The Portrait Miniature in England

by Coombs, Katherine

• ISBN13: 9781851772063
• ISBN10: 1851772065
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum

Summary

A highly readable account of the development of English miniature painting featuring masterpieces from the VandA's collection, which contains some of the finest examples in existence.

Author Biography

Katherine Coombs has been a curator within the Department of Prints, Drawings and Paintings at the Victoria and Albert Museum for nine years.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 6
Introduction	p. 7
The Origins and Development of the Portrait Miniature	p. 13
The Mid-Sixteenth Century to the Early Seventeenth Centuries	p. 28
The Early Seventeenth Century	p. 52
From the Civil War to the Early Eighteenth Century	p. 64
The 1730s to the End of the Eighteenth Century	p. 84
The Nineteenth Century	p. 104
Notes	p. 118
Timeline	p. 122
Index	p. 126
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