirk, H. Beckwith, S.V. Hunt or John Halpin.
One plate carries the publisher's imprint of G.P. Putnam.
The printer is named on the verso of the title page: 'The New York Printing Company, 81, 83, and 85 Centre Street, New York.'
References
J. Flexner, 'Tuckerman's Book of the Artists', in Amer. A. J., 1:2 (1969), p.53-7.
The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of D. Huntington. Four other plates (photographs) show portraits of artists; the rest (engravings) show landscapes.
Binding Note
19th-century brown morocco, upper and lower covers having decorated borders; spine lettered 'Book Of The Artists. - Tuckerman' and 'R.A.'
Subject
Artists - Painters - Sculptors - Art - Painting - Sculpture - United States of America - History
Collections - United States of America - 19th century
Biography - Art history - Art criticism - United States of America - 19th century
Pictorial works - Photographs - Photomechanical prints - United States of America - 19th century