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London : Tate Gallery, 2000. First Edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 288 pages : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 30 cm. Notes; Published by order of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery 2000 on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Britain, London, Mar. 9-May 28, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (page 281) and index. Contents; The beautiful and the true / by Robert Hewison -- Catalogue / by Robert Hewison, Ian Warrell and Stephen Wildman -- Introduction (RH) -- Foundations (IW) -- Learning from Turner (IW) -- Venice and the nature of gothic (RH) -- Patron and collector (RH) -- Ruskin's drawings 1844-1882 (SW) -- Ruskin's pre-Raphaelitism (IW & RH) -- A new era of art (RH) -- The storm-cloud of the nineteenth century (RH) -- Conclusion (RH) -- Chronology / compiled by Ian Warrell and Robert Hewison. Subjects; Ruskin, John (1819-1900) ;…
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Crystal Palace
by Great Exhibition of 1851 (London)
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London, ca. 1851. Ten color views of the Crystal Palace and grounds. The Crystal Palace was a cast-iron and plate-glass building originally erected in Hyde Park, London, England, to house the Great Exhibition of 1851. Cards measure 4 x 7 inches. Very good.
- Bookseller Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Book Condition Used
- Publisher London, ca. 1851