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003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Dennistoun
245 1 0 $a Memoirs Of Sir Robert Strange, Knt., Engraver, Member Of Several Foreign Academies Of Design; And Of His Brother-In-Law Andrew Lumisden, Private Secretary To The Stuart Princes, And Author Of "The Antiquities Of Rome." By James Dennistoun Of Dennistoun. In Two Volumes. Vol. I. (II.)
260 # # $a London: $b Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans. $c 1855.
300 # # $a 2 vols.; $c 197 mm. (Octavo.)
500 # # $a Vol. I: xi, [i], 313, [3], 24 p., frontis. (port.), [2] pl. - Vol. II: vii, [i], 333, [3] p. frontis. (port.).
505 0 # $a Vol. I: [Frontis., t.p.] - Preface - Contents Of The First Volume - Illustrations Of The First Volume; Erratum - [Text, with 2 pl.] - [Colophon] - List Of New Works [published by Longman] - A Catalogue Of New Works In General Literature, Published By Longman ... - Vol. II: [Half-title, frontis., t.p.] - Contents To The Second Volume - Illustration Of The Second Volume - [Text] - Appendix [I-VI] - Index; [colophon] - The Traveller's Library In course of publication ... [by Longman].
508 # # $a In Volume I the frontispiece portrait of Strange is signed as drawn by J.B. Greuse and engraved by R. Strange; plate [1] is signed as made by R. Strange 1749; plate [2] is signed as engraved by Sir Robert Strange from a drawing by Gavin Hamilton. In Volume II the frontis. portrait of Lumisden is signed as 'From a Medallion by I. Tassie'.

The printer is named on the title-page verso of Volume I and the half-title verso and colophon of Volume II: 'London: A. and G.A. Spottiswoode, New-street-Square.'
510 0 # $a For Dennistoun see H. Brigstocke, 'James Dennistoun', in Connoisseur (1973), p. 90-7 and 240-9.
520 2 # $a The Appendix of Volume II includes a 'Chronological List Of Sir Robert Strange's Engravings, With Their Prices' and 'List Of Sir Robert Strange's Drawings'.
561 # # $a Purchased in 1868 (see 'Report on the Library', RA Annual Report for 1868, Appendix No. 6, p. 31).
563 # # $a 19th-century blue papered boards; spines lettered 'Memoirs Of Sir R. Strange And A. Lumisden. - J. Dennistoun. Vol. I. (II.)'.
600 1 4 $a Strange
600 1 4 $a Lumisden
653 # # $a Artists - Engravers - Jacobites - Great Britain - Italy - History - 18th century
655 # 0 $a Biography - Great Britain - 19th century
700 1 # $a Greuze $e source artist
700 1 # $a Strange $e engraver
700 1 # $a Hamilton $e draughtsman
700 1 # $a tassie $e source artist
700 1 # $a Spottiswoode $e printer
710 2 # $a Longman, Brown, Green, And Longmans $e publisher
710 2 # $a A. and G. A. Spottiswoode (London) $e printer