David Wilkie : : The People's Painter / / Nicholas Tromans.
This is the first modern book about the artist David Wilkie (1785-1841), the first British painter to become an international celebrity. Based on extensive original research, the book explores the ways in which Wilkie’s images, so beloved by his contemporaries, engaged with a range of cultural predi...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 50 B/W illustrations 10 colour illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Introduction
- 1 Everyday Stories
- 2 The Anatomy of Expression
- 3 ‘The Shackles of Connoisseurship’
- 4 Everyday Heroes: Wilkie’s Version of History
- 5 Wilkie and Scotland
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index