Georgiana: A Biography of Georgiana McCrae, Painter, Diarist, Pioneer Tapa dura - 1995

Carlton: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1994. xvii, 344pp, 16pp colour and 8pp b/w plates, bibliography, index. Green boards in jacket. The full story of Georgiana Huntly McCrae, a professional portrait painter in 1820s Edinburgh, and a settler's wife in early Melbourne, is told here for the first time. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series.. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

Carlton: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, 1994 F/F. 8vo. original green boards gilt (trifling erasure mark to FFE, else clean and bright throughout) in dustwrapper (a trifle rubbed & bumped); pp. xviii (last blank), 344, with illustrations. A fine copy. Number 18 in the Miegunyah Press Series.. Reprint. Hard Cover. F/F.

Carlton, Victoria: Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah, 1995. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. xvii 344 pages, indexed, annotated, bibliography, illustrated with coloured and black and white plates. The front end paper is slightly damaged by what looks like the removal of a book plate, else immaculate. "After a childhood among artists, French emigres and English radicals in Regency London, Georgiana lived as a young woman at her father s castle in the Highlands. A gifted portraitist, professionally trained in London, she earned her own living in Edinburgh before making the choice between marriage and a career. After marrying Andrew McCrae in 1830 she followed her husband in his erratic progress from Edinburgh to London and then to Port Phillip, where he was successively lawyer, squatter and goldfields magistrate. The varied fortunes of the McCraes are recounted in a story whose tragic elements are counter-balanced by the strength of mind, the lively wit and… Leer más

Melbourne University Press at the Miegunyah Press, Carlton, Victoria, 1994. Reprint. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Very Good. Illustrator: Various. 24x16cm. xvii. 344p. With a catalogue of the plates by Caroline Clemente. Notes, Bibliography, Index. Comprehesive biography of the Scottish painter who settled in Melbourne in the 1820's. With 35 black and white & colour illustrations, including works of Georgiana McCrae; Second impression of the First Edition. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Various. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522845134. ISBN/EAN: 9780522845136. Inventory No: 0272526. . 9780522845136

MELBOURNE UNIVERSITY PRESS, Melbourne, 1994. First Edition. Hardcover. New Book/New. inc. photos, index, not price clipped, in protective cover Size: Octavo . 344 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Biography & Autobiography; ISBN: 0522845134. ISBN/EAN: 9780522845136. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 100028. . 9780522845136 This book is extra heavy, and will involve extra shipping charges outside of Australia. .