A Noble Art: Amateur Artists and Drawing Masters, C.1600-1800

by Kim Sloan

The words amateur artist conjure up a picture of Victorian ladies and gentlemen sketching in watercolours out of doors, and of portfolios and sketchbooks filled with charmingly naive landscapes and flowers gathering dust in attics. This text sets out to challenge this image. Far from being a Victorian phenomenon, drawing and limning (painting in miniature) were among the polite accomplishments of courtiers and virtuosi of the 17th century Stuart court...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0714126241
• ISBN13: 9780714126241
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: British Museum Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.65 lbs.