G. F. Watts / by G. K. Chesterton

G. K. Chesterton

RA Collection: Book

Record number

08/3856

Author

Imprint

London: Duckwoth & Co., Henrietta St., Covent Garden, 1914

Physical Description

75, [1] pages, frontis. plate, plates : illustrations ; 23 cm.

General Note

Published 1904. Reprinted 1906, 1913, 1914.
The printer is named on the verso of the title page: `Printed at The Ballantyne Press, London.'
With two newspaper articles loosely inserted. One undated and titled: `The Compleat Watts: unknown treasures of the first painter of our time'. The other from the Telegraph, 28th December 1954 titled: `Ranking with the Masters: Watts exhibition / by T. W. Earp. This, a review of the Watts retrospective organised by the Arts Council, at the Tate Gallery, London, 9 December 1954 - 16 January 1955.
With 31 photogravures of paintings by Watts, and a photogravure after a portrait photograph of Watts by Frederick Hollyer.
`The photogravures are from photographs by Fredk. Hollyer. Permanent photographs of works of Watts, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Holbein, and of pictures in the Dublin and Hague Galleries can be obtained of Fredk. Hollyer, 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington.’ [page 8].
`The photogravures are from photographs by Fredk. Hollyer. Permanent photographs of works of Watts, Rossetti, Burne-Jones, Holbein, and of pictures in the Dublin and Hague Galleries can be obtained of Fredk. Hollyer, 9 Pembroke Square, Kensington.’ [page 8].

Name as Subject

Contributors

Frederick Hollyer, photographer
Duckworth and Co (London), publisher
Ballantyne Press, printer