Sir Thomas Lawrence Tapa dura - 2006

Yale University Press, 2006. 1. Hardcover. Very Good. Very Good in a Very Good dust jacket; Hardcover; Dust jacket is clean and intact with just minor edgewear, and has not been price-clipped (Now fitted with a new, Brodart jacket protector); Light wear to the boards; The textblock edges are unblemished; The endpapers and all text pages are clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Large Format (Quatro, 10.75" - 11.75" tall); 4.2 lbs; Painting illustration of woman in a fur dress, and title in white lettering; 2006, Yale University Press; 256 pages; "Sir Thomas Lawrence," by Michael Levey.

Book cover like new - pages clean, bright and unmarked – spine like new.
Jacket near new, modest edge/shelf wear; protected in fresh mylar sleeve.
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Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769¬1830) was the most gifted and successful British portrait painter in the generation following Gainsborough and Reynolds, and his pre-eminence was confirmed by his election as President of the Royal Academy of Arts in 1820. Yet Lawrence¬"s work has often been dismissed as flashy and meretricious. This beautifully illustrated, eloquently written, and comprehensive account reverses that view, demonstrating that Lawrence was an intelligent, hard-working, and profoundly conscientious artist.The book is the first sustained study of Lawrence¬"s work in many years, and the first ever to look closely at his highly accomplished drawings as well as his paintings. Tracing the steps in his career, Michael Levey analyses and… Leer más

Yale University Press. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Yale University Press, 2006-03-08. Hardcover. Like New. 9x1x11. As new clean tight and bright oversized and overweight. Jacket now in mylar. Please email for photos.