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London: Merrion Press, 2004. Hardcover. Very Good. inscription to previous owner on front end page. Light brown cloth boards with black spine lettering, tan dust jacket with bw illustrations with black and red lettering, xiii, 279 pages, [108] pages of plates, illustrations, portraits. "John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) is best known as King George III's tutor and as the Prime Minister responsible for the Peace of Paris in 1763. He was also an outstanding partron of the arts and one of the greates of eighteenth-century British collectors. His contribuion to the Royal Collection, his own collections, notably of pictures and books, and his architectural undertakings are considered in the context of his public career and domestic life. A notable group of presentation drawings by Robert Adam is published for the first time, as are many Dutch and Italian pictures from the Bute Collection."- Dust jacket. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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- Title John, 3rd Earl of Bute
- Author Francis RUSSELL
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Language ENG
- Publisher See notes, London
- Date 2004
- ISBN 9780951259511
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London: The Merrion Press, 2004. xv, 279pp, 191 monochrome illustrations. Hardback 26x18cms. ISBN: 0951259512. One of the outstanding patrons & collectors of his age, John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (1713-1792) was tutor to George III when Prince of Wales and later became Prime Minister (1762-1763). Includes chapter on "The Pursuit of Pictures", illustrations of paintings from Luton Park & High Cliff, many previously unpublished drawings by Robert Adam and an appendix of letters from Artists & Agents such as Phillip von Stosch.
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London : Merrion Press, 2004. 1st edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xv, 279 pages, [108] pages of plates : 191 illustrations, facsimiles, plans, portraits ; 32 cm. Notes; Includes bliographical references (p. 249-255) and index. Contents; The evolution of a connoisseur -- Architecture. Bute House, 1760-1765 -- Luton Park, 1763-1791 -- Architectural undertakings, 1767-1792 : South Audley Street, Highcliffe and Mount Stuart -- The collection. The pursuit of pictures, 1749-1792 - Appendix. Selections from the correspondence of John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute. Subjects; Bute, John Stuart Earl of 1713-1792. Bute, John Stuart Earl of 1713-1792 Art collections. George III, King of Great Britain 1738-1820 Friends and associates. Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Marquess of 1847-1900 ; Biography. Bute, John Patrick Crichton-Stuart Marquess of 1847-1900. Bute, John…
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