Works Of Art And Artists In England. By G.F. Waagen, Director Of The Royal Gallery At Berlin. Three Volumes. Volume I. The British Museum. Windsor Castle. The National Gallery. Devonshire House. Mr. Wilkins. Duke Of Devonshire's Villa, Chiswick. (- Volume III. ...)
The printers' name is given on the title-page versos and in the colophons: 'London: Printed by William Clowes and Sons, Stamford Street.'
References
F. Haskell, 'The growth of British art history and its debts to Europe', in PBA, 74 (1988), p.203-24; F. Herrmann, 'Dr Waagen's Works Of Art And Artists In England', in Connoisseur, 161 (1966), p.173-7.
Summary Note
In 1830 Waagen had been appointed director of the Königliche Gemäldegalerie in Berlin; but he made frequent study-visits abroad and published extensively on European galleries and collections. He visited Britain in 1835, 1850, 1851, 1854, 1856, 1857, 1862 and 1867, and greatly influenced the development of public provision for the arts in this country. His Works of Art and Artists combines accounts of the great collections with anecdotes of British life, which on the whole he admired. The text takes the form of letters, and is expanded from Waagen's letters to his wife.
Provenance
A preliminary leaf in each volume is inscribed in ink, 'Bequest of Sr. Aug. W. Callcott.'
Binding Note
19th-century half calf, marbled-papered boards; red and black morocco spine-labels lettered 'Art & Artists In England' and 'Waagen - Vol. I.(-III.)', spines lettered 'R.A.'
Subject
Works of art - Paintings, European
Collections - Great Britain - 19th century
Artists - Great Britain - 19th century
Germans - Great Britain - Description and travel - Social life and customs - History - 19th century
Letters - Travel guidebooks - Germany - 19th century
Translations into English - Translations from German - Letters - Travel guidebooks - Great Britain - 19th century