1893-1895 Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical

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Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding

Complete in two volumes. The first reprint of the new edition, revised and enlarged. Volume one covers artists from A to K, and volume two covers artists from L to Z. With five pages of the monograms of artists and engravers to the rear of volume two. A detailed and comprehensive reference work for painters and engravers through history that would become a standard reference guide from its initial publication in 1813-1816 until its final printing in 1920. With reference to each individual artist's work, education, biographical history, and critical reception. Written by Michael Bryan, an English art historian, art dealer and connoisseur who owned a fashionable art gallery in Savile Row, London. Edited by Robert Edmund Graves, an English librarian and Sir Walter Armstrong, a British art historian and author.