David Wilkie: The People's Painter

by 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 predicaments close to their hearts. In a series of thematic chapters, whose concerns range far beyond the details of Wilkie's own career, Tromans shows how,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748625208
• ISBN13: 9780748625208
• Release Date: October 2007
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 320 Pages