High society : the life and art of Sir Francis Grant, 1803-1878 / Catherine Wills

Wills, Catherine. Grant, Francis, Sir (1803-1878). Scottish National Portrait Gallery

ISBN 10: 1903278392 / ISBN 13: 9781903278390

Edité par Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland, 2003

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Fine copy in the original color-printed, stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 95 pages; Description: 95 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 30 cm. Subjects: Grant, Francis, Sir (1803-1878) --Exhibitions --Criticism and interpretation -- Painting, Victorian. 1 Kg.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: High society : the life and art of Sir Francis Grant, 1803-1878 / Catherine Wills
• Éditeur: Edinburgh : National Galleries of Scotland
• Date de parution: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1903278392
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781903278390
• Reliure: Couverture souple
• Édition: First Edition.
• Poids: 1 kilogramme

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Synopsis

This book, published to celebrate the bicentenary of the birth of Sir Francis Grant, reintroduces a dominant figure in the Victorian art world, a leading society portrait painter and the only Scottish president of the Royal Academy. Grant, the younger son of a Perthshire laird, was largely self-taught, learning his skills by copying Old Master paintings lent to him by family and friends. After spending a substantial inheritance on his great passions - hunting to hounds and collecting paintings - Grant took the unorthodox step of turning his talents to professional use. During sittings for him in 1839, Queen Victoria was to note in her diary that he was very good looking, was a gentleman, now paints for money. Grant's connections gave him an entr, e into aristocratic and government circles and he soon became a favourite with the key political figures of the day such as Derby, Disraeli and Palmerston