The Portrait Miniature in England

Coombs, Katherine

London: V & A Publications, 1998. Hardcover. Black cloth boards with gilt spine lettering, glossy black dust jacket with white lettering and color illustration, 128 pp, profusely illustrated throughout in mostly color. VG/VG- (light shelfwear to boards and block. Dust jacket has light foxing on the interior.). Item #179205
ISBN: 9781851772063

Featuring masterpieces from the V&A's collection, this is a detailed account of the development of English miniature painting. The book examines how these works of art were created and also looks into the world of the miniaturists themselves. Contents include: 1. The Origins and Development of the Portrait Miniature -- 2. The Mid-Sixteenth Century to the Early Seventeenth Centuries -- 3. The Early Seventeenth Century -- 4. From the Civil War to the Early Eighteenth Century -- 5. The 1730s to the End of the Eighteenth Century -- 6. The Nineteenth Century.