Marcellus Laroon

The Paul Mellon Foundation for British Art, London, first edition, 1966. Cloth, 4to, 28 cm,. x, 219 pp, 147 ills. Frpm the blurb: "Marcellus Laroon (1679-1772), the son and grandson of painters, was one of the most interesting and representative artists of Hogarth's time. In a period when English art was so much influenced by the contemporary French style and subject matter, Laroon's work shows as clearly as any in the English school the impress of Watteau and his followers. He spent a considerable part of his life in the army - he fought in the campaigns of the War of the Spanish Succession - and also appeared on the London stage as a singer. Dr Raines's book which gives a detailed study of Laroon's life and work and of his artistic background, also treats the career of his father Marcellus Lauron, illustrating all the plates from that artist's The Cryes of the City of London. All Laroon's extant paintings and drawings are reproduced. As Hogarth has hitherto been the only painter of the English School working in the first half of the 18th century to receive significant study, this book will make a valuable contribution to knowledge of the period. Very Good in a dustwrapper which is torn with a small piece missing from the front panel.