Pictures in the Garrick Club
Pictures in the Garrick Club

Author: Kalman A. Burnim

Publisher: Unicorn Publishing Group

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 696

ISBN-13:

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A catalogue of over 1000 paintings, drawings, watercolours and sculpture that constitute the London Garrick Club's collection of British theatrical works of art.

British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875
British Paintings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1575-1875

Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 1588393488

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Covering the period between the late 16th century through to the third quarter of the 19th century, this book features paintings by English, Scottish, Welsh and Irish artists which are part of the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Old and New London
Old and New London

Author: Walter Thornbury

Publisher: Hardpress Publishing

Published: 2012-08

Total Pages: 604

ISBN-13: 9781290700658

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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made available for future generations to enjoy.

Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England
Comic Acting and Portraiture in Late-Georgian and Regency England

Author: Jim Davis

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2015-10-08

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 131643236X

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The popularity of the comic performers of late-Georgian and Regency England and their frequent depiction in portraits, caricatures and prints is beyond dispute, yet until now little has been written on the subject. In this unique study Jim Davis considers the representation of English low comic actors, such as Joseph Munden, John Liston, Charles Mathews and John Emery, in the visual arts of the period, the ways in which such representations became part of the visual culture of their time, and the impact of visual representation and art theory on prose descriptions of comic actors. Davis reveals how many of the actors discussed also exhibited or collected paintings and used painterly techniques to evoke the world around them. Drawing particularly on the influence of Hogarth and Wilkie, he goes on to examine portraiture as critique and what the actors themselves represented in terms of notions of national and regional identity.