London:: John W. Parker And Son, West Strand., 1855.
Physical Description
xix, [1], 256 p.; 161 mm. (Octavo.)
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Preface - Contents - Erratum - [Text] - Catalogue Of Prints After Works Of Velazquez.
Responsibility Note
The title-page vignette is unsigned.
References
H. Brigstocke, 'El descubrimiento del arte Español en Gran Bretaña', in En torno a Velazquez [exhibition catalogue] (1999); E. Harris, 'Sir William Stirling-Maxwell and the history of Spanish art', in Apollo, 79 (1964), p.73-7.
Summary Note
This is an expansion of the account of Velázquez given in Stirling's Annals of the artists of Spain (1847-8).
The title-page carries a vignette portrait of Velázquez.
A greatly enlarged version of Stirling's catalogue of prints after Velázquez was published in 1873.
Provenance
The front pastedown is inscribed in pencil, 'S: A: H', i.e. S.A. Hart, Librarian of the Royal Academy 1864-81. Purchased for RA Library in 1870 (see 'Librarian's Report for the Year 1870', RA Annual Report, Appendix No. 6, p. 28).