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The Caribbean Cultural Center presents: Transforming the Crown
c1997
2
Emin, Tracey, born 1963
Strangeland
2005
3
Spalding, Frances, 1950–
John Piper, Myfanwy Piper
2009
4
Clark, Anthony M
Pompeo Batoni
1985
5
Johnson, Jane
The dictionary of British artists, 1880-1940
c1976
6
Hawksley, Lucinda
50 British artists you should know
c2011
7
Hodgson, J. E. (John Evan), 1831–1895
The Royal Academy and its members, 1768-1830,
1905
8
British art in the 20th century
1986
9
Contemporary British artists
1979
10
Fleming, Gordon H., 1920–
John Everett Millais
c1998
11
Wilson, Simon, 1942–
British art from Holbein to the present day
1979
12
Farson, Daniel, 1927–
Gilbert & George
c1999
13
Herman, Nini
Josef Herman
1996
14
Carrington, Noel
Carrington
1978
15
Archer, Mildred
India observed
1982
16
Diploma works and other paintings by the early members of the Royal Academy
1959
17
Wilson, Michael I., 1930–
William Kent
1984
18
Bicknell, Peter
Gilpin to Ruskin
1987
19
Watney, Simon
The art of Duncan Grant
1990
20
McKechnie, Sue
British silhouette artists and their work, 1760-1860
1978
21
Morris, Susan (Susan M.)
Thomas Girtin, 1775-1802
c1986
22
Chitty, Susan, Lady
That singular person called Lear
1988
23
Fine Art Society
Academician ...
1972
24
Henry Moore
2013
25
Wood, Christopher, 1941–2009
Olympian dreamers
1983
26
Townsend, William, 1909–1973
The Townsend journals
1976
27
LINDERISM
2020
28
Olding, Simon
Martyn Brewster
c1997
29
Raine, Kathleen, 1908–
William Blake
1970
30
'Topsy'
2013
31
Bindman, David, 1940–
Hogarth
2021
32
Bumpus, Judith
Reginald Brill
c1999
33
Schuchard, Marsha Keith
Why Mrs Blake cried
2006
34
Peck, Robert McCracken, 1952–
The natural history of Edward Lear
[2021]
35
Ulster Museum
British etchings and engravings 1870-1940 (from the permanent collection)
1978
36
Thirlwell, Angela
Into the frame
2010
37
Uglow, Jennifer S.
Mr. Lear
2018
38
Raine, Kathleen, 1908–
William Blake
1996, c1970
39
Davies, Peter
William Blake
c1996
40
Caws, Mary Ann
Bloomsbury and France
c2000
41
Edwards, Lee M
Hubert Von Herkomer and the modern life subject
1984
42
Waters, Grant M
Dictionary of British artists, working 1900-1950
1975
43
Foster, Alicia
Gwen John
2023
44
Kitson, Sydney D. (Sydney Decimus), 1871–1937
The life of John Sell Cotman
1982
45
Hignett, Sean
Brett
1983 [i.e. 1985], c1984
46
Wynne, Catherine, 1971–
Lady Butler
[2019]
47
Dearden, James S
John Ruskin
2004
48
Victoria and Albert Museum
Catalogue of British oil paintings, 1820-1860
1990
49
Harries, Meirion, 1951–
The war artists
1983
50
Wilton, Andrew
Turner
2006
51
Russell, Ronald
Guide to British topographical prints
c1979
52
Derek Jarman
1996
53
Julien, Isaac, Sir, born 1960
Isaac Julien
[2013]
54
Marsh, Jan, 1942–
Pre-Raphaelite sisterhood
2019
55
Ward, Elizabeth, 1951–
David Jones, mythmaker
1983
56
Carr, David, 1915–1968
David Carr
1987
57
British watercolours and drawings from Rowlandson to Riley
c1982
58
Levy, Mervyn
Ruskin Spear
1985
59
Pal, Pratapaditya
From merchants to emperors
1986
60
Carruthers, Jane
The life and work of Thomas Baines
1995
61
Hicks, Carola
Improper pursuits
2002
62
Parkinson, Ronald
British watercolours at the Victoria and Albert Museum
1998
63
Yorke, Malcolm
Edward Bawden & his circle
2007
64
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
Directory of membership
c1996
65
Bentley, G. E. (Gerald Eades), 1930–
The stranger from paradise
c2001
66
Roe, Sue
Gwen John
2001
67
King, James, 1942–
William Blake, his life
1991
68
Artist and model
c1986
69
Ford, Ford Madox, 1873–1939
Ford Madox Brown
1896
70
Paoletti, John T
The critical eye/I
1984
71
Clayton, Ellen C. (Ellen Creathorne), 1834–1900
English female artists
1876
72
MacLeod, Michael
Thomas Hennell
1988
73
Hawksley, Lucinda
Katey
2006
74
Beer, John B
William Blake
c2005
75
Guthrie, Simon
The life and art of John Cecil Stephenson
c1997
76
Wilson, Simon, 1942–
British art from Holbein to the present day
1979
77
Morris, Frankie
Artist of Wonderland
2005
78
Spencer, Unity, 1930–
Lucky to be an artist
2015
79
Ackroyd, Peter, 1949–
Blake
1995
80
Hamnett, Nina, 1890–1956
Laughing torso;
1932
81
Victorian dreamers
1989
82
Friend, Andy (Writer on art)
John Nash
2020
83
Martin, Simon, 1979–
John Minton
[2017]
84
Anthony d'Offay (Firm)
Nigel Henderson
[1977]
85
Thornbury, Walter, 1828–1876
British artists, from Hogarth to Turner
1861
86
Ede, H. S. (Harold Stanley), 1895–
A chart of British artists, 1560-1860,
[1934]
87
Levi, Peter
Edward Lear
c1995
88
An anthology of Pre-Raphaelite writings
c1997
89
Lister, Eric
Twentieth century British naïve and primitive artists
1977
90
Spalding, Julian
Modern art
c1986
91
Orr, Clarissa Campbell
Mrs Delany
[2019]