Miniatures in the Wallace Collection

by Stephen Duffy, Christoph Vogtherr, Wallace Collection, et al.

Book Overview

The 4th Marquess of Hertford and Sir Richard Wallace were both passionate collectors of miniatures, exquisite small paintings in watercolor or enamel, generally made for private contemplation and one of the most popular mediums of portraiture in an age before the advent of photography. This book features over seventy of the finest miniatures in the Wallace Collection, all of them reproduced in color, most for the first time. The volume spans the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0900785837
• ISBN13: 9780900785832
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Washington Press
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 10.9" x 9.6"