Descriptive text with 5 plates. Checklist of portraits. 40p. Mrs Robinson was Mary Robinson (1757-1800), an English actress, poet, dramatist, novelist, and celebrity figure. She was the first public mistress of King George IV while he was still Prince of Wales.

Mrs. Robinson and Her Portraits

Ingamells, John

Arts & Photography

Trustees of the Wallace Collection

Describes in detail 151 paintings and 60 drawings. Focuses on British, Italian, German and Spanish work.

The Wallace Collection: Catalogue of pictures

Wallace Collection (London, England)

The Founders of the Wallace Collection

Hughes, Peter

The Wallace Collection Guide

Wallace Collection

The 4th Marquess of Hertford had a passion for clocks, collecting them in both Paris and London. Most were kept in his apartment in the rue Laffitte, but several, acquired in England, were part of the furnishings of Hertford House, notably the monumental astronomical clock. Despite the elaborate movement of the latter, Lord Hertford, like the French eighteenth-century noblemen whose tastes he so often shared, bought his clocks for the artistry of their cases, whether in Boulle marquetry, gilt and patinated bronze, gilt bronze and marble, Sevres porcelain, lapis lazuli, tulipwood or ebony. His taste in clocks was supremely that of a collector for whom time itself did not matter. All the eighteenth-century clocks and barometers formerly owned by the Marquess and now in the Wallace Collection are featured in this book. For each clock a description of the case and movement is provided, along with details of the work of the clockmakers, cabinetmakers, bronze founders and gilders. There are full-page colour illustrations of each clock, accompanied by details in black and white of the movements and photographs of comparable clocks. Essays on clock cases and on clock movements and barometers put the Marquess's collection in its historical context, while a glossary and diagrams provide technical details. Of great interest to historians of the decorative arts and to horologists, the book will also appeal to anyone with a love of French art of the eighteenth century.

French Eighteenth-Century Clocks and Barometers in the Wallace Collection

History

Essential general survey for enthusiasts and specialist alike. Superb colour illustrations. Will provide many insights to the neglected area of art history

Paintings in Wood: French Marquetry Furniture

Chastang, Yannick

Europe

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