James Northcote, history painting, and the Fables / Mark Ledbury.
Published / Created:
New Haven : Yale Center for British Art, 2014.
Physical Description:
ix, 246 pages : illustrations ; 32 cm
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
"This publication accompanies the exhibition Picture Talking: James Northcote and the Fables, organized by the Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, and on view from October 2 to December 14, 2014."
Contents:
Introduction : The Painter Who Pleased Nobody -- Family Portraits -- Ambition and Friendship : Northcote on the Continent, 1777-1780 -- 'The Efforts of Pining Genius' : Northcote the History Painter, 1784-1793 -- Diligence, Dissipation, Dissent, Disaster : 1795-1806 -- Northcote's Patrons in the New Century -- Slighted Beauty and Disappointed Genius : Northcote the Writer -- 'A Skillful Artist in Combinations' : Northcote and 'The Fables,' 1817-1833 -- The Fables Manuscripts and Collages.
Subject Terms:
Northcote, James, 1746–1831 -- Criticism and interpretation. | Northcote, James, 1746–1831. Fables. | History painting.