Turner's Wessex : architecture and ambition / Ian Warrell
2015, First Edition. London : Scala. Fine paperback copy; wrapper edges very slightly dulled. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #381425
Physical description: 208 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps, plans, portraits ; 28 cm. Notes: Catalog of an exhibition at The Salisbury Museum from 22 May to 27 September 2015. Includes bibliographical references (page 199) and index. Contents: Architecture and ambition: the rising star -- Sir Richard Colt Hoare and Stourhead -- The Salisbury Commission: 'Poems in stone' -- William Beckford and the rise -- and falls -- of Fonthill Abbey -- Westward ho! Turner and the picturesque coast of southern England -- Stonehenge and history -- Castles old and new: the Isle of Wight -- Appendix -- Notes -- Selected bibliography -- List of works in the exhibition. Subjects: Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 ; Exhibitions. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851. Beckford, William 1760-1844. Hoare, Richard Colt 1758-1838. Turner, Joseph Mallord William 1775-1851. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 ; Exhibitions. Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 Turner, J. M. W. (Joseph Mallord William) 1775-1851 ; Exhibtions. Kirchenbau. Wessex. Landscape painting, English 18th century ; Exhibitions. Landscape painting, English 19th century ; Exhibitions.
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