Printed By Woodfall And Kinder, Angel Court, Skinner Street,, London.: MDCCCLVI.
Physical Description
xxiv, [2], 94 p.; 248 mm. (Quarto.)
Contents
[T.p., errata-slip] - Contents - Introduction - Explanation Of The Contractions - [Text] - Appendix - Index Of Portraits - Index Of Painters; [colophon].
Responsibility Note
The printers' names are repeated in the colophon.
References
C. Rowell et al., Turner at Petworth (2002); C. Rowell, Petworth House (1997); M. Butlin et al., Turner at Petworth (1989); M. Egremont, 'The third earl of Egremont and his friends', in Apollo, 122 (1985), p.280-7; R. Walker, 'The third earl of Egremont, patron of the arts', in Apollo, 58 (1953), p.11-13;
Summary Note
The collections at Petworth had been bought by successive generations of the Wyndham family, and enlarged by G.O. Wyndham, third earl of Egremont (1751-1837), who bought works not only by old masters but also by contemporary artists, including J.M.W. Turner. The catalogue lists works by Beechey, Bellini, Blake, Bolteby, Bronzino, Chardin, Claude, Clint, Correggio, Cuyp, Dahl, Durer, Elsheimer, Gainsborough, Guardi, Hoare of Bath, Hogarth, Holbein, C. Janesen, Kneller, Lely, Phillips, Poussin, Rembrandt, Reynolds, Rubens, Ruysdael, Stubbs, Teniers, Titian, Turner, Van Dyck, Velázquez, Wootton and others.
At the time of the publication of this catalogue Petworth and its collections were owned by Egremont's natural son, George Wyndham, 1st baron Leconfield. The house is now owned by the National Trust.
Copy Note
Includes pencilled marginalia.
Binding Note
19th-century blue cloth-covered boards, upper cover lettered 'Catalogue Of Pictures In Petworth House'.