George Stubbs, 1724-1806 : the exhibition and catalogue sponsored by United Technologies Corporation
by Stubbs, George (1724-1806)
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- ISBN 10
- 0946590125
- ISBN 13
- 9780946590124
- Seller
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Tate Gallery, 1984. First Edition. Hardback. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown. ; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 248 pages; Physical desc. : 248 p. : ill. (some col. ), ports. ; 34 cm. Subject: Stubbs, George, 1724-1806 - Exhibitions. Animal painting and illustration - Exhibitions. Art - Exhibitions. Notes: Catalogue of an exhibition at the Tate Gallery 17 October 1984-6th January 1985 and at the Yale Centre for British Art, 13th February-7 April 1985. Contents: A conservator's note; the cleaning of Stubbs's Hambletonian; catalogue; drawings for the anatomy of the horse; the ""Lion and Horse"" theme; Creswell crags; mares and foals; a comparative anatomical exposition of the structure of the human body with that of a tiger and a common fowl; Stubbs as printmaker.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 178003
- Title
- George Stubbs, 1724-1806 : the exhibition and catalogue sponsored by United Technologies Corporation
- Author
- Stubbs, George (1724-1806)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 3
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0946590125
- ISBN 13
- 9780946590124
- Publisher
- London : Tate Gallery
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1984
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