Life, legend, landscape : Victorian drawings & watercolours /
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| Author / Creator: | Selborne, Joanna. |
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| Imprint: | London : Courtauld Gallery : In Association with Paul Holberton Pub., c2011. |
| Description: | 136 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8353284 |
| Summary: | Life, Legend, Landscape presents a rich selection of Victorian drawings and watercolors from the Courtauld Gallery collection, ranging from finished watercolors intended for public exhibition to informal sketches and preparatory drawings for paintings or sculpture. The selection includes a study by Edwin Landseer for the famous lions used at the base of Nelson's column in Trafalgar Square, London; the Pre-Raphaelite painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti's intimate portrait of his muse, Elizabeth Siddal, seated at her easel; Whistler's delicate study of the young Elinor Leyland, and Fredrick Walker's outstanding The Old Farm Garden. |
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| Item Description: | Catalog of an exhibition of works from the Courtauld Gallery collection held at the Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London, Feb. 17-May 15, 2011. |
| Physical Description: | 136 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 26 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781907372209 1907372202 |
