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001 $ 06/4049
003 $ UK-LoRAA
041 0 # $a eng
044 # # $a uk
100 1 # $a Stirling-Maxwell
245 1 0 $a Velazquez And His Works. By William Stirling.
260 # # $a London: $b John W. Parker And Son, West Strand. $c 1855.
300 # # $a xix, [1], 256 p.; $c 161 mm. (Octavo.)
505 0 # $a [Half-t., t.p.] - Preface - Contents - Erratum - [Text] - Catalogue Of Prints After Works Of Velazquez.
508 # # $a The title-page vignette is unsigned.
510 0 # $a 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.
520 2 # $a 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.
561 # # $a 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).
563 # # $a 19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; spine lettered 'Velazquez'.
600 1 4 $a Velázquez
653 # # $a Painters - Artists - Painting - Spain - History - 17th century
655 # 0 $a Art history - Biography - Great Britain - 19th century