Artists and Their Friends in England, 1700-1799, Volume 1"In these volumes I have attempted to throw fresh light on the history and surrounding of artists in England from the beginning of the 18th century and the founding of Sir Geoffrey Kneller's Academy to the admission of Turner to the Royal Academy on the last evening of 1799."--Preface. |
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Painters in the reign of Anne Knellers predominance | 3 |
The new Academy in St Martins Lane Hogarth | 17 |
New anecdotes of Hogarth Vertue on his cun | 32 |
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