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Item Number: 115062
Title: The Suffolk Collection : A Catalogue of Paintings
Author: Houliston, Laura
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781848020801
Description: London: English Heritage, 2012. 28cm., hardcover, 342pp., 300 illus., most in color. Summary: This book tells the story of a collection of paintings that belonged to the earls of Suffolk and Berkshire prior to being gifted to England in 1974. The paintings date from the late 16th century to the late 19th century and are made up of family portraits, royal portraits, and old masters. The collection contains significant, early, full-length English portraits which depict a fascinating family history in the Jacobean times and key personalities of that period. This lavishly illustrated book includes full catalogue entries for all the items in the collection. It explores the Suffolk Collection from a number of points of view - with contributions from leading specialists in their field - and reassesses the identities of the sitters, considers the artists, their context, the society and family history at the different times, as well as discussing in detail the costume represented and the physical condition of the paintings. Together, the chapters provide a fascinating insight into the collection and its history. Contents: 1. An introduction to the collection Laura Houliston ; 2. The full-length portrait in early 17th-century Britain, Karen Hearn ; 3. The representation of dress in the portraiture of the Suffolk Collection - Susan North ; 4. All that glitters: William Larkins painting materials and techniques, c1609-19 - Sarah Cove ; 5. The later Stuart paintings in the Suffolk Collection - Anna Keay ; Catalogue entries for each item (57).
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