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Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and J.M.W. Turner, John Timbs, 1872

Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and J.M.W. Turner, John Timbs, 1872

LAN9356
$67.00 - $67.00
$67.00
$67.00 - $67.00
$67.00

An attractive prize presentation copy from Glasgow School of Art.

Anecdote Lives of William Hogarth, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Henry Fuseli, Sir Thomas Lawrence, and J.M.W. Turner. By John Timbs.

Published by Richard Bentley, London, 1872. Uncommon.

A good full leather hardback with blind stamped decorative panels to covers, with the front bearing a gilt Queen Victoria armorial. With prize presentation plate to first pastedown from Glasgow School of Art. Prize for 'Success in the Advanced Section of the Course of Instruction in Art'. The recipient being 'William Pratt', in 1874.

Provenance: William Pratt studied at Glasgow School of Art and Academie Julien. He exhibited at the Royal Academy, Paris Salon Royal Academy, and the Royal Scottish Academy, amongst others. He was a talented and highly respected artist, particularly known for his scenes of country life.

Covers with scuffing, and wear and bumping to extremities. A handsome book. Soundly bound. Feathered marble endpapers. Some light spotting to endpapers. Text is bright and clean throughout, and all edges of text block are finished in red. 

Text in English. 

xvi + 387pp + (1pp) + Portrait Plates. 

Weight approximately 664g (unpacked). 

Approximate dimensions: 189mm high x 133mm wide x 35mm deep.